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BY JOHN VANDIVER Stoltenberg, Biden also described NATO’s Arti- NATO, to North America and Europe, working Stars and Stripes cle 5 provision that an attack on one member is together in NATO,” Stoltenberg said at the start President Joe Biden arrived in Brussels on regarded as an attack on all, as a “sacred obliga- of the summit. Monday with a message that defending allies in tion.” “I want all of Europe to know that the Unit- At the top of the conference agenda is NATO’s Europe was a “sacred obligation,” as NATO’s ed States is there,” Biden said. 2030 plan, which calls for adapting the alliance to leaders gathered for a summit that will result in a For allies, Biden’s talk of NATO solidarity take on new threats. Allies also will agree to new strategy that accounts for the rise of China, comes after four years of angst in Brussels over launch a new “Strategic Concept,” which hasn’t climate change and threats in space. the U.S. commitment to the alliance. NATO was been updated since 2010 and doesn’t currently “I want to make it clear, NATO is critically im- frequently criticized by former President Do- take into account China’s growing military pow- portant to U.S. interests in and of itself. If there nald Trump, who openly questioned the rele- er. weren’t one (NATO), we’d have to invent one,” vance of a security pact that dates to the early “China is coming closer to us. We see them in Biden said upon his arrival at alliance headquar- days of the Cold War. cyberspace. We see China in Africa, in the Arc- NATO ters. “I welcome the fact that we have a president of President Joe Biden smiles in Flanked by NATO Secretary-General Jens the United States who is strongly committed to SEE OBLIGATION ON PAGE 3 Brussels on Monday. 1991 eruption was shattering finale to US in Philippines

BY WYATT OLSON Stars and Stripes Ash, smoke and mayhem descended onto Clark Air Base when nearby Mount Pinatu- bo erupted three decades ago in the Philip- pines. In the hours after the eruption on June 15, 1991, Susan Krei- fels, Stars and Stripes’ Philippines bureau chief who lived on the base, was stuck in a snarl of traffic on her way to Manila. Her driv- er inched through the dusk created by the mushroom Mount Pinatubo, cloud of ash that June 1991. blotted out the sun. As the car ground to a halt in the conges- tion, a man walked up to Kreifels’ open win- dow, plopped a crying baby into her arms and hastily disappeared. “I didn’t know what to do,” recalled Krei- fels, now the media program manager for the East-West Center in Honolulu. “I didn’t know what to do with that poor crying baby. JON WELCH/U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Sanchez studies terrain during Exercise Balikatan 2019 near Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. It's been 30 SEE FINALE ON PAGE 4 years since the massive eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano, which ultimately severed America's longtime ties with Clark Air Base. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Elon Musk shows off Tesla’s fastest car yet EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,118.57 Bloomberg electric car is the best car, hands with a plaid logo on the back. Tes- Switzerland (Franc) 0.8993 Euro costs (June 15) $1.18 Thailand (Baht) 31.12 Elon Musk billed Tesla’s new- down.” la shares rose as much as 1% to Dollar buys (June 15) 0.8046 Turkey (NewLira) 8.3905 British pound (June 15) $1.37 est vehicle, the Model S Plaid, as Musk touted the Plaid as being $616 before the start of regular Japanese yen (June 15) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available a halo product that proves the su- be able to go from zero to 60 miles trading Friday. South Korean won (June 15) 1087.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ periority of electric cars at an per hour in less than 2 seconds, The first 25 Plaid cars were many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ event marking the start of deliv- though that time excludes an ini- handed over to customers Thurs- Britain (Pound) 1.4115 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2135 your local military banking facility. Commercial eries to customers. tial roll forward, according to the day, and Musk said he expected China(Yuan) 6.3987 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1345 “Why make this really fast car company’s website. The car of- the company to deliver 1,000 a Egypt (Pound) 15.6518 when buying currency. All figures are foreign that’s crazy fast?” the chief exec- fers an estimated 390 miles of week by next quarter. Euro 0.8248 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7617 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ utive officer asked rhetorically range, reaches a top speed of 200 The eightfold gain in Tesla’s Hungary (Forint) 289.48 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2454 outside Tesla’s factory in Fre- mph and costs $129,990 in the stock price last year made the Japan (Yen) 109.91 INTEREST RATES mont, Calif. “There is something U.S. company the world’s most valua- Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3009 Norway (Krone) 8.3181 Prime rate 3.25 that’s quite important to the fu- “This is what I call limit-of- ble automaker. But shares drop- Philippines (Peso) 47.84 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.73 Federal funds market rate 0.06 ture of sustainable energy, which physics engineering,” said Musk, ped 14% through Thursday’s Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7501 3­month bill 0.03 is that we’ve got to show that an wearing a black leather jacket close. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3265 30­year bond 2.15 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY SUZAN FRASER base, which is very much built on a seems to understand that to get any Associated Press functioning Turkish economy that is kind of international investment to ANKARA, Turkey — President tethered into the West,” Ellehuus Turkey, he will need to project an Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart said. image of positive relations with the NATO Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known However, before leaving Sunday U.S.” President Joe Biden arrives at NATO Headquarters escorted by each other for years, but their meet- for the NATO summit in Brussels Biden has often touted the person- Secretary­General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Monday. ing Monday was their first as heads where he met with Biden, Erdogan al relationships he’s developed with of state. And it came at a particularly described the president’s com- world leaders over nearly 50 years tense moment for relations between ments on the killings of Armenians as a factor that makes him uniquely Obligation: their two countries. living in the Ottoman Empire as “ve- equipped to revitalize the reputation NATO chief Biden says he had a “very good ry negative” and an “approach of the United States following the meeting” with Erdogan on the side- (that) has seriously upset us.” presidency of Donald Trump. lines of the NATO summit in Brus- Erdogan, in power for 18 years as In recent days, he’s mentioned to says an attack in space sels. prime minister and then president, aides that he’s developed a strong Biden’s brief comment came af- also has one-on-one meetings with rapport with Erdogan over the ter he and Erdogan met privately on French President Emmanuel Ma- years, according to a senior admin- could trigger an Article 5 Monday before being joined by oth- cron, German Chancellor Angela istration official who spoke on the er officials. The two leaders spent in Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Ky- condition of anonymity to discuss FROM PAGE 1 end of the Cold War,” Stoltenberg total more than an hour together. riakos Mitsotakis and British Prime private conversations. tic, but we also see China investing said. “This is due to Russia’s aggres- The list of disagreements is un- Minister Boris Johnson lined up Biden still fondly recalls making a heavily in our own critical infras- sive actions.” usually long for the two NATO allies: during Monday’s summit. He told house call to Erdogan in 2011 when tructure and trying to control it,” The new Strategic Concept, There’s U.S. support for Kurdish reporters he plans to “underline the he was in Turkey to speak at the Stoltenberg said. which also will deal with the securi- fighters in Syria, as well as Turkey’s importance we attach to the alliance Global Entrepreneurs Summit, ac- In a communiqué issued after ty implication of climate change, purchase of a Russian weapons sys- with our allies.” cording to the official. Erdogan did talks, NATO leaders raised con- will be drafted this year and ap- tem. And in April, Biden infuriated One name apparently not on his not attend because he was recover- cerns about China’s “coercive poli- proved at NATO’s 2022 summit. Ankara by declaring that the Otto- list: Italian Premier Mario Draghi, ing from major surgery, but Biden cies” that pose a challenge to “the The 30 member states also man-era mass killing and deporta- who called Erdogan a “dictator” stopped by to check in on him. Their rules-based international order and agreed to a new cyber defense pol- tions of Armenians was “genocide.” earlier this year, touching off a dip- conversation was supposed to be to areas relevant to Alliance securi- icy to strengthen coordination and Previous U.S. presidents had lomatic row. Draghi chuckled nerv- brief but lasted over two hours. ty.” counter increasingly frequent and avoided using the term out of con- ously Sunday when asked about see- Still, the relationship has been “China is rapidly expanding its severe threats” from malicious cyb- cern that it would complicate ties ing Erdogan for the first time since. complicated at times. In 2014, while nuclear arsenal with more war- er activity perpetrated by state and with Turkey, which is fiercely proud Erdogan has dialed down his anti- vice president, Biden apologized to heads and a larger number of so- non-state actors. of its Ottoman history and insists Western rhetoric as his government Erdogan after suggesting in a phisticated delivery systems to es- Stoltenberg, speaking on the side- that those killed in the early 20th grapples with an economic down- speech that Turkey helped facilitate tablish a nuclear triad. It is opaque lines of the summit at an event host- century were victims of civil war turn made worse by the coronavirus the rise of the Islamic State militant in implementing its military mod- ed by the German Marshall Fund and unrest. pandemic. His ruling AKP party has group by allowing foreign fighters to ernization and its publicly declared think tank, said that allies also agree However, besides blasting the de- recently been hit by a series of cor- cross Turkey’s border with Syria. military-civil fusion strategy,” the to recognize that an attack on allied cision in speeches, Erdogan didn’t ruption allegations, including drug Erdogan enjoyed collegial rela- communiqué stated. “It is also coop- interests in space could trigger an immediately hit back at Washing- trafficking and arms smuggling, tions with Trump, who didn’t give erating militarily with Russia, in- Article 5 response. Article 5 is the ton. The muted response suggests made by a fugitive mafia boss who him a hard time about Turkey’s hu- cluding through participation in cornerstone of the organization’s he wants a good relationship with has been releasing tell-all videos on man rights record and agreed to Russian exercises in the Euro-At- collective defense, stipulating that Biden, said Rachel Ellehuus, an social media, without evidence. withdraw U.S. troops from northern lantic area.” an attack against a single ally is con- analyst at the Washington think tank “The most important thing for the Syria in 2019, paving the way for a The old Strategic Concept also sidered as an attack against all Center for Strategic and Interna- Turkish leader at this time is to give Turkish military offensive against came before Russia’s 2014 military member states. tional Studies. a veneer of positive relations with Syrian Kurdish fighters who had intervention in Ukraine. Regarding “Not least because he needs that the U.S. in terms of Turkey’s im- fought alongside U.S. forces against relations with Moscow, they are [email protected] economic relationship with the U.S. age,” said Merve Tahiroglu, Turkey ISIS militants. Biden was strongly now “at its lowest point since the Twitter: @john_vandiver and the appearance of a cooperative program coordinator at the Project critical of that decision, accusing relationship in order to retain his on Middle East Democracy. “He Trump of selling out U.S. allies. Airman who tried to sell LSD gets 6 months in jail, bad conduct discharge

BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL Because the sentences will run many in his backpack, he said. King needed to be separated from and notes presented by the govern- Stars and Stripes concurrently, “You will serve 171 They were mainly for his own society for what he did, and called ment predated King joining the Air SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, days, which, if you do the math, puts use, and he ingested the drug four or for him to be given the maximum Force, and noted that King resold Germany — An airman who you out on Dec. 1,” Warren said. five times between February and sentence allowed under the plea the two tabs for just $18. brought the hallucinogenic drug King’s partner is expecting their December 2019 at Ramstein, taking deal he struck with the government Warren said he felt King had “po- LSD with him from the U.S. to Ram- first child on Dec. 4, the airman first one or two tabs each time. He said — a year of confinement, reduction tentially rehabilitative qualities” stein Air Base in Germany, where class had told the court-martial ear- LSD gave him insight into his feel- in rank, forfeiture of pay and allow- while announcing the sentence. he used and distributed it, was sen- lier. Reading out a statement, he ings and allowed him to feel more in ances, and a dishonorable dis- “Now, it’s your turn to go and tenced Monday by a court-martial asked the judge “to show me mer- touch with himself. charge. prove that,” he said. to nearly six months of confinement cy” so he could be present for the Charges were brought against “He is someone who talks about King apologized for his mistakes and given a bad conduct discharge. birth. him after King arranged to sell two honor but chose to use the Air Force and regretted that he had “stum- Airman 1st Class Devante King, King had bought around $60 tabs of LSD for $18 to another air- as a means to an end,” to make mon- bled off the path.” He was deter- 23, assigned to the 721st Aerial Port worth of lysergic acid diethylamide, man, who turned out to be an in- ey by selling LSD, Capt. Ayana mined to show that “my life is not a Squadron at Ramstein since 2019, or LSD, from a friend in Florida be- formant. Clark said in sentencing arguments. failure,” he said. was sentenced by military judge Lt. fore being assigned to Germany in Prosecutors presented text mess- The defense said that King had It was not immediately clear Col. Charles G. Warren to up to 171 February 2019 — his first posting ages and written notes from King only bought LSD once, only tried to where King would serve his sen- days of confinement on each of four since completing basic training the that they said showed he had give it to a fellow airman and used it tence. charges of possessing, introducing previous year, he testified. He planned all along to use his time in himself just four or five times. De- to a U.S. military facility, distribut- brought around 10 tabs of the hallu- the Air Force to make money by fense attorney Capt. Riley Widener [email protected] ing and wrongfully using LSD. cinogen, wrapped in foil, into Ger- dealing drugs. They argued that added that many of the messages Twitter: @StripesZeit PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 MILITARY Finale: US military members recall Mount Pinatubo eruption

FROM PAGE 1 She wanted Virgilio to drive her “All I could think about was how down to Manila that day to submit scared people had to be to leave a news story, but she said he told their baby with a stranger.” her to go on by herself because he Such was the power of Pinatu- needed to return to his family at bo’s eruption, ripping a hole in the nearby Angeles City. earth, tearing a community apart She directed him instead to and, ultimately, severing Ameri- drive to his home, where they ca’s longtime ties with Clark. picked up his wife, children and Within a year, the United States his pregnant sister. would abandon the base devastat- It was with this packed car — ed by thick ash from “the most they had picked up a few elderly powerful eruption of the 20th cen- women as they drove — on their tury that occurred in a populated way out of the eruption zone that area,” as Kreifels wrote on the day the stranger plopped the baby in of the eruption. Kreifels’ lap. Virgilio advised the panicked A growing unease journalist to give the infant to one Anyone living at Clark had a of the elderly women they were clear vista of Pinatubo, only 14 driving to an emergency shelter miles west of the installation. But outside the eruption zone. few had a better view of the sim- Three decades later, Kreifels mering volcano than Lou Arthur said she still agonizes over wheth- after it began belching steam in er baby and parents were ever re- early April 1991. united. Then an Air Force staff ser- geant, Arthur worked in commu- Seared into the id nications and handled mobile ra- The eruption claimed the lives dios for the base. of more than 800 Filipinos, most of Volcanologists from the U.S. whom died from collapsed roofs. Geological Survey and the Philip- Within the first 24 hours of pine Institute of Volcanology and Mark Hanneman eruption, a typhoon swept through Seismology arrived at Clark in Mark Hanneman, then an agent with the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations, poses on the roof of the northern Philippines, turning April to begin monitoring with an ash­covered car at Clark Air Base, Philippines, following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991. the ash into sticky, heavy mud. On mountainside seismographs. Clark alone, more than 100 build- Arthur was tasked with accom- in a rock band, and the latter vilians were evacuated to Naval lens eruption a decade before. ings collapsed from the weight, panying them in a Huey helicop- showed up for practice in a panic Base Subic Bay. Arthur and the volcanologists with 200 more seriously damaged ter as they checked the equipment one evening in early June 1991. Hanneman recalled that he, his were holed up in a command cen- by it. Volcanic mudflows, called and flew over Pinatubo to monitor Hanneman recalled: “He came wife and two young daughters ter just outside of Clark, where lahars, flowed as deep as 18 feet sulfur releases and other clues in and he’s cussing and swearing packed about a week’s worth of they had been roiled for several onto base. One lahar scooped up about a pending eruption. and pops open a bottle of Mickey’s clothing, a camp stove, lanterns days by violent earthquakes “that and stacked new cars for sale at “The level of confidence in the green-death wide bottle [malt li- and a water jug. made everything jump straight up the Clark PX. team to be able to predict when the quor] we got cheap from the PX “And then we grabbed stuff that and down” as they monitored the At the height of the eruption, the thing would go off was, I would and says, ‘My family’s out of here could not be replaced, like family seismographs, he said. ash was so thick it blotted out the say, not very high,” Arthur re- Monday! We’re on the Freedom photographs, some of our valua- The seismograph “went off the sun, throwing an area as far south called during a recent phone in- Flight out of here. We’re all gonna bles, jewelry, that kind of stuff,” scale and went flatline” as the as Manila into total darkness in terview from his home in Denver. die, blah, blah, blah.’” Hanneman said during a recent eruption commenced that early midafternoon. He recalled overhearing their Arthur remembered that eve- phone interview from his home in Sunday morning, Arthur said. Even Subic Bay, located about conversations discussing “what ning well — and the events of the the Tri-Cities area in Washington. “I remember going outside and 25 miles southwest of the volcano, type of equivocating language to day that set him off. He had been “We all proceeded in the long, looking up, and it was as if Godzil- was not spared. The base and the use” in reporting to the general in the chopper making passes over long caravan down to Subic.” la had opened up from the gates of adjacent city of Olongapo were and his staff. Pinatubo when he heard the volca- Arthur’s wife, daughter and son hell,” he said. “The Godzilla noise covered by more than a foot of ash, For the airmen and their fam- nologists aboard chattering in were evacuated from Clark, but he still rings in my ears. and many buildings were dam- ilies living on Clark, an impending amazement as they peered down remained behind because of his “The sky ultimately turned aged. Two people, including a 9- volcanic eruption was an added into the seething maw. essential role in communications. black — or very, very dark gray. year-old American dependent layer of unease. “They identified the fact that a His wife and children, like thou- The visual of seeing lightning hap- daughter, were killed when a roof A growing faction of Filipinos spine — the word they used was a sands of others, were shuttled out pening — all different types and at the George Dewey High School opposed the U.S. military’s pres- spine — was emerging up out of of Subic Bay aboard a fleet of Navy colors of lightning, green, orange, there collapsed under the weight ence, a backlash that manifested the fissure, where the majority of ships, eventually flying back to the purple, red, chain-lightning of the ash. in numerous killings of American the pressure was being released,” U.S. from Guam. sheets going on — while this thing Cleaning up and repairing the service members in the years be- Arthur said. “And the conversa- There was some expectation is erupting.” mess, the Pentagon concluded, fore the eruption, including three tion that I could hear over the that everyone would have a was not feasible. The so-called airmen in 1987. In 1990, an assassi- Dave Clark headsets in the heli- chance to return to Clark at some Fate of a baby Ash Warriors who stayed behind nation squad with the Communist copter was that this will eventual- point. Few ever did. As the eruption continued, Krei- after the eruption, like Hanneman group New People’s Army killed ly plug and that will then cause it The Hanneman family was tak- fels was just outside Clark gather- and Arthur, helped wrap up the af- two visiting airmen. to build pressure and blow its top.” en into the home of a fellow agent ing information for a story — beset fairs of a U.S. military presence The threat had led the military With that knowledge seared in at Subic, while most other Clark with anxiety. that went back to the turn of the to restrict airmen’s off-base move- his mind, Arthur told his band- refugees were housed in the huge Volcanologists had warned that century. ment to a small area. mates that night he believed Air gym or other large buildings. the eruption could bring pyroclas- Arthur described the event as “Life there for both the active Force leaders were “not being On June 12, Pinatubo “cleared tic flows of lava, which can surge “a defining point” for him and his duty and the families could be completely transparent” about its throat” with an immense 12- at speeds well over 100 mph as family, a time of stress, uncertain- tense,” Kreifels said. the imminence of eruption and mile-high column of ash, Hanne- they follow streams and ravines. ty and creeping fear. that everyone needed to prepare man said, describing it as hitting “So, if you happen to be in the “So 30 years down the line,” Ar- ‘We’re all gonna die’ for a fast bug out — soon. him as a whoosh of pressure as he path of one of these pyroclastic thur said, “it is still seared into my Mark Hanneman, then an agent stood outside at Subic with other flows, you would be instantly in- id — all of the events that I can re- with the Air Force’s Office of Spe- Godzilla speaks agents burning classified docu- cinerated,” she said. member and even just the general cial Investigations, arrived at The appearance of that first ments in 55-gallon drums. Kreifels owned a car, but she effect of everything that I can’t re- Clark in January 1989 as part of a magma dome inside Pinatubo set Three days later, on June 15, Pi- routinely hired a local man, Virgi- member.” counterterrorism team investigat- in motion the massive Operation natubo released its full fury, ex- lio, to drive her around because of ing the airmen homicides. Fiery Vigil on June 10, when about ploding with a force eight times the complexity and risks of navi- [email protected] He and Arthur played together 15,000 active-duty troops and ci- greater than the Mount Saint He- gating Philippine roads. Twitter: @WyattWOlson Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Combat controller awarded Airman’s Medal for heroism

BY CHAD GARLAND After assisting a man and his son and he couldn’t be pulled out away Stars and Stripes from one vehicle, he enlisted by- from the burning engine compart- For Master Sgt. Daniel Keller, standers to stop traffic so he could ment. bravery isn’t confined to the bat- rescue the unconscious driver of “I couldn’t get him that way — tlefield. the SUV. and the smoke was really filling up The airman earned the highest “With complete disregard for the car, so I knew we had to try and Air Force award for noncombat his own safety, he broke the rear get him out through the side or an- bravery for rescuing a motorist window and entered the burning other way,” Keller said in the wing from a burning SUV in Kentucky, a vehicle,” the award citation says. statement. JOSHUA HORTON/U.S. Air National Guard little over a year after earning the In 2017, Keller’s courage in a With the help of an unnamed Brig. Gen. Hal Lamberton, left, pins the Airman’s Medal to the service’s second-highest award grueling battle with Islamic State woman, he squeezed between the uniform of Master Sgt. Daniel Keller at the Kentucky Air National for heroism on the battlefield in Af- militants in Afghanistan earned burning SUV and the bridge rail- Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday. ghanistan. him the Air Force Cross — which ing to pull the driver out a side win- The combat controller with the he received about a year after the dow and move him away from the crews arrived. “A lot of folks, when they’re con- 123rd Special Tactics Squadron crash. Despite suffering a trau- burning wreck. He had to go back While “by no means a medical fronted with a rapid change to received the Airman’s Medal dur- matic brain injury from a nearby to help the woman, who had gotten expert,” he’d learned enough in their environment like that, have a ing a ceremony Saturday at the blast, he’d directed critical air- trapped alongside the burning ve- the military to “buy time,” Keller tendency to want to get away from Kentucky Air National Guard strikes that killed dozens of enemy hicle, and then they began per- said. it,” Lamberton said. “But Dan’s Base in Louisville, the 123rd Airlift fighters, then risked his life to help forming CPR. That’s when Keller At last week’s ceremony, attend- character and training is what en- Wing said in a statement. evacuate wounded troops. heard the familiar pop of gunfire. ed by about 100 of Keller’s family, abled him to not only recognize Keller was driving home from During the incident in Louis- Realizing ammunition inside friends and colleagues, Kentuck- what the situation is, but take the work Nov. 16, 2018, when he came ville, smoke inside the vehicle the burning SUV was cooking off, y’s adjutant general Brig. Gen. Hal appropriate action to address it.” up on the aftermath of a crash on a forced him to hold his breath, and he moved everyone back behind Lamberton praised him for his narrow bridge outside Louisville when he reached the driver, he cover and continued providing quick thinking and heroic selfless- [email protected] and jumped out of his truck to help. found the man’s foot was trapped medical care until emergency ness off the battlefield. Twitter: @chadgarland Group wants Bible removed from POW-MIA table in Japan BY ERICA EARL that honors missing and captured service every sailor is a white, straight Anglo-Saxon Force Base, Ohio; four Veterans’ Adminis- Stars and Stripes members. Christian male.” tration offices in Pennsylvania, Texas and TOKYO — A religious freedom and di- According to Navy instruction 1710.7A Weinstein said he had not received a re- Ohio; and an allergy clinic at Eglin Air versity group is demanding that a naval air for table settings for all service branches, sponse from NAF Atsugi as of Monday. Force Base, Fla. station in Japan remove a Bible from a the table must be round and include a white Base spokesman Sam Samuelson told Weinstein said the goal of the MRFF is POW-MIA table on base. tablecloth, an empty chair, a black napkin, a Stars and Stripes via email Monday that he not to eliminate Bibles, but to promote reli- The Military Religious Freedom Founda- single red rose, a yellow candle and ribbon, was not aware of the letter. gious diversity. tion sent a letter Friday to Naval Air Facility lemon slices, salt and an overturned wine “The POW-MIA table here is a significant “The POW-MIA table is a somber and Atsugi’s commander, Capt. John Montag- glass. legacy display intended to memorialize and emotional display,” Weinstein said. “In- net, after receiving 15 complaints about the The regulations say the display includes a honor American POWs and MIAs among a cluding a Bible alienates service members table from personnel at the installation, Bible to represent “faith in a higher power varied military demographic and is certain- of other cultural or religious groups and is group founder Michael Weinstein told Stars and the pledge to our country, founded as ly greater than the sum of its parts,” Sa- wrong on every possible level. No religious and Stripes in a phone call Monday. one nation under God.” muelson wrote. “We can absolutely balance text, not just the Bible, has a place in that The group also sent the letter to Army Weinstein, an Air Force veteran, said in- the larger meaning of the table with appro- display. If the table included a Quran, Book Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint cluding the Bible violates the core values of priate policies and the interests of our di- of Mormon or a Satanist text, there would be Chiefs of Staff, and acting Secretary of the the military and damages unity, morale and verse base culture.” blood in the streets.” Navy Thomas Harker. diversity. Over the past five years, the MRFF’s pet-

The POW-MIA table is a tradition often “This is not a move against Christianity, itions resulted in the removal of Bibles from [email protected] found in official military dining facilities but one toward inclusivity,” he said. “Not POW-MIA tables at Wright Patterson Air Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl Marine sentenced for sexual assault, assault on Okinawa BY MATTHEW M. BURKE first hearing April 21 that he did charge, according to the Japanese threatened to call police, a Naha mony from the victim. James then Stars and Stripes not have the proper consent for penal code. He also could have re- police spokesman told Stars and walked back his comments. NAHA, Okinawa — A Marine sexual contact. ceived an additional three years in Stripes after the arrest. “I want to show I’m sorry,” he found guilty of sexually assaulting Naha District Court Judge Koji prison or $5,000 in fines for inter- James was also accused of shov- said. “I’m willing to admit to ev- a woman in a Naha parking lot and Oohashi sentenced James to two fering with police. ing an officer in the chest in the erything.” then shoving a police officer was years and six months in a Japanese Japanese prosecutors declined Kumoji area of Naha at 6:28 a.m. The three-judge panel chose to given a four-year suspended sen- prison with hard labor but sus- to comment Monday on the sen- The officer, responding to the sex- go easy on James because he had tence by a Japanese court on Mon- pended the sentence for four tence they had sought for James. ual assault call, spotted James no prior criminal record, he plead- day. years. James will likely serve no James looked dazed and shaken walking alone and attempted to ed guilty, apologized and attempt- Pfc. Marvin Earl James Jr., 24, a additional jail time unless he com- during the short, two-day trial. question him. ed to show remorse. He also set- transmission systems operator mits another crime in Japan. The court heard how the intoxicat- James admitted guilt to both tled with the victim and paid her with the 3rd Marine Division at “The manner of the crime is au- ed Marine approached the woman charges at his first hearing on the equivalent of about $4,500, Oo- Camp Courtney, pleaded guilty on dacious and malicious,” Oohashi on a Naha street at 5:05 a.m., took April 21. However, he wavered on hashi said. April 21 to forcible indecency and told the court. “It is understanda- her into a nearby parking lot, the question of consent. James answered with a soft interfering with the public duties ble that she could not resist from kissed her, pulled down her shorts, “It really didn’t feel like I was “yes,” his head bowed, when asked of police. fear as she was suddenly attacked and after laying her on the hood of forcing anything at that moment,” if he understood the sentence. He Prosecutors alleged that James by the defendant, who was much a car, penetrated her with his fin- James said of his interaction with has 14 days to appeal, should he forced himself on the Japanese bigger, and it gave her great psy- ger, “knowing that it could be the woman. “I never got a rejec- choose to do so, Oohashi said. woman in the early hours of Jan. 31 chological distress.” against her will,” Oohashi said tion.” and later shoved a police officer at- James faced between six Monday as he read the facts of the Oohashi set a hearing for May 12 Stars and Stripes reporter Hana Kusumoto contributed to this report. tempting to question him. months and 10 years in prison with case. to see if James truly wanted to [email protected] James acknowledged during his hard labor for the indecent assault James fled when the woman plead guilty or proceed with testi- Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 MILITARY Army procedures altered by Guillen case

holding commanders accountable work, and that’s flat-out wrong. That Public affairs model for the reputation of their unit, des- change needs to come from the Pen- ignating a spokesperson, and identi- tagon,” he said. seen as slow when fying and resolving gaps in social media capabilities and training. The ‘new normal’ soldier disappeared He also suggested the Army de- What separated the Guillen case termine the appropriate media ana- from previous crisis situations at BY ROSE L. THAYER lytics tools and number of public af- Fort Hood was the slow build, said Stars and Stripes fairs personnel needed to make Tom Rheinlander, director of public As Fort Hood officials investigat- bases and commands more capable affairs at Fort Hood, who helped ed the disappearance and death of in a crisis. Those offices took a 30- lead the base public affairs office Spc. Vanessa Guillen last year, mil- 50% cut during the past several through past crisis situations, in- lions of social media posts circulated years and increasing staff levels re- cluding a mass shooting in 2014. around the globe — some leading to mains under review, said Lt. Col. The “sheer volume made it very significant reforms within the Ar- Gabriel Ramirez, an Army spokes- difficult to provide factual informa- my, while others perpetuated misin- man. tion through Fort Hood’s crisis com- formation that consumed time and “Public affairs positions were res- munication efforts,” he said. resources during the more than U.S. Army tructured to provide advice and “I believe this will be the ‘new two-month search for her. Capt. Peter Sulzona, a public affairs officer at Fort Hood, Texas, planning, which ultimately limited normal’ for the Army with a greater A report released in April found captures video. Soldiers working in public affairs are issued cameras capacity for social media, media fa- social media impact on crisis com- Guillen’s unit, the 3rd Cavalry Re- when a smartphone could sometimes be more appropriate to help cilitation, and command informa- munication,” Rheinlander said. giment, began searching for her communicate on social media, said Col. Myles Caggins, director of tion content,” he said. “This will be a significant challenge within hours of determining that she public affairs for III Corps and Fort Hood. The Army has begun providing to meet by any organization facing a was missing on April 22, 2020. Sol- social media analytics tools to bases large social media response to their diers continued to search until June When the office asked the Army searching underground tunnels and and commands, he said. crisis communication efforts.” 30, the day that her body was found for help, the two soldiers assigned to natural caves on the base in re- Under a new Army policy for mis- The unique circumstances last miles from the Texas base, but the public affairs weren’t trained in so- sponse to posts that Guillen was be- sing soldiers, which came, in part, year, including the extreme polari- public affairs office failed to appro- cial media and lacked the skills ing held in such a place. Soldiers, out of Guillen’s disappearance, pub- zation of the American public large- priately communicate what was needed to provide real support, ac- CID agents and environmental ex- lic affairs is required to be notified ly over race and politics, also likely happening behind the gates and out cording to the report. perts searched eight caves with no and the office must create a plan to played a role in the number of peo- of the view of the public. results. engage with traditional news outlets ple posting about Guillen, said Steve Without official information A month of silence When the public finally learned and social media. Quigley, associate professor of pub- available, “social media filled a void From the beginning, even as Fort on June 23 that foul play was sus- Lt. Gen. Pat White, commander of lic relations at Boston University’s in command messaging that al- Hood’s social media accounts sat pected in Guillen’s disappearance, it Fort Hood, also sent a memo to Ar- College of Communication. lowed a negative narrative about relatively silent about the search ef- was not CID or Fort Hood officials my public affairs leaders describing “It would almost be impossible to Fort Hood and the U.S. Army,” ac- forts to find Guillen, public interest who released the information. In- how he’s already changed base op- draw up a more polarizing moment cording to the investigative report grew rapidly, according to data stead, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, erations and suggesting further rec- in our country’s history. We had ‘Me that focused on the actions of lead- from the Army base that was com- whose district includes Houston, ommendations, which are now part Too,’ we had ‘Black Lives Matter,’ ers at Fort Hood during the search piled using a commercial analytics broke the news after attending a of the overall discussion, said Col. we had the election and mix all that for Guillen. tool. meeting with the Guillen family and Myles B. Caggins III, White’s senior together … and all the mistrust that Some social media posts from Mentions of “Vanessa Guillen” base officials. public affairs adviser. Both men came from that,” he said. “[Social other veterans criticized the Army skyrocketed from about 2,200 in Meanwhile, people began posting were deployed during the crisis, but media] rewards the fast, it rewards Sexual Harassment/Assault Re- May 2020 to more than 1.7 million in the personal information of three the investigation found Efflandt the polarizing, it rewards the atti- sponse and Prevention program June as actress Salma Hayek began key leaders at Fort Hood, an act consulted with White about public tude and the voice and the speed. and others targeted the service’s posting to Instagram about the mis- known as “doxing.” Some personnel affairs on Guillen’s case. And, you know, that’s a tough enemy Criminal Investigation Command, sing soldier, who was a Houston na- and their families began to receive Many of the concerns that White in a lot of ways.” known as CID. The pressure from tive born to Mexican immigrants. threats, according to the report. discussed existed before the disap- To keep up with the rapid online social media nudged the Army to Much of the attention in traditional Murray found numerous oppor- pearance and death of Guillen, but environment, it takes a good num- conduct two investigations into media and through social platforms tunities where Fort Hood could the enormity of the situation has got- ber of frontline workers who have Guillen’s death that have uncovered occurred in Spanish, which further have addressed Guillen’s disap- ten the attention of those leaders the leeway to make fast decisions shortfalls in both programs. Both handicapped the public affairs of- pearance in the media without jeop- able to enact change and re-create with some room for reasonable mis- are undergoing a significant over- fice, according to the report. ardizing the investigation. Not doing the mindset of what public affairs takes, Quigley said. haul. In July, after investigators found so, in part, led to the removal of Maj. means for the Army, Caggins said. “This is real-time, hand-to-hand Mixed into those messages were Guillen’s body and the public began Gen. Scott Efflandt as the acting “This is all about trust and letting communication and running it up thousands of other posts that fueled to understand the horrific details of base commander and Col. Ralph people know that you care,” he said. the chain for an hour or two, or day, misinformation, stretched re- her death at the hands of a fellow Overland as the 3rd Cavalry Re- “They don’t expect you to be per- to get approval is not going to work,” sources and inspired threats against soldier, social media posts peaked to giment commander. fect, but they expect you to care, al- he said. “In this media environment, Fort Hood leaders. By the time base more than 2.2 million mentions. A “When I asked [Efflandt], he said, ways.” waiting until all the T’s are crossed officials began releasing informa- year later, her name is mentioned ‘I’m not ready to be the face on this When III Corps headquarters re- is really dangerous.” tion to counter wrong information, it thousands of times a month. yet,’ ” one public affairs staffer, turned from deployment in October, The Army isn’t alone in strug- was too late, according to the report. Twenty-nine days passed before whose name was redacted from the it doubled from its four authorized gling with navigating social media, Gen. John Murray, who was ap- Fort Hood officials released infor- report, told investigators. “I was public affairs positions, pulling in which has shown the old public af- pointed by Army Forces Command mation about search efforts for Guil- kind of deflated to be honest with soldiers who serve in other occupa- fairs belief that agencies have 24 to lead the internal investigation, de- len, which was timed with an ex- you when he said that because — tions but have shown an interest for hours to get ahead of the news cycle scribed Fort Hood’s public affairs pected protest to “correct a narra- and I explained to him — I was like, public and community engagement. is outdated. A final recommenda- team as reactionary, bogged down tive that the Army was not doing ‘Sir, we’re at the point where we To make public affairs soldiers tion from Murray called for the pub- by understaffing from personnel anything to find Spc. Guillen,” ac- can’t roll this back in. We have to put more agile, Caggins said the Penta- lic affairs actions related to Guillen’s cuts and an ongoing deployment, cording to the report. something out. And people are ask- gon should approve training and disappearance be used as a case lacking resources, and concerned The release “failed to fully ad- ing why leadership is not addressing distribution of smartphones. study to educate future senior com- that saying too much would spoil the dress erroneous information revolv- this.’ ” “Infantry soldiers get rifles, heli- manders and public affairs profes- integrity of an ongoing investiga- ing around a Fort Hood potential copter pilots get issued helicopters, sionals. tion. The office, which included ci- cover-up and the inaccurate narra- Advice under review and public affairs soldiers get issued Fort Hood’s Rheinlander com- vilians and uniformed personnel, tive of mistrust that had built up Through review of the pitfalls, single-lens, reflex cameras in a pletely agreed. did not have an engagement plan about Fort Hood in social media,” Murray issued several recommen- world that’s communicating instant- “Particularly before decisions on and often spent precious time debat- according to the report. dations that specifically target Ar- ly with cellphones. The current way policy, manpower or processes are ing who should speak publicly about In mid-June, CID addressed false my public affairs operations, staff- we do business is there are a lot of made,” he said. the crisis, only to lose their window claims on social media that Guillen ing and training. Recommendations soldiers violating Defense Depart- of opportunity to shape the message had been found on the base. Around included providing senior leaders ment policy by using their own per- [email protected] about the case. the same time, her unit began with media engagement training, sonal devices to do government Twitter: @Rose_Lori Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Novavax: Study finds vaccine is 90% effective

BY LINDA A. JOHNSON and be able to produce up to 100 Associated Press million doses a month by then. Vaccine maker Novavax said “Many of our first doses will go Monday its shot was highly effec- to … low- and middle-income tive against COVID-19 and also countries, and that was the goal to protected against variants in a begin with,” Novavax Chief Exec- large, late-stage study in the U.S. utive Stanley Erck told The Asso- and Mexico. ciated Press. ALASTAIR GRANT/AP The vaccine was about 90% ef- While more than half of the U.S. A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen at St. George’s University hospital in London last fective overall and preliminary population has had at least one year. Novavax says its vaccine appears effective against COVID­19 in a large study, including against variants. data showed it was safe, the com- COVID-19 vaccine dose, less than compared to 14 in the placebo lish in a medical journal, where it make its own spike protein. pany said. 1percent of people in the develop- group. will be vetted by independent ex- The Novavax vaccine can be While demand for COVID-19 ing world have had one shot, ac- The vaccine was similarly ef- perts. The Maryland-based com- stored in standard refrigerators, shots in the U.S. has dropped off cording to Our World In Data. fective against several variants in- pany previously released findings making it easier to distribute. dramatically, the need for more Novavax’s study involved near- cluding the one first detected in from smaller studies in Britain Novavax previously announced vaccines around the world re- ly 30,000 people ages 18 and up in the U.K. that’s dominant in the and South Africa. manufacturing delays due to sup- mains critical. The Novavax vac- the U.S. and Mexico. Two-thirds U.S., and in high-risk populations COVID-19 vaccines train the ply shortages. The company now cine, which is easy to store and received two doses of the vaccine, including the elderly and people body to recognize the coronavirus, expects to reach production of 100 transport, is expected to play an three weeks apart, and the rest got with other health problems. especially the spike protein that million doses a month by the end important role in boosting vaccine dummy shots. Side effects were mostly mild — coats it, and get ready to fight the of September and 150 million dos- supplies in the developing world. There were 77 cases of CO- tenderness and pain at the injec- virus off. The Novavax vaccine is es a month by December. That help is still months away, VID-19 — 14 in the group that got tion site. There were no reports of made with lab-grown copies of The company has committed to however. The company says it the vaccine and the rest were in unusual blood clots or heart prob- that protein. That’s different from supplying 110 million doses to the plans to seek authorization for the volunteers who received dummy lems, Erck said. some of the other vaccines now U.S. over the next year and a total shots in the U.S., Europe and else- shots. None in the vaccine group Novavax reported the results in widely used, which include genet- of 1.1 billion doses to developing where by the end of September had moderate or severe disease, a press release and plans to pub- ic instructions for the body to countries. Six new cases found at US bases in Japan, none in South Korea BY ERICA EARL U.S. Forces Japan announced Friday that installa- Stars and Stripes tions will start administering coronavirus vaccines to TOKYO — Two U.S. military bases in Japan re- local employees on a volunteer basis. ported six new COVID-19 cases between Friday and They may choose between the Pfizer and Moderna Monday evenings, while commands on the Korean vaccine, according to a USFJ press release. peninsula had no infections to report. “This new initiative will be implemented in close Kadena Air Base on Okinawa announced Saturday coordination with the Government of Japan’s ongo- that five people are in isolation after testing positive ing effort to vaccinate the Japanese population and for the coronavirus respiratory disease. Three pa- will help further accelerate that effort,” the press re- tients were identified as close contacts of known posi- lease said. tives and were already in quarantine, according to a USFJ and the Japanese government reached the post on the installation’s Facebook page. decision after noting declining cases on U.S. military Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni released a state- bases, the release said. ment Monday announcing one new patient. That in- The announcement came a day after U.S. Forces dividual tested positive while in quarantine upon ar- Korea gained Department of Defense permission to rival to the installation, the Marines said. vaccinate eligible contractor family members who New daily infections across Japan remain in the are U.S. citizens and 12 years of age or older. thousands, with 1,387 cases reported on Sunday by national broadcaster NHK. Of those, 304 were from [email protected] the Tokyo metropolitan area. Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Cases wane, but vaccine-lagging areas see risk BY DYLAN LOVAN their seven-day rolling averages for AND LEAH WILLINGHAM infection rates rise from two weeks Associated Press earlier, according to data compiled JACKSON, Miss. — New CO- by Johns Hopkins University. All VID-19 cases are declining across except Hawaii have recorded vacci- most of the country, even in some nation rates that are lower than the states with vaccine-hesitant popula- U.S. average of 43% fully vaccinat- tions. But almost all states bucking ed, according to the U.S. Centers for that trend have lower-than-average Disease Control and Prevention. vaccination rates, and experts warn The 10 states with the fewest new that relief from the pandemic could cases per capita over that time YI­CHIN LEE, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP be fleeting in regions where few frame all have fully vaccinated rates People gather to protest Houston Methodist Hospital system’s rule of firing any employee who is not people get inoculated. above the national average. vaccinated against COVID­19, at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas. A federal judge Case totals nationally have de- Medical experts said a host of fac- on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by employees over its requirement that all of its staff be vaccinated. clined in a week from a seven-day tors is playing into the drop in case average of nearly 21,000 on May 29 counts across the country, including to 14,315 on Saturday, according to vaccines, natural immunity from data from Johns Hopkins Universi- exposure to the virus, warmer Judge tosses hospital workers’ ty. For weeks, states and cities have weather and people spending less been dropping virus restrictions time indoors. and mask mandates, even indoors. But Dr. Leana Wen, a public vaccine requirement challenge Experts said some states are see- health professor at George Wash- ing increased immunity because ington University, said she is con- Associated Press ployment was not coercion, as pital during the height of the pan- there were high rates of natural cerned that the natural immunity of HOUSTON — A federal judge Bridges contended. demic. As a result, many of them spread of the disease, which has so those who have been exposed to cor- threw out a lawsuit filed by em- “Bridges can freely choose to contracted COVID-19. As a thank far killed nearly 600,000 Americans. onavirus may soon wane. And she’s ployees of a Houston hospital sys- accept or refuse a COVID-19 vac- you for their service and sacrifice, “We certainly are getting some worried that states with low vacci- tem over its requirement that all cine; however, if she refuses, she Methodist Hospital awards them a population benefit from our previ- nation rates could become hot spots. of its staff be vaccinated against will simply need to work some- pink slip and sentences them to ous cases, but we paid for it,” said “Just because we’re lucky in June COVID-19. where else. If a worker refuses an bankruptcy.” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. doesn’t mean we’ll continue to be The Houston Methodist Hospi- assignment, changed office, earli- Employees had a June 7 dead- Thomas Dobbs. “We paid for it with lucky come the late fall and winter,” tal system suspended 178 employ- er start time, or other directive, he line to complete their immuniza- deaths.” said Wen, the former health com- ees without pay last week over may be properly fired. Every em- tion. More than 7,300 Mississippians missioner for the city of Baltimore. their refusal to get vaccinated. Of ployment includes limits on the In a Tuesday memo, the hospi- have died in the pandemic, and the “We could well have variants here them, 117 sued seeking to overturn worker’s behavior in exchange for tal system’s CEO, Marc Boom, state has the sixth-highest per capita that are more transmissible, more the requirement and over their remuneration. That is all part of said that 24,947 employees had death rate. virulent and those who do not have suspension and threatened termi- the bargain,” Hughes concluded. complied with the vaccination re- Dobbs estimated that about 60% immunity or have waning immunity nation. Jared Woodfill, a Houston law- quirement and that 27 of the 178 of the state’s residents have “some could be susceptible once again.” In a scathing ruling Saturday, yer representing Bridges and the others had received the first of a underlying immunity.” In Mississippi, about 835,000 peo- U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes other clients, promised an appeal. two-dose vaccine and wouldn’t be “So we’re now sort of seeing that ple have been fully vaccinated, or of Houston deemed lead plaintiff “All of my clients continue to be fired if they got their second. The effect, most likely, because we have 28% of the population. But despite Jennifer Bridges’ contention that committed to fighting this unjust rest are subject to termination. a combination of natural and vac- the lagging vaccination rate, the the vaccines are “experimental policy,” Woodfill said in a state- He also wrote that 285 other em- cine-induced immunity,” he said. state’s rolling average of daily new and dangerous” to be false and ment. “What is shocking is that ployees received medical or reli- Eight states — Alabama, Arkan- cases over the past two weeks has otherwise irrelevant. many of my clients were on the gious exemptions, and 332 were sas, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, Tex- decreased by about 18%, according Hughes also ruled that making front line treating COVID-positive deferred because they were preg- as, Utah and Wyoming — have seen to Johns Hopkins. vaccinations a condition of em- patients at Texas Methodist Hos- nant or for some other reason. Shop owner’s plea as Calif. reopens: ‘I need customers’ BY BRIAN MELLEY tional Latin mu- “My only hope is to continue day a lower per capita death rate than As Latinos in California have ex- Associated Press sic such as cum- to day,” said Medina, who remains most others. perienced disproportionately LOS ANGELES — During the bia, mariachi and optimistic. “I don’t expect normal. I Gov. Gavin Newsom long ago set worse outcomes from COVID-19, so darkest days of the coronavirus pan- son jarocho, the expect semi-normal.” June 15 as the target to lift restric- too has Olvera Street. demic, Martha Medina would occa- Veracruz sound. California imposed the first state- tions on capacity and distancing Medina’s shop, Olverita’s Village, sionally slip into her shuttered store “Those days I wide shutdown in March 2020 and is regulations for nearly all businesses which used to be open daily, has cut on Los Angeles’ oldest street to en- felt very sad,” among the last to fully reopen, and activities. But reopening back to five days a week. sure everything was secure. Medina said. “I though businesses have operated at doesn’t necessarily mean people She’s mindful of the lives lost in Medina Colorful folklorico dresses from had the feeling I reduced capacity for months. It was will immediately flock to places and the pandemic, including several of each of Mexico’s 32 states lined the would never open the shop again.” an early model for how restrictions events they once packed. her Mexican suppliers — an artisan walls. Black charro suits worn by Back in business now but with could keep the virus at bay but later Olvera Street has long thrived as a who shaped large pottery vases, a mariachis and adorned with ornate government-imposed restrictions, became the U.S. epicenter of a dead- tourist destination and symbol of the leather worker and two women who gold or silver trim hung from a rack Medina and other merchants and ly winter surge. state’s early ties to Mexico. The loca- embroidered shirts. She’s thinking in the back. Brightly painted Dia de restaurateurs on Olvera Street — More people tested positive for tion where settlers established a of honoring them when Day of the los Muertos folk art skulls and figu- and those around the state — are still the virus in California — about 3.8 farming community in 1781 as El Dead is celebrated in November rines were safely locked behind a struggling and facing an uncertain million and counting — and more Pueblo de Los Angeles, its historic when she hopes business will be bet- glass case. future even as California prepares people died — 63,000-plus — than buildings were restored and rebuilt ter. Missing were customers, em- to fully reopen its economy Tuesday elsewhere in the country. However, as a traditional Mexican market- “Thank God I’m still surviving,” ployees and happy pulses of tradi- for the first time in 15 months. the nation’s most populous state had place in the 1930s. she said. “But I need customers.” Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION High court defers Harvard case about race in admissions BY MARK SHERMAN tice Anthony Kennedy retired in Associated Press 2018. WASHINGTON — With abor- The three dissenters in the case, tion and guns already on the agen- Chief Justice John Roberts and da, the conservative-dominated Justices Clarence Thomas and Sa- Supreme Court is considering add- muel Alito, remain on the court. Ro- ing a third blockbuster issue — berts, a moderating influence on whether to ban consideration of some issues, has been a steadfast race in college admissions. vote to limit the use of race in public The justices on Monday put off a programs, once writing, “It is a sor- decision about whether they will did business, this divvying us up by hear an appeal claiming that Har- race.” vard discriminates against Asian The court’s willingness to jump American applicants, in a case that into major cases over abortion and could have nationwide repercus- gun rights also appear to turn on the sions. The court asked the Justice new, more conservative composi- Department to weigh in on the case, tion of the court because similar ap- aprocess that typically takes sever- peals had been turned away in the al months. past. JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes “It would be a big deal because of In other Supreme Court news: the nature of college admissions ■ The Supreme Court is leaving Happy birthday, Army across the country and because of in place the convictions of two men Soldiers from Fort Myer, Va., are dressed in uniforms from various stages of Army history to mark the the stakes of having this issue be- who, as members of a white su- service’s 246th birthday Monday at the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Va. fore the Supreme Court,” said Gre- premacist group, participated in a The museum reopened to the public Monday after being closed for several months due to the pandemic. Itgory Garre, who twice defended white nationalist rally in Virginia in had been open for only 32 days before its closure. the University of Texas’ admis- 2017 that turned violent. sions program before the justices. The high court said Monday that The presence of three appointees it would not take the case of Mi- of former President Donald Trump chael Miselis or Benjamin Daley, could prompt the court to take up who participated in the rally as Vehicle plows into Minnesota the case, even though it’s only been members of the “Rise Above Move- five years since its last decision in a ment,” or “RAM.” Both pleaded case about affirmative action in guilty to federal rioting charges in protesters, killing at least 1 higher education. connection with the Virginia rally. In that Texas case, the court reaf- As is typical, the high court didn’t Associated Press and it hit a young woman,” orge Floyd’s death more than a firmed in a 4-3 decision that colleg- comment in turning away their MINNEAPOLIS — A woman Hooker told Minnesota Public year ago under an officer’s knee es and universities may consider cases. was killed and another person Radio. and the more recent fatal police race in admissions decisions. But Miselis and Daley admitted they was injured after being struck Another witness, Brett Wil- shooting of Daunte Wright in a they must do so in a narrowly tai- punched and kicked demonstra- by a car during a protest in Min- liams, said the woman struck by nearby suburb. lored way to promote diversity, the tors who showed up to protest neapolis’ Uptown neighborhood the car that had been hit was Members of the U.S. Marshals court said in a decision that reject- against white nationalists during where a Black man was fatally thrown into a stop light. Fugitive Task Force were trying ed the discrimination claims of a the “Unite the Right” rally in Char- shot earlier this month during Police said the driver’s motive to arrest Smith on a warrant for white applicant. Schools also bear lottesville in August 2017. They had an arrest attempt, police said was not immediately known. A allegedly being a felon in pos- the burden of showing why their challenged their convictions by ar- Monday. statement from police said a session of a gun, authorities consideration of race is appropri- guing that the Anti-Riot Act, a law The suspect was pulled from preliminary investigation indi- said. The Marshals Service said ate. they pleaded guilty to violating, is his vehicle by protesters after cated that the use of drugs or al- in a statement that Smith, who Two members of that four-jus- overbroad under the First Amend- the 11:39 p.m. Sunday crash, was cohol by the driver may be a was in a parked vehicle, didn’t tice majority are gone from the ment’s free speech clause. A feder- taken into police custody and contributing factor in the crash. comply with law enforcement court. Justice Ruth Bader Gins- al appeals court had ruled against was being treated for injuries at Police earlier said that three and “produced a handgun re- burg died in September, and Jus- them. a hospital, police said. Police did protesters had been injured, but sulting in task force members not say how the man was hurt or later revised that number to two, firing upon the subject.” give the extent of his injuries. including the woman who died. Smith died at the scene. State A witness said the man driv- There had been ongoing pro- investigators said Smith’s pas- Man, 25, dies after Austin ing an SUV was traveling at a tests in Uptown, about 2½ miles senger, a 27-year-old woman, high rate of speed and appeared south of the city’s downtown, was treated for injuries from to accelerate as he got closer to since the June 3 shooting of Win- glass debris. The woman, how- shooting that wounded 14 demonstrators who had blocked ston Boogie Smith Jr., a 32-year- ever, said she never saw a gun Associated Press Interim Police Chief Joseph off a street. The driver struck a old father of three, by members on Smith or in the vehicle, her AUSTIN, Texas — A man has Chacon said the shooting hap- car parked across one of the of a federal U.S. Marshals Ser- attorneys said last week — con- died from his injuries following a pened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday traffic lanes, and that car then vice task force. The Uptown ar- tradicting investigators’ claims mass shooting on a crowded on a street packed with bars and hit people. ea includes a mix of trendy res- about Smith’s actions. downtown Austin street that left barricaded off from vehicle traf- “There was one line of bar- taurants, shops and theaters There has been tension be- more than a dozen people injured, fic. He said investigators believe riers and then a second barrier, popular with the city’s younger tween police and residents since police said Sunday. the shooting began as a dispute be- and he sped up. He sped up. He professionals, many living in the deaths of Floyd, a Black man Douglas John Kantor, 25, who tween two parties. went even faster as he ap- apartments and condominiums who died last year after he was was hospitalized with critical gun- Chacon said at least one suspect proached us. You could hear it ... in the area. pinned to the ground by Minnea- shot wounds following the early was arrested. The department start going even faster as he got Authorities have said Smith, polis officers, and Wright, a Saturday morning shooting, died provided no other details other close to us,” D.J. Hooker said. who was wanted on a weapons Black motorist who was fatally Sunday at 12:01 p.m., the Austin than to say it is continuing to fol- Witnesses said the SUV hit the violation, fired a gun before dep- shot in April by an officer in the Police Department said in a news low up on leads for a second sus- car hard enough to send it flying. uties fatally shot him in Minnea- nearby suburb of Brooklyn Cen- release that also was confirmed by pect who is still at large. An inves- “The car went through the air polis, a city on edge since Ge- ter. Lt. Brian Moon. tigation is ongoing. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 NATION DOJ official resigns amid uproar over Dems’ subpoenas

Associated Press his wife that theDOJ had subpoe- WASHINGTON — The Justice naed information about accounts Department’s top national securi- belonging to them in 2018. It’s not ty official is resigning from his po- clear yet why the Trump adminis- sition after revelations that the de- tration sought the McGahns’ re- partment secretly seized records cords. from Democrats and members of Demers has been in charge of the media. the department’s national security John Demers will leave his posi- division since February 2018, be- tion by the end of next week, a Jus- ing sworn in a few weeks after the tice Department official told The subpoena was issued to Apple for Associated Press on Monday. The the Democrats’ records, and his official could not discuss the mat- division has played a role in each ter publicly and spoke to the AP on of the leak investigations. the condition of anonymity. He will be temporarily replaced A second person familiar with by Mark Lesko, the acting U.S. at- the matter said Demers had torney in the Eastern District of planned for weeks to leave the de- New York, the official said, until CARLOS OSORIO/AP partment by the end of June. He President Joe Biden’s official Election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were was sworn in a few weeks after the pick, Mark Olsen, is approved by helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding in Detroit in November 2020. subpoena for the Democrats’ re- the Senate. Olsen is an Uber exec- cords. He is one of the few Trump utive with experience in the Jus- appointees who has remained in tice Department. He has served as the Biden administration. The of- director of the National Counter- Election officials’ exodus raises ficial and the person could not dis- terrorism Center and as general cuss the matter publicly and spoke counsel for the National Security further concerns of partisanship to the AP on the condition of ano- Agency. Demers had remained in nymity. place while Olsen awaits a confir- BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE found partisan rancor around the in several swing states. The resignation comes amid mation hearing. Lesko will fill the Associated Press jobs and the threats many local In Georgia, U.S. Rep. Jody questions about what Demers role until Olsen is confirmed. There is no shortage of job election workers faced leading Hice, a Trump recruit who voted knew about the Justice Depart- The Justice Department’s in- openings for local election offi- up to the November election and to overturn the presidential re- ment’s efforts to secretly seize the spector general has launched a cials in Michigan. It’s the same in afterward as former President sults in the House of Representa- phone data from House Demo- probe into the matter after a re- Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, too. Donald Trump and his allies tives, is challenging Secretary of crats and reporters as part of the quest from Deputy Attorney Gen- After facing threats and intim- challenged the results. State Brad Raffensperger, a Re- aggressive investigations into eral Lisa Monaco. Inspector Gen- idation during the 2020 presi- About a third of Pennsylva- publican who has been attacked leaks. eral Michael Horowitz said he dential election and its after- nia’s county election officials by his own party for upholding News emerged last week that would examine whether the data math, and now the potential of have left in the last 18 months, President Joe Biden’s victory. the Justice Department had se- subpoenaed by the Justice De- new punishments in certain according to a spokesman for the Arizona state Rep. Mark Fin- cretly subpoenaed Apple for partment and turned over by Ap- states, county officials who run state’s county commissioners as- chem, who was at the Jan. 6 rally metadata from House Intelligence ple followed department policy elections are quitting or retiring sociation, who cited heavy work- outside the Capitol and is a chief Committee Chairman Adam and “whether any such uses, or the early. The once quiet job of elec- loads and rampant misinforma- supporter of a partisan review of Schiff and another Democratic investigations, were based upon tion administration has become a tion related to voting among the ballots in Maricopa County, is member of the panel, California improper considerations.” political minefield thanks to the reasons. running for secretary of state. Rep. Eric Swalwell, in 2018, as In a statement Monday, Attor- baseless claims of widespread “It was particularly challeng- Former Nevada lawmaker Jim their committee was investigating ney General Merrick Garland said fraud that continue to be pushed ing last year with all the misin- Marchant, who has clung to the then-President Donald Trump’s that “political or other improper by many in the Republican Par- formation and angst out there,” conspiracy theory that the elec- ties to Russia. Schiff at the time considerations must play no role ty. said Lisa Schaefer, executive di- tion was stolen from Trump, is was the top Democrat on the pan- in any investigative or prosecuto- The exits raise a pressing rector of the County Commis- campaigning to replace Republi- el, which was led by Republicans. rial decisions” and he expects the question: Who will take these sioners Association of Pennsyl- can Secretary of State Barbara The records of at least 12 people inspector general to conduct a jobs? Barb Byrum, clerk of In- vania. “And none of it was caused Cegavske, who has repeatedly connected to the House intelli- thorough investigation. gham County, Mich., has an idea. by county election officials.” denied claims of election fraud. gence panel were eventually “If at any time as the investiga- “These conspiracy theorists The executive director of a Cegavske can’t run again be- shared with the Justice Depart- tion proceeds action related to the are in it for the long haul. They’re clerks association in Wisconsin cause of term limits. ment by Apple after the subpoena matter in question is warranted, I in it to completely crumble our said more than two dozen clerks Sylvia Albert, voting and elec- was issued in 2018. The people in- will not hesitate to move swiftly,” republic, and they’re looking at have retired since the presiden- tions director for Common cluded aides, former aides and Garland said. these election administrator po- tial election, and another 30 Cause, which advocates for ex- family members. One was a mi- Senate Majority Leader Chuck sitions,” said Byrum, a Demo- clerks or their deputies quit by panded voter access, said that nor. Schumer, D-N.Y., said it is “im- crat. “They’re playing the long the end of 2020. Thirteen have while the statewide positions The subpoena, issued Feb. 6, perative” the Senate Judiciary game.” left since the beginning of this come with more power, local of- 2018, requested information on 73 Committee issue a subpoena to It’s difficult to quantify exactly year. In Michigan, Byrum said ficials generally have much dis- phone numbers and 36 email ad- Demers in addition to former at- how many election officials she didn’t know a precise num- cretion over how to solve com- dresses, Apple said. It also includ- torneys general Bill Barr and Jeff across the country have left their ber of newly vacant positions but mon Election Day issues such as ed a non-disclosure order that pro- Sessions, if they refuse to appear posts and why, since the depar- was able to rattle off several sea- long lines, voter roll problems or hibited the company from notify- voluntarily. tures are not generally tallied. soned election officials who have trouble with voting machines. ing any of the people and was re- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Retirements also are common af- recently left. “If you have an elections offi- newed three times, the company D-Calif., on Sunday also called on ter presidential elections. The local election jobs are be- cial who doesn’t want to expand said in a statement. Barr and Sessions. as well as Rod But in places that do track such ing vacated as Trump’s false access to the ballot, who finds de- On Sunday, a person familiar Rosenstein, the No. 2 Justice offi- information, along with anecdo- claims of fraud persist within the mocracy disturbing to them, with the matter said that Apple in- cial at the time, to testify under tal accounts from county offi- GOP and provide a platform for they’re not going to fix problems formed former Trump White oath in the House about what they cials, it is clear that many have his loyalists to launch campaigns and then they’re going to multip- House counsel Don McGahn and knew. recently left because of the new- to become top election officials ly,” she said. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

County plans to rename highway for abolitionist ARLINGTON — A VA northern Virginia coun- ty near the nation’s capital is pav- ing the way to rename a major highway that currently shares a name with Confederate Gen. Rob- ert E. Lee. The Arlington County Board said that it plans to vote next month to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist John Langston, who also was the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Vir- ginia. The five-member board voted unanimously to defer a final vote to July 17. In a news release, the board said the extra month will al- low for additional community en- gagement and refining the cost es- timate. Monkey that escaped may not be returned to owner RENO — Records NV show a pet monkey that escaped from its home in Reno last month and injured four people might not be returned to its owner. Gebbe, a pigtailed macaque, was captured after injuring four neighbors and was placed under a 10-day quarantine. Authorities say Gebbe didn’t show any symp- toms of rabies. A county inspection officer told the monkey’s owner that her exot- SHAFKAT ANOWAR/AP ic pet permit for Gebbe could be revoked because the monkey in- jured neighbors. The Washoe A year of jumping County District Attorney’s Office Dan O’Conor, the “Great Lake Jumper,” makes his way through a tunnel for his 365th leap into Lake Michigan in Chicago’s Montrose Point — filed a criminal citation against the culmination of doing it for a full year. O’Conor, a bus driver, said that he started jumping into the lake last year as a way to relieve stress the owner for having an unre- during the pandemic. In the winter, he had to hack a hole in the ice on the frozen lake that was big enough to jump through. strained animal. federacy, white supremacy or THE CENSUS ing communications” that result- State will increase some plantation owners. He accused the ed in them being evacuated and penalties for DWI crashes media of a rush to judgment. The age of a girl who was arrested and taken to juvenile custo- searched, Watkins said. The event was canceled amid 12 dy on suspicion of setting four fires in the hillsides above Ber- “Smith’s apparent motive was CONCORD — A New criticism of the event by Charlotte keley, police said. The fires broke out within blocks from one another during desiring a day off from work,” he NH Hampshire bill aimed Mayor Vi Lyles and others. the course of the day, when the girl was visiting family in the area, Berkleyside- said. at strengthening penalties for re- .com reported. Children are typically released to their parents after being ar- Police didn’t say where Smith peat drunken drivers is headed to rested, but officers took her into custody because they believed the fires would worked or if his employer was one Lightning fire disrupts a continue, Berkeley police officer Byron White told the news site. the governor’s desk. live theater performance of the businesses that was threat- The House agreed to the Sen- ened. ate’s version of Tyler Shaw’s Law, WICHITA — A fire dis- black bear that had been spotted nian reported. named for a 20-year-old Concord KS rupted opening night at wandering near downtown Natch- The couple on Facebook listed Man accused of leading man who died in 2018 when a re- the Crown Uptown Theatre in ez — he couldn’t resist them, au- the crab as free of charge, but with chase in stolen ambulance peat drunken driver sped off a Wichita after lightning appeared thorities said. a suggested donation of $11 per highway exit, through a stop sign to strike the nearly 100-year-old Officers used doughnuts from pound to skirt marine fisheries GRETNA — A New Or- and into Shaw’s truck. building. The Donut Shop to lure the bear laws that prohibit people from LA leans man was accused The bill, which Gov. Chris Su- General manager Max Wilson into a barrel-shaped trap, The selling their personal limits of of stealing an ambulance outside nunu said he will sign, would in- told The Wichita Eagle that the Natchez Democrat reported. crab and other marine life on the the emergency room at University crease penalties to 10 to 20 years in fire in a breaker in the basement Authorities said the bear would commercial market, according to Hospital in New Orleans and then jail for drunken drivers who kill or interrupted a performance of be relocated to a wooded area. law enforcement. leading a chase through the sub- maim someone after a prior driv- “Come Together: A Beatles Re- urbs across the Mississippi River. ing while intoxicated conviction. view.” Wilson said actors who Couple on hook for $1.4K Police: Man threatened Kevin Arnold, 33, was arrested were rehearsing for another show for illegally selling crab businesses, wanted day off on charges including aggravated History museum manager at the church across the street saw flight, resisting an officer and pos- defends Juneteenth plans lightning hit the theater. HERMISTON — An EUFAULA — A man ac- sessing a stolen vehicle, police in Wilson said he ran into the base- OR eastern Oregon couple AL cused of making threats suburban Gretna told news outlets. HUNTERSVILLE — ment and used an extinguisher to was sentenced to pay $1,200 in res- that resulted in two businesses A Gretna officer tried to stop the NC The manager of a his- put out a breaker that was on fire titution after illegally selling rec- temporarily shutting down for ambulance on the elevated West- torical museum in North Carolina as an alarm warned performers reationally caught crab on the searches in southeast Alabama bank Expressway, but the driver is defending himself from criti- and the audience of about 100 peo- commercial market in Hermiston, apparently did so because he sped off at about 80 miles per cism that an event he planned of- ple to exit the building. according to the Oregon State Po- wanted a day off, police said. hour, police said. fered a sympathetic portrayal of lice. Richie Earl Smith, 24, of Eufau- After about eight miles and slave owners. Doughnuts lure bear into Shawna and Gerald Wilson of la was jailed on four charges of passing to ground-level U.S. 90, Ian Campbell, site manager of trap after stroll in city Hermiston also will pay $100 each making terroristic threats, Police the driver abandoned the ambu- the Latta Historic Plantation in to the Turn In Poachers Line fund, Chief Steve Watkins said in a lance and ran. He was quickly ar- Huntersville, posted a statement NATCHEZ — Dough- and they are barred from obtain- statement released on social rested, officials said. on the plantation’s website saying MS nuts from a local store ing a fishing or shellfish license media. that he will never glorify the Con- were the key to capturing a large for three years, the East Orego- Two businesses got “threaten- From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 WORLD New government in Israel begins after PM ousted

BY ILAN BEN ZION nyahu was not holding the hand- Associated Press over ceremony with Bennett be- JERUSALEM — For the first cause he feels “cheated” by the time in 12 years, Israelis on Mon- formation of the Bennett-Lapid day woke up to a new government government and “doesn’t want to and a new prime minister, after give even the slightest legitimacy Naftali Bennett secured the back- to this matter.” ing of parliament and ousted long- Under a coalition agreement, time leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Bennett will hold office of the pre- ODED BALILTY/AP The two were slated to hold a mier for the first two years of the Israelis celebrate the swearing in of the new government in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday. handover meeting, but without the term, and then Foreign Minister formal ceremony that traditional- Yair Lapid, the architect of the official photo of the new govern- 13th person to hold the office of Is- Bennett in a tweet in Hebrew, say- ly accompanies a change in gov- coalition, will become prime min- ment. Bennett and Lapid declined raeli prime minister. ing he “looks forward to meeting ernment. ister. to comment to the press. British Prime Minister Boris you and deepening the strategic Israel’s parliament, the Knes- The new government was Topaz Luk, a Netanyahu aide, Johnson congratulated Bennett relations between our countries.” set, narrowly approved the new sworn in late Sunday and set to told Army Radio that the former and Lapid on forming a govern- Modi also voiced his “deep recog- Bennett-led coalition government work Monday morning, with min- prime minister will “fight this ment, tweeting that “this is an ex- nition” of Netanyahu’s leadership. Sunday, ending Netanyahu’s his- isters announcing appointments dangerous and horrible govern- citing time for the UK and Israel to Lapid, Israel’s new foreign min- toric 12-year rule. The divisive of new ministry directors. Outgo- ment” as opposition leader. “He’s continue working together to ad- ister and alternate prime minis- former prime minister, the long- ing President Reuven Rivlin, who full of motivation to topple this vance peace and prosperity for ter, spoke with U.S. Secretary of est to hold office, will now serve as finishes his term in office next dangerous government as soon as all.” State Antony Blinken and “dis- the opposition leader. month, hosted Bennett, Lapid and possible,” Luk said. Indian Prime Minister Naren- cussed the special relationship be- David Bitan, a Likud lawmaker, the rest of the Cabinet at his offi- World leaders have congratu- dra Modi, who shared close ties tween the US and Israel,” he wrote told Kan public radio that Neta- cial residence in Jerusalem for the lated Bennett on becoming the with Netanyahu, congratulated on Twitter. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Americans admit helping Nissan’s Ghosn escape day of their trial in Tokyo suggest confirm his team was hoping for a ka to Lebanon via Turkey in De- tel. His father and another man, Associated Press the pair don’t plan to fight charges suspended sentence if they are cember 2019. George-Antoine Zayek, later ac- TOKYO — Two Americans of assisting a criminal. That car- convicted, meaning no time Ryozo Kitajima, one of the pros- companied Ghosn to the Osaka charged with helping former Nis- ries a possible penalty of up to would be served. He stressed the ecutors, said Peter Taylor met airport, Kitajima said. san chairman Carlos Ghosn flee three years in prison. decision was up to the judge. with Ghosn at a hotel several Zayek has not yet been arrest- Japan while he was facing accu- Keiji Isaji, one of the attorneys Prosecutors read a statement times in 2019 and introduced ed. sations of financial misconduct for the Taylors, told The Associ- accusing Michael Taylor, a for- Ghosn to his father. He said Peter Prosecutors said that during agreed Monday that they took ated Press after the court session mer Green Beret, and Peter Tay- Taylor also received $562,500 in their detention, the Taylors had part in a scheme for him to escape that he wants the trial to “proceed lor of arranging to hide Ghosn in a two transfers to pay for charter- expressed remorse and that the the country. efficiently.” He said ending the box for musical equipment. It was ing the jet and other expenses. Pe- pair had been misled to believe Statements by Michael Taylor trial quickly is “in the best inter- loaded onto a private jet that flew ter Taylor arranged for Ghosn to helping someone jump bail was and his son, Peter, on the opening ests of his clients.” He declined to him from the western city of Osa- change his clothing at a Tokyo ho- not illegal in Japan. Spain’s right wing rejects any pardons for Catalan leaders

Associated Press Pedro Sánchez. It was organized by a civil MADRID — Thousands of people called society group in defense of Spain’s unity and Sunday for Spain’s government to resign held at Colon Square, a central square that over its plan to issue pardons to a dozen sep- has become a symbol for far-right political aratist leaders who were convicted for their rallies. Leaders of the center to far-right op- roles in a 2017 attempt to carve out an inde- position to Sánchez joined the protest. pendent Catalan state, the boldest secession Sánchez has defended the potential par- push in recent Spanish history. dons as a way to bring Catalans and Spa- The demonstration in Madrid was the niards closer together after the divisive BERNAT ARMANGUE/AP largest to date against the left-wing coalition prosecutions that put nine of the 12 Catalan Thousands gather during a protest against the Spanish government’s plan to issue par­ government led by Socialist Prime Minister leaders behind bars. dons to a dozen imprisoned Catalan separatist leaders in Madrid on Sunday. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 FACES

Character actor Beatty dies at 83 Associated Press Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated char- acter actor who in half a century of Amer- ican movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a boom- ing, indelible presence in even the smallest parts, has died. He was 83. Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones. After years in re- gional theater, Beatty was cast in 1972’s “De- liverance” as Bobby Trippe, the happy-go- lucky member of a Beatty, in 2007 male river-boating par- ty terrorized by back- woods thugs. The scene in which Trippe is brutalized and forced to “squeal like a pig” became the most memorable in the movie and established Beatty as an actor whose name moviegoers may not have known, but FOCUS FEATURES/AP whose face they always recognized. Filmmaker Morgan Neville’s documentary “Roadrunner” dives into the life and death of Anthony Bourdain (pictured). “For people like me, there’s a lot of ‘I know you! I know you! What have I seen you in?’” Beatty remarked without rancor in 1992. Beatty received only one Oscar nomina- ‘An act of therapy’: Bourdain tion, as supporting actor for his role as cor- porate executive Arthur Jensen in 1976’s “Network,” but he contributed to some of the most popular movies of his time and worked constantly, his credits including more than 150 movies and TV shows. doc addresses life, acute loss Beatty was also memorable as Otis, the idiot henchman of villainous Lex Luthor in BY JAKE COYLE will release in theaters July 16, goes about The film includes interviews with Bour- the first two Christopher Reeve “Super- Associated Press answering that question by filling in a fuller dain’s ex-wife, Ottavia Busia; chef friends man” movies and as the racist sheriff in hen the filmmaker Morgan portrait of Bourdain. It gives new insight Éric Ripert and David Chang; TV pro- “White Lightning.” Neville began making a docu- and context to Bourdain’s end by following ducers Lydia Tenaglia and Christopher Col- Other films included “All The President’s mentary on Anthony Bour- the arc of his life — or, more specially, his lins; and musicians John Lurie and Josh Men,” “The Front Page,” “Nashville” and Wdain, the late chef and globe- second life. After years of working as a chef Homme. Homme, of Queens of the Stone “The Big Easy.” trotting television host, one of the first in New York, Bourdain’s book “Kitchen Age, recorded a song for the film. There’s Beatty, who married Sandra Johnson in things he did was comb through every song Confidential” catapult- footage pulled from “Parts Unknown,” re- 1999, had eight children from three previ- Bourdain had ever referenced. He came up ed him to fame in mid- vealing outtakes and Bourdain’s own Insta- ous marriages. with a playlist 18½ hours long and called it dle age. In “Parts Un- gram stories, which gave a small window in- “Tony.” known” and other far- to his turbulent final year. Neville didn’t ‘In the Heights’ makes Neville, the director of the Fred Rogers flung travel shows that speak with a few key figures from that time, portrait “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and feasted on not just in- including longtime cinematographer Zach muted debut at box office the Oscar-winning “20 Feet From Star- digenous foods but a Zamboni, whom Bourdain fired in that dark The below-expectation debut of “In the dom,” was determined to approach Bour- wide spectrum of cul- period, and the Italian filmmaker Asia Ar- Heights” has dampened Hollywood’s hopes dain through a prism other than his death. ture, history and gento, whose tumultuous two-year relation- of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer Music was only a small part of it. But it was a Neville shared passions, Bour- ship with Bourdain has for many loomed box office. start in making “Roadrunner: A Film About dain became an unlike- over his death. Jon M. Chu’s exuberant adaptation of Anthony Bourdain” a celebration of Bour- ly, and unusually authentic, television icon. Neville was more intent on focusing on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical dain’s life. Not a forensic inquiry. Not a eu- When Bourdain was found dead at 61 in the choices that Bourdain, himself, made, opened with a modest $11.4 million, accord- logy. his hotel room in Strasbourg, France, it was and the journey that led to his tragic end. To ing to studio estimates Sunday. Forecasts This was the fall of 2019, when Neville be- shocking because few seemed so full of hun- him, a full understanding can only be elu- had ranged from $15-$20 million. The re- gan. Bourdain’s death, in June 2018 by sui- ger for life, or a greater appreciator of all sive. But he suspects Bourdain felt increas- lease of “In the Heights” — a lavish song- cide, was still fresh. For many, it still is. that’s worth savoring. Neville spent the first ingly rootless after his split from Busia, that and-dance musical accompanied by glow- “Roadrunner” premiered over the week- months on the film not even dealing with when any semblance of domestic life reced- ing reviews from critics and considered a end at the Tribeca Festival, days after the Bourdain’s final chapter. When he did final- ed he grew increasingly disconnected from milestone movie for Latinos — was widely three-year anniversary of Bourdain’s ly turn to it, he found no easy answers. who he was, and what he meant to people — seen as a cultural event. Complicating mat- death. Just the debut of the film’s trailer “The way I came to think of it is: Tony was including his daughter. That he was maybe ters was the fact that “In the Heights” was prompted an outpouring of emotion — and an ultimate searcher and a seeker,” says too long on the road. simultaneously streaming on HBO Max. millions of views within days, a rarity for a Neville. “But if you are really always seek- “When I first sat down with the people “A Quiet Place Part II” took in $11.7 mil- documentary — showing how many are still ing and always curious, then you can get close to him — his manager and his produc- lion to take first place by a narrow margin in grieving Bourdain’s loss. lost. He had this tattoo that he got late in life tion partners — I kind of went on my rant its third weekend of release. John Krasin- “I’ve come to think of the film as an act of that said in Greek, ‘I am certain of nothing.’ about why he was someone who was a ski’s thriller — playing only in theaters — is therapy for the public,” Neville said. “I That sounds very Zen, but it’s also a little champion for culture and what connects the first film of the pandemic to reach $100 think for people who only know Tony as sad. If you’re truly certain of nothing and al- us,” the director says. “And they said, million domestically. Its cumulative total is someone they were a fan of, like me, there ways looking for something, it means you’re ‘Yeah, that’s true. But he was also an imma- $109 million. was just this giant question mark hanging leaving everything behind at every mo- ture 15-year-old boy.’ I thought, OK, that’s Sony’s “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” over his life because of his death. How ... ment. I think for Tony, that rootlessness ul- interesting. That became the kind of crux of debuted with an estimated $10.4 million. could Tony Bourdain kill himself? That is timately disconnected him from the things the making of the film — reconciling some- “Cruella” earned $6.7 million in its sec- still something people are grappling with.” he should be certain about, like the love of one who was both so insightful, but also so ond weekend, bringing its total to $56 mil- “Roadrunner,” which Focus Features people around him.” blind to some things.” lion. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Drug OK’d in dodgy US health care system Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY HELAINE OLEN many of these immense bills. Most Amer- centrist Democrats. A series of bills by Special to The Washington Post icans living with Alzheimer’s are 65 or ol- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro he Food and Drug Administra- der. This means that Medicare is on tap to Khanna, D-Calif., to allow Medicare to EDITORIAL tion’s first approval of a drug to pick up the largest share of the drug’s ex- negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, Terry Leonard, Editor treat Alzheimer’s since 2003 pense, which could be as much as $50 bil- as well as peg U.S. drug prices to the cost [email protected] Tshould be a cause for celebra- lion annually, according to Bloomberg. in other countries, are effectively aspira- tion. Alzheimer’s is a scourge of aging so- Rachel Sachs, a Washington University tional. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor cieties that already affects more than 6 associate law professor who studies regu- Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease. If this [email protected] million Americans. The disease strips pa- latory efforts, warned that this could sin- treatment ultimately works as propo- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content tients of their memory and ability to man- gle-handedly triple annual expenditures nents hope, this outlay of funds would be [email protected] age even basic tasks of independent liv- on Medicare Part B, which pays for drugs understandable and valuable. Supporters ing, while burdening caretakers emotion- administered intravenously in doctor’s of the new treatment hope that a big in- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation [email protected] ally, financially and physically. Progress offices as aducanumab would be. Such vestment will spur other research that against this horror ought to be cheered. cost increases could threaten the pro- could yield benefits and, one day, a cure. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital But more than any potential gains gram’s solvency. Private-insurance But such outcomes are far from certain. [email protected] against Alzheimer’s, this FDA approval costs, too, could be affected if a wide ar- Indeed, positive findings for early-stage — and the controversy it has sparked — ray of people — such as seniors who sus- patients emerged only after initial trials BUREAU STAFF underscores shortcomings in the U.S. pect mild memory issues — seek the were halted due to poor results, and a di- health care system, which too often pri- medication, not just the early-stage Alz- vision of the FDA worked with Biogen to Europe/Mideast oritizes corporate financial interests over heimer’s patients to whom it is targeted. reanalyze the data. (Do-gooder outfit Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] the needs of patients and taxpayers. So what’s standing in the way of Bio- Public Citizen complained about this re- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Let’s start with the conflict. Three gen’s pricing plan becoming a taxpayer lationship, which it termed “regulatory Pacific members of an FDA advisory committee heist? Not much. The federal government capture.”) Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief have resigned in the wake of the drug’s has long been banned from negotiating As important as it is to question the tax- [email protected] approval, to which outside advisers had Medicare drug prices. Whereas other payer bonanza that might be heading to- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 previously objected. Supporters say the countries don’t simply pick up whatever ward Biogen, there are other Alzheimer’s Washington medication, called aducanumab, can tab Big Pharma sends over, Americans costs to consider. Patients and their fam- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief slow cognitive deterioration in the early pay multitudes more for prescription ilies — including many unpaid caretak- [email protected] stages of Alzheimer’s. Critics say there is drugs — 256% more, according to a re- ers — struggle here and now. Wait lists (+1)(202)886-0033 Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News little evidence the drug is effective. (The cent Rand Corp. study. for home-based care are often long. Pro- [email protected] treatment does not cure or reverse the These excessive bills have simmered fessional caregivers receive low wages, disease.) Clinical studies are nebulous; as a political issue. Despite the occasion- and turnover is high. President Joe Bi- CIRCULATION the FDA, which green-lighted the medi- al high-profile, high-outrage congres- den’s infrastructure package contains Mideast cation under its program for accelerated sional hearing, politicians haven’t mus- $400 billion for home care of seniors and Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager approval, is requiring follow-up study. tered the will to effectively push back disabled Americans, but the proposal is [email protected] The drug’s maker, the biotech giant against pharmaceutical lobbying and ad- stalling as Republicans reject the con- [email protected] Biogen, announced that it would charge dress skyrocketing prescription-drug cept of human infrastructure. DSN (314)583-9111 $56,000 a year per patient for the treat- costs. Democrats, led by Sen. Ron Wy- Yet even this situation festers, our Europe ment. An industry watchdog panel had den, of Oregon — who called the cost of elected leaders are willing to pick up the Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager forecast an $8,300 annual cost; not sur- the new treatment “unconscionable” — multibillion-dollar tab for a drug that’s [email protected] [email protected] prisingly, the news was a boon for Biogen are reportedly mounting a legislative ef- quite possibly ineffective for many who +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 shareholders, with the stock gaining 38% fort, though other attempts have ended in will take it. In the U.S. health care sys- Pacific the day of the announcement. failure. President Donald Trump prom- tem, patients’ interests chronically come Mari Mori, [email protected] Because of the need for diagnostic tests ised much but delivered little. Legisla- behind the interests of big business. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 and ongoing monitoring — potential side tion that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D- effects include brain swelling — costs are Calif., pushed in this Congress and the CONTACT US Helaine Olen is a contributor to Post Opinions and the author of likely to run even higher. last session appears moribund, done in “Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Washington Now, guess who will ultimately foot by opposition from both Republicans and Industry.” tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Reader letters Hold on to – and cherish – your post-pandemic joy [email protected] Additional contacts BY DIANA WAGMAN ed, getting on the plane, going to see friends in day. But I did. stripes.com/contactus Special to the Los Angeles Times Seattle and being able to get together with us. Now what I want is for all of us to hold on to week ago, I met a group of friends A month ago, I held my first grandchild — that excitement. I want everybody to keep ap- OMBUDSMAN at a bar for the first time in a year. the pandemic baby — for the first time indoors preciating these small events. I want us to Ernie Gates We were outdoors, in a parking lot. and without a mask. She was born in the mid- leave our houses and go shopping as if it’s a gift There was traffic going by and our dle of January. Almost no one was vaccinated rather than a chore. I want to continue being The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow A of news and information, reporting any attempts by the unhoused neighbors had an encampment then, and for sure, we weren’t. My husband thrilled to change my grandchild’s dirty diap- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s across the street. Pre-pandemic, my friends and I could see her, but only outside and only at er. independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for and I would not have chosen to meet there, but a distance of six feet with our masks on. We I worry we will forget. After these past 15 fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman we drank margaritas and ate chips and guaca- were taking every precaution, having grocer- months, we’re all flirting with some kind of welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at mole and laughed and talked for hours. With- ies delivered and staying home, and no one felt post-traumatic stress syndrome. It’s been a 202.886.0003. out masks. I was so happy to see their faces I safe enough for more than that. Finally, the long, hard, scary time, and it isn’t over every- almost cried. adults were all vaccinated. It was amazing to where yet. But America is mostly through it. 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NASCAR Cup Series  Sunday EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday At Stade Roland Garros Higgo gets 1st win at At Texas Motor Speedway Paris Best of Three: x­if necessary: WLPct GB Fort Worth, Texas. Purse: Euro 16,404,509 At Baum­Walker Stadium Palmetto Championship Lap length: 1.50 miles Surface: Red clay Connecticut 8 3 .727 — Fayetteville, Ark. (Start position in parentheses) (seedings in parentheses): Friday, June 11: No. 1 Arkansas 21, N.C. Garrick Higgo’s day began with New York 6 4 .600 1½ 1. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 100 laps, 0 Men’s Singles State 2 Atlanta 5 6 .455 3 points. Championship a call from South African golfing Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Stefanos Saturday, June 12: N.C. State 6, No. 1 Ar- 2. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 100, 0. kansas 5 Washington 4 6 .400 3½ 3. (6) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Tsitsipas (5), Greece, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, great Gary Player. It ended in tri- 6-4. Sunday, June 13:N.C. State 3 No. 1 Arkan- Chicago 4 7 .364 4 4. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 100, 0. sas 2, N.C. State advances 5. (17) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 100, 0. Women’s Doubles umph just like so many of Player’s Indiana 1 11 .083 7½ Championship At UFCU DischFalk Field 6. (15) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Austin, Texas Sundays did in his Hall of Fame 7. (8) William Byron, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Sinia- WESTERN CONFERENCE kova (2), Czech Republic, def. Bethanie Saturday, June 12:Texas 4, South Florida 8. (20) Aric Almirola, Ford, 100, 0. 3 career. 9. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 100, 0. Mattek-Sands, United States, and Iga WLPct GB Swiatek (14), Poland, 6-4, 6-2. Sunday, June 13:Texas 12, South Florida The 22-year-old Higgo won the 10. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 100, 0. 4, Texas advances Seattle 10 2 .833 — 11. (3) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 100, 0. Nottingham Open At Lindsey Nelson Stadium Palmetto Championship at Conga- 12. (11) Michael McDowell, Ford, 100, 0. Las Vegas 8 3 .727 1½ Knoxville, Tenn. 13. (10) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 100, 0. Sunday ree in Ridgeland, S.C., for his first 14. (4) Cole Custer, Ford, 100, 0. Saturday, June 12: No. 3 Tennessee 4, Phoenix 5 6 .455 4½ At Nottingham Tennis Centre LSU 2 career victory on the PGA Tour, Dallas 5 6 .455 4½ 15. (12) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 100, 0. Nottingham, Great Britain 16. (19) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Sunday, June 13: No. 3 Tennessee 15, LSU Minnesota 4 5 .444 4½ Purse: $235,238 6, Tennessee advances taking the tournament after lead- 17. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 100, 0. Surface: Grass At Hawkins Field Los Angeles 4 5 .444 4½ 18. (18) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Women’s Singles Nashville, Tenn. er Chesson Hadley squandered a 19. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 100, 0. Championship Friday, June 11: No. 4 Vanderbilt 2, No. 13 Saturday’s games 20. (14) Ryan Newman, Ford, 100, 0. Johanna Konta (1), Britain, def. Zhang two-shot lead with bogeys on his 21. (16) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 100, 0. East Carolina 0 Shuai (4), China, 6-2, 6-1. Saturday, June 12: No. 4 Vanderbilt 4, No. final three holes. Chicago 83, Indiana 79 Women’s Doubles Minnesota 80, Los Angeles 64 Race Statistics 13 East Carolina 1, Vanderbilt advances Championship At Hi Corbett Field The 85-year-old Player told his Average Speed of Race Winner: 170.088 Sunday’s games Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, and Mako- Tucson, Ariz. mph. to Ninomiya (3), Japan, def. Storm Sand- rising, young countryman not to Seattle 89, Connecticut 66 Time of Race:1 hour, 45 minutes, 59 sec- ers, Australia, and Caroline Dolehide (2), Friday, June 11: No. 5 Arizona 9, No. 12 Atlanta 101, Washington 78 onds. United States, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 10-8. Mississippi 3 worry about trailing Hadley by six New York 85, Phoenix 83 Margin of Victory: 0.206 seconds. Saturday, June 12: No. 12 Mississippi 12, shots starting the final round. Las Vegas 85, Dallas 78 Caution Flags: 7 for 7 laps. Mercedes Cup No. 5 Arizona 3 Sunday, June 13: No. 5 Arizona 16, No. 12 Monday’s games Lead Changes: 10 among 8 drivers. In other golf news: Lap Leaders: K.Larson 0; Ky.Busch 1-6; At Tennis Club Weissenhof Mississippi 3, Arizona advances ■ No games scheduled. K.Larson 7-15; R.Blaney 16-30; M.DiBene- Stuttgart, Germany At Founders Park Matilda Castren became the Purse: Euro 543,210 Columbia, S.C. Tuesday’s games detto 31-36; A.Bowman 37-45; W.Byron 46- first Finnish winner in LPGA 75; B.Keselowski 76-79; C.Elliott 80-91; Surface: Grass Saturday, June 12: DBU 6, Virginia 5 Seattle at Indiana B.Keselowski 92; K.Larson 93-100 Men’s Singles Sunday, June 13: Virginia 4, DBU 0 Tour history Sunday in the LPGA Chicago at Minnesota Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Championship Monday, June 14: DBU vs. Virginia New York at Las Vegas Laps Led): W.Byron, 1 time for 30 laps; Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Felix Auger- Dudy Noble Field MEDIHEAL Championship in Aliassime (3), Canada, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Starkville, Miss. Wednesday’s games K.Larson, 2 times for 17 laps; R.Blaney, 1 Daly City, Calif., pulling away on time for 15 laps; C.Elliott, 1 time for 12 laps; Men’s Doubles Saturday, June 12:No. 7 Mississippi St. 9, Phoenix at Los Angeles A.Bowman, 1 time for 9 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 Championship No. 10 Notre Dame 8 the front nine at foggy Lake time for 6 laps; M.DiBenedetto, 1 time for 6 Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Marce- Sunday, June 13: No. 10 Notre Dame 9, laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 5 laps. lo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Gonzalo Escobar, No. 7 Mississippi St. 1 Merced and holding off Min Lee Wins: K.Larson, 3; M.Truex, 3; A.Bow- Ecuador, and Ariel Behar, Uruguay, 4-6, Monday, June 14: No. 10 Notre Dame vs. PRO SOCCER man, 2; C.Elliott, 1; W.Byron, 1; J.Logano, 1; 6-3, 10-8. No. 7 Mississippi St. by two strokes. Ky.Busch, 1; R.Blaney, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; Bett1Open At Dan Law Field ■ Jerry Kelly successfully de- MLS C.Bell, 1; M.McDowell, 1. Lubbock, Texas fended his title in his hometown Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 664; 2. Monday Friday, June 11: No. 9 Stanford 15, No. 8 K.Larson, 617; 3. C.Elliott, 591; 4. W.Byron, Texas Tech 3 Eastern Conference At Am Rothenbaum Rot­Weiss Tennis American Insurance Champion- 564; 5. J.Logano, 548; 6. M.Truex, 527; 7. Ky- Berlin Saturday, June 12:No. 9 Stanford 9, No. 8 .Busch, 520; 8. R.Blaney, 509; 9. K.Harvick, Texas Tech 0, Stanford advances WLTPts GF GA Purse: Euro 456,073 ship in Madison, Wis., closing with 483; 10. B.Keselowski, 473; 11. A.Bowman, Surface: Grass 447; 12. A.Dillon, 436; 13. T.Reddick, 398; 14. a 6-under 66 on Sunday for a one- New England 5 1 2 17 11 7 Women’s Singles GOLF C.Buescher, 391; 15. C.Bell, 364; 16. Round of 32 stroke victory over Fred Couples Philadelphia 4 2 2 14 9 5 M.McDowell, 355. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, def. An- Orlando City 3 1 3 12 8 4 NASCAR Driver Rating Formula na Kalinskaya, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Palmetto Championship and Miguel Angel Jimenez. A maximum of 150 points can be at- NYC FC 3 2 2 11 13 7 Women’s Doubles PGA Tour  tained in a race. The formula combines the Round of 16 CF Montréal 3 3 2 11 10 9 following categories: Wins, Finishes, Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Giuliana Sunday Columbus 3 2 2 11 7 6 Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Posi- Olmos, Mexico, def. Shuko Aoyama and At Congaree Golf Club IBF commissions tion While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Un- Ena Shibahara (2), Japan, 6-4, 6-4. Nashville 2 0 5 11 9 6 Ridgeland, S.C. der Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Yardage: 7,655; Par: 71 match-fixing investigation Atlanta 2 1 4 10 9 7 Lead-Lap Finish. DEALS Purse: $7.3 Million New York 3 4 0 9 10 10 Detroit Grand Prix 2 Final Round The International Boxing Asso- D.C. United 3 5 0 9 8 11 Sunday’s Transactions Garrick Higgo, $1,314,000 68-69-68-68—273-11 ciation commissioned an investi- Inter Miami CF 2 4 2 8 8 13 IndyCar Chevrolet  Doc Redman, $411,233 65-72-70-67—274-10 BASEBALL Sunday Hudson Swafford, $411,233 68-70-70-66—274-10 gation into possible corruption Toronto FC 1 4 2 5 8 12 Major League Baseball At Raceway at Belle Isle Chesson Hadley, $411,233 65-66-68-75—274-10 and match-fixing at the 2016 Chicago 1 5 1 4 4 11 Detroit. American League Tyrrell Hatton, $411,233 71-68-67-68—274-10 Cincinnati 1 4 1 4 6 15 Lap length: 2.35 miles BOSTON RED SOX — Designated RHP Olympic tournament Monday, (Start position in parentheses) Brandon Brennan for assignment. Select- Bo Van Pelt, $411,233 69-71-66-68—274-10 Western Conference 1. (16) Pato O'Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, ed the contract of RHP Ryan Weber from Jhonattan Vegas, $411,233 66-72-69-67—274-10 with just over a month before the 70 laps, Running. Worcester (Triple-A East). Ryan Armour, $220,825 71-69-71-64—275 -9 next Olympics in Tokyo. WLTPts GF GA 2. (1) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevro- CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled 2B Er- David Lipsky, $220,825 71-70-67-67—275 -9 let, 70, Running. nie Clement from Columbus (Triple-A The AIBA has hired Richard Seattle 5 0 3 18 14 3 3. (4) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 70, Run- East). Optioned RHP Triston McKenzie to Matt Fitzpatrick, $177,025 71-70-69-66—276 -8 Columbus. Dustin Johnson, $177,025 65-68-73-70—276 -8 Sporting KC 5 2 2 17 16 11 ning. McLaren, who detailed Russian 4. (2) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 70, DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Beau Pat Perez, $177,025 70-66-71-69—276 -8 doping and cover-ups before the LA Galaxy 5 2 0 15 11 11 Running. Burrows to Toledo (Triple-A East). Select- Erik van Rooyen, $177,025 65-71-72-68—276 -8 Colorado 4 2 1 13 12 8 5. (9) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 70, ed the contract of RHP Buck Farmer from 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Toledo. Sent RHP Erasmo Ramirez to Lake- Harris English, $125,925 67-69-67-74—277 -7 Houston 3 3 2 11 11 12 Running. 6. (20) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 70, land (Low-A Southeast) on a rehab assign- Will Gordon, $125,925 68-75-70-64—277 -7 to lead the investigation. San Jose 3 5 0 9 11 12 Running. ment. Sent C Grayson Greiner to Toledo on Tain Lee, $125,925 67-68-71-71—277 -7 Portland 3 4 0 9 9 11 7. (6) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 70, a rehab assignment. Wilco Nienaber, $125,925 68-68-74-67—277 -7 “Our team will conduct an inde- Running. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed INF Chez Reavie, $125,925 67-69-73-68—277 -7 pendent investigation into the Real Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 9 7 8. (10) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Chevro- Jack Mayfield off waivers from Seattle. Los Angeles 2 3 2 8 8 9 let, 70, Running. MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RF Max Ke- American Family Insurance questions surrounding corruption Austin FC 2 4 2 8 6 9 9. (22) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, pler to St. Paul (Triple-A East) on a rehab 70, Running. assignment. Signed RHP Adam Lau to a Championship or manipulation of sporting re- Vancouver 2 4 1 7 6 9 10. (12) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara-Honda, minor league contract. sults during the Rio Olympic Minnesota 2 4 1 7 6 11 70, Running. NEW YORK YANKEES —Sent 1B Luke Voit Champions Tour FC Dallas 1 3 3 6 8 11 11. (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Hon- to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A East) Sunday Games, identify the persons re- da, 70, Running. on a rehab assignment. At University Ridge Golf Course Note: Three points for victory, one point 12. (19) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 70, TAMPA BAY RAYS —Sent C Deivy Grullon Madison, Wis. sponsible and recommend the ap- for tie. Running. outright to Durham (Triple-A East). Purse: $2.4 million TEXAS RANGERS — Placed OF Khris Da- propriate course of action,” 13. (7) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Honda, Yardage: 7,083; Par: 72 Saturday’s game 70, Running. vis on unconditional release waivers. McLaren said in a statement. Austin FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie 14. (14) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Hon- TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP Final Round da, 70, Running. Jeremy Beasley from Buffalo (Triple-A Jerry Kelly, $360,000 67-69-66—202-14 Friday, June 18 15. (8) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet, 70, East). Placed LHP Steven Matz on the 10- Fred Couples, $192,000 68-67-68—203-13 Federer wins Halle Nashville at New York Running. day IL. Miguel Angel Jiménez, $192,000 65-69-69—203-13 Vancouver at Real Salt Lake 16. (13) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara- National League Jim Furyk, $128,400 68-68-68—204-12 opener on return to grass NWSL Chevrolet, 70, Running. CHICAGO CUBS —Sent RHP Dakota Chal- Retief Goosen, $128,400 68-68-68—204-12 17. (11) Ed Jones, Dallara-Honda, 70, Run- mers outright to Tennessee (Double-A Roger Federer returned to the ning. South). Brandt Jobe, $96,000 69-70-67—206-10 WLTPts GF GA 18. (3) Rinus Veekay, Dallara-Chevrolet, CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RH Mark Robert Karlsson, $70,080 69-68-70—207 -9 court with a win over qualifier Ilya Orlando 3 0 2 11 7 4 70, Running. Payton to Louisville (Triple-A East). Rein- Stephen Leaney, $70,080 70-67-70—207 -9 Ivashka on Monday as the Swiss 19. (18) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Honda, 69, stated RF Aristides Aquino from the 60- Dicky Pride, $70,080 70-68-69—207 -9 Portland 3 2 0 9 11 4 Running. day IL. Transferred CF Nick Senzel from Steve Stricker, $70,080 70-72-65—207 -9 player chases his 11th Halle Open Washington 2 1 2 8 5 5 20. (21) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chev- the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. rolet, 69, Running. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Claimed 2B Mike Weir, $70,080 72-70-65—207 -9 title in Halle, Germany, after Gotham FC 2 1 1 7 2 1 21. (25) Jimmie Johnson, Dallara-Honda, Jack Mayfield off waivers from Seattle and Houston 2 2 1 7 6 6 69, Running. optioned him to Salt Lake (Triple-A West). Mediheal Championship withdrawing from the French Chicago 2 2 1 7 4 7 22. (15) Max Chilton, Dallara-Chevrolet, MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP LPGA Tour Open to prioritize the grass-court 68, Running. Preston Guilmet for assignment. Rein- North Carolina 1 2 1 4 6 3 23. (24) Dalton Kellett, Dallara-Chevro- stated LHP Trevor Rogers from the 10-day Sunday season. Reign FC 1 2 1 4 2 3 let, 61, Running. IL. Sent SS Miguel Rojas to Jacksonville At Lake Merced Golf Club Federer held serve throughout Louisville 1 2 1 4 2 8 24. (5) Romain Grosjean, Dallara-Honda, (Triple-A East) on a rehab assignment. Ac- Daly City, Calif. 57, Did not finish. quired C/1B Lorenzo Quintana from Hous- Purse: $1.5 million in a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over his Bela- Kansas City 0 3 2 2 2 6 25. (23) Oliver Askew, Dallara-Chevrolet, ton in exchange for cash considerations. Yardage: 6,589; Par: 72 Note: Three points for victory, one point 46, Did not finish. NEW YORK METS — Sent RHP Dellin Be- Final Round rusian opponent but didn’t break for tie. tances to St. Lucie (Triple-A East) on a re- Matilda Castren, $225,000 71-69-69-65—274 -14 Race Statistics hab assignment. Sent 2B Jeff McNeil to until the last game of the match. Saturday, June 19 Min Lee, $136,903 70-69-68-69—276 -12 Average Speed of Race Winner: 97.227 Brooklyn (High-A East) on a rehab assign- Federer is now 69-7 in career Reign FC at North Carolina mph. ment. Hannah Green, $88,070 72-71-71-66—280 -8 Washington at Chicago Time of Race: 01:41:30.8814. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned So Yeon Ryu, $88,070 73-73-67-67—280 -8 matches in Halle, his favored war- Margin of Victory: 6.7595 seconds. LHP Caleb Baragar to Sacramento (Tri- Sunday, June 20 Celine Boutier, $47,971 72-75-70-64—281 -7 mup for Wimbedon. Cautions: 3 for 11 laps. ple-A West). Jenny Shin, $47,971 72-69-70-70—281 -7 Houston at Louisville Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned Kansas City at Portland Lap Leaders: Newgarden 1-67, O'Ward RHP Andres Machado to Rochester (Tri- Jenny Coleman, $47,971 71-69-71-70—281 -7 Gotham FC at Orlando 68. ple-A East). Danielle Kang, $47,971 71-66-74-70—281 -7 Associated Press Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 FRENCH OPEN/SWIMMING

ON TENNIS Why so many first-time Slam champs in Paris? BY PAUL NEWBERRY for the first time at a major in the Open era, Associated Press and four first-time semifinalists for just the It started with Garbiñe Muguruza beat- second time. ing Serena Williams in the 2016 French “This was a crazy, random kind of French Open final. Open, wasn’t it?” Chris Evert, who won sev- Jelena Ostapenko’s triumph came in en of her 18 major singles title at Roland 2017. Then, the following year, the woman Garros in the 1970s and 1980s, said in a tele- Ostapenko beat for the title at Roland Gar- phone interview. ros, Simona Halep, had her moment. Next it There’s no dominant figure on red clay was Ash Barty’s turn and, in 2020, Iga Swia- right now, the way Evert was in her day or tek’s. the men’s game has seen with Rafael Nadal. And now Barbora Krejcikova has joined And there’s no truly dominant, all-sur- the chat: Her victory at Roland Garros on face superstar in women’s tennis at the mo- Saturday made the 25-year-old from the ment — the way Williams was at the height CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP Czech Republic the sixth consecutive first- of her powers. Emma Weyant reacts after winning the women’s 400 individual medley at the U.S. time Grand Slam champion to earn the “You can’t get overpowered on a clay Olympic Swim Trials on Sunday in Omaha, Neb., and qualifying for her first Olympics. women’s singles trophy in Paris. court as much as you can on a grass court or “Why is it happening? Why so many play- a hard court. ... So that brings in another ers are (debut) Grand Slam champions style, with consistency and defensive tennis here? I don’t know,” Krejcikova said after and running balls down. Players have more her 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Anastasia Pav- time to set up for the ball and meet their tar- lyuchenkova at Court Philippe Chatrier in gets or to just retrieve balls and still be in Kalisz, Weyant, Smith the singles final. “But I’m happy that I’m the point,” Evert explained. “Serena is like part of them.” the only player in the last, really, 15 to 20 Here’s another recent trend Krejcikova years who has been able to blast opponents is part of: From the start of the Open era in off the clay courts. She was a great clay- 1968 through 2016 — nearly an entire half- court player because she had the offense earn Olympics spots century — there were zero unseeded wom- and defense in her prime.” en’s singles champions at the clay-court That’s why Evert expects a smaller group BY PAUL NEWBERRY USA Swimming allowed roughly 50% ca- major. of contenders as Grand Slam tennis moves Associated Press pacity in the 14,000-seat arena, with card- Since 2017, though, three of the past five to the grass of Wimbledon, where play be- OMAHA, Neb. — Even though he retired board cutouts occupying many of the empty French Open winners were not seeded: Os- gins June 28 and where there have been ze- from swimming five years ago, Michael seats. tapenko was ranked 47th when she won, ro first-time Slam champs in the past six Phelps’ impact was felt on the opening night “You get that electricity from the fans,” Swiatek 54th and Krejcikova 33rd. years. Past champions such as Williams or of the U.S. Olympic trials. Phelps said. “I got goose bumps when I walk- Why? Well, there are a few plausible ex- Muguruza or Petra Kvitova, a two-time Chase Kalisz, who says Phelps is like a big ed into the arena tonight.” planations, including that the COVID-19 winner at the All England Club, take advan- brother, claimed another trip to the Olympics Another 2016 Olympian, Jay Litherland, pandemic made everything a little more out tage of the slickness of the courts there. by winning the 400-meter individual medley tracked down Foster over the final 25 meters of the ordinary for everyone at the past two “The serve is a big plus on grass, whereas Sunday. to claim the expected second spot on the editions of the tournament, held just eight on clay it’s a little bit neutralized. I mean, A masked-up Phelps cheered him on from Olympic team in 4:10.33. months apart. That also could help explain Barbora didn’t win the French Open with the socially distanced stands, then strolled Foster settled for third — out of the Olym- why there were six first-time Grand Slam her serve,” Evert said. “But other players onto the deck to give his former training part- pics — in 4:10.86. quarterfinalists — including Krejcikova — can win Wimbledon with their serve.” ner at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club a Kalisz took the silver in the 400 IM at the hug. Rio Olympics, while Litherland finished fifth “Michael is very supportive,” Kalisz said. in that event. Tsitsipas: I learned a lesson “He’ll give me a kick in the (butt) if I need it, Kalisz and Litherland attended the Univer- and sometimes I need it. Michael has been an sity of Georgia and still train together. Associated Press at 22, Tsitsipas is 12 years younger than older brother to me in my life. I remember “It means the world to have my training PARIS — When Stefanos Tsitsipas’ first Djokovic, and the Greek appeared to be the interacting with Michael when I was 6 years partner with me,” Kalisz said. Grand Slam final had ended, he sank into fresher player in the first two sets. old — and here we are 21 years later.” The pandemic-delayed Olympics turned his changeover chair and buried his head Djokovic said he was braced for Tsitsi- Phelps was impressed with Kalisz’s per- out to be a blessing for Kalisz, who didn’t even in a towel. pas to get off to a good start. formance. qualify for the final of the 400 IM at the 2019 Novak Djokovic has that effect on oppo- “You’re playing for your first Grand “His back half was great,” Phelps told The world championships. He was battling a nents. Slam trophy, but you don’t have much to Associated Press. “I thought maybe he would shoulder injury. Tsitsipas built a big lead and appeared lose,” Djokovic said. “So I knew that he’s go a touch faster. But he’s right there. He took With the top four virtually in sync on the on his way to an upset victory at the French going to probably start off very well, which care of what he needed to do.” final lap of the women’s 400 IM, Weyant tou- Open, but Djokovic mounted an improba- was the case.” The Americans got some new blood on the ched first in 4:33.81. ble comeback to win his 19th major title But while Djokovic found his form and women’s side: 19-year-old Emma Weyant, in Hali Flickinger claimed the likely second Sunday, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. moved better as the match progressed, her first trials, held off three Olympic veter- spot for Tokyo in 4:33.96, while Melanie Mar- “What I learned today is that no matter Tsitsipas’ game slipped. His ground- ans to win a thrilling 400 IM. galis (4:34.08) and Leah Smith (4:34.55) just what, in order for the match to be finished, strokes became less penetrating, and by Another Olympic rookie, Kieran Smith, missed out. you have to win three sets and not two,” the end, he wore a weary expression. shaved nearly 3 seconds off his previous per- They posted the four fastest times in the Tsitsipas said. “Two sets doesn’t really “I felt like my rhythm was off; I really sonal best to win the 400 freestyle and claim world this year, a sign of America’s strength mean anything.” don’t know why,” Tsitsipas said. “It was ve- his spot for Tokyo. and depth on the women’s side. Not against Djokovic, who overcame a ry strange considering that I started off Kalisz trailed top qualifier Carson Foster Weyant said her strategy was “stick to my two-set deficit for the second time in the finding my rhythm, finding my shots, and after the butterfly and backstroke legs. race plan and not worry about everyone tournament and the sixth time in his ca- my movement on the court was perfect. But Kalisz surged to the lead on the breast- around me. Stick to my strengths and always reer. He took a bathroom break following And suddenly I just felt cold and out of it. I stroke and held it through the freestyle, win- taking it home on freestyle.” the second set and dominated thereafter, felt like I kind of lost my game a little bit. I ning in 4 minutes, 9.09 seconds. Flickinger, Margalis and Smith were never facing a break point in the final three really wish I could understand why.” “I know where I need to be to make my members of the U.S. Olympic team in 2016, sets. Tsitsipas was treated after the third set move off the breaststroke,” the 27-year-old but Weyant bested them all. “I don’t know what happened there, but for a hip issue but dismissed it as a factor. said. Kieran Smith’s Olympic debut will also he came back like a different player sud- “Despite my loss today, I have faith in Phelps, who retired in 2016 with a record mark the first time he’s on the national team. denly,” Tsitsipas said. “He played really my game,” Tsitsipas said. “I very much be- 23 gold medals at the Olympics, said every- He won in 3:44.86 but knows he’ll need to well. He gave me no space.” lieve I can get to that point very soon. I was one at the trials should get a boost from racing go even faster to have a shot at a medal — es- The turnaround was surprising because close today.” before fans. pecially against a powerful Australian squad. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 COLLEGE BASEBALL/AUTO RACING NC State ousts O’Ward dedicates No. 1 Arkansas victory to

BY ERIC OLSON 2019 and swept the SEC regular­ Rosenqvist Associated Press season and tournament cham­ North Carolina State, Texas, pionships. BY JENNA FRYER Tennessee and Arizona locked up But NC State (35­18), which lost Associated Press spots in the College World Series 21­2 on Friday, held down the Ra­ TONY GUTIERREZ/AP DETROIT — Pato O’Ward on Sunday, with the Wolfpack zorbacks’ potent offense while Kyle Larson, left, and Chase Elliott head down the front stretch during closed an emotional weekend for knocking out No. 1 national seed winning two straight one­run the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series All­Star race at Texas Motor Arrow McLaren SP by becoming Arkansas. games. Three pitchers combined Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday. IndyCar’s first repeat winner of Two days after losing its NCAA to limit them to four hits on Sun­ the season with a victory dedicated super regional opener by 19 runs, day. to his injured teammate. Jose Torres hit a tiebreaking Torres homered in all three Felix Rosenqvist was injured in home run in the top of the ninth in­ games for the Wolfpack, who 3-wide pass earns a violent crash in the first race of ning off SEC pitcher of the year opened 1­8 in Atlantic Coast Con­ the doubleheader weekend and Kevin Kopps and NC State beat ference play and 4­9 overall. They hospitalized overnight. O’Ward the Razorbacks 3­2 in the deciding made it to the ACC Tournament fi­ Larson All-Star win called his teammate Sunday morn­ Game 3. nal and were a No. 2 regional seed ing and promised to win the second Tennessee defeated LSU 15­6 in Ruston, La., where they swept BY STEPHEN HAWKINS had him off of Turn 4 but they just race for him. and Texas beat South Florida 12­4 three games by a combined 30­11. Associated Press have so much speed,” Keselowski “I’m a man of my word, I wanted to complete two­game sweeps, “They’re a really good group of FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle said. “He just motored right on to get it done for him,” O’Ward and Arizona won a three­game se­ players and committed to one an­ Larson was back in the NASCAR back by me, like damn.” said. “I truly wanted to get it be­ ries with a 16­3 victory over Mis­ other,” coach Elliott Avent said. All­Star race, and got another $1 Larson was with Chip Ganassi cause (Saturday) was very mixed sissippi. “They believed early on when we million by winning it again. Racing when he won the 2019 All­ emotions. I consider Felix very Virginia beat Dallas Baptist 4­0 were 1­8 that we could rebound, Larson held off a hard­charging Star race. He missed last year’s big close, and it’s not a cool feeling to and Notre Dame defeated Missis­ and they stuck with it.” Brad Keselowski during the final event at Bristol while serving a six­ see that.” sippi State 9­1 to force deciding Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn 10­lap shootout at Texas on Sunday month suspension after using a ra­ Making good on his promise re­ third games Monday. made a surprising move when he night, after a slippery three­wide cial slur during a livestream while quired a masterful drive in which No. 2 Vanderbilt and No. 9 Stan­ gave Kopps his first start of the pass for the lead, and pushed Hen­ in a virtual race during the pan­ the 22­year­old from Mexico was ford were the first teams to claim season Sunday. Kopps had drick Motorsports to its second demic. That nearly cost him his ca­ fifth on the final restart with seven spots in the CWS, which opens Sat­ worked long, middle and short re­ consecutive win, and 10th overall, reer, but Rick Hendrick gave him laps remaining in a race complete­ urday in Omaha, Nebraska. lief for the Hogs this season and in the annual nonpoints race with a an opportunity this season to get ly dominated by pole sitter Josef 1 Two CWS openers are set: NC hadn’t allowed a run in 15 ⁄3 in­ seven­figure prize. back into the Cup Series. Newgarden. State­Stanford and Arizona­Van­ nings in regionals and super re­ Defending All­Star winner and Second in points with 10 races to O’Ward picked off Graham Ra­ derbilt. Texas will play Notre gionals. reigning Cup champion Chase El­ go before the playoffs, Larson now hal in the first turn, then Alex Pa­ Dame or Mississippi State and No. 2 national seed Texas liott, who started the sixth and final is only the eighth driver to be a two­ lou in the second turn. Tennessee faces Dallas Baptist or erased an early two­run deficit segment of the 100­lap race out time All­Star race winner. Two down, two to go. Virginia. with four runs in the second in­ front, didn’t stay there long. Elliott finished third, ahead of He caught Colton Herta, leaving This marks the 21st straight ning and two more in the third to Larson pushed his teammate, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and only two­time IndyCar champion NCAA Tournament the No. 1 seed go up 6­2 against South Florida. then got in front on the outside Alex Bowman. William Byron, Ar­ Newgarden in his sight. O’Ward will not win the national title. It’s After hitting no home runs in its through the fourth turn. They were ic Almirola, Kyle Bush and Kurt caught him in turn 7 with a little the eighth time since the tourna­ 4­2 win Saturday, No. 3 national three­wide before Keselowski Busch rounded out the top 10 in the over two laps to go and Newgarden ment went to its current format in seed Tennessee (50­16) continued pulled ahead briefly at the line, 21­car field. tried to use his experience to run 1999 that the top seed hasn’t reac­ its late­season power surge. Jake then Larson got ahead to stay for Hendrick drivers Elliott, Byron O’Ward down. hed the CWS. Rucker went deep twice, and the the last eight laps. and Larson started the final seg­ “He knew where to put me in or­ Arkansas (51­13) had been the Vols matched their season high “That last restart worked out ex­ ment 1­2­3 — with Penske drivers der for me not to be able to get him, consensus No. 1 team in the polls with six homers, increasing their actly how I needed it to. I wanted Ryan Blaney, Keselowski and Joey but I didn’t move,” O’Ward said. most of the season, hadn’t lost a NCAA Tournament total to 16 in Chase to not get a good run down Logano 4­6. Elliott had moved from Wheel to wheel they battled and best­of­three series since May five games. the back,” Larson said. third to first during the 30­lap fifth the cars even touched. “I think it “Thankfully, I think (Keselow­ segment that included a required makes it more exciting whenever ski) got to his inside, and I just four­tire stop. there’s a little rubbin’,” O’Ward shoved him down the back and he “Kyle got to my outside and that said with a smile. probably thought I was going to was the end of it, really. Just got He completed the pass and just follow him and I was like, beat,” Elliott said. drove away to beat Newgarden by there’s got to be enough grip where Byron won the fourth segment, 6.7595 seconds, confident he never we’d be running for one corner,” he and had the lowest cumulative fin­ crossed the line between clean rac­ said. “It was a little slick up there ish through the first four 15­lap seg­ ing and aggressively chasing a win but I was able to get it and hold him ments. Larson, Blaney and Bow­ and the IndyCar championship. off from there. I can’t believe it.” man, another Hendrick driver, fin­ “In my head, the two guys that Larson said he had nearly all ished in front for the first three seg­ I’m fighting the championship four tires in a groove above where ments. with are in front of me, and I was they had been running laps. He had On a hot night deep in the heart not going to be pleased if we ended decided earlier that he’d go for it if of Texas, drivers emerged through behind them,” O’Ward said. “So if I given the chance. the saloon doors on a huge facade had the chance I was going to “No points on the line ... If I during prerace introductions while strike. I just had to make sure ev­ wreck, I wreck,” he said. their cars were rolled through a ery strike wasn’t like, ‘Oh, am I go­ Crew chief Cliff Daniels said he corral gate. Drivers did their war­ ing to get it?’ It had to be ‘Boom, didn’t even think there was a lane mup laps while rocker Sammy Ha­ definite.’ Once you’re on the inside, up there, “and he put it up there, gar performed “I Can’t Drive 55” it’s yours. I felt like I did it very and it stuck.” from the stands, finishing the song clean.” Larson has gone to Victory Lane right at the green flag. O’Ward, who earned his first ca­ three weekends in a row, and four Texas is the third track in three reer victory last month, took a one times overall this season. years for the All­Star race. Char­ point lead over Palou in the cham­ Keselowski said running second lotte Motor Speedway hosted it 34 pionship standings. He has now MICHAEL WOODS / AP to Hendrick cars these days is of the first 35 years before a move won on an oval and a street course, North Carolina State’s Jose Torres (8) is greeted by teammates after somewhat of an accomplishment. out of North Carolina last summer and he finished third Saturday for hitting a go­ahead home run in the ninth inning against Arkansas. “They’re just stupid fast, and I because of COVID­19 restrictions. two podiums at Detroit. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League

East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 42 24 .636 _ Blue Jays bludgeon Red Sox Boston 39 27 .591 3 Toronto 33 30 .524 7½ New York 33 32 .508 8½ Baltimore 22 42 .344 19 Toronto homers 8 times Central Division in 18-4 win at Fenway WLPct GB Associated Press Chicago 41 24 .631 _ Cleveland 34 28 .548 5½ BOSTON — Teoscar Hernán­ Kansas City 30 34 .469 10½ dez hit a pair of three­run homers Detroit 26 39 .400 15 over the Green Monster — two of Minnesota 26 39 .400 15 Toronto’s eight longballs — as the West Division Blue Jays routed the Boston Red WLPct GB Sox 18­4 on Sunday. Oakland 40 27 .597 _ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bi­ Houston 37 28 .569 2 chette, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cavan Los Angeles 33 32 .508 6 Biggio, Rowdy Tellez and Marcus Seattle 32 35 .478 8 Texas 25 41 .379 14½ Semien also went deep for the Blue Jays, a day after they had five National League homers in a 7­2 victory. Guerrero East Division leads the major leagues with 21 WLPct GB homers. New York 32 25 .561 _ The eight home runs were the Philadelphia 32 31 .508 3 most ever allowed in a game by Atlanta 30 33 .476 5 the Red Sox. Miami 29 36 .446 7 Washington 27 35 .435 7½ Bichette had four of Toronto’s season­high 20 hits. The Jays also Central Division reached a season high for runs. WLPct GB Xander Bogaerts and Bobby STEVEN SENNE/AP Chicago 38 27 .585 _ Dalbec homered for Boston, The Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, and Teoscar Hernandez celebrate after Hernandez hit a three­ Milwaukee 38 27 .585 _ Robbie Ray (4­2) struck out 10 Cincinnati 32 31 .508 5 run home run in Toronto’s 18­4 win on Sunday in Boston. Bo Bichette, right, also scored on the homer. St. Louis 32 33 .492 6 over six innings, giving up three Pittsburgh 23 41 .359 14½ runs and four hits., lead the Phillies. road loss, the club’s worst road runs as host Los Angeles held off Martín Pérez (4­4) retired only West Division Reds 6, Rockies 2: Eugenio skid since it moved from St. Louis Texas. four batters, allowing five runs WLPct GB Suárez hit a two­run homer and to Baltimore in 1954. Down 5­0, the Rangers scored and six hits. host Cincinnati won for the 10th After opener Michael Wacha al­ three times in the ninth inning and San Francisco 40 25 .615 _ Braves 6, Marlins 4: Drew Los Angeles 39 26 .600 1 time in 13 games to move over .500 lowed one run and two hits, Josh had the bases loaded with no outs San Diego 38 29 .567 3 Smyly (3­3) allowed two runs in for the first time since it was 9­8. Fleming (6­4) entered in the third before Kenley Jansen retired Colorado 25 41 .379 15½ five innings on his 32nd birthday Colorado was swept on the road and walked one — with two outs in three straight batters for his 15th Arizona 20 46 .303 20½ to help visiting Atlanta stop a a for the fifth time this year, follow­ the third that was the last Orioles’ save. four­game slide. Sunday’s games ing wipeouts at the Los Angeles baserunner — over four innings. Athletics 6, Royals 3: Chris Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 1 Austin Riley homered and Dodgers, San Francisco, San Die­ White Sox 4, Tigers 1: Carlos Bassitt escaped a scary line drive Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 1 drove in three runs, going 3­for­3 Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Yankees 0 go and St. Louis. The Rockies are Rodón (6­2) took a no­hit bid into to win his seventh straight deci­ Toronto 18, Boston 4 with a walk and getting hit by a Seattle 6, Cleveland 2 13­19 at home but 5­27 on the road, the seventh before Eric Haase’s sion and Matt Olson homered pitch. Ender Inciarte also home­ Houston 14, Minnesota 3 on pace to surpass the 1935 Boston one­out double, and Chicago com­ twice to lead Oakland to a home L.A. Angels 10, Arizona 3 red for the Braves, his solo shot Oakland 6, Kansas City 3 Braves’ 13­65 for the worst road pleted a three­game sweep at De­ win. L.A. Dodgers 5, Texas 3 coming one inning after replaced Washington 5, San Francisco 0 record in a season. troit. Bassitt (7­2) had a scare in the Ronald Acuña Jr., who had right Cincinnati 6, Colorado 2 Padres 7, Mets 3: Fernando Rodón allowed one run and one second when Nicky Lopez’s San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3 pectoral soreness. Atlanta 6, Miami 4 Tatis Jr. hit a tiebreaking grand hit in seven innings. Evan Mar­ screaming liner glanced off his Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 2 Will Smith pitched a perfect Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 0 slam off Jacob Barnes in the sev­ shall and Liam Hendriks complet­ right side for an RBI single. The  ninth for his 12th save. Miami starter Pablo López (2­4) enth inning, his 19th homer this ed the one­hitter, with Hendriks pitcher, clearly shaken, went face Monday’s games season. and Manny Machado fol­ getting his AL­leading 17th save. down in the grass with his arms Baltimore at Cleveland gave up four runs and six hits in Toronto at Boston three innings. lowed with a home run as San Die­ Brewers 5, Pirates 2: Avisaíl spread for several moments as Detroit at Kansas City go stopped a four­game slide with García hit a two­run homer off Da­ athletic trainer Nick Paparesta Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox Nationals 5, Giants 0:Washing­ L.A. Angels at Oakland a win at New York. vid Bednar (0­1), Christian Yelich and manager Bob Melvin scurried Minnesota at Seattle ton’s Kyle Schwarber became the Pittsburgh at Washington sixth player in the history of the Chris Paddack (3­5) struck out added a pinch­hit sacrifice fly on to check on him, but Bassitt stayed Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets nine and allowed two runs and six his bobblehead day and host Mil­ in the game. Cincinnati at Milwaukee Washington franchise to homer in Miami at St. Louis both the first and second innings, hits six innings. waukee completed a three­game Angels 10, Diamondbacks 3: San Diego at Colorado Arizona at San Francisco driving in four runs in a win over Mariners 6, Indians 2: Seattle sweep to win for the 14th time in 16 Max Stassi hit a two­run homer in Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers won on the road as Jake Fraley games. the first, Patrick Sandoval pitched  visiting San Francisco. Joe Ross (3­6) allowed five hits homered off AL Cy Young Award Pittsburgh has lost seven four­hit ball into the seventh and Tuesday’s games winner Shane Bieber (7­4) after straight. the Los Angeles won at Arizona. N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 3­1) at To­ in eight innings as the Nationals ronto (Ryu 5­4) gained a four­game split. replacing Mitch Haniger, who Astros 14, Twins 3: Michael The Angels moved above .500 Baltimore (Harvey 3­7) at Cleveland (Quantrill 0­2) Schwarber hit his seventh ca­ was helped from the field after Brantley had his second four­hit for the first time since May 1 at 33­ Boston (Rodríguez 5­4) at Atlanta (Da­ bruising his left knee when he game of the series, with three dou­ 32. The Diamondbacks have lost vidson 0­0) reer leadoff homer, his second in Detroit (Mize 3­4) at Kansas City (Mi­ as many days, and hit a three­run fouled off a pitch in the first in­ bles and four RBIs. Houston had a 10 straight games and 33 of 38, fall­ nor 5­3) Tampa Bay (McClanahan 2­1) at Chica­ drive in the second off Johnny ning. season­high 20 hits and took two of ing to a big­league worst 20­46 this go White Sox (Keuchel 5­1) Cueto (4­3) for a 4­0 lead. Fraley completed the at­bat three at Minnesota. season. Texas (Gibson 4­0) at Houston (McCull­ ers Jr. 3­1) Josh Harrison had four hits. with a strikeout and flied out in the The Twins’ Michael Pineda Cubs 2, Cardinals 0: Zach Da­ L.A. Angels (Heaney 4­3) at Oakland second, but his two­run homer in (3­4) left after four innings due to vies tossed two­hit ball into the (Montas 6­6) Phillies 7, Yankees 0: Aaron Minnesota (Happ 3­2) at Seattle (Flex­ Nola (5­4) allowed three hits and the fourth pushed the Mariners’ right forearm soreness that first seventh inning to outduel Carlos en 5­3) 2 Pittsburgh (Anderson 3­6) at Washing­ struck out nine in 7 ⁄3 innings, and lead to 5­0. Kyle Seager hit a solo bothered him June 1. In his second Martinez, and the host Chicago ton (Corbin 3­5) host Philadelphia completed a homer in the third off Bieber, who start since returning, he allowed completed a three­game sweep. Chicago Cubs (Mills 2­0) at N.Y. Mets 2 (Walker 5­2) two­game sweep that moved the gave up five runs in 5⁄3 innings. three runs and six hits. The Cubs have won five straight Cincinnati (Castillo 2­9) at Milwaukee (Anderson 2­4) team back over .500 at 32­31. Rays 7, Orioles 1: Randy Aro­ Dodgers 5, Rangers 3:Walker and 15 of 20 to remain in a tie with Miami (Rogers 7­3) at St. Louis (TBD) Odubel Herrera, Jean Segura zarena hit his first career grand Buehler pitched six scoreless in­ the Milwaukee Brewers atop the San Diego (Darvish 6­2) at Colorado (González 2­4) and J.T. Realmuto combined to go slam, Tampa Bay relievers threw nings of five­hit ball to remain un­ NL Central. Chicago kept up its Arizona (TBD) at San Francisco (TBD) 7­for­13 with a double, a triple, seven no­hit innings, and Balti­ beaten since 2019, and Mookie success at Wrigley Field, where Philadelphia (Eflin 2­5) at L.A. Dodgers (Urías 9­2) four runs scored and five RBIs to more suffered its 15th consecutive Betts homered and scored three it’s won six in a row and nine of 10. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 NHL PLAYOFFS Canadiens and their rich history face favored Vegas

BY JOHN WAWROW Associated Press Scoreboard Growing up in Quebec, Marc- Andre Fleury has such respect Semifinals

for the Canadiens’ rich history, (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) the Golden Knights goalie uses Vegas vs. Montreal Monday: at Vegas the formal, “mister,” when refer- Wednesday: at Vegas Friday: Vegas at Montreal encing Montreal’s notable stars. Sunday, June 20: at Montreal Such was the case Saturday up- x-Tuesday, June 22: at Vegas x-Thursday, June 24: at Montreal on being informed the the team x-Saturday, June 26: at Vegas invited former Canadiens for- N.Y. Islanders 1, Tampa Bay 0 Sunday: N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 1 ward and GM Bob Gainey to ad- Tuesday: at Tampa Bay Thursday: at N.Y. Islanders dress the team in preparation of Saturday: at N.Y. Islanders its Stanley Cup semifinal series, x-Monday, June 21: at Tampa Bay x-Wednesday, June 23: at N.Y. Islanders which opens at Vegas on Mon- x-Friday, June 25: at Tampa Bay CHRIS O’MEARA / AP day. Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh, right, drives New York Islanders center Mathew “They have such a huge history proudly embrace being under- Barzal into the boards during the Islanders’ 2­1 win Sunday in Game 1 of a semifinal series in Tampa. behind that team. They’ve won dogs. many times before. It’s nice for “We believe in ourselves,” in- them to have guys like Mr. Gai- terim coach Dominique Du- ney coming back and talking to charme said. “Not too many peo- them,” Fleury said of Montreal’s ple did starting the playoffs. We Varlamov, Islanders beat five-time Cup winner. don’t care if it changes or not.” “But I don’t know, the game is Montreal’s confidence stems still played on the ice. It doesn’t from the puck-smothering play matter if you have 24 Cups,” he of goalie Carey Price, who has al- added. “I think you’ve got to be lowed 12 goals during a seven- Lightning 2-1 in Game 1 able to play in the moment.” game winning streak which be- The Canadiens, founded in gan after the Canadiens fell be- 1909, might predate Las Vegas’ hind 3-1 in their first-round se- It’s the first time Tampa Bay has trailed in a series in this postseason incorporation as a city by two ries to Toronto. Montreal, com- BY FRED GOODALL over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Var- — the last coming with 1:38 re- years, and yet history only gets ing off a four-game sweep of Associated Press lamov won four games in the sec- maining and producingthe Light- you so far in a series the Golden Winnipeg, hasn’t trailed in a span TAMPA, Fla. — Semyon Varla- ond round, including the final ning’s only goal. Knights are considered heavy fa- of 437 minutes and 53 seconds, mov and the New York Islanders three as New York rallied to elim- With Vasilevskiy on the bench, vorites. the NHL”s second-longest play- are on a roll. inate the Boston Bruins. Tampa Bay, which already had six Vegas makes its third semifi- off run, and 50:45 short of the re- The veteran goaltender made 30 “Goaltending is all about timely skaters on the ice when the Islan- nals appearance in its fourth year cord Montreal set in 1960. saves to outplay Andrei Vasilev- saves. We’ve got two that have ders’ Brock Nelson drew a penalty of existence. The team finished “There’s no doubt in my mind skiy, and the Islanders got goals done that for us,” Islanders coach for high-sticking, took advantage the regular season with 16 more that every single player in this from Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pu- Barry Trotz said. “They have done on 6-on-4 to get on the board with wins and 23 more points than league knows that Carey Price is lock to hold off defending cham- it all year.” Braden Point’s ninth goal this post- Montreal. Following a seven- the best goalie in the league,” for- pion Tampa Bay 2-1 in Game 1 of Barzal opened the scoring when season with 53 seconds to go. game first-round victory over ward Paul Byron said. “At any the Stanley Cup semifinals. he took a pass from Josh Bailey “We knew they were going to Minnesota, the Golden Knights point he can steal a game.” The Lightning lost a series open- and skated in just ahead of pursu- come out pretty hard, they always overcame a 2-0 series deficit to The Golden Knights aren’t dis- er for the first time this postseason. ing defender Jan Rutta to slip the do at home,” Varlamov said, add- win four straight against Presi- missing Montreal. It’s also the first series deficit puck through Vasilevskiy’s pads at ing a strong start defensively was dent’s Trophy-winning Colorado. “You’re foolish if you look at they’ve faced since dropping 12:32 of the second period. crucial. “We didn’t give up stupid The Canadiens, whose 24-21-11 their record and make a judge- Game 1 of last year’s Cup final to Pulock sent a shot past the Vezi- penalties. ... They only had two record was the worst among the ment on them,” Vegas coach Pe- the Dallas Stars. na Trophy finalist from just inside power plays.” 16 playoff qualifiers, are accus- ter DeBoer said. “The last seven “In our minds Varly is one of the the blue line for a two-goal lead at New York is the first team since tomed to being overlooked and games they’ve been lights out.” best goalies in the league. When 5:36 of the third. the 1980 Philadelphia Flyers (Phil there is a chance against him he’s The best-of-seven series, which Myre, Pete Peeters) to have two been there all year for us,” New continues in Tampa on Tuesday goaltenders with win streaks of at York’s Jordan Eberle said, adding night, is a rematch of last year’s least four games in the same play- the Islanders are building confi- Eastern Conference final won by off year. The Bruins (Eddie John- dence by the victory. the Lightning in six games. ston, Gerry Cheevers) were the “I think if you look at the way the Most of the players are the same, first team in 1972. playoffs have gone for us, our game including Varlamov and Vasilev- “We dropped a few last year in has continued to get better and skiy, and Tampa Bay is very famil- the playoffs as well, including in that’s what you want to see. We’re iar with Trotz, who has faced them the Final. We’re fine in this posi- in the final four, so you should have at this stage of the playoffs three of tion,” said the Lightning’s Steven confidence. This is obviously a the past four seasons. Stamkos. good start for us, but we know they “It’s frustrating to lose. ... But “It’s not ideal, but they did what are going to come out pushing the this team is no different than the we have done to teams so far and next game.” team we basically played in the get one on the road so far, so we Varlamov won his fourth bubble,” Lightning coach Jon have to get one in front of our fans straight playoff start, joining team- Cooper said. “We just made too and we’ll take it from there,” the mate Ilya Sorokin as only the third many mistakes, unforced errors. Tampa Bay captain added. pair of goaltenders from the same Managing the puck is a big thing “There’s no panic in the room. team to have personal winning against this team.” That’s a really good team over streaks of at least four games in a New York helped itself by stay- there. Sometimes they have a say, RYAN REMIORZ /AP single postseason. ing out the penalty box for most the and they played really well. We’ll Montreal Canadiens right wing Tyler Toffoli, center, is mobbed by Sorokin won four in a row during afternoon, limiting Tampa Bay to make some adjustments and come teammates after scoring the winning goal in overtime of their playoff the Islanders’ first-round victory just two power-play opportunities back even hungrier.” series with the Winnipeg Jets on June 7. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NBA PLAYOFFS Bucks even series, Nets lose Irving BY STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press “Now it’s a three-game MILWAUKEE — Giannis Ante- series. We’ve got to get tokounmpo and Khris Middleton home, rest up and get finally are getting a little more help, while Kevin Durant keeps our minds and bodies seeing his superstar cohorts get ready. Stay positive.” hurt. And now a second-round playoff Steve Nash series that once looked like a Brooklyn Nets coach Brooklyn Nets runaway suddenly is up for grabs. certainly helps to get more guys Antetokounmpo scored 34 contributing, making shots. P.J. points and the Bucks rolled to a Tucker was phenomenal on both 107-96 Game 4 victory Sunday to ends of the court.” tie the series, while the Nets, lost After the Nets scored 13 straight Kyrie Irving to a sprained right an- points to take a 34-23 lead early in kle. the second quarter, Milwaukee re- The Bucks erased a 2-0 deficit sponded with a 21-4 run to seize by winning two straight in Mil- control of the game. That stretch waukee. Game 5 is Tuesday night featured a 12-0 spurt, including a at Brooklyn. four-point play from Middleton, “We’re very happy, but we’ve two corner three-pointers from got to keep getting better, keep Tucker and a dunk from Anteto- playing together and hopefully we kounmpo. can go into Brooklyn and take As the final seconds ticked off one,” Antetokounmpo said. the clock, the Fiserv Forum crowd PHOTOS BY MORRY GASH/AP The Nets’ immediate concern is changed, “Bucks In Six!” Above: The Bucks’ Giannis the health of its superstar trio. “Now it’s a three-game series,” Antetokounmpo dunks during Irving was hurt midway the second half of Game 4 of Nash said. “We’ve got to get home, through the second quarter and Eastern Conference semifinals rest up and get our minds and bod- didn’t return. Brooklyn is already against the Nets, Sunday, in ies ready. Stay positive.” missing nine-time All-Star and Milwaukee. Left: Brooklyn’s Tucker’s Turnaround:Tucker’s 2018 MVP James Harden, who Kyrie Irving holds his leg after 13-point performance came after hasn’t played since the opening being injured during the first half. he scored a total of nine points in minute of Game 1 due to right the first three games of this series. hamstring tightness. They got more balance Sunday He also made a difference with That puts even more pressure after eking out an 86-83 victory in the way he defended Durant. on Durant, who has carried the Game 3, when Middleton and An- Tucker’s been the primary de- Nets this series and provided 28 tetokounmpo combined for 68 fender on Durant during this se- points and 13 rebounds Sunday. points, 79% of the Bucks’ scoring ries. The only other player on the team output. That marked the highest “He’s playing extremely physi- in double figures was Irving, who percentage of a team’s points that cal and made it difficult,” Nash had 11 points before leaving. aduo had combined to score in any said. “That’s his role. I thought it Brooklyn coach Steve Nash said the paint to cut the Bucks’ lead to change of possession, team offi- NBA playoff game ever. was borderline physical nonbas- X-rays taken on Irving’s ankle 44-40 midway through the second cials went to check on Irving, who Middleton scored 19 points, ketball at times, but that’s the play- were negative and that the seven- quarter, his left leg hit the right leg appeared in pain on the floor be- Jrue Holiday had 14, P.J. Tucker offs. You had to adapt and adjust.” time All-Star’s status for Game 5 is of Antetokounmpo on his way fore walking to the locker room. got 13 and Bryn Forbes added 10 Budenholzer had a different uncertain at this point. down. Irving landed awkwardly, The Nets announced at halftime for the Bucks. Holiday had nine as- opinion on the way Tucker has de- “We’ll have to see how it goes,” his ankle rolled and he clutched at that Irving wouldn’t return. sists and Middleton had eight. fended Durant. Nash said. “We’ll cross our fin- it as play briefly continued on the The Bucks already had taken “At this stage, it’s whatever it “He’s just guarding him,” Bu- gers.” other end of the floor. the lead for good even before Irv- takes to win the game,” Bucks denholzer said. “If that’s not bas- After Irving made a basket in When play stopped due to a ing’s injury. coach Mike Budenholzer said. “It ketball, I don’t know what is.” Scoreboard Roar: Suns advance to conference finals for first time since 2010 Playoffs FROM PAGE 24 have great coaching putting us in a ketball aside, he means so much to CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS seeded Utah or the Los Angeles position to succeed right now. me and my family. So to be on this (Best-of-seven) Clippers. The Jazz lead that series "I definitely feel like we’re con- journey with him and to see it pay- x-if necessary Eastern Conference 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Mon- nected as a group and it shows.” ing off is nice. We’re a lot alike. We Brooklyn 2, Milwaukee 2 day night in Los Angeles. Phoenix Right after the final horn, Paul stay locked in. I don’t feel good un- Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107 and Booker — who combined for til the buzzer sounds. Monty’s the Brooklyn 125, Milwaukee 86 was 1-2 against the Clippers in the Milwaukee 86, Brooklyn 83 regular season and 3-0 against the 71 points — made their way same way. When the series is over, Sunday: Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn 96 Tuesday: at Brooklyn Jazz. through the post-series handshak- and the game is over, it’s nice to Thursday: at Milwaukee “Everybody at this point is es and hugs near the Nuggets logo. share those moments.” x-Saturday, June 19: at Brooklyn Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1 banged up and can use that kind of Waiting on the side was Wil- The last time the Suns were this Atlanta 128, Philadelphia, 124 recovery,” Phoenix coach Monty liams. He shared a heartfelt em- far was 2010 behind a cast that in- Philadelphia 118, Atlanta 102 Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 111 William said. "We earned it and we brace with each one. cluded the likes of Amar’e Stoude- Monday: at Atlanta want to take advantage of it. Williams is tight with Paul, from mire, Steve Nash, Jason Richard- Wednesday: at Philadelphia x-Friday: at Atlanta “But right now, I'm not even their coach/guard time together in son and Grant Hill. They fell to x-Sunday, June 20: at Philadelphia New Orleans. They have a strong Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Western Conference thinking about that. I’m just happy Phoenix 4, Denver 0 about what these guys have ac- bond away from the court, too, and Lakers 4-2. Phoenix 122, Denver 105 complished." DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP Paul was there for Williams when “The emotions are happy, Phoenix 123, Denver 98 Phoenix 116, Denver 102 Crowder has become quite a Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, left, Williams lost his wife from inju- grateful, tired, relieved," Williams Sunday: Phoenix 125, Denver 118 ries in a car accident in 2016. said of advancing to the confer- Utah 2, L.A. Clippers 1 postseason catalyst, with his argues with Phoenix Suns guard Utah 112, L.A. Clippers 109 teams going 22-9 over his last 31 Devin Booker during Game 4 on “Monty has been through things ence finals. “It’s one of those mo- Utah 117, L.A. Clippers 111 in his life that a lot of people don’t ments for me that quite frankly I L.A. Clippers 132, Utah 106 playoff games. Before the 2020 Sunday, in Denver. Monday: at L.A. Clippers season, his teams were 20-31 in necessarily come back from,” said never thought I’d have a chance to Wednesday: at Utah we are as a unit,” Crowder said. Paul, who scored 13 of his 37 experience. For me, I have a level x-Friday, June 18: at L.A. Clippers playoff games. x-Sunday, June 20: at Utah “Very impressive how locked in “We have great leadership. We points in the fourth quarter. "Bas- of gratitude I can’t even explain.” PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Unfamiliar territory SPORTS Bolts down 0-1 for first time this postseason with loss to Islanders ›› NHL playoffs, Page 22

NBA PLAYOFFS Burning bright Suns sweep Nuggets, roar into conference finals

BY PAT GRAHAM Associated Press ae Crowder received all sorts of quizzical text messages for his decision to sign with the Phoenix Suns in the offseason. J What was he thinking? The Suns hadn't been to the playoffs in a decade. The West was stacked. “I look like a genius, huh?” cracked Crowder, who took his talents to the Suns after helping Miami re- ach the NBA Finals last season. “I knew the type of group these guys were. I felt like they were hungry. They wanted to do some special things and I wanted 7 to be a part of it.” Behind the brilliant Consecutive wins for the backcourt of Chris Paul Phoenix Suns after and Devin Booker and stea- sweeping the Denver dy contributions from the Nuggets in Game 4 on likes of Crowder, the Suns Sunday, the longest are roaring into the West- playoff winning streak in ern Conference Finals for franchise history. the first time since 2010, SOURCE: Associated Press the last year they reached the postseason. The Suns completed a four-game sweep of the short-handed Denver Nuggets with a 125-118 win Sunday night in a testy game in which MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected in the third quarter for a flagrant foul on Cameron Payne. It was the seventh straight win for Phoenix — the longest playoff winning streak in team history. After bouncing LeBron James and the defending champion Lakers in six games during the first round, the Suns made even quicker work of Jokic and the Nuggets. Now, they get to rest up before playing either top-

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Phoenix center Deandre Ayton reacts after dunk­ ing the ball in the second half of Game 4 of the Suns' second­round playoff series against the Nuggets, Sunday, in Denver. Phoenix won 125­ 118 to sweep the series. DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP

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