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DECISION 2020 Military responses Here’s where the candidates stand on issues important to troops and veterans

BY STEVE BEYNON Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and for- mer Vice President Joe Biden agreed in a questionnaire released Wednesday by a military advocacy group that the Defense Department needs to compete with near-peer mili- tary powers such as Russia and China. But the presidential candidates differed on the details and where billions of federal dollars should be spent. Trump boasted about “rebuilding the military.” Biden conceded the military might need a boost but he doesn’t back a runaway budget. President Donald Trump In the questionnaire released by Military Officers Association of America on how Trump Former Vice President Joe Biden highlighted his establishing and Biden would lead the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs, Trump touted the slammed Trump for abandoning Space Force and authorizing a Pentagon’s “largest-ever” budget, writing “our country has rejected a future of American “all fiscal discipline” and called boost to the military’s arsenal in decline and embraced our destiny of American dominance.” for a more surgical approach a questionnaire from the Military to defense spending in his The MOAA asked Trump, Biden and Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian candidate for president, Officers Association of America. response to the MOAA. a series of questions on how they will lead the military and improve care for veterans. EVAN VUCCI/AP PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP SEE RESPONSES ON PAGE 7 Gulf Coast braces for 2nd round of flooding in Sally’s wake

BY JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and creeks swollen by the storm’s yet,” Escambia County emergency Vehicles sit under AND JEFF MARTIN heavy rains manager Eric Gilmore said. water on a flooded Associated Press In Pensacola and surrounding With the Florida Panhandle and street Wednesday Escambia County, where Sally’s Alabama on alert, Sally’s rainy in Pensacola, Fla. PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hom- floodwaters surged through down- remnants pushed farther inland Hurricane Sally eowners and businesses along the town streets and lapped at car door across the Southeast, causing made landfall near Gulf Shores, Ala., soggy Gulf Coast began cleaning handles Wednesday before reced- flooding in Georgia and threaten- up Thursday in the wake of Hurri- ing, authorities went door-to-door as a Category 2 ing more of the same on Friday in storm. cane Sally as the region braced for to check on residents and warn North Carolina and Virginia. a delayed, second round of flood- them the danger wasn’t over. ing in the coming days from rivers “We are not out of the woods SEE SALLY ON PAGE 9 GERALD HERBERT/AP PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9100 Germany $2.458 $2.875 $3.126 $2.697 Azores -- -- $3.016 -- Euro costs (Sept. 18) ...... $1.15 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.19 Change in price -1.6 cents -1.2 cents -0.9 cents -0.1 cents Change in price -- -- -11.0 cents -- Dollar buys (Sept. 18)...... €0.8262 Turkey (Lira) ...... 7.5588 British pound (Sept. 18) ...... $1.27 (Military exchange rates are those Netherlands -- $3.357 $3.578 $3.123 Belgium -- $2.258 $2.531 $2.341 Japanese yen (Sept. 18) ...... 103.00 Change in price -- -35.8 cents -35.6 cents -43.5 cents Change in price -- No change No change No change available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Sept. 18) ...... 1,145.00 facilities in the country of issuance U.K. -- $2.774 $3.025 $2.596 Turkey -- -- $2.913 $3.419* Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Change in price -- -2.3 cents -2.0 cents -1.2 cents Change in price -- -- -2.3 cents -2.4 cents Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2909 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3217 purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...... 6.7692 check with your local military banking PACIFIC GAS PRICES Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.3000 facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7464 rates provided for reference when buying Country Unleaded Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Euro ...... $1.1809/0.8468 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Japan -- $2.919 -- $2.489 South Korea $2.259 -- $2.929 $2.499 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7505 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Change in price -- -2.0 cents -- -1.0 cents Change in price -3.0 cents -- -2.0 cents -1.0 cents Hungary (Forint) ...... 305.11 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4230 Okinawa $2.249 -- -- $2.489 Guam $2.259** $2.679 $2.929 -- and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Change in price -3.0 cents -- -- -1.0 cents Change in price -3.0 cents -2.0 cents -2.0 cents -- Japan (Yen) ...... 104.70 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3059 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0888 Philippines (Peso)...... 48.49 Prime rate ...... 3.25 * Diesel EFD ** Midgrade Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.77 Discount rate ...... 0.25 For the week of Sept. 19-25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7504 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.09 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3590 3-month bill ...... 0.12 South Korea (Won) ...... 1,172.79 30-year bond ...... 1.45 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Stars and Stripes YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is likely to adhere to his predeces- sor’s defense policies, which experts say will benefit the Pentagon’s interests. Suga, previously the chief cabinet sec- retary, took over as prime minister on Wednesday following elections by the gov- erning Liberal Democratic Party. His pre- decessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down due to poor health. Suga had been Japan’s lon- gest-serving chief cabinet secretary, work- ing under Abe from 2012-20. Because of his long partnership with Abe, Japanese media has labeled Suga a “continuity candidate” expected to carry on the former prime minister’s work. Abe advocated strengthening U.S.-Japan relations, bolstering the Japan Self-De- fense Force and supporting U.S. troops in Japan, said Michael Cucek, assistant pro- fessor of Asian Studies at Temple Univer- sity’s Japan campus. Abe also pushed unsuccessfully to re- form Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, which prohibits the use or threat of force and the creation of an offensive military. The self-made Suga shares Abe’s pro- military stance, but “was critical in say- ing there’s other things Abe could do to enhance Japan’s security,” said Stephen Nagy, a politics and international studies professor at Tokyo’s International Chris- tian University. /Department of Defense “He strategically has a lot of different LISA FERDINANDO ideas on how Japan can strengthen its se- Then-Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga signs in a visitors book at the Pentagon in Washington in May 2019. curity without that direct change to the constitution,” he said. “I think many peo- hard defense-oriented side of the party are “They will facilitate the U.S. because the announced a formal policy rejecting it. ple would like that change, but the pragma- guaranteed,” Cucek said. “We can expect security situation around Japan is getting Last year, Beijing sent a record-breaking tists understand that it’s difficult to do in Japan to be more activist … more intense, more serious and dangerous,” he said. 1,004 ships near the Senkakus, the Japan the current environment.” more pro-America and more proactive.” As China disputes claim over Japan’s Coast Guard said in December. The Chi- For example, Nagy said, Suga likely in- Suga’s government will also place “great southwestern Senkaku Islands, Nagy said nese refer to them as the Diaoyu Islands. fluenced Abe’s successful pursuit of the emphasis on the free and open Indo-Pacif- the Liberal Democrats see the U.S. bases They’re also claimed by Taiwan. 2015 Legislation for Peace and Security. ic strategy,” Cucek said, which promotes on Okinawa “as something essential to pe- While Nagy said Suga may work to de- The act allows the JSDF to assist foreign open access to the Western Pacific in the ripheral security.” crease the U.S. military’s burden on the militaries and use force when Japan or one face of China’s claims to and militariza- The Pentagon has said an attack on the Okinawan population, the administration of its allies are under attack. tion of the South China Sea. The concept islands would invoke the U.S.-Japan Trea- will likely support U.S. operations there. Suga has already made decisions signal- is a key element in the 2018 U.S. National ty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, “[Okinawa] is the closest place to where ing his commitment to Japanese defense, Defense Strategy and the Navy regularly meaning the U.S. military would be obli- Cucek said, among them replacing former patrols the region in support of it. gated to respond. Japan’s sovereignty is being challenged Defense Minister Taro Kono with Abe’s While some in Japan protest the U.S. Okinawa and the Senkaku Islands are daily by Chinese maritime militia forces,” younger brother, Nobuo Kishi. presence and complain of base-associated part of the “first island chain” that China Nagy said. “If [Japan] can maintain control Kono in June canceled Japan’s plans to noise, pollution and crime, the status of uses to distinguish its nine-dash line, on this island chain they can limit Chinese deploy the land-based missile-defense sys- U.S. military bases in Japan should also which Beijing says delineates its territorial assertive behavior beyond that point.” tem Aegis Ashore. remain safe under Suga’s leadership, ac- waters. An international tribunal refuted [email protected] “[With Kishi], Mr. Abe’s desires of the cording to Cucek. this claim in 2016, and the U.S. in July also Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos House to vote on changes for reporting military sexual assault

BY NIKKI WENTLING the Government Accountability Office to a 20-year-old small arms repairer, was “How many more people must die before Stars and Stripes study the military’s handling of missing killed by another soldier April 22. She was a system that is broken can be changed?” persons cases and its sexual assault and reported missing in late April, and her re- Lupe Guillen asked. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy harassment prevention programs. mains were found more than two months Nearly 10 years ago, Speier began shar- Pelosi has committed to scheduling a vote Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., introduced later in a shallow grave about 20 miles ing stories of military sexual harassment before the end of the congressional session the legislation Wednesday, along with Rep. from the base. Guillen’s family has said with other lawmakers on Capitol Hill. on the I am Vanessa Guillen Act — a bill Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and 71 other that she faced sexual harassment on base Even at that time, survivors were urging that would revamp the military’s system cosponsors. Speier is trying to recruit more but was too afraid to report it. Congress to create an independent sys- for reporting and investigating military Republicans to cosponsor the measure in The news of Guillen’s death and sexual tem for reporting harassment and assault, sexual harassment and assault. Speier said. Democrats and Republicans The sweeping measure would create new order for it to be passed under a suspen- harassment inspired hundreds of veterans pushed back. procedures for service members to report sion of the rules — a procedure used to to post on social media their own experi- sexual harassment and assault in confi- quickly pass noncontroversial bills. That ences with harassment and assault and “For the longest time, the military was dence and outside of their chain of com- type of motion would require a two-thirds’ expose a larger issue about a victim’s will- successful in arguing that us challenging mand. Two years after being enacted, the majority. ingness to report these problems. their chain of command was somehow bill would establish independent investiga- “This is very remarkable, to be able to Guillen’s family joined lawmakers unpatriotic,” Speier said. “What’s unpatri- tors and an independent prosecutor within introduce this bill today and have it taken Wednesday outside the Capitol to introduce otic is that we have a dead young service the military who would be responsible for up before the end of the session,” Speier the act. Lupe Guillen, Vanessa’s 16-year- member who didn’t believe in the system handling sex offenses. said. “That means a vote would either be in old sister, spoke at the end of the event, enough to report her harassment. This The bill would also allow service mem- the next few weeks or in November.” tears streaming down her face as she read culture is broken. The rot has festered for bers who experience sexual harassment The bill was born out of the outrage that prepared remarks from her phone. In part, generations.” or assault to file claims for compensation followed the death of Spc. Vanessa Guil- she criticized the Army for tolerating sex- [email protected] with the Defense Department. It orders len earlier this year at Fort Hood. Guillen, ual harassment. Twitter: @nikkiwentling PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 MILITARY TikTok use spurs security, conduct concerns

BY ERICA EARL is rife with security vulnerabili- the [expletive] out, ‘cause it’s a Stars and Stripes ties, and I would not trust any of joke” he says in the clip. my data with TikTok or its own- While Freihofer was not in A U.S. soldier sparked outrage ing company, let alone give it ac- uniform in the video, he did have last month when she posted a clip cess to my phone.” other videos in uniform on his on the popular video sharing app TikTok still appeals to young account. The profile, which has TikTok dancing in uniform to service members, as social media been deactivated, had 3 million the song “WAP,” a summer an- clout can be alluring. followers. them by rapper Cardi B featuring One viral clip, “He’s a Marine,” Since the investigation that was Megan Thee Stallion. is a sing-song riff on the Marine launched Sept. 3, several Frei- Kamryn Vinson, a supply spe- Corps to the tune of rapper Megan hofer fan accounts have sprung cialist with the Arkansas Army Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” accom- up on TikTok, and one already National Guard’s 217th Brigade panied with some awkward danc- has over 20,000 followers. Support Battalion, has since ing and a left-handed salute. The use of TikTok among ser- made the video private after The video, originally posted by vice members has also sparked being chided both online and by user “MaryamneFayez” in June, debate on Twitter over misogyny other service members for danc- has since been shared across in the military. ing in uniform in a sexually sug- multiple social media platforms By contrast, Vinson said she gestive way to an explicit song. and quickly launched a wave of found far less support on social “I definitely feel like I’ve been parody videos from other service media following the controversy treated differently since the branches. over her dance video, a result of video,” she told Stars and Stripes The creator of the video, who sexism in the military. in an internet voice call on Sept. Jesse Lee Peterson, host of TikTok appears to now go by the user- 11. “People have been saying dis- name “maryamneinas,” has since the conservative podcast “The respectful and rude things that Kamryn Vinson dances to the song “WAP” with a fellow member of amassed over 20,000 followers. Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show,” sometimes aren’t even relevant to the Arkansas Army National Guard in this screenshot from a video tweeted Vinson’s video to his the video.” posted to TikTok in August . Sexism accusations 100,000 followers with the cap- Vinson is one of many service tion: “Women have no business members facing criticism over vised military members to delete Department was reviewing the Army Staff Sgt. David York, serving in the military.” social media for their use of the the app from both government and acquisition as of Monday, accord- a recruiter in Fairfax, Va., uses Capt. Victoria Kostiz, a pro- Chinese-owned app. personal devices after President ing to the Wall Street Journal. comedy and viral videos as a re- fessor of military science at the “Even if we have a goofy side Donald Trump and his admin- Powell advises erring on the cruiting tool. He doesn’t have Tik- University of Michigan, echoed on social media, we can still be istration raised concerns about side of caution in using TikTok Tok, but he uses a filter and text Vinson’s opinion on why the video disciplined in the military,” she China using TikTok, specifically and employing restrictions simi- overlay on his videos to simulate caught attention. said. “I am one of the most disci- its parent company, ByteDance. lar to those on the use of smart the app. His recruiter parody of “Let’s be clear here, the reason plined soldiers, but I post some- watches and the augmented real- “He’s a Marine” generated buzz this particular video is making thing where I’m having fun and Security and politics ity game Pokémon Go on military on social media. the rounds outside of Twitter and people say that I’m a disgrace and bases. “I got into doing my own par- bringing up comments on profes- that I shouldn’t be in the military. A cybersecurity technician He said TikTok video sharing ody videos because I was tired sionalism from people with oak I should be able to post without at Yokota Air Base in western has less to do with perceived pro- of seeing the same old stuff on leaves and eagles or people with being harassed.” Tokyo, William Powell, called fessionalism and more to do with social media and recruiters just stars between their chevrons TikTok has over 6 million TikTok an information and op- data collection. sharing the same stock photos and rockers is because it’s of two downloads, and the tag “military” erational security concern that “While the potential for troops and videos,” York said Saturday, women,” she tweeted Aug. 27. has more than 6.5 billion views. often gets wrapped in politics. to conduct themselves in a man- via Facebook Messenger. “They The future of TikTok use by ac- Its reach and popularity appeal “I’m all for troops using social ner that some may perceive as showed zero personality, and tive-duty troops is still a question. to social-media conscious young media and being able to live nor- unprofessional certainly exists, making these videos helped me Service members will have to service members who have be- mal lives outside of duty hours, it’s no different than troops who get through this recruiting duty wait and see if the DOD’s stance come avid users and viewers; it to deny that would be fundamen- post on Facebook or Instagram or because it’s not an easy job.” on the app alters in light of the even inspired an Army recruiter. tally un-American,” he said in an any other form of social media,” Some of these videos tend to company’s pending agreement Its critics, however, have said interview Sept. 3. “But when it he said. be silly rather than offensive, but with Oracle. that TikTok users undermine opens the potential for state ac- The U.S. government’s con- that doesn’t stop some service “Without a doubt, it’s one of the the dignity of military service, tors to glean potentially critical cern, Powell said, is that TikTok, members from walking that line. greatest challenges facing op- and the Defense Department is information, for instance, troop along with all the data published Army authorities are investi- erational security and personnel concerned with its security. The movements via location services, on and used by the platform, is gating an anti-Semitic TikTok security today,” Powell said. “It White House alleged the Chinese then it needs to be addressed.” owned and processed by Chinese posted by an artillery officer also strikes straight to the core of government could use the app to While the American technology companies. based at Fort Stewart, Ga. Sec- a constitutional issue. mine data from its users, such corporation Oracle won the bid “This is a problem because pri- ond Lt. Nathaniel Freihofer of “How do you balance our First as personal data, search activity, for U.S. operations of TikTok on vate companies in China are not the 3rd Infantry Division posted Amendment rights with the safe- phone numbers, addresses and Monday, service members may divorced from the government in a TikTok of himself laughing and ty and security of our members?” workplace locations. still be advised against using the the same way companies in the joking about the Holocaust. [email protected] The Pentagon in January ad- app for now. The U.S. Treasury U.S. are,” he said. “The app itself “Hey if you get offended, get Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl Deadline set to renew expired IDs

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON That policy will expire at the authorized because of “limited Stars and Stripes end of the month, “due to the high ability” to return ID offices to rate of Common Access Card re- normal capacity while complying Service members and others issuance and low rate of certifi- with safety precautions, the DOD with common access cards that cate extensions,” a Sept. 8 memo memo said. expired during the coronavirus from the office of the under sec- Defense Department ID card pandemic must renew them by retary of defense for personnel offices will prioritize those with Sept . 30, while retirees and de- and readiness said. expiring CACs and renewal re- pendents with expired ID cards Uniformed Service Identifica- quests through Sept. 30, the Navy will have more time to renew tion card holders, which include statement said. them. dependents and retirees, may Employees will contact those The Defense Department in continue using cards that expired who have appointments to con- April began allowing CAC hold- on or after Jan. 1 this year, the firm that they’re for CACs; USID ers to extend the life of their IDs memo stated. The expired USIDs car holders will be rescheduled virtually by updating certificates will be good for access to DOD for after Oct. 1, the Navy said. at the MilConnect ID Card Office installations through March 30 To make an appointment for an MICHAEL BRADLE/U.S. Army Online, which allowed them to of next year and for benefits such ID card renewal or to locate an continue using cards with an ex- as commissaries and exchanges office, go to the ID Card Office Pvt. Aaron Byrd, right, of the 25th Division Sustainment Brigade, piration date of April 16 or later through June 30, Navy guidance Online at idco.dmdc.osd.mil/idco. helps Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Ishiharapuzon get a new to gain base access and obtain issued Monday said. [email protected] Common Access Card at the Soldier Support Center at Schofield benefits. The USID extensions were Twitter: @Manny_Stripes Barracks, Hawaii, on Aug. 20. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Air Force delays fitness tests for another 3 months

BY WYATT OLSON without obtaining waist, height Stars and Stripes and weight measurements,” the statement said. The Air Force said Tuesday it Come the new year, uniformed was yet again postponing physical personnel will be expected to test fitness assessments for airmen on the 1½-mile run, 1 minute of due to the coronavirus pandemic, push-ups and 1 minute of sit-ups. this time until the beginning of Waist, height and weight mea- KEMBERLY GROUE/U.S. Air Force 2021. surements remain postponed Air Force trainee Chris-Ann Wilmoth participates in a physical training session in July at Keesler Air Force In May, the service notified until further notice, the state- Base, Miss. airmen that the tests were being ment said. suspended until Oct. 1. The start All airmen will receive maxi- mendations of local public health homeschooling and family sepa- The Air Force is using the hia- date has now been pushed back mum points for the so-called officials, continuation of closed rations that have impacted main- tus on measuring waist size to to Jan. 1, the Air Force said in a “abdominal circumference” fitness centers and extended taining fitness. scrutinize its role in the service’s statement. component as part of their official statewide restriction of move- “This delay gives our folks fitness culture, Kelly said. Airmen typically take the test score, including those with ex- ment and gatherings, the state- extra time to prepare for Janu- “We’re in discussion with our once or twice a year. Those who emptions to that waist measure- ment said. ary, while also ensuring units medical counterparts to deter- earn a top rating are only re- ment, the statement said. “This is an unprecedented situ- have more time to implement mine the right place for the waist quired to test annually. “We know people are staying ation and we’ve put a lot of work additional COVID precautions,” measurement, whether it be part “To continue minimizing close fit regardless, but we want to give into assessing how and when we Kelly said. of an annual health assessment or contact among personnel during our Airmen enough time to pre- could safely resume fitness test- Fitness assessment due dates elsewhere,” he said. the ongoing [coronavirus] pan- pare,” Air Force Chief of Staff ing across the force,” Lt. Gen. in 2021 will depend largely on In April, the Marine Corps demic and ensure units and per- Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. said in Brian Kelly, deputy chief of staff the date and score of the last of- canceled all fitness tests for the sonnel are fully ready to resume, the statement. for manpower, personnel and ser- ficial test, and can be determined remainder of the year. The Navy testing has been delayed from Commanders may delay fit- vices, said in the statement. by visiting the Official Physical did likewise in July. October to January, and testing ness assessments beyond Jan. 1 He said airmen have been jug- Assessment Due Date Matrix on [email protected] in January will move forward based on factors such as recom- gling work, child care access, myPers, the statement said. Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 MILITARY Whistleblower: ‘Heat ray’ sought for rallies Federal officials requested the Active Denial System to clear protesters in Washington

BY MARISSA J. LANG a Long Range Acoustic Device” The Washington Post — although DeMarco’s testimony indicates no such device was in WASHINGTON — Hours be- use. fore law enforcement forcibly U.S. Park Police did not re- cleared protesters from Lafay- spond to a request for further ette Square in early June amid comment this week. protests over the police killing DeMarco first appeared before of George Floyd, federal officials lawmakers on the House Natu- began to stockpile ammunition ral Resources Committee in late and seek devices that could emit July but followed up at the end deafening sounds and make any- of August with more specific an- one within range feel like their swers to legislators’ questions skin is on fire, according to an about munitions and equipment Army National Guard major who used by law enforcement. His was there. answers, submitted in written District of Columbia National form, were shared with The Post Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco told this week by congressional staff lawmakers that defense officials of the House Natural Resources were searching for crowd control Committee. technology deemed too unpredict- He told lawmakers he felt com- able to use in war zones and had pelled to come forward as a wit- authorized the transfer of about ness because he found the events 7,000 rounds of ammunition to the at Lafayette Square “deeply dis- D.C. Armory as protests against turbing.” His attorney, David police use of force and racial in- Laufman, said DeMarco hopes justice roiled Washington. lawmakers will continue to inves- In sworn testimony, shared this tigate the federal response. week with The Washington Post, “That anyone in the Depart- DeMarco provided his account as ment of Defense referred to AP part of an ongoing investigation American citizens exercising into law enforcement and mili- Law enforcement officials block a street in Washington during the protests that followed the death of their First Amendment rights tary officers’ use of force against George Floyd in police custody. as ’potential adversaries’ and District protesters. even contemplated the use of an O n Ju ne 1, feder a l for c e s pu shed orders to the ADS on the streets of our nation’s protesters from the park across ‘ Even contemplated the use of an ADS on crowd using capital is deeply disturbing and from the White House, blanket- a hand- calls for further investigation,” ing the street with clouds of tear the streets of our nation’s capital is deeply held red- Laufman said. gas, firing stun grenades, setting disturbing. and-white DeMarco also testified that a off smoke bombs and shoving ’ megaphone. stash of M4 carbine assault rifles demonstrators with shields and David Laufman Laws and was transferred from Fort Bel- Maj. Adam DeMarco’s attorney batons, eliciting criticism that court rul- voir to the D.C. Armory on June 1 the response was extreme. The ings require and that transfers of ammunition Trump administration has ar- police to from states such as Missouri and gued that officers were respond- evening of June 1 played out be- reported, the Trump administra- give demon- Tennessee arrived in subsequent ing to violent protesters who had fore millions of viewers on split- tion had weighed using the device DeMarco strators re- days. been igniting fireworks, setting screen television broadcasts as on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico peated, clear By mid-June, about 7,000 fires and throwing water bottles President Donald Trump strode border — an idea shot down by warnings of officers’ intentions rounds of 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm and rocks at police. through the emptied park toward Kirstjen Nielsen, then the Home- to escalate and to allow people ammunition rounds had been But DeMarco’s account con- St. John’s Episcopal Church, land Security secretary, citing adequate time and avenues to dis- transferred to the D.C. Armory, tradicts the administration’s where he delivered remarks and humanitarian concerns. perse peacefully. DeMarco said. claims that protesters were vio- posed for photos with a bible. But in the email, on which De- DeMarco told lawmakers he He did not specify what the lent, tear gas was never used and U.S. Park Police Chief Gregory Marco was copied, the lead mili- was standing about 30 yards from ammunition was for, and the demonstrators were given ample Monahan has testified that pro- tary police officer in the National the announcer but could barely District’s National Guard did not warning to disperse — a legal testers were given clear warn- Capital Region wrote the ADS make out the order. The chanting respond to questions about the requirement before police move ings to disperse via a Long Range device “can provide our troops crowd, which was even farther weapons transfers. to clear a crowd. His testimony Acoustic Device. But DeMarco a capacity they currently do not from the officer with the mega- In late June, Congress opened also offers a glimpse into the told lawmakers that is impossible have, the ability to reach out and phone, did not appear to hear the an investigation into tactics used equipment and weaponry federal because there was no such device engage potential adversaries at warnings, DeMarco said. by federal law enforcement offi- forces had — and others that they on the scene at the time. distances well beyond small arms Protesters, journalists and hu- cers to clear protesters near La- sought — during the early days of Just before noon on June 1, the range, and in a safe, effective, and manitarian aid volunteers who fayette Square. protests that have continued for Defense Department’s top mili- nonlethal manner.” were there that day have repeat- Monahan and DeMarco testi- more than 100 days in the nation’s tary police officer in the Wash- The email continued: “The edly said they never heard a fied on the same day in July, at capital. ington region sent an email to ADS can immediately compel warning before police began to which time Monahan said the DeMarco, who provided his ac- officers in the District’s National an individual to cease threaten- move on the crowd. Advancing on area around Lafayette Square was count as a whistleblower, was the Guard. It asked whether the unit ing behavior or depart through foot and horseback, they pushed cleared June 1 so construction senior-most D.C. National Guard had a Long Range Acoustic De- application of a directed energy protesters back as explosions sent crews could erect a taller fence officer on the ground that day vice, also known as an LRAD, or beam that provides a sensation clouds of smoke and chemicals than the temporary barricades and served as a liaison between a microwave-like weapon called of intense heat on the surface into the air, and officers fired that had closed off the area. the National Guard and U.S. Park the Active Denial System, which of the skin. The effect is over- rubber pellets into packs of re- DeMarco told legislators that, Police. was designed by the military to whelming, causing an immediate treating protesters. having served in a combat zone A Defense Department official make people feel like their skin is repel response by the targeted Monahan has said violence by where he spent time assessing briefed on the matter downplayed burning when in range of its in- individual.” protesters spurred his agency various threats, he did not feel DeMarco’s allegations, saying visible rays. Federal police ultimately were to clear the area ahead of the threatened at any point by pro- emails asking about specific The technology, also called a unable to obtain a heat ray de- District’s mayor’s 7 p.m. cur- testers near the White House “or weaponry were routine inventory “heat ray,” was developed to dis- vice — or an LRAD — during the few — instituted as a response assess them to be violent.” checks to determine what equip- perse large crowds in the early early days of protests in the Dis- to looting, vandalism and arson “From my observation, these ment was available. 2000s but was shelved amid trict, according to the Defense amid demonstrations on previous demonstrators — our fellow The Defense Department, U.S. concerns about its effectiveness, Department official. nights — with unusually aggres- American citizens — were en- Army and D.C. National Guard safety and the ethics of using it on DeMarco said without an sive tactics. gaged in the peaceful expression did not respond to specific ques- human beings. LRAD device, which can be used Monahan also told members of their First Amendment rights,” tions about munitions and their Pentagon officials were reluc- to make booming announcements of Congress in July that Park Po- he said. “Yet they were subjected intended use. tant to use the device in Iraq. In to large crowds, Park Police of- lice had followed protocol in is- to an unprovoked escalation and The chaos that erupted on the late 2018, the New York Times ficers instead issued dispersal suing three warnings “utilizing excessive use of force.” Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Montagnet leads Atsugi as ‘Chili’ Mack departs

BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ “Collectively, we have weath- Stars and Stripes ered the tough times and ensured that NAF Atsugi would be able to Naval Air Facility Atsugi wel- meet any challenges that it would comed its new leader, and said face.” goodbye to the old one, Thursday Mack put the base on a tem- during a change-of-command porary lockdown over the sum- ceremony customized with mea- mer because of an unspecified sures to prevent the coronavirus’ number of coronavirus infections spread. there. As of Thursday, there were its community of about 6,000 Above: Capt. John Capt. John M. Montagnet as- no active cases. personnel, including U.S. troops, M. Montagnet sumed command of the installa- Montagnet, a Mississippi native Japanese Maritime Self-De- salutes during tion 22 miles southwest of Tokyo who comes to Japan from the U.S. fense Force members and their his change- from Capt. Lloyd B. “Chili” Mack Naval Academy in Annapolis, families. of-command at the sparsely attended morn- Md., where he served as a profes- “This is a sentimental moment ceremony at ing gathering inside a hangar sor, told the audience it was hard Naval Air Facility for me,” he wrote Wednesday normally used by the “Warlords” to put into words how much we Atsugi, Japan, in his final “Leadership Daily” of Helicopter Maritime Strike was looking forward to his new on Thursday. Squadron 51. assignment. message to the community on Left: Outgoing Instead of the expected 300- “It is an honor and privilege to Facebook. commander 400 guests, only about 50 ob- get to play a part in continuing the “There are brighter days ahead Capt. Lloyd B. served in person while wearing wonderful relationship between for this installation; the base is in “Chili” Mack face masks and maintaining so- the United States and Japan,” he transition, and I know you will says goodbye cial distance. Others watched the said. support Captain Montagnet as to students at ceremony live on NAF Atsugi’s As of Thursday afternoon, he navigates what’s next for NAF official Facebook page. the Navy had not responded to Shirley Lanham “As you all know, COVID-19 has questions about where Mack is Atsugi.” Elementary tested our community at so many heading. He spent three years [email protected] School. levels,” Mack told the audience. commanding NAF Atsugi and Twitter: @CLopez_Stripes U.S. Navy photos Responses: Trump sees Chinese threat; Biden urges ‘fiscal discipline’ Airman killed in 2nd wreck FROM FRONT PAGE Trump and Biden challenge.” federal network. In his responses, Trump high- In the questionnaire, Trump “Enabling veterans in the VA to at Kuwait base lighted his establishing Space agreed near-peer did not make any military com- receive care in the private com- mitments in Iraq, Afghanistan, munity whenever it’s in their best Force and authorizing a boost to BY COREY DICKSTEIN threats pose the Syria or Africa. He has previ- interest or when they require ur- the military’s arsenal including Stars and Stripes 100 new F-35s, 165 new Abrams greatest long-term ously made promises to end “for- gent care without any prior au- tanks, and two new Virginia-class security threat to ever wars” and has taken steps thorizations,” Trump wrote. WASHINGTON — An Air submarines. recently to bring a large number Biden said his goal will be to Force reservist was killed in an Biden slammed Trump for the United States. of troops home this year. “strike the right balance between all-terrain vehicle wreck on the VA and community care,” sug- abandoning “all fiscal discipline” Biden told Stars and Stripes flight line at Ali Al Salem Air last week that he intends to keep gesting there is room for private and called for a more surgical ap- Base in Kuwait on Monday, the a small number of troops in the care using federal funds, but the proach to Defense Department second fatal wreck on the base in agreed near-peer threats pose conflict regions to facilitate spe- VA itself should stay relevant. investments that includes reallo- less than a week, Pentagon offi- the greatest long-term security cial operations missions. He told He also underscored the im- cating some existing resources to cials said Wednesday. threat to the United States. MOAA that he wants a detailed portan ce of expanding the list of modernize the military. Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Ouellette, “Specifically, we see China as review of a defense strategy in presumptive conditions for veter- “His budget is dominated by 23, died in the single-vehicle an ever-increasing economic and the Global War on Terror to fig- ans with traumatic brain injuries investments in aging legacy ca- wreck at the base in central Ku- military threat as they continue to ure out a plan for the military or sick from burn pit exposure. wait that houses U.S. service pabilities. At a time when we’re expand their influence through- in Afghanistan and the Middle “We must never again have an members largely supporting winding down our main combat out the world,” Trump wrote, also East. Agent Orange-like crisis,” Biden anti-Islamic State operations in efforts from the last two decades, repeating his past critiques of On veterans issues, both can- wrote. Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon we need to make smarter invest- NATO countries not contributing didates said the V A needs to con- In her responses, Jorgensen ments in our military,” Biden enough to the defense of Europe. tinue investing in private-sector wrote she would dramatically said in a statement. Ouellette wrote to the MOAA, stopping short “Relatedly, we continue to ask health care. scale back military spending. She was from Merrimack, N.H., and of committing to any big prom- our NATO allies to fulfill their However, Trump fully em- told MOAA that America should was a member of the 42nd Aer- ises on how he would finance the obligation to provide 2% of their braced private-sector care for be “one giant Switzerland” with ial Port Squadron stationed at military. “We have to make smart GDP to defense,” Trump added. VA patients while Biden said he no involvement in foreign wars Westover Air Reserve Base in investments in technologies and “Several NATO countries have wants to lean on the agency itself and focused on defending the Massachusetts. innovations — including in cyber, not made that commitment and and caregivers. country. Ouellette’s death came just space, unmanned systems, and are not on a glidepath to do so. Trump often cites his efforts Jorgensen added, under her two days after Senior Airman artificial intelligence — that will We remain committed to our with the VA as a central achieve- presidency, U.S. troops in for- Jason Khai Phan, also deployed be necessary to meet the threats friends in liberty but we cannot ment of his first term, saying no eign countries would be brought to Ali Al Salem, died in a vehicle of the future.” allow America to be uniquely one has done more for veterans. home. wreck Sept. 12 while on a patrol In an interview with Stars and burdened.” Nonetheless, the agency has an In a major reversal from just outside the base. U.S. Air Stripes last week, Biden said Biden said Russia and China uneven record in caring for the Trump and Biden, Jorgensen Forces Central officials said both there is a possibility of a need to pose “the most distinct and im- nation’s 9 million veterans. would dismantle the VA. She said incidents were under investiga- boost defense spending — mainly mediate threats from state ac- Trump told the MOAA that instead of health care, veterans tion but were not related. Neither to modernize the force to com- tors,” adding that Russia seeks the VA’s biggest accomplishment who were wounded in combat wreck was the result of enemy or pete with near-peer threats such to undermine the United States during his presidency is imple- would be given direct payments combat-related activity, the offi- as China and Russia. and democracies in Europe while menting the Mission Act, which in compensation. cials said in a statement . Trump and Biden in their an- China is a looming global threat, greatly expands eligibility for [email protected] [email protected] swers to MOAA’s questionnaire calling it “the greatest strategic veterans to seek care outside the Twitter: @StevenBeynon Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK 3 cases traced to woman’s Edelweiss quarantine violation

BY JOHN VANDIVER teams learned that she had gone AND MARCUS KLOECKNER out, officials said. Stars and Stripes Of the 56 active cases as of Wednesday in the district, which STUTTGART, Germany has about 89,000 people, 25 are — Worries of a large-scale coro- employees at Edelweiss. The re- navirus outbreak in a Bavarian sort said Monday it would close alpine vacation town that hosts for two weeks because of the a U.S. military resort eased this outbreak. week after test results showed If the woman is found to have RICK BOWMER/AP few cases directly connected to willfully violated a quarantine an American who flouted quar- order, she could face a fine of A “NOW HIRING” sign is on the door of Padeli’s Street Greek restaurant Sept. 10 in Salt Lake City. antine for a night of bar hopping, nearly $2,400 under Bavarian officials said. law, officials said. Three of the 56 active cases Bavarian Minister President in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Markus Soeder on Tuesday COVID-19 danger continues to district were traced directly to called the incident “a model case a 26-year-old Edelweiss Lodge of stupidity” and said that “such and Resort employee’s night on recklessness must have conse- drive historic joblessness in US the town Sept. 8 after she was or- quences” if authorities substanti- dered into quarantine following a ate the violation. Associated Press coronavirus test the day before, a 31.7% annual rate from April of the expanded jobless aid. Most The Army is conducting its through June, by far the worst district officials said. WASHINGTON — The number states signed up for federal grants own investigation. While it isn’t three months on record. Com- The woman’s quarantine vio- of Americans applying for unem- that let them increase weekly lation caught national attention clear what action the employee panies and government agencies benefits by $300 or $400. could face for violating quaran- ployment benefits fell last week to as health officials administered slashed 22 million jobs. That program is expiring. tine, military commands over- 860,000, a historically high figure Since then, the economy and hundreds of tests and shuttered that reflects economic damage Charissa Ward, 37, was fur- bars in the district. seas have banned personnel from job market have been rebound- bases for doing so. from the coronavirus outbreak. ing. Employers added 10.6 million loughed in April from her job as a “The coronavirus situation in Before the pandemic hit the server at a restaurant in Disney’s the district of Garmisch-Parten- Norrie, who leads the 7th Army jobs from May through August economy, the number signing up Hollywood Studios resort near kirchen continues to relax as Training Command in Grafen- — but the United States still has woehr, said he dispatched four for jobless aid had never exceed- recovered less than half the jobs Orlando, Fla. Since then, she’s regards to possible infections ed 700,000 in a week, even during in Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s helicopters Friday with medical lost in March and April. been helping at her partner’s the depths of the 2007- 09 Great nightlife,” the district said in a personnel and 160 test kits to as- The recovery remains fragile, online retail business, applying Recession. statement Wednesday after local sist health officials. imperiled by continuing COVID- for jobs and waiting to see what The Labor Department said officials met with a top U.S. Army Within 24 hours, the Army 19 cases and a failure to deliver Disney will do. “We have no idea Thursday that U.S. jobless claims commander. traced, isolated, tested and re- another economic rescue pack- when we’re going to get called fell by 33,000 from the previous Brig. Gen. Christopher Nor- turned results in concert with age in Washington. back,” she said. week and that 12.6 million are An extra $600 in weekly un- rie, the Army’s senior officer in Bavarian medical authorities, he The extra $600 in weekly job- said. collecting traditional unemploy- employment benefits ran out July Bavaria, said he was encouraged less benefits didn’t replace all her by the results of recent tests but As the testing continues, Nor- ment benefits, compared with 31, squeezing households that had lost income but helped. The re- warned personnel that there rie said while he is encouraged by just 1.7 million a year ago. depended on the beefed-up pay- duced $300 she received briefly would be consequences for those the results, there is “more work to The outbreak slammed the ments. President Donald Trump who violate rules designed to pro- do.” U.S. economy in the spring, caus- issued an executive order Aug. 8 from Trump’s program made life tect the public. “The health and safety of not ing the economy to collapse at providing a scaled-back version “a little less stressful.” “We absolutely hold our com- only our American community, munity members accountable but of the Bavarian communities who do not adhere to both the where we live and work, is our top ordinances issued by the state priority,” he said. Stay-at-home order is extended on Guam of Bavaria, but also to an Order There are more than 50,000 I’ve issued that sets restrictions Americans connected to the mili- Stars and Stripes tory reported its 30th coronavi- have been U.S. service members. above and beyond the Bavar- tary in Bavaria, mostly concen- rus-related fatality, a 72-year-old The governor’s stay-at-home ian ordinances,” Norrie said in trated around Grafenwoehr. To Guam’s governor has once a statement after meeting with date, more than 25,000 tests have again extended a coronavirus-re- man who died early that morning order, which is now set to expire at town leaders. been conducted inside the mili- lated stay-at-home order that was at Guam Memorial Hospital. A noon on Sept. 25, directs “all per- The woman, who has not been tary community in Bavaria since set to expire at noon Friday. statement said he had tested posi- sons in Guam” to remain in their publicly identified, was tested for August, Norrie said. A new executive order, an- tive on Tuesday. residences, except for essential As of Wednesday evening, activities such as food shopping, the virus Sept. 7. When local offi- [email protected] nounced Thursday by Gov. Lou cials contacted her two days later Twitter: @john_vandiver Leon Guerrero’s office, came just Guam had recorded 2,013 coro- visiting a doctor or commuting to with a positive test result, trace [email protected] a few hours after the U.S. terri- navirus infections. Of those, 261 and from work. US military in Japan reports a single new coronavirus case at Yokota

Stars and Stripes one arriving into the country. travel during off-peak hours by train, and refrain from eating, drinking and talk- U.S. Forces Japan also requires all per- buses, taxis and hired cars in a 93-mile- ing except for health and safety reasons. TOKYO — One person at Yokota Air sonnel arriving in the country to isolate wide area around Camp Zama. The in- The service also raised the 10:30 p.m. Base in western Tokyo tested positive for themselves for 14 days. Yokota remains stallation is 28 miles southwest of central curfew back to 1 a.m. for sergeants and the coronavirus on Thursday as the num- under a public health emergency, although Tokyo, which remains off-limits. below, which is uniform across U.S. Forces ber of new patients within the U.S. military some restrictions have been eased in the Public transportation is barred from 6-9 Japan. in Japan continues to decline. past month. a.m. and 5-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, The new patient was tested by Japanese Bars and nightclubs and similar venues Elsewhere, U.S. Army Japan loosened according to the Army. Traveling through remain off-limits, although the Army in- authorities at Haneda International Air- travel restrictions on its personnel Wednes- restricted areas is still off-limits and rid- creased the number of people who can take port in Tokyo after returning from travel day at Camp Zama and the nearby Sagami ers should avoid vehicles with greater than part in physical activity from the team to abroad, according to a statement from the General Depot and Sagamihara Family 50% occupancy. 374th Airlift Wing. That person went di- Housing Area. The Army requires its personnel while the squad level. rectly into quarantine, as required of any- Personnel at those locations may now on public transportation to wear masks [email protected] Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Sally: Half million in Alabama left with no power after hurricane

FROM FRONT PAGE Bristol Park, a creekside neigh- Forecasters said Georgia could borhood where as much as 4 feet get up to a foot, and South Caro- of water filled brick homes north lina 10 inches. of Pensacola. Along the Gulf Coast, officials Susan Cutts’ parents fled rising inspected shut-down highways water inside their home into the garage, where they desperately and bridges for damage. A sec- called for help on a dying cell- tion of the main bridge between phone until aid arrived. Pensacola and Pensacola Beach “They were on top of their car collapsed after it was hit by a when they got to them,” Cutts barge that broke loose during the said. storm. At least eight waterways in At least 400 people in Escam- southern Alabama and the Flor- bia County were rescued by such ida Panhandle were expected to means as high-water vehicles, hit major flood stage by Thurs- boats and jet skis, county Pub- day. Forecasters warned that GERALD HERBERT/AP lic Safety Director Jason Rog- some of the crests could break ers said. At least one death, in records, submerge bridges and A boat is washed up near a road after Hurricane Sally moved through the area, Wednesday, in Orange Alabama, was blamed on the hur- flood homes. Beach, Ala. ricane, and more than a half-mil- Flooding in central Georgia lion homes and businesses were forced Robins Air Force Base reported numerous trees down without electricity on the morn- south of Macon to close one of its and some highways and streets ing after the storm in Florida, entrances and delay the start of closed because of high water. Alabama and Georgia. the workday for some employees. Sally blew ashore near Gulf A few people cleaned up in Elsewhere in Georgia, sheriffs Shores, Alabama, with 105 mph winds, unloading more than 2 feet of rain near Naval Air Station Pensacola before weakening into a tropical storm and then a de- pression. Pensacola streets looked like river rapids, and parked cars were swamped. At a downtown marina, at least 30 sailboats, fishing boats and other vessels were found clumped together in a mass of fiberglass hulls and broken docks. Some boats rested atop sunken ones. The hurricane also drove two large ferry boats into a concrete seawall and left them grounded. The boats had been purchased with BP oil spill money. “This is kind of the initial salvo,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSan- tis said of the hurricane’s on- GERALD HERBERT/AP /AP slaught, “but there is going to be WTOC-TV Storm-damaged boats sit at the dock in a marina, Thursday, in more that you’re going to have to A tree limb juts through the ceiling of a home damaged by Hurricane Pensacola, Fla. contend with.” Sally on Thursday, in Guyton, Ga. Buildings at NAS Pensacola damaged by hurricane

BY COREY DICKSTEIN phone and internet communica- the hospital. bring heavy rain and potential ated 113 people stranded by the Stars and Stripes tions in the area were sporadic. The hospital, including its ur- flooding to southeast Alabama, storm, as of Thursday morning, Hurricane Sally made land- gent care facility, was to remain Georgia and North and South said Lt. Col. Caitlin Brown, a WASHINGTON — Multiple fall early Wednesday morning closed at least through Thursday Carolina through Friday. Offi- spokeswoman for the Florida Na- buildings, including the hospital, as a Category 2 storm boasting after suffering storm damage cials at Robbins Air Force Base tional Guard. at Naval Air Station Pensacola 105 mph winds near Gulfport, and loss of power. Navy officials in central Georgia reported the Florida Guard troops were also sustained damage from Hurri- Ala., and moved slowly across said they did not know when the storm, which remained a tropi- preparing for other missions, cane Sally as the storm dumped the Florida Panhandle at some 3 facility might reopen. Dining fa- cal depression, had caused flood- including helicopter search- torrential rain and spread debris mph through the day, dumping cilities on the air station were set ing on that installation Thursday and-rescue, route clearance and across the base Wednesday, sev- rain for hours. The storm poured to reopen to service members and morning. delivering supplies such as pre- eral Navy officials said. more than 2 feet of rain on the others on the base, officials said, Meanwhile, Florida and Ala- packaged military meals to shel- Damage assessments were Pensacola area, leaving the city’s but most other services, including bama National Guard troops were ters, she said. only beginning Thursday, more downtown flooded. Federal fore- child-care facilities, were closed working Thursday to help civil- The Coast Guard also was than 24 hours after the storm casters warned even more flood- indefinitely. ian first responders in search- conducting search-and-rescue hit NAS Pensacola, and it could ing was likely in the area in the Officials at Eglin Air Force and-rescue and other missions operations in the region by heli- be days before the extent of the coming days as rain-swollen riv- Base and Hurlburt Field, outside after the storm cleared. More copter and boat. On Wednesday hurricane’s impact on the west- ers and creeks were expected to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., about 40 than 530 National Guard soldiers afternoon, a Coast Guard shallow ern Florida base is known, said overflow. miles east of Pensacola, also said and airmen in those states were water vessel crew rescued nine Steve Strickland, a spokesman for On Facebook, Naval Hospital Thursday that they were conduct- primarily responding to hur- people and a dog stranded by Hur- Navy Region Southeast. A spokes- Pensacola posted photographs ing damage assessments. ricane-impacted locations with ricane Sally near Navarre Beach, man for NAS Pensacola said late showing wind damage to struc- National Weather Service high-water vehicles late Wednes- Fla., officials said Thursday. Wednesday that the base was tures outside the facility, and forecasters warned the rem- day and Thursday. [email protected] largely without power and cell water and other damage inside nants of Hurricane Sally would Florida Guard troops evacu- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 NATION Feds explored if they could charge Portland officials BY MICHAEL BALSAMO tle for federal prosecutors. Associated Press Justice Department officials disputed news reports that At- WASHINGTON — The Justice torney General William Barr told Department explored whether it prosecutors in the department’s could pursue either criminal or civil rights division to explore civil rights charges against city whether they could bring charges officials in Portland, Ore. , after against Seattle Mayor Jenny Dur- clashes erupted there night after kan for allowing some residents DYLAN LOVAN/AP night between law enforcement to establish a protest zone this and demonstrators, a department Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mother, center, and Attorney Ben Crump, left, speak in Louisville, Ky., summer. spokesperson said Thursday. after the settlement was announced. President Donald Trump has The revelation that federal blamed Democrats, and specifi- officials researched whether cally pointed to Portland’s mayor they could levy criminal or civil Ted Wheeler, who he says have not charges against the officials — Police reforms in Breonna Taylor done enough to stop nights of loot- exploring whether their rhetoric ing and unrest in cities across the and actions may have helped spur U.S. Trump has called Wheeler a the violence in Portland — under- case are praised and scrutinized “wacky Radical Left Do Nothing scores the larger Trump admin- istration’s effort to spotlight and Democrat Mayor” and has said the city “will never recover with BY DYLAN LOVAN “significant” reforms on Tuesday volvement of a citizens police re- crack down on protest-related vi- a fool for a Mayor....” Associated Press as part of an announcement that view board with subpoena power. olence. The majority of the mass the city would pay $12 million to “You keep creating and add- police reform demonstrations na- Trump has heaped blame for LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A set- Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer. ing on top instead of uprooting tionwide have been peaceful. the unrest on Democrats who are tlement between the family of The measures include giving the problem from the very root,” For many nights, federal of- leading the cities where violence Breonna Taylor and the city of officers housing credits to live in Parrish-Wright said. “Every eye ficials were told that Portland has occurred and tried to keep Louisville could bring wide-rang- the neighborhoods they police, is on us all over the world be- police officers were explicitly focus squarely on pockets of pro- ing reforms to how police officers requiring that only high-rank- cause we’ve got a chance to make told not to respond to the federal test-related violence, instead of live and work, changes that would ing commanders approve search reforms that matter.” courthouse as hundreds of dem- on the point of police reform and represent a rare outcome in a po- warrant requests, involving social Tamika Mallory is among nu- onstrators gathered outside, some the larger movement of racial lice misconduct lawsuit. workers to help resolve situations merous activists in Louisville who throwing bricks, rocks and other injustice. But some activists hoping for when necessary and additional say police reforms will be mean- projectiles at officers, and not to More than 100 people have deep, lasting change fear reforms drug testing for officers. ingless if the officers involved in assist federal officers who were been arrested in Portland on fed- won’t be enough if not accompa- “I’ve worked on a lot of different Taylor’s death aren’t charged. sent to try to quell the unrest. eral charges related to the unrest nied by community input and cases,” said Pete Kraska, a crimi- Taking the podium after Fisch- The department had done re- in the last few months. The FBI criminal charges against the of- nal justice expert and professor er spoke on Tuesday, Mallory search on whether it could pursue has said it was also shifting the ficers involved in Taylor’s death. at Eastern Kentucky University’s said she was encouraged by the the charges, spokesperson Kerri agency’s resources to focus more And a legal expert noted that even School of Justice Studies. “I’ve not settlement but “to not have an Kupec said. She declined to com- heavily on violence and federal the most wide-ranging of reforms seen a settlement that included a indictment happen in this city is ment on the status or whether crimes committed during nearly won’t succeed if the people en- set of reforms like this one did. I to say that, no matter how much charges would be brought. But three months of unrest during trusted with implementing them think it’s a good first step.” we pay, no matter how much re- bringing criminal civil rights nightly racial injustice protests in aren’t onboard. But Shameka Parrish-Wright, form we do, we’d rather pay, we’d charges against city officials for the city that often end in vandal- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer a community activist, had hoped rather cover it than deal with the protest-related violence would ism, clashes with police and doz- outlined what he described as the reforms would include the in- issue.” likely present an uphill court bat- ens of arrests. Barr takes aim at prosecutors inside Justice Department

BY ERIC TUCKER cases that they bring, Barr de- But he warned that prosecutors has defended his intervention as way to run a federal agency. Good Associated Press scribed them instead as part of can become overly attached to in the interests of justice. leaders at the Justice Department the “permanent bureaucracy“ their cases in ways that lose per- In May, he sought the dismissal — as at any organization — need WASHINGTON — Attorney and suggested they need to be spective and judgment, listing a of the criminal case against for- to trust and support their subor- General William Barr took aim supervised, and even reined in, series of prosecutions — includ- mer Trump administration na- dinates. But that does not mean at his own Justice Department by politically appointed leaders ing under prior administrations tional security adviser Michael blindly deferring to whatever on Wednesday night, criticiz- accountable to the president and — in which he said he believed Flynn, who pleaded guilty as part those subordinates want to do.” ing prosecutors for behaving as Congress. the government had taken ex- of special counsel Robert Muel- He also took a veiled swipe “headhunters” in their pursuit of “The men and women who have treme positions. ler’s Russia investigation to lying at members of Mueller’s team. prominent targets and for using ultimate authority in the Justice “Individual prosecutors can to the FBI. Barr’s request is tied He suggested that the Trump the weight of the criminal justice Department are thus the ones on sometimes become headhunters, up in a court fight. administration had been more system to launch what he called whom our elected officials have consumed with taking down their Though Barr was accused of successful than the Obama ad- “ill-conceived” political probes. conferred that responsibility — target,” Barr said. “Subjecting undue intervention on behalf ministration before the Supreme The comments at a speech at by presidential appointment and their decisions to review by de- of the president’s associates, he Court, and that one reason for that Hillsdale College in Michigan Senate confirmation,” Barr said, tached supervisors ensures the bristled in his speech Wednesday was because the Obama admin- amounted to a striking, and un- according to his prepared re- involvement of dispassionate de- night at the idea that it was even istration had some of the people usual, rebuke of the thousands marks. “That blessing by the two cision-makers in the process.” possible for an attorney general to who were later on Mueller’s team of prosecutors who do the daily political branches of government Barr’s comments appeared to meddle in the affairs of a depart- writing briefs for the court. work of assembling criminal gives these officials democratic be a thinly veiled reference to ment that he leads. That appeared to be a reference cases across the country. Barr legitimacy that career officials the fracas that arose ahead of the “Name one successful orga- to Michael Dreeben, a respect- has faced scrutiny for overruling simply do not possess.” February sentencing of Trump nization where the lowest level ed lawyer who argued over 100 the decisions of Justice Depart- Barr himself has been ag- confidant Roger Stone. In that employees’ decisions are deemed cases before the Supreme Court, ment prosecutors who work for gressive as attorney general in case, Barr overruled the sentenc- sacrosanct. There aren’t any,” under both Democratic and Re- him, including in criminal cases pursuing certain categories of ing recommendation of the line Barr said. publican administrations, during involving associates of President prosecutions, including using fed- prosecutors in favor of a lighter He added: “Letting the most a decades long career in the Jus- Donald Trump. eral statutes to charge defendants punishment. The move prompted junior members set the agenda tice Department’s solicitor gener- Rejecting the notion that pros- in the unrest that roiled cities the entire trial team to quit before might be a good philosophy for a al’s office. Dreeben was a senior ecutors should have final say in after the death of George Floyd. Stone’s sentencing hearing. Barr Montessori preschool, but it’s no member of Mueller’s team. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 WORLD Navalny ally: Bottle with Novichok found in room Seoul: N. Korea MOSCOW — Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was may test missile found in his hotel room after his poisoning. Navalny fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow on Aug. 20 and was flown to Germany, where he was kept in an induced coma for fired underwater more than two weeks as he was treated with an antidote. Mem- bers of his team accused the BY HYUNG-JIN KIM SLBM, test to upgrade its nuclear Kremlin of involvement in the Associated Press attack capability and put pres- poisoning, charges that Russian sure on Washington after the officials have vehemently denied. SEOUL, South Korea — North U.S. presidential election in early The Kremlin has bristled at Korea may soon conduct its first November. calls from German Chancellor underwater-launched ballistic There has been speculation that Angela Merkel and other leaders missile test in about a year, a North Korea may test such a mis- to answer questions about the poi- top South Korean military offi- sile before the anniversary of the soning, urging Germany to pro- cial said Wednesday, amid long- founding of its ruling Workers’ vide evidence of his poisoning. stalled nuclear talks between the Party on Oct. 10. Jung said that is On Tuesday, Navalny posted a North and the United States. possible, but stressed that North picture of himself from his bed in In written remarks to lawmak- Korea is aiming more at pressur- MATTHIAS SCHRADER/AP Berlin’s Charite Hospital, hugged ers ahead of a confirmation hear- ing the U.S. rather than celebrat- by his wife and children. “I still ing, Won In-choul, the nominee ing its state anniversary. can’t do almost anything on my for chairman of South Korea’s Some experts say it’s unlikely Munich mugs own, but yesterday I managed to Joint Chiefs of Staff, said North that North Korea will conduct breathe on my own for the entire Korea has been repairing recent any major weapons test soon be- Lisa lifts the official beer mug Thursday at the Oktoberfest beer day,” he added in the post. typhoon damage at its northeast- cause it is grappling with multiple ern Sinpo shipyard, a place where festival area “Theresienwiese” in Munich, Germany. Organizers sold crises, including typhoon dam- out of the 15,000 limited-edition mugs for this years’ festival, which it builds submarines. Nigeria: Rapists will age, the coronavirus pandemic was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the repairs are that led to the closure of its bor- face surgical castration complete, there is a chance it will der with China — its biggest trad- LAGOS, Nigeria — The gover- carry out a submarine-launched ing partner — and harsh U.S.-led nor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state has ballistic missile test, Won said. sanctions. signed a law saying men convict- He said South Korea’s military is Foreign experts say past North Greek police move migrants ed of rape will face surgical cas- keeping a close watch on develop- Korean underwater-launched tration, and anyone raping a child ments there, according to a copy missile tests were conducted from under age 14 will face the death of his remarks provided by a law- to new camp after huge fire a submersible barge with a single penalty. maker, Kang Dae-sik. launch tube, not a functioning Associated Press Gov. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai In recent years, North Korea submarine. In July 2019, North everyone.” Authorities said the fires had been set deliberately by said the “drastic penalties are has been pushing hard to acquire Korean state media said Kim in- KARA TEPE, Greece — Greek a small group of inhabitants an- required to help further protect the ability to launch missiles from spected a newly built submarine police are moving hundreds of gered by COVID-19 lockdown re- children from a serious crime.” submarines in what experts say is which observers said appeared to migrants to an army-built camp Reported cases of rape in Ni- a worrying development because be the North’s most sophisticated on the island of Lesbos on Thurs- strictions. Six Afghans, including two minors, have been arrested geria have risen dramatically such weapons are difficult to de- model with several launch tubes. day after a fire destroyed an over- during the months of coronavi- on suspicion of arson. tect before launch. A test of an Jung said the possible upcom- crowded facility, leaving them rus restrictions. Women’s groups Most of the migrants made underwater-launched missile by ing test would also be made from homeless for days. have called for tougher action homeless set up makeshift shelters North Korea last October was the the barge, not the new submarine, Wearing masks and white cov- against rapists, including the made of sheets, blankets, reeds, first of its kind in three years, and to not provoke the United States eralls, police escorted migrants death penalty. and cardboard along a stretch of the most provocative weapons too much. camped out on a roadside to the Kaduna state’s new law is the road near the gutted camp. test since North Korea entered According to 38 North, a web- new site in the island’s Kara Tepe strictest against rape in Nigeria, The new site consists of large nuclear negotiations with the U.S. site specializing in North Korea area. Africa’s most populous country. in 2018. studies, recent satellite images The notoriously squalid Moria family tents erected in an old A woman convicted of rape of a The nuclear talks have made of the Sinpo shipyard show the camp burned down last week, army shooting range by the sea. child under 14 faces the removal little headway since the second repositioning or departure of the leaving more than 12,000 people By late Wednesday night, it had a of her fallopian tubes. summit between North Korean submersible test barge. It said in need of emergency shelter. capacity of around 8,000 people, leader Kim Jong Un and Presi- the barge’s location “may signal Thursday’s operation included according to the UNHCR, but US envoy begins second dent Donald Trump in Vietnam an impending SLBM test though 70 female police officers and only around 1,100 mostly vulner- in early 2019 collapsed due to conducting such a launch on the no violence was reported. “As able people had entered. high-level visit to Taiwan disputes over U.S.-led sanctions heels of a destructive typhoon New arrivals are tested for the long as it is peaceful, we believe TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Under against North Korea. seems unlikely.” coronavirus, registered and as- it is a good move,” said Astrid Secretary of State Keith Krach Jung Changwook, head of the signed a tent. Jung said a missile fired from Castelein, head of the U.N. Refu- arrived in Taiwan on Thursday “This is an operation for the pro- private Korea Defense Study the barge would have a potential gee Agency’s office on Lesbos. for the second visit by a high-level Forum in Seoul, said North range of 185-310 miles , thus pos- “Here on the street it is a risk for tection of public health and with a American official in two months, Korea could perform a subma- ing no direct threat to the U.S. security, for public health, and clear humanitarian mission,” the prompting a stern warning and rine-launched ballistic missile, or mainland. it’s not dignity which we need for police said in a statement. threat of possible retaliation from China. Beijing considers Taiwan its own and opposes all official con- tacts between other countries and 29 German police suspended over far-right texts the self-governing island. Krach, the highest-level State Associated Press anti-refugee agitation,” said Reul, who added cinct in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Reul said. All Department official to visit the that the case left him “speechless.” 29 were suspended with immediate effect on island in decades, is to meet Tai- BERLIN — Authorities in western Ger- The offending images included pictures Wednesday, and disciplinary proceedings wanese President Tsai Ing-wen many have suspended 29 police officers sus- of Adolf Hitler and swastikas, a fictional de- opened. and other senior officials, the is- pected of sharing far-right propaganda in piction of a refugee in the gas chamber of a “We have to ask unpleasant questions of land’s foreign ministry said. WhatsApp groups, at least two of which were concentration camp and another mocking the ourselves,” Reul said. “Who knew about this? The visit by Krach, who is active for several years, a top security official shooting of Black people, Reul added. Why was this tolerated for years? By whom?” under secretary for economic said Wednesday. The material was exchanged in at least five The case puts a spotlight on neo-Nazi ideol- growth, energy and the environ- Investigators searched 34 locations, includ- WhatsApp groups used entirely or largely by ogy in Germany’s police forces, an issue that ment, follows a high-profile trip ing police stations and private apartments in police officers, Reul said. One of those groups senior security officials had previously down- in August by U.S. Health Secre- the Ruhr industrial region, said Herbert Reul, apparently was set up in 2012, and the one played even as they warned of the growing tary Alex Azar, the highest-level the interior minister of North Rhine-Westpha- that contained the most images, in 2015. The threat of far-right violence in recent years. U.S. Cabinet official to visit since lia, Germany’s most populous state. most recent message was sent on Aug. 27. Germany’s opposition Green party called the U.S. switched formal relations The material that was shared included “the Most of the officers allegedly involved for a nationwide review of extremism in the from Taiwan to China in 1979. most foul and repugnant neo-Nazi, racist and worked at some point at the same police pre- police force. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP 2 solid rocket boosters to join shuttle display

LOS ANGELES — Two CA flight-worthy solid rocket boosters have been given to the California Science Center for display of the retired space shuttle Endeavour. The boosters donated by Northrop Grumman Corp. and NASA will allow the shuttle to be displayed in Los Angeles as if it was about to blast off into space. Shuttle boosters, filled with solid fuel, provided most of the thrust for the first two minutes of flight and then parachuted into the ocean where they were re- covered for reuse. The donated boosters, which are inert, flew on actual space shuttle missions and were used in many ground tests . Endeavour, which will be the centerpiece of a planned expan- sion of the California Science Center, last flew in space in 2011. Motorcyclists accused of harassing park bison

YELLOWSTONE WY NATIONAL PARK — Two brothers accused of riding motorcycles off-road and harass- ing bison in Yellowstone National Park have pleaded not guilty. Dallin McAllister, 25, of Provo, Utah, and Tyler McAllister, 36, of Gilbert, Ariz., entered the pleas Monday . Each was charged KELSEY BRUNNER, THE ASPEN (COLO.) TIMES/AP with operating a motor vehicle in prohibited areas and feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or Ready to read intentionally disturbing wildlife. The two drove off-road near Lubert Stryer checks out two books from Pitkin County Library in Aspen, Colo., on Monday, the first day the library reopened to the public. Fountain Flats Drive in west- Stryer said it was great to be back and jokingly told the librarians that it was nice because almost all of the books were checked in. ern Yellowstone last Friday eve- ning, park spokeswoman Ashton Man accused of striking THE CENSUS Iowa with winds reaching 140 Hooker said. Video posted on- state trooper with car mph, also damaged full storage line showed motorcyclists riding The amount of money a former store bins at farm cooperatives and on off-road within several feet of a farms, taking out grain stored HARTFORD — A man manager was accused of stealing from Me- group of running bison, including nards in Quincy, Ill. Michelle R. Lewis, 36, from last year’s harvest. some calves, the Bozeman Daily CT accused of striking a $639K pleaded guilty last week to one count of Connecticut state trooper with Chronicle reported . theft over $10,000 in Adams County, ac- Man gets prison for Visitors in Yellowstone are re- a car while fleeing a traffic stop was arrested Tuesday on nine cording to The Herald-Whig. Under the plea deal, charges of theft over $500,000 Masters ticket scheme quired to stay 25 yards from bison and theft over $100,000 were dropped. Prosecutors allege that between 2014 and at least 100 yards from bears charges including assaulting a public safety officer. and 2019 Lewis printed old receipts for items bought with cash or check and AUGUSTA — A Geor- and wolves. Visitors may not go would enter returns and take the cash. They say they have video footage of her Jayquan Richardson, 22, of GA gia man was sentenced off road on vehicles or bicycles. processing a return with no customers or products. First Assistant State’s Attorney Windsor, was taken into custody Monday to more than two years Todd Eyler said about $639,000 was taken from the store. Southerly winds kick up at his job in Willington, state po- in federal prison after pleading lice said. guilty to a scheme that used sto- century-old volcanic ash State police Sgt. Timothy len identities to obtain tickets to Begley pulled over Richardson Phoenix radio station KTAR- Eagle reported. the Masters golf tournament. ANCHORAGE — on Interstate 84 in Hartford on FM reported that a third-party It’s too soon to say what they’ll Federal prosecutors say Ste- AK While western U.S. July 19 for suspicion of driving contractor was conducting a rou- do about the damaged statue, but phen Michael Freeman, 42, of states were suffering from hazy under the influence, according tine cleaning of the Biodesign In- they might see if it can be re- Athens, and three family mem- red skies from wildfires, Alaska to authorities. In a police report, stitute lab at the time. paired, Brungardt said. bers in Texas sold those tickets was dealing with an air quality Begley said he smelled mari- Authorities said three people It is one of 13 Keeper of the for a profit. problem born a century ago. juana coming from the car and were treated at the scene for skin Plains replica statues, each paint- U.S. District Court Judge Ran- Strong southerly winds picked ordered Richardson to hand over lacerations. ed by different Wichita artists . dall Hall in the tournament’s hometown of Augusta sentenced up loose ash from a 1912 volcanic the keys. A front-seat passenger The 10-foot-tall, 75-pound fi- Freeman to 28 months in prison. eruption, sending an ash cloud began handing Begley the keys berglass statue, which was pried ‘Keeper’ replica statue More than a year had passed about 4,000 feet into the sky on when Richardson sped off and off its base, had just been put in recovered near park since Freeman pleaded guilty to Monday. struck the trooper, according to place two weeks earlier. conspiracy to commit mail fraud. There were no reports of ash- the report. Begley was treated for WICHITA — A Keep- His parents and a sister also en- fall in nearby communities near minor injuries. Windstorm removes Katmai National Park, but pilots KS er of the Plains rep- tered guilty pleas last year and were warned about the cloud be- lica statute that was taken from acres from corn harvest were sentenced to three years on cause the ash can stall engines. 3 injured in chemical a Wichita park over the week- probation. As part of their plea “Basically these sorts of events explosion at lab end has been found not far from DES MOINES — The U.S. deals, the family members agreed happen every spring and fall where it was stolen. IA Department of Agricul- to pay a total of nearly $275,500 when strong winds pick up ash TEMPE — Three peo- A resident spotted the statute in ture has estimated that 550,000 in restitution. from the 1912 Novarupta erup- AZ ple were injured in a the grass beside a creek that runs acres of Iowa corn will not be Federal prosecutors said the tion,” said Kristi Wallace, a U.S. chemical explosion at a research by Colvin Elementary School, harvested this fall due to damage family used stolen IDs from Geological Survey geologist at lab on the Arizona State Univer- said Tessa Brungardt, who man- caused by the Aug. 10 windstorm 2013 through 2017 to cheat the the Alaska Volcano Observatory. sity campus in Tempe, according ages the Keeper project for To- that swept across the state. lottery system that distributes The three-day eruption, one of to authorities. gether Wichita, a nonprofit made That estimate in a report re- tournament tickets and to cir- cumvent Augusta National Golf the world’s largest, began June Tempe Fire Department of- up of businesses that organize leased last week places the value Club’s rules allowing people to 6, 1912, and sent ash as high as ficials said Tuesday morning’s and finance projects intended to of the lost corn crop based on the apply only once to enter its ticket 100,000 feet above the Katmai explosion was caused by chlorine better the city. City maintenance yield and price anticipated before lottery . region, located about 250 miles dioxide, which resulted in a work- workers retrieved the statute the storm at around $344 million . southwest of Anchorage . box becoming overpressurized. Monday evening, the Wichita The storm, which cut through From wire reports Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WORLD Divers in Asia may have found US WWII sub

BY GRANT PECK damaged two. The crew abandoned ship at 0830 Associated Press It sailed on March 20, 1943, and an hour later were hauled from Fremantle, Australia, on its aboard an armed merchant ship, BANGKOK — Divers have sixth patrol, to the Malacca Strait which took them to Penang, a found what they believe is the and north into the Andaman Sea. major port town on the Malayan wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine The commanding officer, Lt. Peninsula. lost 77 years ago in Southeast Cmdr. John A. Fitzgerald, re- At a Catholic school requisi- Asia, providing a coda to a stir- corded what happened there in a tioned by the Japanese for use ring but little-known tale from report written after being freed as a prison, events took an even World War II. from a Japanese prisoner-of-war darker turn. The divers have sent photos camp in 1945. “The rough treatment started and other evidence from six On the night of April 20, the the first afternoon, particularly dives they made from October submarine glimpsed two small with the (enlisted) men. They 2019 to March this year to the freighters and set course to inter- were forced to sit or stand in si- United States Naval History and cept them the next morning, sail- lence in an attention attitude,“ Heritage Command for verifi- ing on the surface for speed. wrote Fitzgerald. “Any diver- cation that they have found the In the morning, a plane was gence resulted in a gun butt, USS Grenadier, one of 52 Ameri- sighted; an immediate crash dive kick, slug in the face or a bayonet can submarines lost during the was ordered, but the ship did not prick. In the questioning room, conflict. descend far enough, fast enough. persuasive measures, such as The 1,475-ton, 307-foot-long Blasts from two bombs battered clubs, about the size of indoor ball Grenadier was scuttled by its the sub; key parts of the vessel bats, pencils between the fingers crew after bombs from a Japa- were mangled; power and lights and pushing of the blade of a pen nese plane almost sent them to were lost and a fire broke out. All knife under the finger nails, try- a watery grave. All 76 of its per- hands desperately worked to fix ing to get us to talk about our sub- JEAN LUC RIVOIRE/AP sonnel survived the bombing and what they could as Fitzgerald or- marine and the location of other sinking, but their agony to follow An image on a sonar screen shows a silhouette shape of a dered the ship to stay on the sea submarines.” would be prolonged. After being submarine lying on the ocean floor somewhere in the Strait of floor. After a few months, all the taken prisoner, they were tor- Malacca in October 2019. Divers have found what they believe is When it surfaced after 13 hours crew were transferred to camps tured, beaten and nearly starved USS Grenadier, one of 52 American subs lost in World War II. it was clear the Grenadier was too in Japan, where the abuse con- by their Japanese captors for crippled to flee or fight. An effort tinued. Four died from a lack of more than two years, and four did for distinct shapes. months to a year to complete,” he was made to rig makeshift sails medical attention. not survive that ordeal. When they dived to look at said, adding that it will likely take on a periscope to reach shore be- “This was an important ship The wreck lies 270 feet under- a few months in the case of this fore blowing up the vessel, but during the war and it was very im- water somewhere in the Strait of one promising object, it was a potential discovery. there was dead calm. portant to all the crew that served Malacca, about 92 miles south of lot bigger than expected, so they The Grenadier left Pearl Har- As dawn broke, two ships on on her,” diver Horowitz said last Phuket, Thailand. It was discov- dug back into the archives to try the horizon were closing in. Co- week. “When you read the book ered by Singapore-based Jean to figure out which lost vessel it bor on Feb. 4, 1942, on its initial debooks and sensitive equipment of the survivors, that was, you Luc Rivoire and Benoit Laborie could be, and then dived again. war patrol. Its first five missions of France, and Australian Lance “And so we went back look- took it to Japanese home waters, were destroyed as preparations know, quite an ordeal they went Horowitz and Belgian Ben Rey- ing for clues, nameplate, but the Formosa shipping lanes, were made to scuttle the subma- through and to know where she menants, who live in Phuket . we couldn’t find any of those,” the southwest Pacific, the South rine. A Japanese plane made a finally lies and rests, I’m sure it’s Reymenants was one of the div- recalled Horowitz. “And in the China Sea and the Japanese-oc- run at the ship, but was fought off very satisfying for them and their ers who took part in the dramatic end, we took very precise mea- cupied Dutch East Indies (now with small arms, dropping a bomb families to be able to have some rescue of a dozen boys and their surements of the submarine and Indonesia). It sank six ships and harmlessly about 200 yards away. closure.” soccer coach who got trapped in compared those with the naval a cave in northern Thailand two records. And they’re exactly, as years ago. per the drawings, the exact same The Belgian has been research- size. So we’re pretty confident ing possible locations for ship- that it is the USS Grenadier.” wrecks for many years, Horowitz The Navy command’s Under- said in an interview with The As- water Archaeology Branch on av- sociated Press, and Rivoire had a erage receives two to three such suitable boat to explore the leads requests a year from searchers he found. Reymenants would ask like the Grenadier divers, said its fishermen if there were any odd head, Dr. Robert Neyland, in an spots where they’d lost nets, and email to The Associated Press. then the team would use side- “A complete review, analysis, looking sonar to scan the sea floor and documentation may take two Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 WORLD Austria disputes Trump comments on forest cities, explosive trees

Associated Press within ‘forest cities’ which never catch fire,” Elisabeth Koestinger BERLIN — The Austrian gov- wrote. “As Austrians, … blessed ernment has spoken up to correct with a healthy sense of humour, U.S. President Donald Trump’s we normally take such cliches claim that people in its country about our country in our stride. live in “forest cities.” “However, the gravity of cur- Trump recently cited Austria rent events make Trump’s words and other European countries much more worrying — after all, as models of good forest man- right at this moment, thousands agement that U.S. states like of people are fighting horrendous California, which has seen dev- wildfires in life-or-death situa- astating wildfires lately, should tions,” she said. learn from. “In reality, Austria is a country Calling in to Fox News on Tues- situated in the heart of Europe, day, Trump said that “you look at where people do not live in the countries, Austria, you look at so forest, but rather with the forest many countries. They live in the and in a close, sustainable rela- forest, they’re considered forest tionship with the natural environ- cities. So many of them. And they ment,” Koestinger wrote. don’t have fires like this. And they Sustainable management of have more explosive trees.” forests, which cover almost half In an article Thursday for the the nation’s territory, is impor- London-based Independent, Aus- tant, she added, but not because tria’s agriculture minister sought they’re more combustible. to set the record straight. “To clarify: No, we don’t have “There have been both serious any exploding trees in Austria,” and humorous conversations on Koestinger said, though she did social media about the ‘exploding confirm Trump’s assertion that trees’ (Trump) mentioned, as well “we have found a way to give our as the fact that he claimed we live trees the space they need.” PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 NATION Marines, sailors join California wildfire fight

BY ROSE L. THAYER land fire suppression efforts.” Springs Tribal Nation with traf- Stars and Stripes Up north in the Mendocino Na- fic control points to protect Or- tional Forest, the soldiers from egonians from going into hazard Roughly 250 Marines and sail- Joint Base Lewis-McChord ex- areas and to support the return ors from Camp Pendleton, Calif., pect to spend nearly all of Sep- evacuees to their homes,” Bomar will deploy to help battle the 25 tember helping fight the August said. “The Oregon Guard is also wildfires still burning across Complex Fire. That fire began supporting Oregon State Police state that have stretched fire- in late August and later merged with fatality search-and-rescue fighting resources to the limit, with two other fires to encompass military officials announced late operations while standing up re- more 817,800 acres that stretch covery elements to further assist Wednesday. into the Shasta-Trinity and Six first responders as we plan for re- The active-duty troops will Rivers National Forests. It is covery phases.” travel about 350 miles north this about 30% contained, according week to assist efforts with the to the National Forest Service. With so many fires burning on Creek Fire in the Sierra National The soldiers from Lewis-Mc- the West Coast, smoke and ash Forest, according to the news re- Chord’s 14th Brigade Engineer has created unhealthy air quality lease from U.S. Army North, the Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade throughout the region. Despite element of U.S. Northern Com- Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Di- the conditions, there has been mand’s Joint Force Land Compo- vision, arrived Aug. 31 and have no impact to military training at MICHAEL YBARRA/ U.S. Army nent Command that will oversee dug 6.5 miles of fire lines and Lewis-McChord, Camp Pendleton the military support in fighting removed lower limbs from trees or within the Navy’s 3rd Fleet. A crew from the Bureau of Land Management leads soldiers with the wildfires. along nearly 15 miles of the fire’s [email protected] the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion as they prepare a road for They join about 200 soldiers outer perimeter, said Pfc. Laura Twitter: @Rose_Lori burnout operations in Mendocino National Forest on Sept. 6. from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Peña, a technical engineer de- Wash., who deployed in late Au- ployed to California. gust to help combat fires in the The soldiers’ work is not to di- northern part of the state. In rectly fight the fire, but rather total, more than 17,000 firefight- keeping the blaze from spread- ers, including about 1,200 Cali- ing or reigniting. Troops have fornia National Guard members, cleared about nearly 730 acres are working throughout the state, through mop up operations, in which has already seen more than which crews clear debris to pre- 3.3 million acres burned during vent it from reigniting the fire. wildfire season. Spc. Michael Ybarra, an Army “Given the unprecedented fire photojournalist, said he’s been season and the magnitude of the documenting the work of those loss the people of California are soldiers on the fire lines. experiencing, we stand ready to “A lot of them are dressed support the National Interagency head to toe in personal protec- Fire Center in their effort to help tive equipment and traveling up- protect people, property and land hill digging lines and delimbing in California,” Lt. Gen. Laura J. trees,” Ybarra said. “They spend Richardson, commander of Army about three or four days on the North, said in a statement. “Just line sleeping in tents and rotate like the soldiers supporting fire out.” suppression efforts in Northern Ybarra, who is a native of California, the Marines and sail- Fresno, where the fires have left ors who will assist in this mis- the sky orange and filled with sion in central California are hazy, smoky conditions, said it trained and equipped with all of feels good to be helping his home the necessary gear to keep them state. safe, to include in a [coronavirus] “I’m very happy to be out here environment.” doing my part and documenting The Marine personnel are as- everything going on out here,” he signed to Camp Pendleton’s 7th said. Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Richardson visited the soldiers Marine Logistics Group, I Marine earlier this week alongside her Expeditionary Force. They will senior enlisted adviser Command be fitted for personal protective Sgt. Maj. Phil K. Barretto. equipment, including fire retar- “Fire activity at the August dant clothing, boots, gloves and Complex remains high, but our hard hats, and begin training on soldiers continue support activi- fire behavior and fire line safety ties as firefighting crews work at the base as early as Thursday, to suppress what has become the according to the release. largest complex fire in California They are scheduled to deploy to history,” Richardson said. “Our central California on Saturday to thoughts remain with communi- receive hands-on training in fire ties affected here and elsewhere suppression methods and proce- by the fires, while our actions, dures prior to employment in the part of a joint effort, provide national forest. much needed relief.” The Creek Fire has burned Outside of California, Oregon more than 228,000 acres and is also is grappling with wildfires. 18% contained, according to Cali- More than 1,200 members of the fornia Department of Forestry Oregon National Guard are part and Fire Protection, known as Cal of the 6,000 firefighters working Fire. The fire began Sept. 4 and in that state. The Oregon Guard has led to evacuations in Fresno has nine Black Hawk helicop- and Madera counties. ters and two Lakota helicopters “The 1st Marine Logistics available to provide water bucket Group is ready to assist our com- drops and fire mapping, said Ste- munity during the California phen Bomar, spokesman for the wildfire crisis,” Brig. Gen. Bobbi Oregon Military Department. Shea, 1st Marine Logistics Group Activated since Aug. 19, the air- commander, said in a statement. craft have already dropped more “Alongside federal agencies, and than 25,000 gallons of water, he state and local partners, 1st MLG said. will provide highly capable Ma- “We are currently in six coun- rines and sailors to assist in wild- ties and supporting the Warm Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17

Amazon Prime show’s second season continues to explore the dark side of superheroes while touching on timely issues such as systemic racism, capitalism and assault

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Video games — 19 Music — 22-23 Travel — 24-30 Movies — 32-35 Health — 36 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: GADGETS & CHARTS GADGET WATCH A smartphone mount that’s fun, innovative

BY GREGG ELLMAN The over-the-ear headphones Tribune News Service have 40 mm speakers inside soft memory foam cushions for all- s crazy as it sounds, day comfort. A discreet retract- Scosche found a way to able boom microphone arm can make a smartphone car be tucked away inside the right Amount innovative, fun side. and really cool. The MagicGrip These days, with more folks window/dash wireless charging spending workdays on confer- auto-grip mount is a winner. ence and video calls, the need I tried the MagicGrip with for superior output sound is in Qi-enabled wireless charging high demand. All you need is one ($69.95). To secure to a dash- CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS member of an online call to have board or window, it has Scosche’s bad sound, and you’ll know that Masked passengers maintain distance with middle seats open on a Southwest Airlines fl ight on June StickGrip automotive-grade you just don’t want it to be you. 3 . Airlines are trying a variety of methods to fi ght coronavirus, including special plastics and sprays. adhesive, which is strong. Just as So on a recent Friday night important, it’s removable and happy hour call with friends reusable if you change across the country, I took the location or my group up a notch, vehicle. I used this using the Evolve2 one in multiple instead of my iPad’s Keeping germs at bay locations, twice build-in mic. The a day for a looks and questions week. The last I got were why was placement was Airlines trying a variety of new antimicrobial techniques as strong as the I wearing a head- fi rst. set, but the dis- BY KYLE ARNOLD safe experience,” Larounis said. What brings cussion instantly shifted to the The Dallas Morning News It’s unclear how much of the novel coronavi- out the cool- rus is spread via surfaces, but airlines are still ness of the superior clarity cross the world, the aviation indus- touting enhanced cleaning procedures along mount is the they heard from try is scrambling to fi nd ways to keep with state-of-the-art air fi ltering technologies, auto-grip fea- me. One friend the COVID-19 risk out of airplanes face masks and social distancing. Companies are ture where the specifi cally Awith high-tech fi ltration and advanced experimenting with ultraviolet lighting to help side arms, which asked me to cleaning. American Airlines has partnered with kill COVID-19, and Southwest is testing thermal hold your smart- message him medical advisers at Vanderbilt University, and imaging cameras to detect fevers among passen- phone in place, JABRA/TNS with the model its competitors have made similar moves. Every gers. automatically number, so I airline is requiring masks. Southwest Airlines has “The primary and most important mode of close after you Jabra’s Evolve2 active noise guess my demo adopted the “Southwest Promise,” which includes transmission for COVID-19 is through close put your wire- cancellation Bluetooth headphones was impres- limiting capacity on fl ights to allow passengers to contact from person-to-person,” according to less charging sive. social distance. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. smartphone over the powered-up To hear the difference for my- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to turn “Based on data from lab studies on COVID-19 charging pad. As soon as contact self, I had someone use the head- the airline industry upside down with no end in and what we know about similar respiratory is made, the motorized side arms set and call me. The sound was sight, suppliers are preparing for the inevitable diseases, it may be possible that a person can get close with a secure grip. After truly outstanding. Jabra built the future where cleanliness and germ-fi ghting is a COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that it’s secured, it’s fl exible and can Evolve2 with 10 microphones high priority for customers. has the virus on it and then touching their own be rotated 360 degrees for view- and what they call an advanced North Texas manufacturer Aereos thinks anti- mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this isn’t ing at any angle, in portrait or digital chipset. There’s also less microbial plastics may be one solution to help cut thought to be the main way the virus spreads.” landscape modes or anything in background noise on calls. the risk of spreading COVID-19 on commercial Aereos, based in Euless, makes replacement between. You’ll get 37 hours of battery airline fl ights. And Dallas-based Allied BioSci- interior airplane parts and custom cabin items, A thermal management chan- life with a 2.5-hour charge. A fast ence has gotten government approval to spray a nel is built into the charging head 15 minutes of charging produces disinfectant coating in planes that’s billed as kill- such as tray tables, latches, toilet seats and window shades along with carts and other items for safe charging. The wireless eight hours of battery life. ing germs for up to a week. Qi-certifi ed fast charge is com- My real world doesn’t have With commercial air traffi c still at historic lows used by fl ight attendants. Baker said the company started experimenting with antimicrobial addi- patible with Apple, Samsung and many online calls, but it does and passengers continually wary of fl ying, Aereos Google devices. A USB-C with have a lot of music, and with the says it has brought antimicrobial technology to tives on those parts in May and has them ready for sale to airlines looking to replace aircraft a 90-degree angled connector is powerful speakers along with high-touch surfaces inside commercial jetliners, included along with a USB car the latest AAC codec, my music such as tray tables, armrests, door handles and parts. Aereos makes the parts at its North Texas man- adapter and cable management sounded clear and clean. toilets. clips. On-ear controls worked great, The antimicrobial technology can cut down on ufacturing facility. The company also does work in the aerospace sector in maintenance, overhaul For even more fl exibility and and Bluetooth 5.0 allows pair- the growth of germs and viruses such as COVID- viewing angles, Scosche has the ing with up to eight devices with 19, Aereos partner David Baker said. and defense, but the COVID-19 pandemic has created problems for nearly every corner of the new Extendo range mounts, with two simultaneous connections. “It’s just starting to catch a lot of interest,” said a telescoping arm that adjusts airline industry, Baker said. Charging cables, 3.5 mm audio Baker, whose company recently released the line. from just over 5 inches to just The antimicrobial technology has grown popu- connections, fl ight adapter and a “Especially considering that it’s a pandemic, it’s over 8.5 inches with 220 degrees lar over the past decade in hospitals to cut down hard carrying case are included. one way of making them feel comfortable. This of angle adjustment. on infections and in some medical supplies and Online: Jabra.com; $449, in provides them with a layer of protection.” The extension arm offers devices. The plastics don’t completely kill viruses choices of matte black and beige Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines great versatility for vehicles and Allied BioScience received emergency ap- such as COVID-19 on contact, but instead work to with deeper dashboards, cars, proval last month from the Environmental Pro- inhibit the growth of viruses and germs, slowing trucks or even a boat’s dash. It’s tection Agency for a spray-on coating product that down the life of contagions. even handy on an offi ce desktop, is intended to protect against COVID-19 and other “Current evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 kitchen counter or backsplash germs for at least a week. may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces with full view at any angle. The perception of heightened cleaning and hy- made from a variety of materials,” according to Online: scosche.com giene on commercial aircraft is a “huge deal” to the CDC’s website. consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, said That leaves airlines, airports and even govern- Before I opened Jabra’s new Jamie Larounis, a travel consultant and writer for ment agencies working to reduce touch points Evolve2 active noise cancellation Upgradedpoints.com. during the air travel experience at security Bluetooth headphones, I noticed “This, in combination with social distancing screening points, at gates and on airplanes — evi- the statement printed on the box efforts, is what is building consumer confi dence dence at least that there is concern that touching referring to them as the best that the airlines are doing their part to provide a objects can spread viruses. headset for concentration and collaboration.

ON THE COVER: The ensemble cast of the streaming television show “The Boys” includes (from left) The Scosche MagicGrip window/dash Tomer Kapon, Karen Fukuhara, Karl Urban, Laz Alonso and Jack Quaid. wireless charging auto-grip mount

Amazon Prime SCOSCHE/TNS Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES Prince of Persia back with remake of Sands of Time

GENE PARK The Washington Post Absent for 12 years, one of gaming’s fi rst action stars returns for a full-on remake of a title regarded as one of the best games ever made. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake was announced Sept. 10 at the Ubisoft Forward event. The original 2003 title helped Ubisoft become one of the most successful game publish- ers this century, boosting the credentials of in-house studio Ubisoft Montreal. Studios in Pune and Mumbai, India, are both in charge of the remake, scheduled for a Jan. 21 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and the next-generation PlaySta- tion and Xbox machines. It will cost about $40. Proletariat The remake follows the same plot of the original 2003 release, which was a retelling of the 1989 classic by developer Jordan Mechner. In 1984, Mechner Flame-throwing, air-bending battle royale arrives with Spellbreak was credited as creating one of gaming’s fi rst fi ghting games, BY TEDDY AMENABAR Before every match, players select their that you can unlock over time. A shot of Karateka, and was working on a follow-up title. He graduated The Washington Post class from one of the six “elements” — ice, ice as a Frostborn, for example, will freeze wind, lightning, fi re, earth and poison. The the surrounding surfaces, allowing you to from Yale University in 1985 on’t look now, but we’re surround- spells are basic enough, but the fun comes skate faster toward a new objective. And, and immediately began work on ed by battles royale. The last- from all the ways these elements interact, the game also rewards players grinding Prince of Persia. Mechner drew man-standing formula has been conjuring lethal blows or countering enemy on every elemental gauntlet. Ranking high by hand the animations of the regurgitated over and over again attacks. A fi reball will ignite a noxious cloud in certain classes will allow you to turn on original 1989 release. D The original game is a mile- in countless attempts to create the next of poison. A trail of ice melts over time, new talents that will boost your overall stats stone in platformer adventures, Fortnite, the next worldwide phenomenon, providing a perfect conductor for a bolt of every match. The game rewards players inspiring Another World, Flash- the next holy grail in online gaming. lightning. A tornado conjured by the wind who both specialize and experiment over back and similar platformer It’s like the Hunger Games, and it’s gauntlet can extinguish an opposing fi rewall time, which is a tricky balance for Spell- adventures. The original Tomb exhausting. Still, the like a birthday candle. Spellbreak turns into break to strike. Raider from 1996, one of the matches keep queuing. this mad dash of rock-paper-scissors that Spellbreak is now out on Nintendo Switch, pioneers of 3D technology, drew The wheel keeps turn- only gets better with some coordination and PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox with cross-play heavy inspiration from Mech- ing. We all keep chasing skill. and cross-progression for all four plat- ner’s work. And after the critical that coveted “Victory.” Each spell is straightforward, but the forms. For this review, I mainly stayed on and commercial success of the Amid all of this enters ways they combine create increasingly PlayStation 4, but I did test the game out on Spellbreak, a free-to- Sands of Time trilogy, Ubisoft complex opportunities to parry, attack and the Switch, which can feel a bit choppy and Montreal attempted to evolve play, spell-casting battle defend. The gameplay hits the same notes disconnected at 30 frames per second. royale that offi cially the combat and parkour formula as Fortnite’s deceptively simple building And, the masses are playing. On Sept. 8, of the series into an open-world released across plat- mechanics. With time and fervor from fans, Spellbreak announced that the game hit two forms Sept. 3 after setting. The team became fasci- Spellbreak’s team fi ghts could be as chaotic million players in the fi rst fi ve days since nated with the history of assas- months spent in closed and as rewarding as the best sweaty, tower- launch. sins, and the project morphed beta on PlayStation 4 and PC. Developed by raising duels on Fortnite’s Retail Row. The question remains: Where does Spell- into a new intellectual property, Proletariat, Spellbreak doesn’t shatter the All battlemages can use some of their break go from here? The fundamentals are Assassin’s Creed, a series that battle royale wheel, but the game creatively magical ability to levitate, as if propelled sound, and the new concepts are a refresh- has become the centerpiece of weaves the bloated genre into a fantasy by a jet pack. Depending on your playstyle, ing escape from the lifeless carbon copies of Ubisoft’s catalogue. RPG. There are fresh, polished ideas at play combat can feel a lot like the high, arcing battles royale. Gaming would not be the same here and plenty of possibilities for Spell- jump shots in Destiny. Opponents drop into Still, the title menu for the game feels without Prince of Persia. The break to grow into a top-tier battle royale. battle like mortar rounds and certain runes like a half-empty house. There’s an in-game game’s combat moved the 3D ac- In Spellbreak, players trade the typical scattered around the map grant players the store, but the outfi ts for sale leave much to tion genre forward. This was one assortment of handguns and rifl es for spells ability to fl y farther into the air to gain a be desired. Plus, they cost a few pennies of the fi rst big action titles to step powered by elemental gauntlets. You play high ground. ($12 for the featured skin of the week, $4 away from the “targeting” me- as a battlemage who wields certain gaunt- As teams do collide, the sound effects for a very, very boring common skin) — but chanic of The Legend of Zelda: lets to conjure fi reballs, lightning and giant pull you into the action. The ground breaks that’s to be expected for a free-to-play The Ocarina of Time, allowing boulders in a fi ght for survival. The basics of under the weight of a stoneshaper. When a game. Meanwhile, the practice mode is lim- for combat with multiple enemies the battle royale formula remain the same; toxicologist is nearby, you can hear the hiss ited, and the game could use a sandbox for and freedom of movement in the players compete in a squad, or on their own, of poisonous gas. A rogue fi reball will carry teammates to test out combinations of spells battle arena. to become the last player standing against a whiff as it fl ies by your head. All of this against NPCs. There was a fairy-tale charm 42 competitors, all while a storm slowly ap- leads to gripping — and somewhat over- Many of the greatest battles royale had and wit to the original Sands of proaches from the horizon. Along the way, whelming — sequences that end with one simple beginnings, however. This game may Time. Voice talent Yuri Lowen- you will fi nd chests in villages, fortresses team standing. be yet another. The true test will be whether thal gave a whimsical lilt to the and other ruins across the map to upgrade Spellbreak’s world, the Hollow Lands, Proletariat can expand on what’s here with nameless prince’s voice in the your gauntlets and other inventory. feels an awful lot like “The Dragon Prince” upcoming chapters and improvements to original title, and he’ll be back Each of the elemental gauntlets provides on Netfl ix, with a cross between medieval keep players coming back. for the remake. The entire story players six different classes with spells and fantasy and anime cartoons. In a recent If I could, I’d break whatever cloning was told like a fairy tale from the sorcery to fi t certain playstyles. The frost interview with CG Magazine, Spellbreak’s machine sits in the backroom of every game prince’s perspective, allowing gauntlet creates an ice lance perfect for art director said developers modeled the developer’s offi ce to end the fl ood of battles the game to frame even death long-range attacks. Meanwhile, the stone physicality of the spells and summoning royale. But I enjoy Spellbreak. It’s the rare as simply the prince botching gauntlet turns battlemages into “stone- from the elemental might of “Avatar: The exception in the genre for me. It’s fun, the narration. This storytelling shapers” who can send boulders hurtling Last Airbender” and “Legend of Korra.” thoughtful and challenging. I’m eager to see premise, alongside the ability toward their enemies. Every class has its Yes, it feels incredible to hurl a boulder. whether the title has the right stuff to evolve to rewind time, made for an en- strength and weaknesses. Stoneshapers deal And, yes, every cutting gust of wind made into a top-tier battle royale. There sure is a grossing and complete package. damage but spells take longer to conjure, me think of Aang. The game scratches an foundation for a breakthrough title here. Ubisoft did not mention wheth- and the earth-based attacks make it hard to itch that fans of the series have never really Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, er Mechner was involved in the effectively deal with opponents fl ying in the been able to reach. Nintendo Switch remake, but he has shepherded air. All six of the classes have different perks Online: playspellbreak.com the brand for the past 30 years. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: TELEVISION 2nd season promises to be better than 1st

BY LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times Season 2 of “The Boys” couldn’t have touched down at a better time. The Ama- zon Prime series, which returned this month, is a sharp, entertaining, eviscerat- ing satire of superhero franchises and the culture that aggrandizes them. The dark comedy expertly skewers so- cial ills in real time, playing with themes of capitalist glut, celebrity worship and corporate greed within a narrative that pokes fun at the gross commoditization of comic book culture. As with Season 1, new episodes mine disturbing corners of real- ity with crude humor, wonderfully fl awed characters and smart, timely themes, taking aim at everything from white supremacist idiots to cancel culture’s self-appointed woke police. And society’s plagues are a lot easier to laugh at inside “The Boys’” far-fetched universe of rogue superbeings and avenging vigilantes than outside, in our own. /AP Think of “The Boys” as a superhero PHOTOS BY AMAZON STUDIOS takedown for those who loathe the genre From left, Tomer Capon (Frenchie), Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell) and Karl Urban (Billy Butcher) from the series “The Boys” return — not to mention an alternative for those for a second season on Amazon Prime. Below: Anthony Starr (Homelander), left, and Erin Moriarty (Starlight) are also on the show. who love “Black Panther” or “Guard- ians of the Galaxy” but need a sardonic, BY GARY GERARD HAMILTON foul-mouthed interpretation of heroism Associated Press that speaks directly to our times. Sorry, Captain America. he upcoming season of “The The “supes” (or superheroes) in this Boys” has so many surprises, rev- series are worshipped by the public, but elations and themes ripped from SUPER GRAY behind the gleaming smiles and fl owing Ttoday’s front pages that some capes are emotionally unstable egomani- actors are wondering if their showrunner acs with crooked morals, drug addictions has psychic super abilities. and deadly mommy issues. “I don’t know what kind of crystal ball 2nd season of antihero ‘The Boys’ handles Known as The Seven, the indestructible Eric Kripke has ... we shot this show last team of “All American” crime fi ghters year, July to November. And when this hot-button issues like racism, capitalism who look curiously like Justice League show airs in September, there will be knockoffs are led by a chiseled sadist points where you would think we were known as Homelander (Antony Starr). His shooting during quarantine,” said Laz team includes the high-wattage Starlight Alonso, who plays Mother’s Milk. “There revealed that a formula called Compound years ago, 10 years ago, 50 years ago. (Erin Moriarty), the superfast A-Train is so (many) moments of social unrest that V is what gives these heroes their powers. (They) just happened to be in the front of (Jessie T. Usher) and the disillusioned hadn’t happened yet that it’s almost eerie.” The Seven comprises an extremely people’s minds now.’ ” warrior Queen Maeve (Dominique McEl- Amazon Prime Video’s hit superhero diverse set of characters — some from “It’s really cool to explore very, very ligott). show is hoping to up the ante of shock, source material, others altered by Kripke real issues from this slightly heightened They are hardly autonomous, though. thrill, action — and ultimately success — — of different ethnicities, genders, sexual and sometimes not-so-heightened-from- Their crime-stopping campaigns are cho- that it garnered last year during its debut. orientations and political ideologies. Not reality place,” Quaid said. “We don’t have reographed, marketed and monetized by Although it was one of Prime’s most following the typical good versus evil to pretend that the world’s not on fi re for corporate giant Vought International and watched series, it’s no longer a surprise plots, Kripke’s deeper dives this season our show.” its unnervingly calm CEO, Stan Edgar and will now play the role of incumbent include today’s issues of systemic racism Last season featured a #MeToo-Time’s (Giancarlo Esposito). But malfeasance hoping to get reelected. and capitalism. Up storyline as new Seven member and sloppy mistakes have threatened the “I was so happy with how season one “(In) episode four, there’s an African Starlight (Erin Moriarty) was coerced squeaky-clean image of the franchise, turned out, and to either hit or exceed that into a sexual act with veteran colleague American teen who gets pulled over by especially when Nazi-branded racism, bar was really stressful,” said Kripke, The Deep (Chase Crawford). Starlight a superhero and it goes poorly,” Kripke election meddling and terrorism enter the known for leading the fantasy drama revealed her assault on live TV, prompting said. “I do get asked that question of ‘do mix. All manner of chaos ensues, making “Supernatural.” “Where I landed was The Deep’s exile. we have a crystal ball?’ And my response Season 2 an explosive, hilarious, whale- not to try to go bigger because that’s sort is like ‘these were issues a year ago, fi ve CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 of unsustainable. But instead, try to go gut-soaked affair. deeper and try to create a more intense, Crude British assassin Billy Butcher more insane, more emotional season.” (Karl Urban) and his ragtag team of Based off the comic by Garth Ennis and vigilantes are still on a mission to expose Darick Robertson from which the show and destroy The Seven . His crew has gone also derives its name, the series follows into hiding after making the FBI’s Most The Boys, a small group of mercenar- Wanted list. But that all changes when a ies, as they chase a popular and famous new development provides fresh ammo ensemble of A-list superheroes called The against the supes. Seven. The Boys, headed by Billy Butcher If Season 1 was great, Season 2 is even (Karl Urban), Hughie Campbell (Jack better, thanks to the expansion of the Quaid) and Alonso are threaded together main characters’ back stories — which in by their individual vendettas against turn throws the good-versus-evil, perfect the “heroes,” but these aren’t the usual folks-versus-regular slobs plot into even squeaky-clean icons found from Marvel or sharper relief. New twists and members DC Comics. of the ensemble are added judiciously, This (very) gory, not-for-kids action which is probably a strange word for a show features the superheroes, known show that’s so wonderfully reckless. But as “supes,” as they chase glory often no matter how irreverent — its characters by immoral — and many times illegal are debauched, morally compromised and — choices. Vought, a powerful and infl u- crass — “The Boys” successfully walks a ential company led by CEO Stan Edgar fi ne line between taking the piss and piss- (Giancarlo Esposito) is in full control of ing people off. their images, marketing them to the pub- “The Boys” (eight episodes) is available for lic while hiding their dirty deeds. It was streaming on Amazon Prime. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: TELEVISION

FROM PAGE 20 “The world is kind of feeding us a lot of content,” said Mori- arty, whose character’s romantic relationship with Quaid’s char- acter is a major storyline. “I just Indisputably funny feel kind of lucky to be on a show that is of the zeitgeist, frankly, because I don’t like to pretend that the world is in an OK place, which it especially isn’t now ‘Black Lady Sketch Show’ creator: Cast combines innovation and humor more than ever.” The fi rst season juxtaposed the BY LYNN ELBER “She wanted to do something Framing the sketches is an wide production halt that’s only concept of celebrity and power Associated Press new with the format, not just unspecifi ed apocalypse that’s slowly easing. with morality while also tackling by featuring a cast of all Black forced a group of women to In late August, Thede was fascism and corrupt politics. obin Thede’s face women — which shouldn’t be huddle together, a twist Thede Some of those themes continue awaiting the green light for tap- lights up when revolutionary — but also by dreamed up pre-pandemic and this season as The Boys are on ing of the show that boasts Issa she hears that the playing with genre and paying which she promises will be the run after being blamed for Rae (an Emmy nominee for her deliciously clever as much attention to the aesthet- fl eshed out in the second season. the murder of Madelyn Still- series “Insecure”) as an execu- humor of her ic of the show as the comedy,” The new episodes were writ- tive producer. well, the Vought vice president, “A Black Lady although the culprit was actu- Gravitt said in an email inter- ten and ready to shoot when For Thede, who grew up in RSketch Show” provokes a laugh- view. COVID-19 forced an industry- Davenport, Iowa, the series ally Seven leader Homelander out-loud response. (Antony Starr). refl ects a childhood embrace “That means the most. That’s of comedy and the escape it Supe terrorists are also intro- the whole point,” said Thede, ‘ We’re breaking ground not just because provided. She shares that pas- duced, as Homelander helps get who created, produces and acts sion with her father, an educator Compound V overseas in a ploy in the HBO show, with its criti- we’re Black women, but because the show is who named her after his favorite to instill fear in the American cal raves underlined by ground- just damn funny. That’s indisputable. ’ comedian, Robin Williams. public and increase dependence breaking Emmy nominations. (Phyllis Thede, her mother, has on the supergroup. Viewers will A tickled viewer demonstrates Robin Thede ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ meet new member Stormfront, a that “we connected at a human served as an Iowa state rep- charismatic, social media-friend- level ... and that is the biggest resentative since 2009 and is ly woman whose presence fans gift I can give to people, espe- running again.) the fl ames of bigotry. cially for Black women, because Growing up, Thede said, she “Absolute power corrupts we just don’t have it,” Thede was a “nerd,” a stutterer and absolutely, and I think these are said. one of the few Black youngsters very damaged, powerful, fl awed She cites the “duh” moments at school, especially in the pri- individuals,” says Starr, the New prompted by the show’s rarity. mary grades. She found refuge Zealander who plays the blond, “People are saying why didn’t among TV characters. blue-eyed America-fi rst Super- we exist? We had ‘Chappelle’s “I really mean it when I say man-Captain America mashup. Show,’ we had ‘In Living Color,’ TV was a friend of mine,” she “The way we represent them is we have these great sketch said, recalling how she would probably a more honest take of shows in Black media tradi- copycat those she saw on the what these superheroes would be tions,” Thede said, “but never small screen from newscasters like. I don’t believe your moral to sitcom characters, includ- compass would remain at True where women were at the fore- ing Jackee Harry’s Sandra on North if you had all these powers front. And why not?” “227” (an impersonation Thede like they do in other (comics).” “A Black Lady Sketch Show” revived on her show). Amazon is betting that these illustrates what’s been miss- complex superheroes will yield ing. It offers a dizzying array She kept up the mimicry as super ratings as the battle for of characters artfully played by a teenager, started shooting original streaming content Thede and fellow cast members sketches and earned the kind of wages. Positioning itself as Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle reaction that made her think, Prime’s fl agship show, “The Dennis and Quinta Brunson. “OK, maybe I’m kind of good at Boys” may have some help as The stories can be satirically this,” she recalled. She gradu- the COVID-19 pandemic halted biting and at times surreal, such ated from Northwestern Uni- or delayed many previously as the (spoiler alert!) soul food versity, honed her improv skills scheduled productions. Season restaurant that’s its own kind of at The Second City in Chicago three has already been given the purgatory. and built TV credits that include green light. It’s from the Black female “The Nightly Show with Larry To capitalize on the show’s perspective, but with a comic Wilmore” and “The Rundown hype, Amazon Prime Video is sensibility inviting to all. Season with Robin Thede.” switching up the release strategy one sketches included a gang The TV industry is gradually from a binge model to a more meeting with standard HR opening doors to women and traditional approach. protocol; a wedding dinner people of color, who have long The fi rst three episodes ar- hijacked by a severely woke pushed for a fair shot at work rived Sept. 4 before pivoting to family member; and a support and the chance to make shows weekly releases through the rest group for women who are “bad with diverse voices and points of the season. (expletives),” as in rhymes-with- of view. That’s also led to a more “I would say if there’s any witches. inclusive Emmys, with a record real meta message of the show, A commanding Angela Bas- number of African Americans sett earned an Emmy nomina- it’s have some healthy skepti- nominated in 2020. tion for her guest appearance. cism; question some institutions. Thede welcomes the in- “A Black Lady Sketch Show” Question capitalism. Question creased awards recognition, also received an unprecedented your leaders. Question your but is adamant that it not be best variety sketch series bid for celebrities,” Kripke said. “Have misconstrued amid America’s a healthy curiosity, because the a Black female-led project and, for Dime Davis, the fi rst sketch reckoning with entrenched rac- one thing that they don’t want is ism and inequality that followed an educated populace.” variety directing nomination for the death of George Floyd in Esposito, nominated for two an African American woman. police custody. Emmys this year for “Better Call The series is competing with Saul” and “The Mandalorian,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Someone said to me, ‘This is hopes the show forces fans to “Drunk History” at the Sept. like the reparations Emmys,’ ” view their own refl ection. 20 ceremony airing stateside on Thede said, staking her rebuttal “It’s really about seeing our ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kim- on acclaimed nominees includ- humanity in a different way be- mel. (The limited contenders ing “Watchmen” with Regina cause humanity is connected to refl ect a new TV academy rule King, “Little Fires Everywhere” intention. And we all have faults that adjusts a fi eld’s size based with Kerry Washington, “In- and we all have places where on the number of submissions.) secure” — and “A Black Lady there’s a chink in our armor, Thede is both a versatile per- Sketch Show.“ where we’re a little weak,” former who “can do it all, from “We’re breaking ground Esposito said. “But being able to subtle observational comedy not just because we’re Black INVISION/AP look at that with compassion and to big character swings” and a women, but because the show understanding, that would be the sophisticated artist, said Amy Robin Thede, the creator, star and executive producer of the HBO is just damn funny. It just is,” beginning to access our superhu- Gravitt, executive vice president comedy series “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” is nominated for an she said proudly of her series. man abilities and powers.” for HBO Programming. Emmy award for outstanding variety series. “That’s indisputable.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

BY MICHAEL RIETMULDER The Seattle Times heir relationship may have started six years ago, but as Stone Gossard Expanding tells it, he and Minnesota singer- Tsongwriter Mason Jennings are still very much in the “honeymoon phase.” Back in 2014, Jennings was feeling collaborative and his manager reached out to the Pearl the palette Mason Jennings Jam guitarist, a longtime acquaintance, who was forced to rethink his was also working on material apart from his normal lyrical Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, approach. stadium-fi lling main band. The two hooked up for a low-stakes 7-inch singer-songwriter Mason Jennings record — highlighted by groovy ’70s rock reach for more colors on their rumbler “Knife Fight” — leaving several new Painted Shield project other sketches on the table. At least until now. “We realized to fi nish more songs it was going to have to be a little bit more back and forth,” Gossard said. “Sometimes when you set stuff down for a few years and then re-listen, it’s like you can hear it differently and you get energized by the history of it a little bit.” On Sept. 9, Gossard and Jennings announced that partnership has produced a full-length album under the name Painted Shield. The self-titled record arrives Nov. 27 through Gossard’s newly rebooted Loosegroove label.

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Stone Gossard performs with Pearl Jam. His collaboration with Mason Jennings coincides with the relaunch of his record label.

AP Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: MUSIC

REVIEWS APPRECIATION

Angel Olsen Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar) Hibbert helped give reggae its name, If you’re looking for something completely new from Angel Olsen, “Whole New Mess” isn’t it. If you’re looking for something raw, its sound and its enduring grace vulnerable and piercing, this album delivers. Nine of its 11 tracks are featured on her BY CHRIS RICHARDS Maytals’ songs about struggle and uplift reso- 2019 release, “All Mirrors,” but here she plays nate across the country and beyond. the songs in their original form, recorded The Washington Post “Bam Bam,” from 1966, earned the top prize before her “All Mirrors” sessions. uring “Funky Kingston” — that in a major national song contest, Hibbert’s open- If “All Mirrors” is a concert with an orchestra, “Whole New Mess” is a golden-hot sunbeam of a song that ing lines establishing his moral footing over the bedroom performance. Reverb and the occasional organ accompaniment Toots and the Maytals fi rst dropped in band’s spiraling groove: “I want you to know are the only reminders that Olsen is performing for an audience at all. 1973 — the word “reggae” becomes a that I am the man who fi ghts for the right, not Left on their own, without strings and embellishment, the songs stand D sort of hyper-noun: a person, a place and remind audiences of the genius behind her writing. for the wrong.” On “54-46 (That’s and a thing. My Number),” from 1968, Hibbert “And all those people I thought knew me well / After all that time they The person is Frederick “Toots” couldn’t tell / How I lost my soul was just a shell,” she sings in “(Summer sang in the voice of a crooked police Hibbert, singing in a handsome offi cer: “Get your hands in the air, Song).” The lines hold the same power even without the full production growl that originates in the heart that accompanied “Summer” on “All Mirrors.” sir, and you will get no hurt, mister.” more than the throat. The place is The songs not on “All Mirrors” — “Whole New Mess” and “Waving, On the lyric sheet, that anonymous Kingston, Jamaica, reggae’s capital Smiling” — fi t the scope and theme of the work as a whole. The album “sir/mister” is casually being denied and spiritual power spot. And the may revisit songs she’s already released, but there’s a recognition in the his humanity, and the steely dignity thing is the sound of reggae itself, title track that moving forward sometimes means fi nding pain anew. in the singer’s voice refuses to let us The album may not feature much in the way of new material, but it a durable, dynamic music that both ignore it. brings a new moment, one that’s appropriately matched to the current tightens and loosens — and a word Hibbert’s voice spread across state of the world. As 2020 brought people into the quiet of their homes, that Hibbert claimed to have coined the planet in 1975 when two Toots Olsen brought listeners into the quiet of her songs, brought down from in an earlier song, “Do the Reggay” and the Maytals albums — 1973’s their cinematic glory to display their intimate brilliance. from 1968. “Funky Kingston” and 1974’s “In — Ragan Clark “The music was in Jamaica play- the Dark” — were cut-and-pasted Associated Press ing, but no one knew really what into a new disc, also titled “Funky to call it,” Hibbert told a reporter Kingston,” that featured some of the from Vogue last month. “I took the group’s most potent moments: the word from a slang word we have uncompromising optimism of “Time Toots Hibbert of Colter Wall in Jamaica called ‘streggae’ —that Tough,” the hard-earned catharsis Toots and the was just a nickname for people who Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Maytals performs of “Pressure Drop,” and, of course, don’t dress properly.” Back in 1968, (La Honda Records) at the New Orleans “Funky Kingston,” a song that still Hibbert was already singing from feels as hot, bright and alive as sun- Colter Wall, who comes from Canadian cat- Jazz and Heritage a place deep within himself, and in Festival on May rise in July. From verse to chorus, tle country, has a baritone that gives his music the decade that followed, the heft of Hibbert aptly positions himself as a distinctive brand. It’s a voice as raw as the 3, 2018, in New his voice would help elevate a style of Orleans. Hibbert reggae’s planetary emissary: “Music prairie wind in his native Saskatchewan, with music named after the neighborhood is what I’ve got to give, and I’ve got a vibrato akin to a rusty gate on the back 40. died Sept. 11 in outsiders to international eminence. Kingston, Jamaica. to fi nd some way to make it ... Funky On “Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Hibbert — who died in Kingston Kingston is what I’ve got for you.” Punchy Songs,” Wall sings about doggies, on Sept. 11 at 77 — grew up in the Even if you have never laid eyes bucking broncs, cowpokes, houlihans and, of course, bovine raising. He Jamaican countryside, raised by on the Jamaican capital, squint your rhymes chorin’ with boredom, makes fun of IPAs and notes that he hails Seventh-day Adventist preachers, ears and you should be able to see from a place where the tallest buildings are grain elevators. but moved to Kingston as a teenager, the entire city come alive inside Wall mixes original material, traditional tunes and covers, including a where he would eventually channel this song. More than a mere ode or rousing rendition of Marty Robbins’ “Big Iron.” the supple elegance of the hymns he anthem, it stands an astonishing ex- Here’s a vote for the album’s vinyl version to fully appreciate that learned in church into a new Black ample of how music — an intangible unvarnished, vibrant vibrato. music that spoke for Jamaica’s un- fl uctuation of air — can stand in for — Steven Wine derclass. His voice could be a rough people, places, things: existence in Associated Press and graceful thing, and it helped the its material forms.

FROM PAGE 22 same way that I do when I’m listening to Gossard did the heavy lifting on the About a year ago, Jennings got the ‘ I thought back on Johnny Cash or John Prine, you know.” music, sifting through demos up to 15 collaborative itch again. The oft-acoustic working with Stone and The sidewinding “Time Machine” years old and recording at Gossard’s storyteller had recently gone through a blends widescreen desert rock riffs and Studio Litho in Fremont with cameos divorce and was sitting on a batch of mate- I loved working with him sinister funk grooves, a free-jazz sax from ace Seattle sideman Jeff Fielder, freakout bubbling up between Jennings’ Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and others. rial, thinking the time was right for a little back then. We hadn’t shake-up. “I thought back on working with uncharacteristically saucy vocals that The further along they got, the more col- Stone and I loved working with him back really dug into that next sound more like a swaggering Mark laborative it became, with producer John Lanegan than the folkier charms Jennings Congleton at times stripping away pieces then,” Jennings said. “We hadn’t really is known for. and adding the “spacious, atmospheric” dug into that next level yet, and I thought level yet, and I thought Ominous lead single “I Am Your Coun- shadings that give “Painted Shield” much maybe it would be a good time to try that maybe it would be a good try,” which dropped Sept. 9 and is the only of its color and texture. “Both Mason and again.” song recorded since the pandemic, started I were really in a deconstructive state of While all but one track was recorded time to try that again. ’ as a Chamberlain original and found mind in terms of anything can go on any pre-pandemic, Painted Shield was largely Mason Jennings Jennings recasting some post-divorce given day,” Gossard said. a socially distanced project, the two swap- on reuniting with Stone Gossard lyrics initially written as a father speak- As for Loosegroove, Gossard and label ping Dropbox fi les as they could while ing toward his two sons. In the wake of partner Regan Hagar (who plays with Gossard and his Pearl Jam buddies were George Floyd’s death and the Minneapolis Gossard in Seattle alt-rock outfi t Brad) also brewing their exploratory new album, totally inform each other. All through the protests that sparked similar unrest in Se- plan to release a single from local soul “Gigaton.” Although the two records are period of time that we were putting this attle and other American cities, Jennings singer Tiffany Wilson and a solo album completely different sonically, there’s record (together), we were doing demos reframed the song as a nation talking to a from Painted Shield’s Davis. Also in the a similar adventurous spirit coursing for ‘Gigaton.’ ” citizenry in strife. works is an unreleased Brad album Gos- through Painted Shield, the band rounded Songs like “Time Machine” and equally Jennings, who’s lived in the Twin Cities sard said was “pretty much done” when out by Seattle singer/keyboardist Brittany massive barnburner “Evil Winds” — fea- since the ’90s, felt mixed emotions as the soulful frontman Shawn Smith died last Davis and drumslinger Matt Chamber- turing slide guitar licks from Pearl Jam’s situation escalated on Minneapolis streets. year. lain, who logged a brief stint in Pearl Jam Mike McCready — pushed Jennings out of “I felt glad that people were standing up All that and hopefully “lots of Painted before making his career as an in-demand his comfort zone. It forced him to rethink to this injustice that’s been happening for Shield records,” said Gossard, still feeling session player for everyone from Frank his lyrical approach, aiming to be more of so long,” Jennings said. “But it’s scary to that honeymoon glow. Ocean to Bob Dylan. a mood facilitator than picture-painting have your city be burning day after day “That’s something you get, particularly “Every day that I get a chance to be storyteller. — and then a president that’s stoking the in early times in bands. It’s like, me and involved with collaborating with people “I was more channeling stuff like Led fl ames like that. It was very upsetting. Mason make 20 records together, by the and making music together, I’m learning Zeppelin or The Strokes,” said Jennings, Now, our city, I went driving around, a lot end we’re like ‘Oh, (this is) crap,’ ” Gos- more about what excites me and how I a self-described “shredder guitar player” of it’s boarded up still. It defi nitely feels sard joked. “But right now we’re in the can be a good partner in whatever situa- in a past life. “Those are bands that I love like a police state.” honeymoon and it’s glorious. We’re enjoy- tion I’m in,” Gossard said. “So yes, they that I don’t really listen to the lyrics the While Jennings handled the vocals, ing the newness of it all.” PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Venice life: ‘You must have a boat’

As we’ve had to postpone our travels The breakfast room is decorated with because of the pandemic, I believe a traditional Venetian knickknacks — green weekly dose of travel dreaming can be and red decorative glass, prints of canal good medicine. Here’s a reminder of the scenes and sequined masks reminiscent fun that awaits us in Europe at the other of Carnival indiscretions. The room is end of this crisis. strewn with antiques. Everything is old. “It’s kitsch,” Piero admits, “but only the escending Venice’s fabled Rialto best kitsch.” I sit Bridge, I shuffl e slowly, spinning down. As Piero brings my wheels in a human traffi c me red orange juice Djam congesting one of the city’s — made from blood biggest shopping streets. Finally breaking oranges — he reports free, I turn down a dank and empty lane, on his work and the reach the big black door of my hotel and latest Venice news. push a bronze lion’s nose. This security While the sounds of buzzer brings Piero to the second-fl oor Don Giovanni fi ll the window. He welcomes me with a “Ciao, air, guests prepare for Reek!” and buzzes the door open. I climb their day. the steps, eager to settle in. Rick Steves Opera continues Piero, who runs the Venetian hotel I to fi ll the air as Piero call home, shaved his head fi ve years ago. dashes to help some French guests head- His girlfriend wanted him to look like ing out for the day. He pours coffee for Michael Jordan. With his operatic voice, both of us, then sits back down and says, CAMERON HEWITT/Ricksteves.com he reminds me more of Yul Brynner. He “In hotels, all the people are different. By using a boat, residents and guests can experience another dimension of Venice. often says, “My voice is guilty of my love The French don’t use the shower. Young for opera.” Americans are most messy but use the roofs to the marketplace commotion fi lling here ... the philosophy of beauty. Proud of the improvements in his shower very much. I don’t understand the street below, I see his point. Tourists “The life here is with no cars ... only place since my last visit, Piero shows this. Americans ask, ‘What is this bidet cannot take over Venice. boats. To live properly in Venice, you must me around. While remodeling the hotel, for?’ I cannot tell them. It is for washing “Venice is a little city,” he says. “Only have a boat. With a boat you live in Venice he discovered 17th-century frescoes on more than the feet. In it, we wash the a village, really. About 55,000 people live in another dimension — with no tourists. the walls of several rooms. The place parts ... that rub together when you walk. on this island. Not Italian — we are just You cruise under bridges and see the tour- was a convent back then. An antique The Japanese think the bidet is very one century Italian. I am Venetian in my ists walking in their dimension, but you wooden prayer kneeler, found in the attic funny.” blood. I cannot work in another town. Ven- and unused for generations, decorates “The tourists have taken over your ice is boring for young people — no disco, are in the Venice of no tourists. The boat a corner of my room. The whitewash is city,” I say sadly. no nightlife. It is only beautiful. Venetian is my alternative Venice.” partially peeled away, revealing peaceful Walking me to the window and tossing people are travelers. Remember Marco Rick Steves (ricksteves.com) writes European aqua, ochre and lavender fl oral patterns. open the decrepit blind, Piero answers, Polo? He was Venetian. But when we come guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes European tours. You can In Venice, behind the old, the really old “But Venice survives.” home, we know this place is the most email Rick at [email protected] and follow his peeks through. As my gaze moves from the red- tiled beautiful. Venice. It is a philosophy to live blog on Facebook. Hop online to find out more about Europe’s best breweries

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It took Robert were trans- gets some of its water from a 2,000-year-old glacier. form part of the Brussels Beer Johansen more than fi ve years to ferred to the Bavarian state, but Project, an endeavor that seeks get a circa-1928 regulation mak- that didn’t stop the facility from in the Lavarella rifugio, a form place to do exactly that. Online: to be at the cutting edge of the ing it illegal to make alcohol on brewing. Guided tours take visi- of accommodation for hikers, ski- lavarella.it/en/microbrewery craft beer movement by not only Svalbard overturned, but shortly tors past the brewing facilities ers, mountain bikers and other fi t Most immersive: The Starken- the constant production of new after the law was changed, the and a museum covering close to fans of the great outdoors. 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The beer is properties for ailments rang- in the hip Dansaert quarter of 429 Norwegian kroner, about beer is breathtakingly situ- presently only available at the ri- ing from skin problems to colds Brussels; Pigalle and the Canal $48. Online: svalbardbryggeri. ated in the Fanes Sennes Braies fugio, and while you don’t have to to digestive problems, and the St. Martin in Paris, and Shinjuku com/visit-the-brewery Nature Park in Italy’s Dolomites spend the night there to indulge, carbonic acid contained in the in Tokyo, Japan. Online: beer- Oldest: The Weihenstephan mountain range and co-located it’s hard to imagine a lovelier waters is considered conducive project.be/en/project Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe FURAI JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Address: Piazza delle Erbe 9, Vicenza, Italy 36100 Hours: Noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight daily Phone: + (39) 0444-321044 Cost: Expensive Reservations: Available Dress: Casual Website: furairistorante.com — Nancy Montgomery

PHOTOS BY NANCY MONTGOMERY/Stars and Stripes Furai Japanese Restaurant offers a wide variety of A temaki with salmon and salmon roe, left, and a seafood sunomono with salmon, tuna, white fi sh, cucumber, Japanese dishes, both cooked and raw, at prices that seaweed and sesame seeds made for delicious appetizers at a recent visit to Furai Japanese Restaurant in Vicenza. match its premier location. Fishy in good ways and bad Furai Japanese Restaurant’s entrees are hit or miss in Vicenza

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY pieces of ikura, or rice with salmon Stars and Stripes eggs. He wasn’t the most enthusiastic n a warm, cloudless day at or friendly of waiters; I think we the end of a summer mostly AFTER exchanged maybe 10 words. And the lost to the coronavirus pan- HOURS temaki didn’t come with wasabi or The kaisen sunomono — salmon, tuna, white fi sh, Odemic, I decided I wanted a pickled ginger, which I love. cucumber, seaweed and sesame seeds in rice vinegar late afternoon lunch, al fresco, under ITALY The nadir of the lunch was the — is colorful, low in calories and high in protein. a white umbrella. main course. I’d previously had I also wanted sushi. So I headed Furai’s sea bass baked in foil with The result, as is frequently the over to Furai Japanese Restaurant, ginger and it had always been deli- case at Furai, was a mixed bag. in the heart of the Vicenza’s old town. cious. So instead of that, for 13 euros, My kaisen sunomono — Japanese I got the sea bass in curry. The menu includes numerous sushi seaweed in rice vinegar with raw fi sh and sashimi items, chicken teri- I usually love curry. But the dish and sesame — was wonderful. There looked unappetizing — much like a yaki and appropriately enough for a were pieces of white fi sh, tuna and plate of baby diarrhea, to be honest restaurant whose name means “fry,” salmon, and cucumber slices dusted — with bits of lychee on top. And shrimp tempura. There are also with sesame seeds and nestled although the fi sh was nicely charred, numerous soups, various cooked fi sh, among the seaweed in the slightly the curry sauce was far too salty. steamed vegetables, fried dumplings sweet vinegar. It was a perfect ap- Furai portions are not large, but I and a nice selection of wine, beer and petizer for 8 euros. only ate about half of the fi sh. other beverages. It arrived with temaki, a hand roll. Still, I got to enjoy my kaisen I took several minutes, sitting It’s a cone-shaped piece of dried sunomono and my glass of Lugana under the umbrella at a table socially seaweed holding salmon and salmon wine sitting in the piazza as the sun distanced from another solo diner roe for 6 euros. I had ordered it after went down. Is this sea bass swimming in curry sauce, or drowning in with two plates of noodle dishes in being unable to communicate to my [email protected] front of him, to decide what to get. masked server that I wanted two Twitter:@montgomerynance it? The white cubes are lychee. Wok-fried pepper steak and noodles cooks in only a few minutes

BY LINDA GASSENHEIMER WOK-FRIED PEPPER STEAK ¼ cup fat free low-salt chicken broth CHINESE NOODLES Tribune News Service Directions Ingredients Remove visible fat from meat. Cut Ingredients Here’s an easy stir-fry dinner. Pepper ½ pound skirt or fl ank steak across the grain into ½-inch slices. Mix ¼ pound fresh Chinese noodles steak is a popular Chinese dish made with cornstarch and soy sauce together. Place tender beef, bell peppers and onion and 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon sesame oil meat in soy sauce mixture, making sure cooked in a savory sauce. 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy Directions It takes a little extra time to prepare the sauce it is completely covered. Wash, seed and Fill a large saucepan with 3 to 4 quarts ingredients, but only minutes to cook. To 1 medium size green bell pepper, slice bell peppers, about ½-inch thick. water and bring to a boil. Boil noodles 1 speed the cooking, have all your ingredients, (about 1½ cups sliced) Spray wok or skillet with vegetable oil to 2 minutes and drain. Add 1 teaspoon including the sauce, ready. Place them in 1 medium size red or yellow bell pep- spray. Heat wok and add ginger and oil to wok after meat and vegetables have order of use on a plate or chopping board. per, (about 1½ cups sliced) garlic. When wok is smoking, add meat been removed. Stir-fry noodles in wok 2 You won’t have to keep looking at the recipe ¼ pound mushrooms, sliced (about 2 and stir-fry 1 minute. Remove to a plate. minutes, or until they begin to be crisp. to see what goes in next. cups) Spray wok again and add peppers and Plate and serve pepper steak on top. Don’t rinse the wok once the meat dish is Vegetable oil spray mushrooms. Stir-fry 2 minutes. Return Yield 2 servings. fi nished. You’ll use it to stir-fry the noodles, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger meat to pan and add sherry and broth. Linda Gassenheimer is the author of more than which are fi rst boiled. This way they pick up 4 teaspoons minced garlic Stir-fry 3 minutes. Remove from pan to a 30 cookbooks, including her newest, “The 12- the fl avors of the sauce left in the wok. ¼ cup dry sherry serving bowl. Week Diabetes Cookbook.” PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe The gift of art that keeps on giving A diverse collection spanning 700 years awaits at Frankfurt’s Staedel Art Museum

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON would probably require at least two days. Stars and Stripes During the coronavirus pandemic, which Germany has under better control hen Frankfurt banker and than many other countries, the museum spice dealer Johann Friedrich requires a timed ticket, which, as its name Staedel wrote his will in 1815, implies, gives the holder a precise time Whe included a clause that led and date to show up at the museum. This to the creation of what was to become helps the Staedel to “regulate visitor entry Germany’s oldest museum foundation. as a precautionary measure to guard The result of the inclusion in the then- against infection” and gives the holder elderly man’s testament — Staedel died admission to all exhibitions and the per- the next year at the age of 88 — is the manent collection. Staedel Art Museum in Frankfurt. But getting too close to an item in the The museum has a vast collection of gallery will cause an alarm to sound and paintings, sculptures, photos and more guards to appear out of nowhere. So main- than 100,000 drawings and prints that tain social distance from the works of art take visitors through 700 years of Euro- as well as other people at the museum. pean art. The self-service cafe, next to the gift Under a single roof, the museum’s col- shop that all museums seem to have, of- lection includes works from the early 14th fers a sweeping view of Frankfurt and the century to the present, from the Renais- Main River, but it’s closed now because of sance and Baroque periods, to early the coronavirus. modern art, and more, the Staedel says on There are many other dining options its website. just outside the Staedel, though, includ- There are works by Pablo Picasso, Max ing the Holbein Cafe and the Liebieghaus Beckmann and Sandro Botticelli, to name Cafe. a few. [email protected] The collection is huge. Taking it all in Twitter: Manny_Stripes

PHOTOS BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON/Stars and Stripes A painting called Spectrum by Tony Cragg, showing a mosaic of common plastic waste that is thrown away, hangs at the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt. ON THE QT DIRECTIONS Address: Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main I parked at the Deutsche Daniel Richter’s painting, known as Horde, represents a life of hatred and aggression. Bank Park in Frankfurt and took the train to the city center and walked to the museum from there. There is also parking at the museum. TIMES Closed Mondays. Tues- day, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday from 10 a.m. 9 p.m. Hours may vary on holidays. COSTS Entry is 14 euros. INFORMATION Online: staedelmuseum. de; tourist offi ce: +49 (0) 69-605098-200 The Staedel Museum is named after Frankfurt banker Johann Staedel, who laid the A sculpture of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who — Immanuel Johnson cornerstone for the art museum in 1815. is best known for The Thinker, is displayed. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Pacific

On Sept. 1, a woman walks toward Sensoji, a popular Buddhist temple in the Asakusa section of central Tokyo.

A lone visitor stands outside the iconic bridges leading PHOTOS BY AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes into the inner Imperial Palace grounds in central Tokyo People leave an establishment in the Golden Gai bar district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Sept. 2. Golden Gai comprises on Sept. 3. Most of the site is closed to the public, several narrow alleyways that are home to more than 200 tiny bars. except for New Year’s Day and the Emperor’s Birthday.

he coronavirus pandemic has hit Tokyo harder than any other Japanese city, with nearly 25,000 people testing positive since the illness fi rst appeared in Japan early this year. Because of the uptick in infections, most U.S. military personnel have been barred from visiting the capital city since Tspring. Popular tourist destinations like the Imperial Palace, Harajuku’s Takeshita Street and the unique bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai district are The pandemic might have slowed it a no-go for Americans in Japan under the status of forces agreement. Stars and Stripes photojournalist Akifumi Ishikawa recently ventured to down, but the heart of Tokyo still beats some of these spots to capture what they’re like in the coronavirus era. — Stars and Stripes Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Pacific

People explore Takeshita Street in the Harajuku neighborhood of central Tokyo on Sept. 6. The pedestrian shopping lane is lined with fashion boutiques, cafes and eateries.

People hang out near the Hachiko statue outside Shibuya Station on Sept. 2. Hachiko was an Akita remembered for remarkable loyalty. The dog waited by the station nearly a decade after his owner’s death. Above and below: Tokyo’s icon rockabilly dancers perform Sept. 6 outside Yoyogi Park. The dancers gather here every Sunday in their blue jeans and boots to twist and strut to classic rock ’n’ roll tunes.

A rickshaw driver gives a tour of Asakusa, an old district of Tokyo known for the Sensoji Buddhist temple, on Sept. 1. PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Pacific

Westland Farm is a small but popular gelato shop with its own dairy farm on the property. WESTLAND FARM

Location: 353-3 Nagaokahasebe, Mizuho, Nishitama District, Tokyo 190-1231 Directions: From the main gate on Yokota Air Base, turn right onto Route 16, drive for 4.1 miles, then turn left onto Route 44. Westland Farm will be about a half-mile on the left. Look for the banners and cow statues. The Google Plus code is Q8PJ+C2 Mizuho, Tokyo Hours: Open daily, except Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices: 300-500 yen per serving Information: westlandfarm.tokyo — Erica Earl

PHOTOS BY ERICA EARL/Stars and Stripes

Westland Farm in western Tokyo offers a variety of unique gelato fl avor options, including an effervescent beer Westland Farm, near Yokota Air Base, is a popular gelato offering — but only for those of legal drinking age in Japan. stop for both locals and visitors. Refreshing summer treat Enjoy frozen beer gelato at Westland Farm near Yokota

BY ERICA EARL label advising customers not to eat it any indoor seating but has a covered Stars and Stripes if they are driving, and anyone under patio area outside. You can also roam the age of 20, the legal drinking age the grounds with your treat and look ou can fi nd a slice of farm in Japan, cannot order the treat. at the animals. Just be aware that the life nestled in the Nishitama For me, the warning label made unmistakable farm smell of cow ma- district of western Tokyo, the selection even more enticing. nure wafts throughout the property. Ynot far from Yokota Air The fl avor tastes like a sweet I would recommend eating the Base and the home of U.S. Forces cream soda with the aftertaste of a airy gelato out of a cup rather than Japan. light, bready beer and is a refreshing a cone, especially the beer fl avor Situated among small patches of choice for a hot and humid summer option, which is pleasant to sip as it pastures is Westland Farm, a quaint starts to melt. gelato spot that is popular among day. It’s effervescent and bubbles a To avoid the long weekend lines both locals and visitors. The stop little on the tongue. While surpris- has the feel of a country roadside at- ingly creamy and delicious, the fl avor that often wrap around the side of the traction, complete with its own dairy can get a little strong as you eat it. small shop and trail into the parking farm. The one-scoop option is perfect. lot, try to visit on a weekday after- Westland Farm has the comforting The beer gelato is made from noon. call of the simple life, with goats baa- Asahi Super Dry, a crisp and dry Prices are 300 yen, or about $2.80, ing and cows lined up in their stalls. Japanese rice lager, and is under for a single scoop and between 400- But the atmosphere isn’t the only 2.5% alcohol. 500 yen for a double scoop, fl avor thing delighting customers. The shop For less malty picks, the matcha depending. has some unique fl avor offerings, green tea and mango fl avors are also The shop is cash only. including beer gelato. refreshing. [email protected] Westland Farm serves gelato in an environment The frozen beer confection bears a Westland Farms does not allow Twitter: @thisearlgirl reminiscent of a country roadside attraction. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: BOOKS More Trump tell-alls Woodward’s ‘Rage’ levels many accusations against president, but not much of it is new

BY ROSA BROOKS knew about Trump’s repeated sad and subtle documentation of Special to The Washington Post assurances that the coronavirus the ego, cowardice and self-delu- AP would soon “disappear ... like a sion that, over and over, lead in- hat new insights does miracle” and about his “perfect” telligent people to remain silent Journalist Bob Woodward levels many serious accusations against Bob Woodward’s phone call with Ukrainian Presi- in the face of Trumpian outrages. President Donald Trump in his book “Rage,” including that Trump latest book, “Rage,” dent Volodymyr Zelensky, which Woodward offers a detailed was told in February about the severity of the coronavirus. Woffer? We learn that led to his impeachment. We even portrait of the president and President Donald Trump is not knew that Trump considers some of his top aides. He tells us, Jong Un, gained through access me unexpectedly on Wednesday, the sharpest tool in the shed; America’s war dead “losers” and for instance, that Mattis viewed to 25 previously unpublished July 8.” Six pages after that, members of his Cabinet consider “suckers.” Trump as “dangerous” and letters between the two. Trump he tells us, “Trump called me him a narcissistic fool, devoid The Age “unfi t” for offi ce, and ultimately explains his instant connection unexpectedly on the morning of of empathy and incapable of of Trump resigned when he thought that to Kim by offering Woodward Tuesday, July 21.” (You’d think distinguishing between truth has been Trump’s directives had shifted a creepy analogy: “You meet a that by then, Woodward might and falsehood. Trump blithely character- from merely stupid to “felony woman. In one second, you know have found Trump’s phone calls minimizes the lethality of the ized by stupid.” For his part, Trump told whether or not it’s going to hap- a bit less unexpected.) The book’s coronavirus because he doesn’t “shocking White House trade adviser Peter pen.” narrative structure is disjointed; want to look bad. He takes no re- revela- Navarro that he considered his Trump, we learn, told Wood- chapters shift focus seemingly at sponsibility for anything, boasts tion” after “f---ing generals” to be “a bunch ward that the coronavirus was random. repeatedly about his wealth and “shocking of p---ies.” Meanwhile, Wood- far “more deadly” than “even Still, Woodward’s prose offers genius, and shows nothing but revelation,” ward reveals, former director of your strenuous fl us” as early as readers that delicious, vicarious contempt for those who happen with the national intelligence Dan Coats Feb. 7, 2020, even as he acknowl- sense of being an insider, right to get in his way. occasional took seriously the possibility that edged his intent to minimize the there in the room with Bob, a But we knew all this already, “stunning Trump was “in Putin’s pocket” threat to the American public. witness to presidential sulks and didn’t we? We already knew that revelation” thrown in for variety. and “suspected the worst” of the And Woodward, for his part, boasts. Stung by Woodward’s Rex Tillerson, Trump’s former Each new revelation is claimed president. Trump, Coats report- decided to keep this disturbing observation that many people secretary of state, told colleagues to be the one that will end edly told Mattis, “doesn’t know news to himself; saving it for the considered Barack Obama to that the president was “a moron” Trump’s presidency; each time, the difference between the truth book apparently took priority be intelligent, Trump declares and that John Kelly, Trump’s Trump blithely skips away from and a lie.” over letting the public know that Obama “highly overrated” and former chief of staff, often accountability, and his base Anthony Fauci, director of the their president was actively mis- launches into a soliloquy on his referred to him as an “idiot.” We remains loyal as ever. National Institute of Allergy and leading them about a virus that own superior genetics and pos- knew that other senior offi cials Viewed in this context, “Rage” Infectious Diseases, was no more has now killed nearly 200,000 sessions: “I had an uncle who have decried Trump’s “amo- offers some fresh details and complimentary, commenting Americans. was a professor at MIT ... and rality” and “erratic behavior,” confi rmation of old assumptions, privately that Trump’s “attention “Rage” was written in a hurry, my father was smarter than he and that Jim Mattis, his former but little that is likely to surprise span is like a minus number.” and at times it shows. “Trump was. It’s good stock. You know secretary of defense, was “angry anyone or change any minds. Woodward similarly offers called me unexpectedly on Fri- they talk about the elite. ... Ah, and appalled” by what he saw as These incidents have lost their new particulars about Trump’s day, June 19,” Woodward relates they have nice houses. No. I have Trumpian behavior that made “a power to shock. What makes the love-at-fi rst-sight relationship on Page 356. Eighteen pages much better than them. I have mockery of our Constitution.” We book noteworthy is Woodward’s with North Korean dictator Kim later, he writes, “Trump called better everything than them.” Cohen’s ‘Disloyal’ reveals resemblance to former boss

BY DAVID S. CLOUD Cohen isn’t the fi rst author to recount lawyer whose job, he says, was stiffi ng some deep part of his soul, as it would Los Angeles Times Donald Trump’s failings as a business- Trump’s business partners and burying those of his voters a decade later. man, husband and person. His account his scandals. Oddly, Cohen says he still cares for ecades before Michael Cohen competes with other books about Trump He writes that he also encouraged Trump “even to this day.” rose to fame as Donald Trump’s by his niece, journalist Bob Woodward Trump to run for president, fi rst in Cohen became an attorney, graduating lawyer-fi xer, he spent summers and others currently fl ooding the market. 2011 and then in 2015, and orchestrated from a Michigan law school he picked be- Dworking for his uncle Morty at But Cohen is certainly the one closest to Trump’s now-famous ride down the esca- cause it was the easiest one to get into. He the El Caribe, a lively Brooklyn social his subject, not just a lator in Trump Tower’s marbled lobby. wasn’t interested in the law as an elevated club frequented by New York mobsters. witness but an eager Cohen would eventually pay the same profession. He wanted to be a “Tough It was there, on a “glorious” sunny participant in the fu- price many wise guys have for years of Jew” who practiced law “like a gangster.” afternoon in 1980, as Cohen recounts in ture president’s many unquestioning loyalty to a godfather. By 1996, he was semi-retired but still “Disloyal” — his mea culpa memoir of excesses. By 2018, he had pleaded guilty in fed- “plenty ambitious and very energetic.” his relationship with Trump — that he This proximity eral court to multiple crimes — including That was when Donald Trump Jr. witnessed a drunk patron skinny-dipping provides an answer lying to Congress and violating campaign called, inviting him to a meeting with his in the crowded pool get shot in the rump to one of the great fi nance laws by making hush-money pay- father — a call that “summoned me to my by a local hood. mysteries: How does ments to two women who claim they had destiny and my downfall.” “I had been an eyewitness to the whole Trump, for all his affairs with Trump (which the president What follows is a kind of rake’s progress scene,” he writes. “I had seen the shooter fl aws, command loy- denies). narrative of his ever-deepening infatu- and could identify him, of course.” But alty, especially from He would wind up an inmate, called a ation with Trump and the dirty deeds after a hard look from another gangster, people who know him “rat” by the man he once served. His book he gleefully handled for “the Boss.” One Cohen got wise and told the police noth- best? was written in Otisville Federal Prison, in of his fi rst, Cohen says, was squashing ing. His reward was $500, slipped to him “The answer, I was coming to see, in- upstate New York, on breaks from his job a blackmail attempt by an ex-husband in an envelope. cluded something deeper than the obvious in the sewage treatment plant. claiming Trump “forcibly kissed” his wife It was a formative moment for the lure of money and power. ... It was physi- There’s an unstated message in Cohen’s at Mar-a-Lago; one of the last was pay- young Cohen, helping explain his later cal, emotional, not quite spiritual, but a account that each of us is supposed to ing $130,000 to placate porn star Stormy cultlike fascination with Trump: If you deep longing that Trump fi lled for me,” ponder: Are we all a little like him, pos- Daniels before the 2016 election, using his were tough enough and fl ashed enough he writes. “Around Trump I felt excited, sessed of some deep national neediness home-equity line of credit. cash, you could get away with shooting alive, like he possessed the urgent and (even if only via the adrenaline rush of the When Trump won the White House, somebody in broad daylight — or in the only truth, the chance for my salvation latest outrage) for a serially bankrupt golf Cohen stayed behind in Manhattan, serv- middle of Fifth Avenue. and success in life.” course operator serially accused of sexual ing as Trump’s personal lawyer and pur- The lesson would serve him well as he It’s Cohen’s inner life that gives his book assault? Haven’t we all rightly ended up, suing his own deals on the side. He slept rose from the El Caribe to Trump Tower its considerable power. metaphorically speaking, in the sewage with a loaded Glock on his nightstand. He in Manhattan, where in 1996 he went to By the time Cohen went to work for treatment plant? was in many ways the ultimate plugged-in work helping Donald Trump chase his him, Trump was shunned by big banks, Cohen self-destructive descent into Manhattan lawyer he once dreamed of every “desire and demand” while imbib- making his money mostly by licensing his Trumpland foreshadows the country’s, or becoming — until the morning the FBI ing the intoxicating “pleasure of infl icting name and appearing on television. Cohen so his account implies. Trump’s transpar- knocked on his apartment door and it all harm and exercising raw power.” was his consigliere, the tough street ent lies and boastful grievances corrupted came crashing down. PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

profi ting off hate in the US and globally,” wrote Ashok Chandwaney, who worked at Facebook for 5 ½ years. “The Social Dilemma” is the culmi- nation of a three-year project aimed at making the severity of an extremely Netflix film complicated problem easier for non-tech types to grasp — and perhaps motivat- ing people to take action to prevent worse consequences. The fi lm pulls together the disparate dissects a threads of its argument through revealing — and sometimes chilling — insights from former executives at Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Pinter- est. These are set against the backdrop of tech-driven a fi ctional family addicted to screens fi lled with manipulative content served up by a ruthless set of algorithms embodied by actor Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men.”) Tristan Harris, a former Google execu- tive who plays a leading role in the fi lm, ‘social dilemma’ said he hopes “The Social Dilemma” can wake up society the way Ralph Nader’s book “Unsafe At Any Speed” spurred the introduction of seat-belt laws and Al Gore’s award-winning 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” sharpened focus The documentary-drama hybrid on the climate changes caused by human- “The Social Dilemma,” starring generated greenhouse gases. Tristan Harris, explores the dangerous “What I am really hoping is this fi lm human impact of social networking. will be the fi rst time we have a shared truth, a shared reality about the break- Jenny Kane/AP down of our shared reality,” Harris told The Associated Press in an interview. Harris, now the president of the Center BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE The fi lm, directed by Jeff Orlowski, years, it’s been the subject of Silicon Val- for Humane Technology, began shar- AND AMANDA LEE MYERS aims to explain how Silicon Valley’s em- ley mea culpas (at the individual, if not ing his disillusionment while he was still Associated Press brace of smartphones, attention-grabbing corporate, level), foreboding news articles working at Google, and some of his posts algorithms, polarizing echo chambers and and academic studies and books. about the subject caught Orlowski’s atten- new Netfl ix documentary is set- pursuit of profi t have left users reeling in Some tech-company engineers and tion. The two had known each other while ting out to expose technology’s a way that could pose an existential threat executives have gone so far as to keep attending Stanford University, paving the corrosive effects on society dur- to U.S. democracy. their own children off phones and social way for them to reunite on a fi lm that they Aing a pandemic that’s left people “It is a self-destructive code that has media. And a number of engineers have both felt was important to fi nish before more dependent than ever on tools that been planted in our society right now,” also been quitting high-paying technology this November’s U.S. presidential election. keep them connected with friends, family Orlowski said in an interview with The jobs rather than continuing to contribute “I don’t want to have false optimism that and colleagues they can no longer meet in Associated Press. to the problems they believe their employ- we would shift the election or swing the person. The notion of modern social media as ers have caused. election, but I think it’s an important part So the timing for last week’s release of a malignant force that has hypnotized The latest example surfaced last week of the conversation,” Orlowski said. “The “The Social Dilemma” might strike some us into mindlessly scrolling distract- when The Washington Post disclosed that more we can recognize how this software viewers as odd. But its makers aim to give ing feeds, fostered division and elevated a Facebook engineer had written a lengthy is invisibly reshaping our society and you a better sense of why the pandemic previously marginal groups and ideologies internal letter explaining why he was leav- acknowledge and understand this is a real- isn’t the only reason it feels like we’re in ways that undermine social cohesion ing the company. “I can no longer stomach ity we are living in right now, then we can stuck in a dystopian nightmare. isn’t particularly new. For the past several contributing to an organization that is work to improve that.” Documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ urges people to unplug

BY MARK KENNEDY When one of the fake teens falls The fi lm nicely delves into how Associated Press for a fake online conspiracy algorithms that seek to maxi- and attends a fake demonstra- mize advertising revenue tap into “The Social Dilemma” is tion, it’s juxtaposed against real psychology to keep us addicted to the fi rst fi lm you’ll watch and footage of real violence and real our screens. Did a friend just tag immediately want to toss your demonstrations, muddying the me? I got an alert! Hey, Facebook smartphone into the garbage water between fake and real — a just invited me to an event. Those can. And then toss the garbage terrible decision given what this are all “positive intermittent can through the window of a fi lm is about. reinforcements” and they keep Facebook executive. Orlowski would have done us checking our phone for more, It’s an eye-opening look into better interviewing real teens like a gambler hoping for a wind- the way social media is designed buffeted by social media and real fall at a Vegas slot machine. to create addiction and manipu- people caught up in conspiracies. Whether or not these tech- late our behavior, told by some of Insulting our intelligence about niques were actively employed, the very people who supervised artifi cial intelligence is not the stumbled upon or just a byprod- the systems at places like Face- way to go. uct of a user-engagement model book, Google and Twitter. The silly dramatizations mar is a little murky. The fi lm offers Tim Kendall, a former presi- an otherwise excellent documen- all sides as to whether software NETFLIX/AP dent of Pinterest, admitted that tary that shows how so many makers consciously exploit years ago he couldn’t get off his In “The Social Dilemma,” tech experts from Facebook, Google and Silicon Valley leaders designed human vulnerabilities . phone even when he came home, Twitter warn about their own creations. Pictured: Skyler Gisondo. ways to keep us engaged online If there is a hero here, it is despite having two young kids. “I and that led to such things as portrayed by Tristan Harris, an ex-Google executive who is am going to work during the day enough to tell the story. So he also purrs after sending a video of Pizzagate, international desta- now co-founder of the Center for and building something that then employs a gimmicky family of epic skateboard fails to the teen. bilization, higher suicide rates Humane Technology and who I’m falling prey to,” he says in fi ve actors — two parents, three “He’s primed for an ad!” Later: in young people and a boom in hopes to change the system. He the fi lm. “I couldn’t help myself.” teens — to dramatize the lure of “Don’t show him any more sports depression. and critics like Jaron Lanier, The documentary is a well- social media in a clunky way. updates. He doesn’t engage.” The fi lm reveals more than author of “Ten Arguments for paced, absorbing look at the deep why you go from Googling the Worse, he also employs an But we know — from the very Deleting Your Social Media Ac- costs of Big Tech — fake news, actor — a weirdly cast Vincent talking heads — that this is an best sofa one minute to fi nding counts Right Now,” explain what election security concerns, radi- Kartheiser of “Mad Men” fame algorithm with no agency other sofa ads on your Facebook stream the possible consequences are if calization, polarization and much — to pretend to act like the com- than its program. Why human- the next. That so much online we continue using our individual more. Only in trying to dramatize puter software, sending alluring ize code? And why humanize seems free is part of the trap: It’s digital pacifi ers — lots of cat those costs does it slip up badly. phone alerts from a console to code by portraying it as a sleazy our private data that’s being sold. videos, yes, and also civil war. Director Jeff Orlowski inter- one of the teens and cuing up middle-aged man who acts like As Aza Raskin, former Firefox views former tech execs, histo- videos he knows will be clickbait, a mid-level offi cer in “Minority and Mozilla Lab worker says: “The Social Dilemma” is rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, disturbing/ rians and social scientists but while ominous music plays. Report”? “Advertisers are the customers. violent images and suggestive mate- apparently doesn’t trust them “Yes, perfect,” Kartheiser The fi lm then steps on itself. We’re the thing being sold.” rial. Running time: 94 minutes. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: MOVIES

Netfl ix defends fi lm as ‘social commentary’ against sexualizing young girls

BY TEO ARMUS “Our girls see that the more a woman is sexualized on social media, the The Washington Post more she’s successful,” she said in a behind-the-scenes segment. “Yeah, it’s dangerous.” hen she fi rst set out to make “Cuties,” French The fi lm instantly received rave reviews upon its premiere at the 2020 Senegalese fi lmmaker Maimouna Doucoure said Sundance Film Festival, winning Doucoure the world cinema dramatic she wanted to shed light on the pressures faced by directing award and drawing seemingly little blowback. young girls as they become teenagers. Yet last month, when Netfl ix released promotional material for “Cuties,” Her directorial debut, which won an award at it looked nothing like the French poster that had been previously used to this year’s Sundance Film Festival and premiered advertise the fi lm. Instead, the company used a still from a scene in which on Netfl ix last week, follows Amy, an 11-year-old in Amy and the titular “Cuties” perform in short shorts and crop tops. WParis, as she rebels against her immigrant family and joins a dance crew An accompanying description of the plot listed on Netfl ix said the 11- of other girls at her middle school, at times fl ashing moves in skimpy year-old protagonist “becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew,” outfi ts. according to Vulture, and “starts to explore her But after controversial ads for the fi lm showed off some of those  Review of “Cuties” femininity, defying her family’s traditions.” dance uniforms, a horde of mostly conservative voices — from Sen. Josh on Page 35 Seemingly overnight, social media in the Hawley, R-Mo., to Fox Nation host Tammy Bruce — have attacked the United States exploded with rage. Tens of movie, claiming it promotes an overly sexual view of young girls and even thousands of people signed a petition against the fi lm, rated “TV-MA” for pedophilia. language, as a mob on Twitter accused the fi lm of encouraging the hyper- To those critics, Doucoure offered a simple challenge: Watch the movie . sexualization of young children. “I’m eager to see their reaction when they realize that we’re both on the Doucoure, who had not seen the poster before its release, received same side of this fi ght against young children’s hypersexualization,” Dou- death threats, she told Deadline. A Netfl ix executive called her to apolo- coure, who wrote and directed “Cuties,” told the online publication Zora. gize over the ad, and the company issued a mea culpa for “inappropriate In a statement to several media outlets, Netfl ix echoed Doucoure’s re- artwork” that it said did not fairly refl ect the movie, which had otherwise marks, writing that the fi lm is “a social commentary against the sexual- received largely positive reviews. ization of young children.” But following the fi lm’s release, the backlash only seemed to grow “It’s an award-winning fi lm and a powerful story about the pressure stronger. Conservative commentators circulated a clip of Amy and the young girls face on social media and from society more generally grow- “Cuties” performing in their spandex outfi ts, while others pounced on pa- ing up,” the streaming company said . “We’d encourage anyone who cares rental guidance noting that there is a scene in which one girl’s underwear about these important issues to watch the movie.” is exposed. At one point, #CancelNetfl ix was trending on social media. Like the fi lm’s 11-year-old protagonist, Doucoure was raised by a fam- On Sept. 10, Texas Republican state Rep. Matt Schaefer said he asked ily of Senegalese immigrants in Paris and grew up struggling to fi nd bal- the state’s attorney general to investigate the movie for potential viola- ance between mainstream French culture and her Muslim parents’ more tions of child exploitation and child pornography laws. And some backlash traditional values of femininity. came in from the political left as well, with Democratic political strategist “I put my heart into this fi lm because this is my story,” she told Variety, Christine Pelosi calling on Netfl ix to apologize. calling the character of Amy her “alter ego” and noting that she, too, “had But amid all the criticism, Netfl ix and Doucoure were defi ant. all of these questions also about how to become a woman.” “For me, what counts the most is my fi lm. I can express myself and The fi lm, known as “Mignonnes” in French, sees the 11-year-old therefore take care of myself through my art. Cinema not only heals become obsessed with — and then join — a “free-spirited dance clique” me, but it can change the world,” Doucoure told Zora. “With this fi lm, I called “the Cuties” as a way to rebel against her family’s beliefs. While re- wanted to give these young children a voice while protecting them. I also searching and writing the fi lm, Doucoure said she interviewed hundreds wanted to create a mirror for adults to look at ourselves and see where we of preteens about how they understood questions of gender and sexuality. have gone wrong with this problem.”

Eleven-year-old Amy (Fathia Youssouf, far right) starts to rebel against her conservative family’s traditions when she becomes fascinated by a free-spirited dance crew in “Cuties.”

NETFLIX / AP PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

Dacre Montgomery, left, and Geraldine Viswanathan star in “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” in which Viswanathan’s character, Lucy, creates a gallery of tokens of lost love. Clinging to past love Like fi lm’s characters, ‘Broken Hearts Gallery’ cast, crew say mementos have meaning

BY JEN YAMATO  Review of “The Broken Hearts Gallery” on Page 35 Los Angeles Times direct the fi lm.” ome romantics keep old photos in a shoebox. Oth- Like Viswanathan, she still keeps meaningful notes ers collect trinkets from the past. For Geraldine and letters. And, like Lucy, she had a penchant for hang- Viswanathan, words are what she holds dear. ing on to unconventional objects — such as the partial S “Everything handwritten, I’ve kept,” said the tooth whitening tray she “collected” from a dental hy- Australian actress, who made a major leap from “Block- giene-obsessed ex. ers” breakout to rom-com heroine in Sony’s “The Broken “You can’t use half of a tooth-whitening tray,” Krin- Hearts Gallery.” “Every single birthday card. I’ll even sky said with a laugh, “so it was both sentimental and write down what people say sometimes because I’m a payback.” psycho. But any words that I want to remember, I hold on In Viswanathan, she found a star who could embody to forever.” the manic heights of her younger lovelorn self and the As a teenager, she knew that memories could be wisdom of a much older soul. ephemeral. So Viswanathan, now 25 and living in the “Geraldine at 25 years old is wise, very much beyond States, had a ritual: She’d inscribe happy moments on her years, and I think that’s partially because she’s a real sticky notes and keep them in a jar, and read them again observer of life and human behavior,” said Krinsky, who at the end of the year. surrounded her with a supporting cast that includes Ar- “Those little things that made your day, it’s easy to Sony Pictures photos turo Castro, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Bernadette Peters. forget them,” she mused. “I should start doing that again. Viswanathan’s fellow Australian Montgomery, mean- It was a good tradition.” Viswanathan’s character, Lucy, is a vibrant aspiring while, had been searching for a departure from Billy However, Lucy, the 20-something New York City gal- museum curator who is nursing a broken heart. Hargrove, the troubled, aggro bad boy he played for two lery assistant Viswanathan plays in “The Broken Hearts seasons on “Stranger Things.” A writer and director who Gallery,” needs something a little more concrete. An out- The range impressed writer-director Natalie Krinsky, also launched his own podcast last year and will publish going aspiring curator who wears her heart on her sleeve, who’d written “Broken Hearts Gallery” in her twenties his fi rst book of poems in October, he was drawn to the she clings so hard to souvenirs from failed relationships using inspiration from her own bad breakups . notion that physical mementos can carry such symbolic that her apartment is cluttered with mundane mementos Onscreen, Viswanathan exuded the screwball energy emotion in the wake of love. of her exes: plane tickets, bags of string, even an assem- of a young Lucille Ball but also showed she could mine “I’m a bit of a romantic,” Montgomery, 25, said by blage of emotionally vivid doorknobs. more dramatic layers. phone. “I’m quite sensitive as well, and given that, Nursing a freshly broken heart, Lucy befriends the Viswanathan hadn’t racked up too many Lucy-like oftentimes my relationships are quite intense. I love to emotionally closed-off Nick (Dacre Montgomery of breakups herself, other than a high school-era split. love, and being a sentimentalist myself, I like this idea of “Stranger Things”), who’s renovating his dream boutique “It was very much growing pains of, where are you objects having meaning in people’s lives.” hotel, and builds a gallery in his lobby enshrining tokens going to go in your life, and where am I going to go in my Words hold special meaning to Montgomery as well, of loves lost. Artifacts pile up as strangers exorcise their life?” she remembered. “Broken Hearts Gallery,” on the but rather than collecting them, he writes. romantic demons by donating to the collection, but noth- other hand, felt like an introduction to adult relationships “Right now, through a period of isolation and solitude, ing quite comes close to one item Viswanathan saw while and breakups, “how normal and inevitable they are, and I’m processing it all every day. I feel like there’s this researching the real museum in Croatia that inspired the the maturity that you have to have.” ether of it feeling like things have disbanded,” he said, story. Reading the script, she fell quickly for the open-heart- “like the whole human social consciousness is just fl oat- “I remember seeing a wound scab in the museum and ed Lucy. ing in the wind at the moment. That makes me anxious that really affected me, because wow — that’s really “She was so magnetic and had this infectious energy,” as well, and the only touchstone I have is my laptop or a intense,” she said with a laugh. she said. “Then I met Natalie Krinsky and I realized, oh piece of paper to write things down on and process the With her playful charisma and quick comic tim- — that’s why.” imagery.” ing, Viswanathan made a splash in the 2018 Universal “Sometimes scripts are like ex-boyfriends,” said Krin- Viswanathan, too, ponders how the pandemic has comedy “Blockers” as one of three high schoolers trying sky, who recently pulled off her own multitasking feat brought everything — time, life, art, work — into focus. to lose their virginity on prom night. The next year she during the pandemic: opening her fi rst fi lm within days “I think we’ve all been refl ecting on our purpose and fl exed versatile chops, joining Daniel Radcliffe on the of giving birth to her second child. “You put them on the nothing is promised, and we’re all just fumbling around, TBS comedy series “Miracle Workers” and drawing ac- shelf and think, ‘Maybe someday we’ll get back together.’ like life and the future is such an absurd and cold and claim as a Muslim teen coming of age in the indie drama (‘Broken Hearts Gallery’) was like the long-lost love that beautiful experience that we’re all forced through,” she “Hala,” acquired by Apple+. came back into my life at a point when I was ready to mused. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 35 WEEKEND: MOVIE REVIEWS ‘Cuties’ offers contrasts, but doesn’t stoop to exploitation

BY JUSTIN CHANG Not long after she makes her Los Angeles Times way into the girls’ good graces and their dance crew, Amy’s the Early on in “Cuties,” Amy one giving them twerking tips (Fathia Youssouf), an 11-year- and shooting their Instagram old Senegalese immigrant living content, inspired by provocative in Paris, hides under a bed and online videos that all of them are eavesdrops while her mother, a bit young to be watching, let Mariam (Maimouna Gueye), alone emulating. makes a few diffi cult phone The dangers that lie in wait Haley Lu Richardson, calls. Her husband has decided on the internet are an important left, and Barbie Ferreira to marry a second wife, she subject in “Cuties,” but the movie, star in “Unpregnant.” tells her friends; yes, isn’t that to its credit, never becomes a wonderful news? Amy, from her HBO MAX / AP reductive cautionary tale. partially obscured vantage, can’t In a story that’s all about look- see her mom’s tears, though she ing and seeing, Doucoure’s own can hear the barely disguised gaze refl ects a principled ambiv- anguish in her voice. At the same alence: She regards the push-pull ‘Unpregnant’ time, she has perhaps never seen of Amy’s existence — her rigid Mariam more clearly, a woman upbringing on one hand and her whose long-suffering heart and incipient liberation on the other tough exterior are fi nally on the — with equal parts affection verge of breaking. and skepticism. Doucoure has Film not coy about its subject So much of this sharp and a knack for fi nding the per- clear-eyed debut feature, written fect image again and again: In and directed by the French fi lm- perhaps the movie’s funniest mo- BY LINDSEY BAHR Naturally, things aren’t smooth on the road. maker Maimouna Doucoure, is ment, Amy pulls her hijab over Associated Press The detail-oriented Veronica has to learn how to about the power, the danger and her head during a group prayer loosen up a little, and these two have some open the limitations of a child’s gaze meeting and secretly watches a ilms dealing with reproductive rights wounds from the unceremonious end of their — everything it can discover, dance video underneath. don’t often announce it in the title. But friendship to resolve. Their trip gets much more absorb and misinterpret. In a But while “Cuties” is full of “Unpregnant ” is not a by-the-numbers complicated, however, when their car is taken out tiny public-housing apartment , such inspired contrasts between Fentry into this genre, and it is not coy of commission and they’re left relying on the little Amy observes the heartbreaking the sacred and the secular, it’s about its subject matter. Based on a novel by money they have and the kindness of strangers to toll of a patriarchal order that also attuned to the similarities. Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan, this fi lm is very get them to their end point. And for the most part, has long governed her Muslim Amy’s elders, notably a strict unambiguously about abortion and what an ambi- the strangers are really, very kind. “Unpregnant” family . In another scene, while auntie (Mbissine Therese Diop) tious 17-year-old Missouri girl must go through to walking home with her two has a nice view of much of humanity, except for tasked with her education, are get one without her parents’ permission. younger brothers, she catches a pro-life Christians, that is. bent on molding her into an But while abortion is the goal, it’s not the focus. captivating glimpse of freedom: attractive marital prospect. Veronica, played by Haley Lu Richardson, is Richardson is, unsurprisingly, quite winning as four girls her age, rehearsing a Veronica, who easily could have been a caricature Clothing can be both beautiful never in confl ict about her decision. Director routine for a dance competition. and burdensome, whether it’s a of a Type A woman. One does wonder how much Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s fi lm is very much a The girls, who call themselves traditional blue dress for Amy to longer the 25-year-old actor will have to keep coming-of-age buddy comedy that’s a little tamer the Cuties, don’t take too kindly wear to her father’s wedding or a playing high school students, though. And she has than “Booksmart” and a little more raucous than to Amy spying on them and midriff-baring shirt. “Juno,” which is even referenced in the pop cul- a fun counterpart in Ferreira’s Bailey, who also is begin chucking rocks at her. That Society’s rampant sexualiza- ture-heavy script. more nuanced than her styling might suggest. assault, much like their sugges- tion of preadolescent girls is one For Veronica, a put-together student with an ac- The script has moments of real humor, heart tive dance moves, is part of their topic that Doucoure subjects ceptance letter to Brown University in hand, the and wit, too. But it’s also a little overstuffed and tough-girl act, and an act it very to tough critical scrutiny; she’s how is the problem. Her religious parents are out goes off the rails with one over-the-top complica- much turns out to be; the Cuties made an empathetic and analyti- of the question, her boyfriend (Alex MacNicoll) tion that it never quite recovers from. The third project a lot more confi dence, fe- cal movie, not an exploitative one. isn’t being helpful (he immediately proposes act also turns into a kitchen sink mishmash of plot rocity and real-world savvy than Her fi lm makes one thing per- marriage), and her girlfriends also don’t seem contrivances including a very random Giancarlo they actually possess. And Amy, fectly clear: A young girl can look to be empathetic types. So as a very last resort, Esposito cameo that doesn’t exactly add anything. despite or perhaps because of at herself, really look at herself, Veronica calls on Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), her There is a redemptive and touching fi nale that her more conservative upbring- and learn something truthful and childhood ex-best friend who could not be more of will pleasantly surprise, though. ing, embraces their style, their powerful from the experience. Veronica’s opposite. In no time, they’re escaping attitude and most of all their “Unpregnant,” an HBO Max release, is rated PG-13 for “Cuties” (in French with English in the middle of the night to journey from Colum- mature thematic content, sexual content, strong language dance moves with an ardor that dubbing) is unrated. Running time: bia, Mo., to Albuquerque, N.M. and some drug references. Running time: 103 minutes. surprises them and even herself. 96 minutes. Available on Netflix. A breakthrough in ‘Broken Hearts Gallery’

BY JAKE COYLE ships, enlivens the material, crafting a rom-com protago- Associated Press nist of constant humor and self-deprecation . Lucy is uniquely fi xated on heartbreak, stuffi ng her The 25-year-old Australian actress Geraldine Viswa- bedroom with the souvenirs (“like ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ” nathan owns “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” a glossy but she says) of lost love. Her roommates (Phillipa Soo and spirited Gen-Y romantic comedy imbued with the wit and Molly Gordon, both delightfully deranged) taunt that spunk of its young star. she’s a hoarder. Her ex-boyfriend list grows dramatically Here, Viswanathan plays a rom-com heroine in a role when see learns her older boyfriend and coworker Max that displays to the fullest her considerable charisma and (Utkarsh Ambudkar) is cheating on her; the subsequent talent. After seeing another woman cozy up to her boy- meltdown costs her her job as a gallery assistant. friend in the fi lm, she has a public meltdown. She lays it A mistaken ride-share pick-up leads to her meeting the out: “I know we have 10 years before we all drown in the handsome aspiring hotelier Nick (Dacre Montgomery). melting ice caps, but I swear the most precious resource is not the ozone. Oh no. It’s honesty.” Looking to unload her sad shrine, Lucy hits on the idea Natalie Krinsky, in her feature-fi lm debut, wrote and of using a wall in his unfi nished hotel as a gallery space directed “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” a fi lm now in for the detritus of heartbreak. This brings not so much theaters but that was made available to review by digital catharsis as that modern brand of healing: going viral. screener. On the one hand, the fi lm sticks faithfully to She even scores a New York magazine profi le. genre tropes. It’s about breakups and romance in a fairy- The main fault in the chemistry of “The Broken Hearts tale New York where young characters have absurd jobs Gallery” is that Viswanathan’s male companions come like turning an old YMCA into a boutique hotel in Brook- off like drips compared to her. The movie can feel like lyn. None of the movie’s sheen or its sentimental story it’s forcing the rom-com standards when it could instead TRISTAR PICTURES/AP line leading to love will surprise you. lurch into all-out comedy. But Viswanathan, as an aspiring gallerist named Lucy “The Broken Hearts Gallery” is rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug Max (Utkarsh Ambudkar) and Lucy (Geraldine who obsessively collects mementos of former relation- references and language. Running time: 109 minutes. Viswanathan) star in “The Broken Hearts Gallery.” PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020

WEEKEND: HEALTH AND FITNESS

Fall into something new Food, fi tness tips to ease the transition into autumn during the pandemic

Special to The Washington Post kin puree and spices, and clocks in rect posture and strengthen posture at 380 calories and 50 grams (nearly muscles.” ou made bread. You started 13 teaspoons) of sugar for a 16-ounce Judith Klau, 85, of Boston, who is a running. And you organized grande. In comparison, a four-piece Kit friend and avid pole walker, has taken the junk drawer. Twice. It’s Kat bar has 210 calories and 22 grams her poles out even more frequently time to try something new. Y (about 6 teaspoons) of sugar. since the onset of the pandemic. If you usually order regular coffee “I am walking twice a week now,” Nutrition and add a teaspoon of sugar, switch- she says. “I don’t worry about my bal- Soup up your meals ing to the pumpkin spice latte will add ance, because the poles anchor me.” As the temperature drops, soup about 360 calories and 12 teaspoons of This extra benefi t makes Nordic pole becomes a warming and healthy way sugar. So, think of it as an occasional walking one of the few sports that truly to start a meal. But not just any soup treat — like dessert — rather than can be done by almost anyone. — we’re talking about one brimming something to order daily. If you do — Lorne David Opler with vegetables and even some fruit, indulge often, customize the drink. Ask where every hearty slurp is fi lled with for it “half-sweet” to reduce the amount Sweat it out with pickleball immune-supporting vitamins and of sugar, or save calories by requesting As a kid, I bonded with my grand- minerals. nonfat or almond milk and no whipped mother over word games, never athlet- Only about 9% of Americans get cream. A half-sweet, almond milk, ics. Sadly, we hadn’t heard of pickleball. enough vegetables daily, making soup a hold-the-whipped-cream PSL has about If you’re picturing nothing but sweet great menu addition. A high-vegetable 180 calories. or sour cucumbers, you may soon be in intake helps reduces the risk of heart You can also make a fantastic latte the minority. Pickleball, which cel- disease, Type 2 diabetes and some fl avored with pumpkin and spices at ebrates its 55th anniversary this year, cancers. While juicing has become a home. Simply blend coffee and your is one of America’s fastest-growing popular way to pound back fruit and favorite milk with 2 to 3 tablespoons of sports; an industry association reported veggies quickly, “souping” has two canned pumpkin puree and a teaspoon 3.3 million players in 2019, up about advantages. First, soup recipes tend or two of sugar. Sprinkle with pumpkin 29% from 2015. to favor vegetables over fruit, making pie spices: The Starbucks recipe favors Think of a combination of ping- them lower in sugar. Second, while cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove. pong — paddles swatting a plastic ball — Cara Rosenbloom juicing eliminates the skin — and fi ber — and tennis, but with a lower net, a — of fruit, soup-making uses whole court one-fourth the size and players a fruits and vegetables, so soups are Fitness few decades older than Roger Federer. higher in fi ber. Go for a walk, with Nordic poles Pickleball, usually played as doubles, Autumn produce, such as kale, Part walking and part cross-country involves less running than other sports; carrots, squash and apples, are per- skiing, Nordic pole walking is an exer- it has been called a “two-step game,” fect for soups. Basic recipes are easy: cise well suited for outdoors in the fall. which makes it good for seniors who Drizzle oil in a pot and add aromatics, Combining low-impact cardio with an may have limited mobility. But it’s gain- such as onion, shallots and garlic. Add upper-body strength workout, it takes ing popularity among younger folks. two pounds of vegetables and four to conventional fi tness walking to a new (Singles can be a fairly safe pandemic six cups of water or stock. Simmer level. choice for people not isolating together until vegetables soften, then add salt, “With the activation of stomach, because players are separated by a 14- herbs and spices to taste. If you prefer back and arm muscles every time you foot non-volley zone; opponents can use creamy soups, the blender is your next push through the pole, NPW becomes different-colored balls.) step. a full-body workout,” says Jennifer The multigenerational appeal makes Winning combinations include Howey, a master instructor and owner pickleball a good choice for families. squash and apple; kale, tomato and of InsideOut Physiotherapy in Toronto, The United States has more than 15,000 white bean; and carrot with ginger. Fall who offers instructional videos on her dedicated courts, but you can create offers endless opportunities to experi- website. “It is an excellent cross-trainer a pop-up court on any paved surface. ment. and rehabilitation tool.” It’s also fairly There, adults avoiding gyms can gather Make a better pumpkin spice latte affordable; your only outlay is the poles, with kids missing physical education Pumpkin is loaded with vitamin A which run from $35 to $100. classes and sports. Give the iPad and and makes a nutritious side dish, but Not only can Nordic pole walking be Scrabble a break and head outside for a it’s more often associated with seasonal done with social distancing, it can ad- pickleball showdown with Grandma. indulgences, such as the love-it-or-hate- dress some of our pandemic woes. — Matt Fuchs it pumpkin spice latte, or PSL. “People are suffering with neck At Starbucks, the PSL is the com- and low-back issues from sitting for NEXT WEEK: Tips for the home, pany’s top-selling seasonal drink. It’s extended periods of time,” Howey says. mindfulness and making human con- made with milk, sugary syrup, pump- “Nordic pole walking works to cor- nections.

iStock Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND Reunited by baseball POTATOES OF LIFE Lisa Smith Molinari Cardboard cutouts fi ll seats at empty stadiums as tribute to fans

BY RICK MAESE The Washington Post Champagne dreams, hanning Coy was watch- ing a baseball game on Dirty Banana realities television recently when she noticed the cardboard C ’ve always wanted to say, teeth clenched with haugh- cutouts in the stands: photos of fans fi lling an otherwise empty stadium, ty intonation, “We were on the Vineyard yesterday,” a now-normal sight in an anything- as if it were our regular routine now that we live in but-normal season. INew England. So, last weekend, the unoffi cial end “At fi rst, the idea seemed a little of summer, my husband, Francis, and I took a day trip to Martha’s Vineyard, the preppy vacation spot for the rich silly, all these cardboard cutouts and famous. in the background,” she said. “But Four years ago, Francis transitioned out of the Navy then it hit me: Oh my goodness, I after 28 years on active duty, and we decided to stay in could have Ryan and Dad at a game Rhode Island. Even though we’re technically New Eng- together again.” landers now, we have yet to put a hard “r” on the end of Oracle Park, the bayside stadium words like “pizza.” We don’t call water fountains “bub- of her beloved San Francisco Gi- blahs.” We root for the Steelers over the Patriots. And we ants, had always been somewhat can’t eat whole-belly clams without getting the willies. sacred to her family. It was the site However, we jumped headfi rst into New England’s of big wins and important mile- fascinating history. We’re no longer offended when people stones for the team, of course, but are shockingly blunt. We understand terms like “wicked also for the family. And when the smaht,” “carriage” and “johnnycakes.” And we now testicular cancer spread and Coy’s Zach Beers appreciate bread from a can and pudding made from brother, Ryan Bartlett, died eight Grape-Nuts. years ago at 22, it surprised no one A tribute cutout of Charley Beers, age 6, sits in the second seat from the However, to be true New Englanders, we must experi- that he wanted his ashes spread in left at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Though fans haven’t been able to attend ence its most famous places, so off we went with our bikes McCovey Cove, the stretch of San baseball games due to the coronavirus, some have purchased cardboard to Martha’s Vineyard last weekend. Francisco Bay located just beyond cutouts of themselves or family and friends to fi ll the seats. We caught the fi rst ferry to Oak Bluffs, planning a bike the right fi eld wall. route that would allow us to ogle million-dollar seaside In the years since, her father, and was constantly begging her ballpark scenes unfolding every homes, tour the historic whaling port of Edgartown, Tom Bartlett, couldn’t bring himself parents to make the trek from the night. In Philadelphia’s Citizens watch yachts on the harbor and end the day with a pricey to enter the stadium. There were too family’s home in Olympia, Wash., to Bank Park — Section E, not far but well-deserved seafood dinner. many memories with his baseball- the ballpark. from home plate — a cutout of a We were somewhat surprised by Oak Bluff’ honky-tonk loving son. But then, one recent Charley had just completed kin- golden retriever has an aisle seat vibe : “This must be an anomaly ,” we thought, before bik- evening, his daughter drove to his dergarten when she fell ill in June that’s not far from all the action. ing fi ve miles south to Edgartown. house in Vacaville, Calif., snapped 2010. Just a couple of days later, she Moose was a 13-month-old ball of In Edgartown, we spent the day lounging like Ken- his photograph and told him she died of complications from a Group energy when a tumor caused his nedys on Katama Beach, window shopping at high-end would fi gure out a way to get him A strep infection. organs to fail in July. boutiques, admiring grand sea captains’ houses and pay- there. “It was so rare,” said her father, Avery Harwan, 25, had long ing a premium for fancy coffee. And now father and son are seat- Zach. “A doctor told us it’d be like planned to take Moose to the Phil- After riding back to Oak Bluffs, we had three hours ed side by side again at Oracle Park, getting struck by lightning three lies’ annual Bark at the Park promo- before our return ferry — plenty of time to fi nd the per- for every Giants home game. Or at times.” tion and had imagined him running fect dinner. Our mouths watered at the thought of fresh least their 3-foot facsimiles are. In the decade that has passed, all over the stadium. oysters, lobster bisque and trendy cocktails. For an hour, we walked our bikes through crowded “I would never have thought of the family has taken every oppor- “We were joking that he probably streets in search of an acceptable restaurant. Our stan- something like this, but Channing tunity to keep her memory alive, to would’ve wanted to pick his own dards lowered as pangs of hunger grew. really made something special hap- remind people how Charley would seat,” Harwan said. “He would’ve pen here,” said Tom, 55. “It really is befriend lonely kids on the play- “What about that place down on the waterfront?” dragged us to where he wanted to Francis suggested. “You mean that greasy fi sh and chips most likely the only way I’m going ground, scrounge up loose change sit.” to be in the ballpark again.” to buy others milk in the cafeteria joint?” I barked. “No way!” The cutouts, like baseball itself, But after realizing that our only other available option In baseball stadiums across the and play or watch baseball at every have a way of connecting gen- country, fans have been locked out was buying a bag of Fritos and a 40-ounce can of malt opportunity. erations. At T-Mobile Park, not this summer because of the novel liquor at the gas station, we hightailed it to the greasy fi sh “I guess we were afraid people far from the cutout of 6-year-old coronavirus. But at many ballparks, would forget her and forget her and chips joint. Charley Beers, two photos sit side they’ve been able to invite in loved name,” her father said. “So we’ve “May we sit on the deck if we buy a couple of drinks?” I by side: Bobbie Losey next to an old ones, quietly honoring lives and always been cognizant of any time desperately asked the hostess. black-and-white photograph of a memories with a photo in the stands we have an opportunity, we’d say “You must purchase food to sit here,” she said, pointing young ballplayer, looking very much — a speck on a mosaic that deco- her name. So when I saw the cutout to long lines at the food and drink order windows. like an image from an old bubble rates the background of television thing, I thought immediately, ‘Yes, “You gotta try the Dirty Banana!” a man slurred to Francis in the bar line. His drunken companion, slurping screens for three-plus hours every I’m doing that for Charley.’ ” gum card. Losey’s father, Carl the frozen concoction from a plastic cup, added, “It’s got night. The cardboard tributes are Pritchard, played semipro ball in like eight different liquors in it. Delicious!” About two-thirds of the major- usually quiet gestures, known and the 1920s and died in 1980. Losey’s A half hour later, we ordered draft beers and fi sh league teams offered fans the shared by family and friends. Some son, Kirk West, had sent her a card and chips from an eye-rolling teenager, who gave us an chance to purchase the cutouts are hard to miss — more than three on her 92nd birthday that read: “You always wanted to take your electronic hockey puck that would buzz when our order during this pandemic-shortened dozen pet cats have their own sec- was ready. For the next half hour, we waited on a sticky season. Some were available only tions at T-Mobile Park — and others father to a Mariners’ game but were unable to ... Until now.” bench, watching the guys swilling their Dirty Bananas. to season ticket holders, and many are hard to forget. Seventeen-year- It took another half hour, and an inquiry to the eye- teams directed part of the proceeds old Joaquin Oliver was among the West had heard stories about his grandfather pitching against rolling teenager, but our hockey puck fi nally buzzed. We to charitable causes. Costs varied, students killed in a school shooting trudged back to the hostess with an orange plastic tray but most fan cutouts could be had two years ago in Parkland, Fla. His barnstorming teams of pro ballplay- ers, and when West was younger, carrying our fried fi sh, fries and plastic cups of beer. for $50 to $100, though a photo in a image is memorialized in 14 major- “It took me a while, but I fi nally got that food so we can it was his mother who was tossing Dodger Stadium premium seating league ballparks this season, his sit on the deck!” I announced with a grin. him grounders. He lives in Austra- section cost as much as $300 and father’s effort to remember his son “You can only sit here with premium entrees. With that one above Fenway Park’s Green and raise awareness for efforts to lia now but streams the Mariners’ food, you sit there,” she said, pointing back to the sticky Monster carried a $500 price tag. reform gun laws. games, and he’s tickled by the idea benches being hawked by seagulls. In Section 145 of T-Mobile Park “He was not only my son but my of his mother and grandfather re- Back on the ferry, I silently tried to reconcile our din- in Seattle, there’s a photo of an best friend,” Manny Oliver told united nightly in the stands. ner experience with the rest of the day. energetic 6-year-old wearing a pink the Los Angeles Times. “The fact “Baseball’s been such a key part “They were right,” Francis said, interrupting my pity baseball glove in Row 7, Seat 17. that now we’re bringing him to the of our lives when I was growing party. “These ARE delicious.” I sipped my Dirty Ba- Charley Beers always had designs ballparks, in some way, makes me up. It’s just always been there,” he nana, looked at the stars and smiled at life’s unexpected on playing baseball, not softball, and feel happy.” said. “Who would have thought this adventures. she loved the Mariners. She knew The quiet stands are where the would ever be possible? But some- Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: all the players’ names and numbers, sentimental and the surreal can sit how they’re right next to each other themeatandpotatoesoflife.com watched every game on television side by side this season, atypical for an entire season.” Email: [email protected] PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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For hundreds This is one of the reasons Catholic church- of thousands of San Franciscans facing EDITORIAL never expected that the most basic es have developed rigorous protocols to the simultaneous challenges of a pandem- religious freedom, the right to wor- protect public health in our facilities. We ic and economic downturn, the church is Terry Leonard, Editor ship — protected so robustly in our submitted our safety plans to the city in their key source of spiritual, emotional and [email protected] IConstitution’s First Amendment May along with other faith communities, practical help. I worry about the poor, the Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor — would be unjustly repressed by an and while indoor retailers had their plans jobless and especially the addicted whose [email protected] American government. approved and went into operation, we are major access to community help is the Al- But that is exactly what is happening in still waiting to hear back. coholics Anonymous meetings formerly Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content San Francisco. For months now, the city [email protected] Meanwhile, the scientific evidence held in churches all over the city and the has limited worship services to just 12 from other jurisdictions is clear: These country. As one of my parishioners, Kath- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation people outdoors. Worship inside our own safeguards are working. As three infec- ryn Reese, wrote recently in the San Fran- [email protected] churches is banned. The city recently an- tious-disease specialists who reviewed cisco Chronicle: “Even more than food for nounced it will now allow 50 for outdoor the evidence on more than 1 million pub- my body, this is food for my soul. I need it. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital worship, with a goal of permitting indoor [email protected] lic Masses over the past few months con- My faith is what got me through all these services up to a maximum of 25 people cluded, there have been no documented years, raising my kids, going through a by Oct. 1 — less than 1% of the capacity of outbreaks of COVID-19 linked to church divorce, working as a correctional officer BUREAU STAFF San Francisco’s St. Mary’s Cathedral. This attendance in churches that follow the and correctional counselor in San Quentin, is not nearly enough to accommodate the protocols. We have demonstrated that we and volunteering for my community.” Europe/Mideast hundreds of thousands of Catholics in San know how to hold Mass safely. There is no We want to be partners in protecting the Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Francisco. In imposing these restrictions, [email protected] reason not to allow us to put that knowl- public health, but we cannot accept pro- the city is turning a great many faithful +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 edge into practice. foundly harmful and unequal treatment away from their houses of prayer. Nor do our concerns stem from hostility without resisting. This is why I and other Pacific People can freely go to parks here, as long toward government. We Catholics respect Catholics from across San Francisco will Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief as they stay six feet apart. If they follow legitimate authority, and we recognize [email protected] join in a public demonstration this Sunday proper social distancing and wear masks, that the government has a right to impose +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 calling on the city’s mayor, London Breed, people can eat on an outdoor patio with reasonable public health rules, just as we to treat religious believers fairly. Washington no hard numerical limit. Indoor shopping recognize its right to issue safety codes for At our demonstration, we will not be Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief malls are already open at 25% capacity. our church buildings. But when govern- [email protected] Catholics in San Francisco are increasing- ment asserts authority over the church’s asking for special treatment. We just don’t (+1)(202)886-0033 ly noticing the simple unfairness. As one very right to worship, it crosses a line. Our want religious worshipers singled out for Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News unfavorable treatment relative to people [email protected] of my parishioners asked recently, “Why fundamental rights do not come from the can I spend three hours indoors shopping state. As the authors of our Declaration participating in activities with comparable CIRCULATION for shoes at Nordstrom’s but can’t go to of Independence put it, they are “self-evi- risk profiles. All we are seeking is access Mass?” dent,” that is, they come from God. to worship in our own churches, following Mideast And it is not just San Francisco. Ac- Even this injustice, though, is not as reasonable safety protocols — the same Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager cording to the Becket Fund for Religious hurtful as the simple lack of compassion. freedoms now extended to customers of [email protected] Liberty, six states with a combined popula- I sometimes wonder whether the increas- nail salons, massage services and gyms. [email protected] It’s only fair, it’s only compassionate, and, DSN (314)583-9111 tion of 67 million Americans single out re- ingly secular elites imposing these re- ligious worship for unfavorable treatment strictions understand the pain they are unlike with these other activities, it’s what Europe compared to similar secular activities: unnecessarily inflicting. The sacraments the First Amendment demands. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager California, New Jersey, Maine, Virginia, as we Catholics understand them cannot [email protected] Salvatore Joseph Cordileone is the archbishop of San Francisco. [email protected] Connecticut and Nevada. be live-streamed. People are being denied +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Biden’s proposed agenda is frighteningly expensive CONTACT US BY HENRY OLSEN figure places total government spending is more than that proposed by former Washington Special to The Washington Post with the Biden agenda at roughly 40% of Democratic nominees John Kerry, Barack tel: (+1)202.886.0003 GDP. 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Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 45 FACES Rare first at ACMs Underwood, Rhett tie for entertainer of the year

BY KRISTIN M. HALL of the year and group of the year, and band Associated Press members Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi earned additional individ- n surprise twist that fit an unexpected ual awards as songwriters for “One Man year of firsts, Carrie Underwood and Band.” Thomas Rhett tied for entertainer of The awards show aired from empty Ithe year at the Academy of Country venues in Nashville with no fans and no Music Awards, the first time the top prize applause, even when winners got up live has been split between two artists. to accept their awards. Ramsey, the lead Underwood and Rhett seemed equally singer of Old Dominion, said the empty taken aback after host Keith Urban an- venue and quiet made him think of friends nounced the tie at the awards show held at and family they had lost. the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on “I can feel them all,” Ramsey said. Wednesday. “They are so proud, and it’s such an honor “Keith, what is happening right now?” to receive this in their presence.” Rhett asked, astounded, before thanking Urban noted all the changes this year for his family. Underwood appeared right the show and for the country in general, after him remarking, “2020, man?” before saying 2020 has been an “unpredictable adding, “I am more than happy to share and unsettling year.” After noting wildfires this with Thomas Rhett.” on the West Coast, hurricanes in the South, The show on CBS had been delayed for Urban said the country is battling two pan- MARK HUMPHREY/AP months because of the pandemic, moved demics: COVID-19 and social injustice. Carrie Underwood accepts the entertainer of the year award in a tie with Thomas from Las Vegas to Nashville for the first “Far too many lives have been lost to Rhett, below, Wednesday during the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards time and held without audiences in empty both,” he said. “But the examples set by at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. venues. There was a lot of anticipation essential workers, our first responders, for the show, which featured Taylor Swift along with the voices crying out for equal- a sparkly belt. Lambert’s vocals seemed making her first appearance at the ACMs ity in all walks of life, have echoed around to fill up the space in the tiny songwriters’ in seven years. the world and right here in our country club surrounded by tables and chairs, but Underwood’s win is her third total in community.” no fans. that category and Rhett’s first win. They Maren Morris, who was a leading nomi- In awards announced before the show beat out other nominees Eric Church, nee, won two awards, including female art- aired, Rhett also won music video of the Luke Bryan and Luke Combs. A woman ist of the year and music event of the year, year, while Townes won new female artist hasn’t won that award since 2011 when for a collaboration with Miranda Lambert, of the year. Riley Green won new male art- Swift last won it. Swift delivered a simple Caylee Hammack, Tenille Townes, Elle ist. Duo Dan + Shay won vocal duo of the acoustic performance of “betty” from her King and Ashley McBryde. year, their second win in that category in new album “Folklore,” on a darkened Opry “This is so weird talking to no one, but a row. House stage. I have so many people to thank. This is an Underwood sang a tribute to iconic fe- Combs still went home a winner by pick- award that I never expected to win,” said male Opry members, including Patsy ing up album of the year and male artist Morris, who thanked her husband and Cline, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, of the year. After amassing tremendous baby boy, Hayes, before blurting out “Oh Barbara Mandrell, Loretta Lynn and Dolly streaming numbers and nine consecutive my God, I have to pee!” Parton. She effortlessly breezed through No. 1 country radio hits, Combs thanked Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani weren’t snippets of classics like “Crazy,” “You fans for their support from the Bluebird in Nashville, but turned a green screen Ain’t Woman Enough,” “Why’d You Come Cafe. room into a virtual replica of the Bluebird in Here Lookin’ Like That,” and “Fancy.” “This is a lot to process right now; I just Cafe for their duet “Happy Anywhere.” “They are some of my heroes, and I am can’t believe this,” Combs said. “I just want Shelton won single of the year for his song, so honored to stand alongside them as a fel- to thank everybody in my life, my team, my “God’s Country.” low member of the Opry,” said Underwood, beautiful wife and the fans. You guys have Lambert performed a stripped-down who sang her heart out to a venue that done everything for me.” version of her No. 1 song “Bluebird” at the flickered with lights where people should Country group Old Dominion won song Bluebird Cafe in a blue fringed shirt and have been. Disney+ scores 5 Emmys with ‘The Mandalorian’

Associated Press The show will also go up for Sunday sume her impersonation of Biden’s running them by the six-time Grammy winner. night’s biggest award, outstanding drama mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris. No price for the collection was Even the Television Academy loves Baby series, against “Better Call Saul,” “The Also announced Wednesday, “SNL” announced. Yoda. Crown,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Kill- has added three new cast members: Up- Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian,” the ing Eve,” “Ozark,” “Stranger Things” and right Citizens Brigade alum Lauren Holt, Disney+ series that takes place five years Federal judge sentences Swift “Succession.” “Space Force” actress Punkie Johnson and after the 1983 “Return of the Jedi,” took “SNL” staff writer and comedian Andrew stalker to 30 months home five trophies Wednesday during the ‘SNL’ taps Jim Carrey to play Dismukes. The show has also added Anna A federal judge has sentenced an Austin, third night of the Creative Emmys, includ- Drezen as a head writer. ing one for outstanding visual effects. Joe Biden in upcoming season Texas, man to 30 months in prison after The show also racked up wins for out- Elton John collection to be he pleaded guilty to stalking and sending standing cinematography for a single- “Saturday Night Live” has recruited Jim threatening letters and emails to pop star camera series (half-hour), outstanding Carrey to play former Vice President Joe released, including new tracks Taylor Swift’s former record label. sound mixing for a comedy or drama se- Biden in its upcoming season, having the According to records filed in federal “Ace Ventura” and “The Mask” star go Elton John is opening up his vault and court, Eric Swarbrick was given the sen- ries (half-hour) and animation, outstand- releasing an expansive collection of rarely head-to-head with Alec Baldwin’s Donald tence during a hearing Wednesday in ing sound editing for a comedy or drama heard and unreleased tracks. Trump. Nashville. The terms of the sentence, which series (half-hour) and animation, and out- John announced Thursday that the standing production design for a narrative The “Kidding” star, now an artist, best- eight-CD collection, “Elton: Jewel Box,“ also includes three years of supervised re- program (half-hour). selling author and two-time Golden Globe will be released on Nov. 13. The collection lease, were agreed on by prosecutors in a “The Mandalorian’s” Emmys are the Award winner, has hosted the show mul- includes “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” an unre- plea agreement that Swarbrick entered in first for Disney+ in the streaming service’s tiple times since 1996 and made a cameo leased studio demo from 1969. 2019. first year of eligibility. during a 2003 Foo Fighters performance The “Jewel Box” collection includes 148 The complaint said Swarbrick sent more The Star Wars spinoff is nominated for on the NBC sketch comedy. songs, 60 of them unreleased, that span re- than 40 letters and emails to Big Machine 15 Emmys in total, including outstand- “You’ll see the same people. Maya Ru- cordings from 1965 to 2019 and his early Label Group in 2018, asking the CEO to in- ing character voice-over performance for dolph is coming back, and Alec [Baldwin] collaborations with songwriter Bernie troduce him to Swift. Over time, the letters Taika Waititi as IG-11 and outstanding will be back. And Jim Carrey is going to do Taupin. became more violent and threatening. On guest actor in a drama series for Giancarlo Biden,” longtime producer Lorne Michaels Two of the CDs include songs specially three occasions, Swarbrick drove to Nash- Esposito as Moff Gideon. told Vulture. Presumably, Rudolph will re- chosen by John, along with narration about ville to personally deliver them. PAGE 46 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 SCOREBOARD

Sports AP sportlight College football Pro basketball Deals Sept. 18 Schedule WNBA playoffs Wednesday’s transactions on AFN 1946 — Joe Louis knocks out Tami Mauriello in the first round at Yankee Friday’s game Seeding in parentheses BASEBALL Stadium in New York to retain the world SOUTH All games played at Bradenton, Fla. MLB — Suspended St. Louis manager heavyweight title. Houston at Memphis (1-0) First Round Mike Shildt for one game and fined an 1960 — Goose Gonsoulin intercepts Campbell (0-1) at Coastal Carolina (1-0) (Single Elimination) undisclosed amount for actions that four passes to lead the Denver Broncos Saturday’s games Tuesday, Sept. 15 contributed to inciting the benches- Go to the American Forces to a 27-21 win over the Buffalo Bills. EAST (7) Connecticut 94, (6) Chicago 81 clearing incident during a Sept. 15 game Network website for the most 1965 — In his first collegiate game, Syracuse (0-1) at Pittsburgh (1-0) (5) Phoenix 85, (8) Washington 84 against Milwaukee. quarterback Billy Stevens of Texas-El Appalachian St. (1-0) at Marshall (1-0) Second Round American League up-to-date TV schedules. Paso gains 483 total yards against North BYU (1-0) at Army (2-0), ccd. (Single Elimination) HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated RHP Texas State. Receiver Chuck Hughes has SOUTH Thursday, Sept. 17 Lance McCullers from 10-day IL. Op- myafn.net 349 of those yards. Boston College at Duke (0-1) (5) Phoenix vs. (4) Minnesota tioned LHP Cionel Perez to alternate Louisiana-Lafayette (1-0) at Georgia St. (7) Connecticut vs. (3) Los Angeles training site. Liberty at W. Kentucky (0-1) Semifinals KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled INF Navy (0-1) at Tulane (1-0) (Best-of-five; x-if necessary) Erick Mejia and RHP Scott Blewett from Pro football UCF at Georgia Tech (1-0) (1) Las Vegas vs. TBD alternate training site. Optioned RHP FAU at Georgia Southern (1-0) Sunday: Game 1 Jakob Junis to alternate training site. Charlotte (0-1) at North Carolina (1-0) Tuesday, Sept. 22: Game 2 Placed RHP Matt Harvey on the 10-day NFL ron Jones (achilles), WR DeVante Park- The Citadel (0-1) at Clemson (1-0) Thursday, Sept. 24: Game 3 IL. er (hamstring). FULL: LB Kyle Van Noy Troy at Middle Tennessee (0-1) x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Game 4 LOS ANGELES ANGELA — Recalled LHP AMERICAN CONFERENCE (hand), WR Preston Williams (knee). Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss. (0-1) x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Game 5 Patrick Sandoval from alternate training East CAROLINA PANTHERS at TAMPA BAY Virginia at Virginia Tech (2) Seattle vs. TBD site. 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BUCCANEERS: DNP: WR Chris SOUTHWEST Thairo Estrada to alternate training site. Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 16 14 Godwin (concussion). LIMITED: TE Anto- Tulsa at Oklahoma St. Tennis Activated OF Aaron Judge from the 10- Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 34 ny Auclair (calf), WR Mike Evans (ham- Baylor at Houston day IL. Signed C Wynston Sawyer to a Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 20 27 string), T Donovan Smith (knee). FULL: S Stephen F. Austin (0-1) at UTSA (1-0) major league contract and optioned to North Jordan Whitehead (elbow). SMU (1-0) at North Texas (1-0) Italian Open alternate training site. Transferred LHP Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 6 DENVER BRONCOS at PITTSBURGH Cent. Arkansas (1-1) at Arkansas St. (1-1) James Paxton from the 10-day IL to the Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 26 16 STEELERS — STEELERS: DNP: LB Mark Abilene Christian at UTEP (1-1) Wednesday 60-day IL. Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 13 16 Barron (hamstring), CB A.J. Bouye (shoul- At Foro Italico SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated INF Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 6 38 der), CB Kareem Jackson (not injury Rome J.P. Crawford from the bereavement list. West related), RB Phillip Lindsay (foot). LIM- Purse: $3,465,045 Optioned INF Donovan Walton to alter- Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 ITED: T Garett Bolles (elbow), WR Tyrie Pro soccer Surface: Red clay nate training site and will remain on the L.A. Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 16 13 Cleveland (hip), S Trey Marshall (wrist), (seedings in parentheses): taxi squad. Las Vegas 1 0 0 1.000 34 30 WR Courtland Sutton (shoulder). FULL: Men’s Singles TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Activated Denver 0 1 0 .000 14 16 LB Bradley Chubb (knee), WR K.J. Hamler MLS Round of 32 OF Teoscar Hernandez from 10-day IL. NATIONAL CONFERENCE (hamstring), TE Albert Okwuegbunam Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. David Goffin Recalled RHPs Hector Perez and Jacob East (hip). STEELERS: DNP: T Zach Banner EASTERN CONFERENCE (6), Belgium, 6-2, 6-2. Waguespack from alternate training W L T Pct PF PA (knee), RB James Conner (ankle), G David W L T Pts GF GA Matteo Berrettini (4), Italy, def. Fed- site. Placed OF Derek Fisher and RHP Ken Washington 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 DeCastro (knee), WR Diontae Johnson Columbus 7 1 3 24 18 4 erico Coria, Argentina, 7-5, 6-1. Giles on 10-day IL. Optioned LHP Anthony Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 20 (toe), C Maurkice Pouncey (not injury re- Philadelphia 6 2 3 21 17 10 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Salva- Kay to alternate training site. N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 16 26 lated), QB Ben Roethlisberger (not injury Toronto FC 6 2 3 21 18 12 tore Caruso, Italy, 6-3, 6-2. National League Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 17 27 Orlando City 5 2 4 19 19 13 Stefano Travaglia, Italy, def. Borna Co- ATLANTA BRAVES — Activated LHP related), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee), Cole Hamels from the 60-day IL. Op- South DE Stephon Tuitt (achilles), T Alejandro Montreal 5 5 1 16 17 16 ric, Croatia, 7-6 (2), 7-5. New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 34 23 New York City FC 5 5 1 16 10 9 Jannik Sinner, Italy, def. Stefanos Tsit- tioned RHP Jasseel De La Cruz to alter- Villanueva (illness), G Stefen Wisniewski sipas (3), Greece, 6-1, 6-7 (9), 6-2. nate training site. Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 25 38 (chest). New England 3 3 5 14 10 11 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 30 34 New York 4 5 2 14 9 13 Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, def. Marco Ce- LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled DETROIT LIONS at GREEN BAY PACKERS RHP Josh Sborz and INF/OF Zach McKin- Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 23 34 Nashville SC 3 4 3 12 9 11 cchinato, Italy, 6-4, 6-1. — LIONS: DNP: TE Hunter Bryant (ham- Grigor Dimitrov (15), Bulgaria, def. Yo- stry from alternate training site. Placed North string), WR Kenny Golladay (hamstring), Atlanta 3 6 2 11 11 15 LHP Caleb Ferguson on the IL. Placed Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 27 23 shihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-1, 6-0. CB Darryl Roberts (calf), CB Desmond D.C. United 2 5 4 10 9 15 Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Pablo Car- OF Joc Pederson on the family medical Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 43 34 Trufant (hamstring), T Halapoulivaati Chicago 2 6 3 9 11 18 emergency list. Activated RHP Joe Kelly. Detroit 0 1 0 .000 23 27 reno Busta, Spain, 6-1, 6-1. Vaitai (foot). LIMITED: LB/FB Jason Cabi- Cincinnati 2 6 3 9 7 17 Women’s Singles MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 34 43 nda (ankle), S C.J. Moore (hamstring), DT Inter Miami CF 2 7 2 8 9 14 Round of 64 Josh Lindblom on the bereavement list. West Nick Williams (shoulder). FULL: CB Jeff WESTERN CONFERENCE Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Venus Recalled LHP Eric Lauer and RHP Justin Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 Okudah (hamstring). PACKERS: DNP: DL W L T Pts GF GA Williams, United States, 7-6 (7), 6-2. Topa from alternate training site. L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 20 17 Kenny Clark (groin), LB Randy Ramsey Sporting KC 6 3 2 20 21 15 Round of 32 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 38 25 (groin), G Lane Taylor (knee). LIMITED: Seattle 5 2 3 18 23 10 Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Be- RHP Connor Brogdon and OF Mickey Mo- San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 20 24 DL Montravius Adams (toe), TE Josiah Minnesota United 5 4 2 17 21 17 linda Bencic (6), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1. niak from alternate training site. Placed Thursday’s games Deguara (shin), S Raven Greene (quad- FC Dallas 4 2 4 16 16 10 Elise Mertens (11), Belgium, def. Mag- RHP Jake Arrieta and OF Kyle Garlick on Cincinnati at Cleveland ricep), G Elgton Jenkins (ankle) G Lucas Los Angeles FC 4 4 3 15 25 24 da Linette, Poland, 6-2, 6-4. the 10-day IL. Sunday’s games Patrick (shoulder), WR Equanimeous St. LA Galaxy 4 3 3 15 16 15 Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Jas- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated RHP Jacksonville at Tennessee Brown (knee), G/T Billy Turner (knee). Portland 4 4 3 15 19 23 mine Paolini, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Johan Oviedo from the IL. Recalled INF N.Y. Giants at Chicago FULL: LB Oren Burks (groin). Houston 3 3 5 14 18 17 Anna Blinkova, Russia, def. Aliona Bol- Max Schrock and RHP Junion Fernandez Detroit at Green Bay sova Zadoinov, Spain, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4). from alternate training site. Optioned JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at TENNES- Real Salt Lake 3 3 5 14 16 19 RHP Nabil Crismatt and OF Lane Thomas Carolina at Tampa Bay SEE TITANS — JAGUARS: DNP: DE Josh Al- Colorado 3 4 4 13 18 20 Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, def. Buffalo at Miami Amanda Anisimova, United States, 4-6, to alternate training site. Designated LHP len (calf), TE Tyler Davis (knee), TE Tyler Vancouver 4 7 0 12 15 23 Rob Kaminsky for assignment. Named San Francisco at N.Y. Jets Eifert (not injury related), CB D.J. Hayden San Jose 2 4 5 11 16 27 7-6 (3), 6-4. L.A. Rams at Philadelphia Elena Rybakina (10), Kazakhstan, def. OF Justin Williams 29th man for today’s (not injury related), C Brandon Linder Note: Three points for victory, one doubleheader. Atlanta at Dallas (not injury related). TITANS: DNP: WR Co- Marie Bouzkova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 7-6 Denver at Pittsburgh point for tie. (3). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned OF rey Davis (hamstring), S Kenny Vaccaro Wednesday’s games Karolina Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, Abraham Almonte to alternate training Minnesota at Indianapolis (illness). LIMITED: LB Vic Beasley (knee), Washington at Arizona FC Dallas 4, Colorado 1 def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, site. Activated C Francisco Mejia from Baltimore at Houston WR A.J. Brown (knee), LB Jadeveon Vancouver 3, Montreal 1 6-3, 6-3. the 10-day IL. Clowney (hip). FULL: G Jamil Douglas Portland 1, San Jose 1, tie Elina Svitolina (4), Ukraine, def. An- FOOTBALL Kansas City at L.A. Chargers National Football League New England at Seattle (hand), RB Darrynton Evans (hamstring), Friday’s game astasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 LB Derick Roberson (knee). Los Angeles FC at Seattle (4). ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed CB Monday’s game Jalen Davis to the practice squad. New Orleans at Las Vegas KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at LOS ANGE- Saturday’s games Men’s Doubles LES CHARGERS — CHIEFS: Practice Not FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City Round of 32 ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed WR La- Thursday, Sept. 24 quon Treadwell to the practice squad. Miami at Jacksonville Complete. CHARGERS: Practice Not Com- New York City FC at New England Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Hora- plete. cio Zeballos (4), Argentina, def. Andreas CHICAGO BEARS — Placed K Cairo Sunday, Sept. 27 Miami at Atlanta Santos on the active roster. Waived TE Houston at Pittsburgh LOS ANGELES RAMS at PHILADELPHIA Cincinnati at New York Seppi and Gianluca Mager, Italy, 6-3, 6-2. EAGLES — RAMS: Practice Not Complete. Luke Saville and Max Purcell, Austra- Eric Saubert. Tennessee at Minnesota Nashville at Columbus CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB Cincinnati at Philadelphia EAGLES: DNP: DT Fletcher Cox (not injury Toronto FC at D.C. United lia, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Ra- related), DE Brandon Graham (concus- ven Klaasen (7), South Africa, 7-5, 7-5. Torry McTyer to the practice squad. Chicago at Atlanta Chicago at Orlando City CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed LB Washington at Cleveland sion), WR DeSean Jackson (not injury re- Minnesota at Houston Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic, Montrel Meander on the active roster. Las Vegas at New England lated), WR Alshon Jeffery (foot). LIMITED: Vancouver at Real Salt Lake Croatia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Fil- Waived/injured T Alex Taylor. L.A. Rams at Buffalo DT Javon Hargrave (pectoral, hamstring), Portland at San Jose ip Polasek (5), Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3. DENVER BRONCOS — Placed CD T Jason Peters (knee). FULL: DE Derek Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Wesley De’Vante Bausby on the active roster. San Francisco at N.Y. Giants Colorado at LA Galaxy Koolhof (8), Netherlands, def. Horia N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis Barnett (hamstring), T Lane Johnson Sunday’s game Signed OLB Isaiah Irving to the practice (ankle), RB Miles Sanders (hamstring). Tecau, Romania, and Jean-Julien Rojer, squad. Carolina at L.A. Chargers Philadelphia at Montreal Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4. Tampa Bay at Denver MINNESOTA VIKINGS at INDIANAPO- Wednesday, Sept. 23 DETROIT LIONS — Signed DB Chris LIS COLTS — VIKINGS: DNP: CB Cam- Rohan Bopanna, India, and Denis Jones to the active roster from practice Detroit at Arizona FC Dallas at Atlanta Shapovalov, Canada, def. Guido Pella, Dallas at Seattle eron Dantzler (rib). FULL: CB Jeff Glad- Toronto FC at New York City FC squad. ney (knee), WR Olabisi Johnson (knee). Argentina, and Cristian Garin, Chile, 6-4, GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed T Ryan Green Bay at New Orleans Orlando City at Sporting Kansas City 6-4. Monday, Sept. 28 COLTS: DNP: TE Jack Doyle (ankle, knee), Montreal at New England Pope and DL Billy Winn to the practice Nicolas Mahut and Benoit Paire, squad. Released DL Daylon Mack from Kansas City at Baltimore S Malik Hooker (illness), WR Zach Pas- Minnesota at Columbus France, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and cal (ankle). LIMITED: S Julian Blackmon the practice squad. Philadelphia at Cincinnati Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 10- INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed RB (knee). Houston at Chicago 6. NFL injury report NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at SEATTLE Marlon Mack on the IR. Placed WR Dau- New York at Miami Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Alias- rice Fountain on the active roster. NEW YORK — The National Football SEAHAWKS — PATRIOTS: LIMITED: DT D.C. United at Nashville sime, Canada, def. Franko Skugor, Croa- Adam Butler (shoulder), LB Brandon NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB League injury report, as provided by the San Jose at Colorado tia, and Austin Krajicek, United States, Copeland (knee), WR Julian Edelman Myles Bryant and K Nick Folk from the league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake 7-5, 6-4. practice squad. Signed QB Jake Dolegala limited participation; FULL: Full partici- (knee), WR N’Keal Harry (shoulder), CB Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Jonathan Jones (foot). FULL: TE Dalton Seattle at Portland and OL James Ferentz to the practice pation): Vancouver at Los Angeles FC Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Aisam-ul- squad. SUNDAY Keene (neck), LB Cassh Maluia (knee). Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Stefanos Ts- SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed CB SEAHAWKS: Practice Not Complete. Saturday, Sept. 26 ATLANTA FALCONS at DALLAS COW- Houston at Nashville itsipas, Greece, 6-4, 1-6, 11-9. Dontae Johnson to the active roster. NEW YORK GIANTS at CHICAGO BEARS Round of 16 BOYS — FALCONS: DE Charles Harris Cincinnati at New York City FC Signed CB Ken Webster to a one-year (ankle), T Jake Matthews (knee), CB — GIANTS: DNP: LB Carter Coughlin Andrea Vavassori and Lorenzo So- contract. Placed CB Richard Sherman Kendall Sheffield (foot). LIMITED: DT (hamstring). LIMITED: WR Golden Tate nego, Italy, def. Dusan Lajovic and Nikola on the IR. Signed CB Brian Allen and CB Marlon Davidson (knee), WR Julio Jones (hamstring). FULL: LB Tae Crowder (ham- NWSL Cacic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Christian Angulo to the practice squad. (hamstring). FULL: DE Dante Fowler (an- string). BEARS: DNP: WR Ted Ginn Jr. (not Women’s Doubles Placed CB Tim Harris Jr. on the practice injury related), TE Jimmy Graham (not W L T Pts GF GA Round of 32 squad IR. kle). COWBOYS: FULL: CB Jourdan Lewis North Carolina 1 0 0 3 4 3 (ankle). injury related). LIMITED: LB Khalil Mack Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Lucie TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed WR Nick Sky Blue FC 1 0 0 3 2 1 BALTIMORE RAVENS at HOUSTON TEX- (knee), LB Robert Quinn (ankle). Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Storm Westbrook-Ikhine on the active roster. ANS — RAVENS: DNP: DE Calais Campbell SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at NEW YORK Washington 1 1 0 3 3 3 Sanders and Ellen Perez, Australia, 6-3, WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — (not injury related), DT Justin Madubuike JETS — 49ERS: Practice Not Complete. Reign FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-6 (2). Waived/injured DE Ryan Bee. (knee), WR Chris Moore (finger), CB Jim- JETS: DNP: RB La’Mical Perine (ankle). Orlando 0 0 0 0 0 0 Asia Muhammad, United States, and SOCCER LIMITED: T Mekhi Becton (knee), WR Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arina Rodionova, Australia, def. Vera Major League Soccer my Smith (hip), T Ronnie Stanley (hip). Zvonareva, Russia, and Sharon Fichman, LIMITED: RB Justice Hill (thigh). TEXANS: Jamison Crowder (hamstring), QB Joe Utah 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS — Fined Vancouver Whitecaps FC Flacco (neck), LB Frankie Luvu (neck), Houston 0 1 0 0 3 4 Canada, 6-4, 6-4. F Lucas Cavallini an undisclosed amount LIMITED: WR Brandin Cooks (quadricep), Magda Linette, Poland, and Bernarda T Tytus Howard (ankle), RB Duke John- LB Avery Williamson (hamstring). FULL: Chicago 0 1 0 0 1 2 for a violation of the league’s policy re- Note: Three points for victory, one Pera, United States, def. Alexa Guarachi garding hands to the face, head, or neck son (ankle), DE J.J. Watt (hip). FULL: RB RB Kalen Ballage (hamstring), TE Dan- Mathison, Chile, and Desirae Krawczyk, iel Brown (hamstring), T George Fant point for tie. of an opponent as well as his failure to Cullen Gillaspia (hamstring), LB Jona- United States, 6-2, 6-4. leave the field in a timely manner after than Greenard (ankle). (shoulder), T Alex Lewis (shoulder). Saturday, Sept. 12 Washington 2, Chicago 1 Christina McHale and Coco Gauff, receiving a red card during a Sept. 13 BUFFALO BILLS at MIAMI DOLPHINS WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM at United States, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok North Carolina 4, Houston 3 match against Montreal Impact. Sus- — BILLS: DNP: WR John Brown (foot), LB ARIZONA CARDINALS — WASHINGTON: and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-5. pended Montreal Impact M Emanuel Tremaine Edmunds (shoulder), LB Matt LIMITED: LB Cole Holcomb (knee). FULL: Saturday’s games Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Jasmine Maciel for two games and fined an un- Milano (hamstring), LB Del’Shawn Phil- LB Thomas Davis (calf), CB Kendall Fuller Orlando at North Carolina Paolini, Italy, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, disclosed amount for serious foul play lips (quadricep). LIMITED: LB Tyrel Dod- (knee). CARDINALS: DNP: C Mason Cole Sunday’s games Georgia, and Laura Siegemund, Germa- against an opponent during a Sept. 13 son (neck), QB Jake Fromm (not injury (hamstring), LB Kylie Fitts (wrist), WR Sky Blue FC at Chicago ny, 6-3, 6-4. match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. related). FULL: DT Vernon Butler (ham- Larry Fitzgerald (not injury related), WR Utah at Portland Round of 16 COLUMBUS CREW SC — Named Patrice string). DOLPHINS: DNP: LB Elandon Rob- DeAndre Hopkins (not injury related), S Saturday, Sept. 26 Raluca-Ioana Olaru, Romania, and Croci as vice president of marketing. erts (concussion). LIMITED: S Clayton Jalen Thompson (ankle), TE Maxx Wil- Washington at Chicago Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. Sa- U.S. Soccer Federation Fejedelem (pectoral), WR Jakeem Grant liams (ankle). LIMITED: T Josh Jones Reign FC at Utah brina Santamaria, United States, and WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM — Named (calf), CB Xavien Howard (knee), CB By- (ankle). Orlando at Houston Miyu Kato, Japan, 6-4, 6-3. Philip Poole goalkeeper coach. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 47 NBA/NHL PLAYOFFS Dallas waits inside bubble for opponent

Associated Press NHL scoreboard EDMONTON, Alberta — Blake Comeau and the Dallas Stars knew there would be the huge Stanley Cup playoffs sacrifice of being away from (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) their families once inside the (Seeding in parentheses) NHL bubble, and those absences CONFERENCE FINALS At Edmonton, Alberta have only been amplified by mo- EASTERN CONFERENCE (2) Tampa Bay 3, (6) N.Y. Islanders 2 notonous gaps with little to do be- Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Islanders 2 tween playing games pretty much Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3 every other day. Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 “We said from the start of it, the N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 1, 2OT Thursday: Game 6 way to make it worthwhile was x-Saturday: Game 7 (AFN-Sports2, 2:30 coming home with the Stanley a.m. Sunday CET; 9:30 a.m. Sunday JKT) WESTERN CONFERENCE Cup,” Comeau said Wednesday. (3) Dallas 4, (1) Vegas 1 After 8 ½ weeks in Edmonton, Dallas 1, Vegas 0 Vegas 3, Dallas 0 Alberta, while staying in a hotel Dallas 3, Vegas 2, OT connected to the arena where they Dallas 2, Vegas 1 Dallas 3, Vegas 2, OT play, the Stars are now waiting to find out if they will play Tampa Bay or the New York Islanders in the Stanley Cup Final. “When we’re all sitting togeth- “There’s no other place we’d er, you miss your family, but it’s a rather be, especially now that reminder, ‘OK, we’re making un- we’re in the finals, than right real sacrifices here.’ Every night here,” interim head coach Rick we’re looking at those, and they Bowness said. “Is this easy liv- are personal,” Bowness said. “It ing? Absolutely not. ... We’re all also keeps their families involved /AP MARK J. TERRILL making the best of it.” and makes them feel part of it. ... It’s important that we make them The Houston Rockets’ Russell Westbrook, left, keeps the ball from the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron Still, the Western Conference feel part of what we’re doing, James during a playoff game in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. James was named All-NBA for a record 16th champions wish their families because we know the sacrifices time, unanimously making the first team. Westbrook was a third-team selection. could be with them to share in the playoff run — an experience they’re making for us.” taken away because of the linger- The players themselves have ing pandemic. had plenty of time to bond togeth- Whether it’s a player like Co- er, playing cards, eating meals meau, in his 14th NHL season and hanging out in a team lounge Sweet 16: LeBron sets together between games. A golf with his sixth team and in his first Stanley Cup Final. Or the 65- outing Tuesday, the day after year-old Bowness, an NHL coach wrapping up the Western Confer- in parts of five different decades ence finals in five games over top- and now in his first Stanley Cup seeded Vegas, was a rare venture Final as a head coach. outside since getting to Canada. record on All-NBA team “That’s probably one of the They are in their largest gap toughest parts,” Comeau said. between games since the season “You’d love to have your family resumed, either four or six days. BY TIM REYNOLDS Harden a six-time choice, Lil- NBA scoreboard here to celebrate with you, but The Stanley Cup will start Sat- Associated Press lard is a five-timer and Ante- urday or Monday, depending on if tokounmpo, Leonard and Davis we don’t. So hopefully we can win the Lightning wrap up the East- LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — are four-time selections. Butler the Stanley Cup and we can cel- ern Conference finals in Game 6 LeBron James now stands alone Playoffs and Gobert are three-time se- ebrate after.” There have been lots of phone on Thursday night, or if New York in All-NBA recognition history, All games in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. lections, Jokic a two-time choice extends the series to a full seven getting there unanimously. CONFERENCE FINALS and Siakam, Tatum and Simmons calls and FaceTime chats with (Best-of-seven; x-if necessary) games. James was revealed Wednes- all joined Doncic as being on the family, but the Stars as a group Eastern Conference “It’s great to have a couple day as an All-NBA player for a Miami 1, Boston 0 team for the first time. have also gotten encourage- Tuesday: Miami 117, Boston 114, OT of days off and get well-rested record 16th time, breaking the Harden and Doncic appeared ment from home. Bowness said Thursday: Game 2 before the finals start,” said 21- mark he shared with Kareem Saturday: Game 3 (AFN-Sports, 2:30 on all 100 ballots — though only the wives, kids and other fam- a.m. Sunday CET; 10:30 a.m. Sunday JKT) year-old defenseman Miro Heis- Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and James and Antetokounmpo were ily members of players and staff Monday, Sept. 21: Game 4 kanen, their leading scorer this Tim Duncan. He was a first-team x-Wednesday, Sept. 23: Game 5 unanimous as first-team choices were asked to send in personal Game 6 pick on all 100 ballots, joining x-Friday, Sept. 25: on every ballot. Davis and Jokic video messages that have been postseason with 22 points (seven x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Game 7 shared with the entire team. goals, 15 assists). Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetok- Western Conference were on 99 ballots, and Leonard L.A. Lakers vs. Denver ounmpo as the only unanimous Friday: Game 1 (AFN-Sports, 3 a.m. appeared on 98. first-team selections this season. Saturday CET; 10 a.m. Saturday JKT) The voting was conducted Saturday: Game 2 Joining them on the first team: Tuesday, Sept. 22: Game 3 based on regular-season games Houston guard James Harden, Thursday, Sept. 24: Game 4 played through March 11, and vot- x-Saturday, Sept. 26: Game 5 Lakers forward Anthony Davis x-Monday, Sept. 28: Game 6 ers had to choose two guards, two and Dallas guard Luka Doncic, x-Wednesday, Sept. 30: Game 7 forwards and one center for each who got the nod in just his second team. Milwaukee forward Khris season in the NBA — becoming Middleton did not make All-NBA the first player to get there in the award again this season, was even though he appeared on more either his first or second season picked unanimously for the sec- ballots (60) than Simmons (43) since Duncan did for San Antonio. ond consecutive year. and Westbrook (38); they made Duncan was first team in each of Los Angeles Clippers forward the team as guards. Philadelphia’s his first eight NBA seasons, start- Kawhi Leonard, Denver center Joel Embiid got 39 votes and did ing in 1997-98 and going through Nikola Jokic, Portland guard not make the team either, after 2004-05. Damian Lillard, Oklahoma City finishing fourth among centers. The 21-year-old Doncic is the guard Chris Paul and Toronto Middleton led forwards who sixth player to make All-NBA forward Pascal Siakam were on didn’t make the team in votes, at that age or younger, joining the second team. Embiid did the same for centers Kevin Durant, James, Duncan, The third-team picks were Bos- and Washington’s Bradley Beal Rick Barry and Max Zaslofsky. ton forward Jayson Tatum, Miami (26 votes) did the same for guards. James is a first-team pick for the forward Jimmy Butler, Utah cen- Beal posted the 24th season in 13th time in his career, extending ter Rudy Gobert, Philadelphia NBA history where someone fin- his record there. Bryant and Karl guard Ben Simmons and Houston ished with averages of at least 30 JASON FRANSON, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Malone were 11-time first-team- guard Russell Westbrook. points and six assists — and be- ers. Antetokounmpo, the reigning Paul and Westbrook are now came the first of those 24 to not Dallas Stars players celebrate their overtime win over Vegas that MVP and the frontrunner to win nine-time All-NBA players, make an All-NBA team. clinched the Western Conference championship on Monday. PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 AUTO RACING/WINTER SPORTS Dillon out to bust playoff brackets

CHARLOTTE, N.C. over six seasons; one was Dillon’s ustin Dillon was written victory in the 2018 Daytona 500, off as a championship the same year the team down- contender before NAS- sized from three cars to two. ACAR’s playoffs even Ryan Newman was replaced by began and he knew no one ex- rookie Daniel Hemric in 2019, pected him to go far. Undeterred, and Hemrick was then replaced he vowed to show he has taken a this season by Tyler Reddick, an- huge step in his career. other first-year Cup driver. Dillon raced his way into the Dillon, the grandson of team playoffs with a win at Texas, just owner Childress, is expected to his third in seven full Cup Series be the team leader. Now 30 and seasons, and he has never been a new father, the responsibility considered a threat for the title. A suits him. first-round elimina- “My family’s doing well and it’s

tion would surprise cool to have a son at home I and WONG MAYE-E/AP no one. feel like I’ve matured as a driv- He still may not er,” Dillon said. “I’m in that age Front to back, driver Justin Olsen, pushers Christopher Fogt and Carlo Valdes, and brakeman Nathan make it to the final zone where things start clicking Weber compete for the United States during the four-man bobsled final on Feb. 25, 2018 at the Winter four, but Dillon is a little bit, you know? You notice Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. USA Bobsled and Skeleton couldn’t hit the road recruiting this making good on his a bunch of these guys when they summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, so it made Olympic hopefuls submit videos online. promise to “mess start getting a little older in age is up a lot of brack- when stuff starts coming to them ets.” He opened really well? the postseason with “Some people do it faster finishes of second than others, but it’s a good time For bobsled hopefuls, and fourth — the right now for me and the (No.) 3 first back-to-back top-fives of his team.” career — and should easily move Dillon opened the playoffs as into the second round. runner-up to Harvick at Dar- NASCAR goes to Bristol Motor lington and then rebounded from Speedway on Saturday for the a pit road speeding penalty at first elimination race and Wil- Richmond to finish fourth. He Olympics a click away liam Byron, Cole Custer, Matt and Joey Logano are the only two DiBenedetto and Ryan Blaney drivers to open the playoffs with are all below the cutline. Dillon, consecutive top-five finishes. ranked 10th at the start of the It’s allowed Dillon to capital- BY TIM REYNOLDS reach of literally anyone in the playoffs, has climbed to sixth in ize during a free fall by Blaney, a Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ? world, any US citizen in the world the standings. driver most expected to advance that wants to try out,” McGuire “I think we’ve just steadily got- further than Dillon. Blaney was USA Bobsled and Skeleton In order to be considered as said. “It’s much more effective in ten our stuff better and we’ve ranked second in the standings typically has staff spending part potential bobsled or skelelton terms of that outreach.” got a really good group working in July at Texas, where Dillon of the spring and summer months athlete, candidates must submit What happens in the coming hard,” Dillon said. “I’ve had confi- earned his playoff spot, but a slide on the road recruiting, looking for themselves running a 40-yard weeks, if all goes to plan, would dence in myself my entire career. that started the final two months new talent and luring them with see many of the Olympic hopefuls I’ve been through some ups and of the regular season has him on the potential of representing their dash, completing a broad jump, plus fill out a questionnaire. travel to Lake Placid, N.Y., — the downs and kind of weathered the the verge of elimination. country in the Olympics. team’s home base — or possi- The process, developed out of storm to this point. I always felt He was penalized in the opener This year, amid a pandemic, bly Park City, Utah, for rookie necessity due to the coronavirus, like when I’m given something to when his car failed pre-race in- none of that could take place. camps. Lake Placid would be work with, I can perform with it spection and he finished 24th, So USABS made the entire was probably overdue and likely where many of the incoming ath- and and make it happen.” then was 19th at Richmond. His process digital — and so far, it’s here to stay. letes who are seeking to be part of working. The fast start is a surprise collapse has been as surprising SOURCE: Associated Press the bobsled program would see a Following the same sort of because it has been a long time as Dillon’s rise. push track for the first time, and thinking that works for high since Richard Childress Racing Blaney is last on the playoff involved, through Zoom video coaches could start getting more school athletes trying to get no- has been able to keep up with the grid, in a 27-point hole and de- conferences with coaches and information on who has the type ticed by colleges, USABS has big boys in NASCAR. Mind you, termined to win this weekend to established athletes and past of strength, speed and explosive- RCR was once among NASCAR’s extend his postseason. invited potential sliders to up- bobsled and skeleton Olympians. ness that is needed to help get a elite, but the organization slipped “We probably need to go out load résumés and videos that Team officials expect many more sled down a mountain as fast as to the second tier after Kevin there and win Bristol,” Blaney show what they can do and who names to get into the mix before possible. Harvick left following the 2013 said. “It’s our goal every week to they are. The results have been the Sept. 30 submission deadline Dionne said it’s not outside the season. win the race, but now it’s our sea- overwhelming, both in terms of for consideration this season. realm of possibility that someone RCR posted just three wins son on the line.” the numbers and the quality of athleticism from many who are The idea of taking the process who comes into the program this interested. online, USABS CEO Aron Mc- fall could still find themselves on “I would say in this short Guire said, was probably overdue the 2022 U.S. Olympic bobsled amount of time — and we’re just and is likely here to stay. Athletes team. There are precedents for talking really like from May to submit themselves running a 40- things happening that quickly. now — I think this has been the yard dash, completing a broad And this season, it’s unclear greatest response rate of any re- jump, plus fill out a questionnaire. how much U.S. national team ath- cruiting thing that we’ve ever Just like that, they officially be- letes will be overseas because of done,” said USABS assistant come Olympic hopefuls. the pandemic. If some top athletes coach Mike Dionne, who handles “COVID or no COVID, we’ve are able to train in Lake Placid or much of the federation’s recruit- got to be thinking about ways that Park City more for even some of ing efforts. “I was shocked at the we can be more efficient and real- the sliding season, that could ac- amount of responses that we were ly get a greater reach,” McGuire celerate the development of this getting.” said. “We can get more athletes year’s rookie class. Someone submitted video of excited about the sports and get “For a bobsled push athlete, herself pushing a car for 30 yards them involved. So, this is kind of 2022 is definitely not out of the in a parking lot. Another sent his a great way to kind of reach that question,” Dionne said. “And rugby highlights. One woman in- next generation of athletes.” we’re also trying to fill the pipe- serted a clip of her missing what Another plus for USABS: It line for bobsled and skeleton would have been a game-winning saves a ton of money. Budget con- drivers more than anything. On goal in a state high school soccer straints would typically limit the average, that can be an eight-year championship game and how she team to recruiting stops in 8-10 process before they’re ready to be STEVE HELBER/AP grew from that experience. cities, McGuire said. This reach, in medal contention at the Olym- Austin Dillon has moved up into sixth place in the playoff standings, USABS already has gotten being online, is unlimited. pics. So, we have to get those ath- putting him in good position to advance to the second round. dozens of serious candidates “Now, we can have the entire letes in the pipeline.” Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 MLB Dodgers defeat Padres, clinch 1st playoff spot

BY BERNIE WILSON Associated Press Scoreboard SAN DIEGO — While the Los Angeles Dodgers are regular par- American League ticipants in postseason baseball, East Division there was something unusual W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 31 18 .633 — about becoming the first team in New York 28 21 .571 3 the pandemic-shortened season Toronto 26 22 .542 4A Baltimore 22 27 .449 9 to clinch a berth in the expanded Boston 18 32 .360 13A CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Central Division playoffs. Chicago 32 17 .653 — The Washington Nationals’ Luis Garcia watches his two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher “It’s different, I guess. I just Minnesota 31 20 .608 2 Nick Anderson during the 10th inning of the Nationals’ 4-2 win Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cleveland 26 23 .531 5A found that out five minutes ago,” Detroit 21 27 .438 10A manager Dave Roberts said in Kansas City 21 29 .420 11A West Division his video news conference after Oakland 31 19 .620 — Roundup the Dodgers beat the San Diego Houston 24 25 .490 6A Seattle 22 27 .449 8A Padres 7-5 to take two of three Los Angeles 20 30 .400 11 in a matchup of the NL’s two top Texas 18 31 .367 12A Garcia’s blast in 10th lifts Nats teams. National League The Dodgers opened a 3 ½- East Division Associated Press six innings, and Kansas City won Houston. game lead in their quest for an W L Pct GB eighth straight NL West title by Atlanta 29 21 .580 — at Detroit. It was the first career shutout Miami 25 22 .532 2A ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Singer (3-4) struck out the first for the 32-year-old Gibson and beating the Padres for the second Philadelphia 24 24 .500 4A Rookie Luis Garcia hit a two-run New York 22 27 .449 6A five Detroit hitters and retired third complete game. Gibson (2- straight day. Dustin May threw Washington 18 29 .383 9A homer in the 10th inning and the 1 the first 10. He struck out eight 5) walked three and struck out a 5 ⁄3 gutty innings out of the bull- Central Division Washington Nationals beat the AL Chicago 30 20 .600 — with one walk. season-high nine to earn his first pen, AJ Pollock and Chris Taylor Cincinnati 25 26 .490 5A East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 A Orioles 5, Braves 1: Cole win since Aug. 15. homered and Will Smith drove in St. Louis 22 23 .489 5 on Wednesday. Milwaukee 23 26 .469 6A Hamels finally got on the mound Twins 5, White Sox 1: Byron three runs. Pittsburgh 14 34 .292 15 With Carter Kieboom on sec- “I’m celebrating by saying I’m West Division ond base to start extra innings, in his new team’s uniform, allow- Buxton and Miguel Sano each hit z-Los Angeles 35 15 .700 — ing three runs before reaching a two-run homer, and Minnesota proud of our guys and it was a San Diego 32 19 .627 3A the 20-year-old Garcia hit a lead- great series,” said Roberts, who San Francisco 24 24 .500 10 off drive on the first pitch from his predetermined pitch count denied host Chicago a chance to Colorado 22 26 .458 12 in the fourth inning, and visiting clinch its first playoff berth in 12 grew up in northern San Diego Arizona 19 31 .380 16 Nick Anderson (1-1). County and both played for and z-clinched playoff berth Brandon Lowe got the Rays Atlanta struggled offensively in a years. Wednesday’s games loss to Baltimore. Eddie Rosario also went deep was a coach with the Padres be- Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings even at 2 when he hit a solo homer fore getting the job with Los An- Oakland 3, Colorado 1 off Daniel Hudson (2-2) on a 2-2 Rookie Keegan Akin struck out and Twins pitchers retired their Kansas City 4, Detroit 0 nine over five scoreless innings to final 18 batters against the AL geles. “I think it caught us all by N.Y. Yankees 13, Toronto 2 pitch with two outs in the ninth. surprise because we were so fo- Baltimore 5, Atlanta 1 Kyle McGowin struck out three earn his first big league victory. Central leaders. The White Sox, Miami 8, Boston 4 Yankees 13, Blue Jays 2: Kyle who had won six straight and cused on trying to win this series. Texas 1, Houston 0 in the 10th to get his first save. I think word will travel once we Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Athletics 3, Rockies 1: Mike Higashioka hit a career-high nine of 10, had an opportunity to Chicago Cubs 3, Cleveland 2, 10 innings three home runs, DJ LeMahieu secure their first postseason spot get on the plane.” Arizona 9, L.A. Angels 6 Fiers threw six sharp innings San Diego, quieted by Dodgers San Francisco 9, Seattle 3, 1st game before turning it over to a lights- connected twice and host New since 2008 with a win and a Mari- San Francisco at Seattle, ppd., 2nd game pitching a second straight game St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2, 7 inn., 1st game out bullpen and visiting Oakland York hit a season-best seven hom- ners loss. Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 0, 7 inn., 2nd game even as it heads for its first playoff snapped a six-game skid against ers in beating Toronto. Cubs 3, Indians 2 (10): Javier L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 5 berth since winning the division Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 0 Colorado. Luke Voit lofted a three-run Baez’s RBI single in the 10th in- N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4 in 2006, has lost two straight for Fiers (6-2) picked up the win. drive for his major league-lead- ning lifted host Chicago to its Thursday’s games the first time since mid-August. Boston at Miami Liam Hendriks got the final five ing 19th homer and Clint Frazier fourth straight win. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox May confirmed that as part outs to pick up his 13th save in 14 added a solo shot as the Yankees Automatic runner Ian Happ Arizona at L.A. Angels of COVID-19 protocols, MLB San Francisco at Seattle chances. won their seventh straight game. advanced to third when Kris Bry- Tampa Bay at Baltimore Cardinals 4-0, Brewers 2-6: Marlins 8, Red Sox 4: Jorge ant greeted Phil Maton (2-2) with doesn’t want teams having wild Toronto at N.Y. Yankees clubhouse celebrations after Cleveland at Detroit Brent Suter and three relievers Alfaro homered twice before he a groundball single to open the Texas at Houston took a foul ball to his helmet and 10th. Anthony Rizzo was walked clinching. Baltimore at Tampa Bay combined on a two-hitter, Ryan N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia Braun hit his 350th career homer host Miami beat Boston. intentionally to load the bases, Asked if the team had a cel- St. Louis at Pittsburgh Garrett Cooper also homered Maton fanned Willson Contreras ebration, he said: L.A. Dodgers at Colorado and Milwaukee earned a double- Friday’s games header split against visiting St. and scored twice for Miami, and Kyle Schwarber. Baez’s liner “No. We’re not allowed to.” Philadelphia (TBD) at Toronto (TBD) which moved within 2 ½ games to left scored Happ and handed But clinching a postseason spot Chicago White Sox (TBD) at Cincinnati Louis. (TBD) The Cardinals took the open- of first-place Atlanta in the NL Cleveland its eighth straight loss . “is something you grind for for Cleveland (Plesac 3-2) at Detroit (Ful- the whole season,” he said. “This mer 0-2) er behind Adam Wainwright’s East. Diamondbacks 9, Angels 6: N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Boston (Perez four-hitter. Mets 5, Phillies 4: Jacob de- Kole Calhoun hit his third homer season is different but we had to 3-4) grind in the quarantine zone, so Tampa Bay (Glasnow 3-1) at Baltimore Reds 1, Pirates 0: Luis Cas- Grom exited early from a rare in two games against his for- (Cobb 1-4) tillo pitched a masterful seven rough outing because of a right mer Los Angeles teammates, you’re still going to feel super Toronto (TBD) at Philadelphia (TBD), 2nd game innings, Shogo Akiyama drove hamstring spasm, but New York and David Peralta homered and excited.” Arizona (TBD) at Houston (TBD) in the game’s only run, and host overcame a four-run deficit and drove in two runs in Arizona’s At 35-15, Los Angeles breezed Kansas City (Bubic 1-5) at Milwaukee (Houser 1-5) Cincinnati extended its win- rallied to win at Philadelphia. road win . into the expanded 16-team post- Minnesota (Hill 2-1) at Chicago Cubs ning streak to a season-high five Phillies reliever Hector Neris Giants 9, Mariners 3: Bran- season field. The Dodgers are (Hendricks 5-4) Texas (Benjamin 1-0) at L.A. Angels games. (2-2) dropped the ball on the don Belt, Brandon Crawford and seeking their first World Series (TBD) Castillo (3-5) retired nine of mound for a balk that moved the Evan Longoria homered and title since 1988, having lost in San Diego (Paddack 3-4) at Seattle (Ki- kuchi 2-3) the last 10 batters he faced and go-ahead run to second base in visiting San Francisco, playing the Fall Classic under Roberts in San Francisco (TBD) at Oakland (Bas- gave up only three hits and a the ninth inning. Mets rookie An- at home, beat Seattle in a game 2017 and 2018. sitt 4-2) St. Louis (TBD) at Pittsburgh (Williams walk with 10 strikeouts. Archie dres Gimenez hit an RBI single to moved to the Bay Area because of Mookie Betts tied his career 1-7) put New York ahead. smoky, dangerous air in Western high with three stolen bases, had Pittsburgh (Kuhl 1-2) at St. Louis Bradley pitched a perfect eighth (TBD) before Raisel Iglesias pitched a 1- Rangers 1, Astros 0: Kyle Washington. two hits and scored a run. Washington (TBD) at Miami (TBD) Gibson threw a four-hitter and Donovan Solano and Mauricio “Today we just got beat in Washington (TBD) at Miami (TBD), 2nd 2-3 ninth for his eighth save. game Royals 4, Tigers 0: Brady Joey Gallo hit a ground-rule RBI Dubon hit early RBI singles as the almost all areas, facets of the Atlanta (Fried 6-0) at N.Y. Mets (Peterson 4-2) Singer was stellar for a second double with two outs in the ninth Giants snapped a three-game los- game,” Padres rookie manager L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at Colorado (Cas- straight start, allowing two hits in inning to lift Texas to a win at ing streak with a “road” victory. Jayce Tingler said. tellani 1-2) PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 NFL Jeudy’s drops stick out as 1st-round WRs stumble

BY ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — First- round draft pick Jerry Jeudy is a man of few words and even fewer miscues. After dropping a pair of passes in his NFL debut, the normally sure-handed receiver from Alabama tweeted, “Failure is growth.” Jeudy, the 15th overall selection in the NFL draft, took his eyes off the ball and turned upfield, drop- ping a wide-open pass on third down that squelched Denver’s opening second-half drive against Tennessee on Monday night. An even costlier drop came on first down in Titans territory in the fourth quarter with the Bron- cos running their four-minute offense while clinging to a 14-13 lead. If he makes the play, Denver has a chance to salt away the vic- tory or at the very least kick a field goal. Instead, Denver punt- ed and Tennessee went down and won it on a field goal with 17 sec- onds left. “I felt like I failed my team on those two plays,” Jeudy said Wednesday. “Me learning from that, just going out here and prac- ticing and really focus on catch- ing the ball and focus on the little details of catching the ball is re- ally going to help me. “Those two drops will probably help me on not dropping passes for the whole season.” The Broncos are sticking by JACK DEMPSEY/AP their usually sticky-fingered rookie. Denver wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, the 15th overall selection in the NFL draft, had a pair of costly drops in the Broncos’ season-opening loss “That’s not Jerry Jeudy,” quar- to the Tennessee Titans on Monday, in Denver. terback Drew Lock said when addressing the pair of dropped wasn’t the case. I was just not  Justin Jefferson (22nd, Vi- throws. concentrating on the ball, trying kings) had two receptions for 26 “Jerry has good hands,” coach to make a play after the catch. yards. Vic Fangio agreed. “Other than those two drops,  Brandon Aiyuk (25th, 49ers), When asked what he’ll remem- I had a good day,” Jeudy added. missed San Francisco’s opener ber most about his professional “I was getting open, getting (hamstring). debut, one in which he caught separation.” The rookie receivers seemed to four passes for 56 yards, Jeudy Jeudy wasn’t alone in his sput- pay the price for the league’s lack said, “the two drops.” tering start in the pros after a of a regular offseason because of What Lock doesn’t want is for stellar college career. the coronavirus pandemic that Jeudy to harp on it any more than The only rookie receiver to forced teams to do work remotely he already has. Lock, for one, score in Week 1 was Jackson- and scuttled the preseason. won’t keep bringing it up. ville’s Laviska Shenault Jr., who Their timing with quarter- “He apologized. He was upset had three catches for 37 yards. backs just wasn’t what it could and hurt. It’s like missing layups The 42nd overall pick, Shenault have been in a normal year. in basketball. You miss a couple was one of 13 wide receivers se- In addition to Jeudy’s pair of and it’s not going to happen again,” lected in the first two rounds of drops in Denver, Lock overthrew Lock said. “You don’t go address the NFL Draft. a veteran tight end and a veteran a guy about missing layups. It’s Henry Ruggs III, the only pass receiver for sure touchdowns in a not a thing you do and that’s not a catcher taken ahead of Jeudy, at two-point loss to Tennessee with thing that we will overly address No. 12, had five receptions for 55 top target Courtland Sutton side- with Jerry.” yards in his Raiders debut. lined with a shoulder injury. Jeudy said it wasn’t a case of The other first-rounders all had “You can use the convenient ex- the butterflies. rather pedestrian debuts, too. cuse that the timing (was affected STEPHEN B. MORTON/AP “It just seemed worse because  CeeDee Lamb (17th, Cow- by) the offseason, no preseason it was my first game,” he said. boys) had five grabs for 59 yards. games,” Broncos coach Vic Fan- Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr., left, scores “Those two dropped passes made  Jalen Raegor (21st, Eagles) gio said. “Those are plays that we a touchdown on a 16-yard pass play in front of Indianapolis Colts it seem like I was nervous. That had one catch for 55 yards. expect those guys to make.” defensive end Justin Houston on Sunday, in Jacksonville, Fla.

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BY DAVE SKRETTA a Texans defender look down- Associated Press right foolish. And while he failed to catch a pass, Chiefs quarter- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyrann back Patrick Mahomes targeted Mathieu knew perhaps better him twice in a sign of just how than just about anybody what comfortable he is in the passing the Kansas City Chiefs were get- game. ting when they selected running In short, it was the kind of back Clyde Edwards-Helaire out debut that could only make Chiefs of LSU in the first round of the general manager Brett Veach and April draft. coach Andy Reid smile. They You see, Mathieu bleeds purple were the ones who decided to add and gold. He was born and raised one more playmaker to their of- in New Orleans, starred at St. Au- fense rather than fill some holes gustine High School and nearly on their spotty defense. won the Heisman Trophy while “We feel like he had a good starring for the Tigers. camp, and he’s a heck of a play- And even though Mathieu was er, so we wanted to give him the dismissed from the program ball,” Reid said. “We didn’t come CARLOS GONZALEZ, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE/AP for a violation of team rules, he in saying he would get ‘X’ num- remains a steadfast fan of ev- Green Bay Packers receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, left, pulls in a touchdown pass in front of ber of carries. We like the mix we erything going on down on the Minnesota Vikings defensive back Cameron Dantzler. Valdes-Scantling had four catches for 96 yards. were able to get going.” bayou. Yet after Week 1 wrapped up, So while most of the college it was Edwards-Helaire who football world was focused on found himself leading the league Packers WR Valdes-Scantling quarterback Joe Burrow as he in rushing. All-Pro running back led LSU to the national title last Derrick Henry of the Titans was season, the Honey Badger was fo- second with 116 yards in their cused on the diminutive running Monday night win over the Bron- ready to build on Week 1 effort back that caused fits for defend- cos, and Benny Snell Jr. was the ers like him. only other one to eclipse the cen- BY STEVE MEGARGEE It’s why Mathieu wasn’t sur- tury mark with 113 yards rush- Associated Press prised to see Edwards-Helaire ing in the Steelers’ win over the shred the Houston defense in the Giants. One week into the season, Green Bay Packers Chiefs’ season-opening win. “When we first ran out, just wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling already “I’m so impressed with the nerves at an all-time high,” Ed- has showcased the traits that have inspired such ex- young man,” he said. “Obviously, wards-Helaire said, “but then, hilaration and exasperation. I’m a huge LSU guy. I’ve seen him you know, as time went on, we Valdes-Scantling had four receptions for 96 yards stick his foot in the ground and were just kind of on the field, my and a touchdown in a 43-34 victory over the Minne- make guys miss plenty of times. brothers, and they made me feel at sota Vikings, but he also dropped two passes early I’ve seen him bounce off plenty home. Ultimately the first carry, in the second half to continue a troubling pattern for of Alabama, Auburn and Missis- yeah, I felt a lot of emotions but the 2018 fifth-round pick from South Florida. sippi State guys.” after I got tackled the first time, Yet his overall production backed up the praise This is the NFL, though. This and got rolled up, I just knew: It’s Valdes-Scantling’s teammates have given him since isn’t college football — even the football. Time to roll.” BRUCE KLUCKHOHN/AP they saw how he approached training camp. rough-and-tumble world of the Kansas City wound up feeding “He definitely showed a different type of focus Green Bay Packers receivers Marquez Valdes- SEC. him all game, too. Part of that is this time around,” wide receiver Davante Adams Scantling, right, and wide receiver Davante Adams, Yet the 31st overall pick in the because presumptive starter Da- said. “I had a feeling that he was going to come and center, celebrate along with quarterback Aaron draft showed the NFL that his mien Williams opted out of the have a great start the way that he did.“ Rodgers on Sunday in the Packers’ 43-34 defeat skill set translates quite nicely to season, making Edwards-Helaire Valdes-Scantling now must work on his consis- of the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis. the sped-up world of pro football. the clear-cut No. 1. But part of it tency as the Packers prepare for their home opener He ran 25 times for 138 yards, was because the Texans were so Sunday against the Detroit Lions. The Packers need pass from Aaron Rodgers to Adams. highlighted by a 27-yard touch- focused on defending the Chiefs’ Valdes-Scantling and Allen Lazard to complement The receiver’s ability to recover from that mis- down scamper in which he stuck wide receivers that it created soft Adams because Green Bay lost its main offseason take showed how Valdes-Scantling has grown. that foot in the ground and made defensive fronts. addition to the receiving group when Devin Funch- “I’m more proud of him for that than if he would’ve ess opted out. caught the initial ball and scored, honestly,” Adams They delivered on that front in Minnesota. Adams said. “Because me being another receiver, I know scored twice while Valdes-Scantling and Lazard exactly how difficult it is to bounce back from some- had one touchdown each. Valdes-Scantling’s 45- thing like that. A lot of things are in your head and yard touchdown reception gave Green Bay a 22-7 it’s tough to flush it.” lead with 14 seconds left in the first half. He had 21 receptions for 416 yards and two touch- That play showcased Valdes-Scantling’s consider- downs through his first seven games in 2019. But he able value as a deep threat. But he followed that up by dropping passes on each of Green Bay’s first two caught just five passes for 36 yards over the Pack- second-half possessions. The first drop came on a ers’ last nine regular-season games and had one third-and-6 play and the second wiped out a poten- catch for 8 yards in two playoff matchups. tial gain of 50-plus yards. “He wants it so badly,” Rodgers said. “I think “There’s no receiver in the history of the NFL that that’s the only thing that gets in his way sometimes. hasn’t dropped a ball,” Valdes-Scantling said. “It’s He just wants to make those plays so badly. But the going to happen. It’s going to happen plenty of more thing that I noticed this training camp was he was times for the rest of time that football is played. catching the ball better. I know that might sound You’ve just got to keep going to the next play, and like a strange statement for a receiver. I think he move on and go make the next play. If your quar- was trusting his hands more.” terback trusts you, he’ll keep throwing you the ball, Valdes-Scantling said the votes of confidence from and that’s what mine did. I had other opportunities Rodgers and Adams go a long way toward boosting CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP to go out and make plays, and that’s what I did.” his own faith in himself. Indeed, five plays after Valdes-Scantling dropped “It’s huge,” Valdes-Scantling said. “If your quar- Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, left, scores that long pass, he caught a 39-yarder to give Green terback believes in you and has trust in you, it says a touchdown on a 27-yard run ahead of Houston Texans linebacker Bay first-and-goal and set up a 1-yard touchdown a lot for you.” Jacob Martin in the Chiefs’ 30-24 win last week in Kansas City, Mo. PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 NFL/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Seahawks not NCAA hoops sure what to expect from season set to Pats, Newton open Nov. 25

BY TIM BOOTH Associated Press BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Pete Carroll saw what happened in the season opener as The NCAA men’s and women’s basket- New England put the ball in the hands of ball season will begin Nov. 25, the day be- new quarterback Cam Newton and he ran fore Thanksgiving. all over the Miami Dolphins. The Division I Council voted Wednes- It left the Seattle Seahawks coach won- day to push the start date back from the dering what to believe. Is Newton back to originally scheduled Nov. 10 as one of being a dynamic runner and Seattle should several precautions against the spread of plan for another 15 carries from the quar- coronavirus. terback during the Seahawks’ home opener The later start date coincides with the de- Sunday? Or was it a one-game mirage? cision most schools made to send students “We’ve got to see what they do this time home from Thanksgiving until January out around. There’s not enough games for us in of concern about a potential late-fall and their new thinking to know what to expect early-winter flare-up of COVID-19. Closed here,” Carroll said Wednesday. “We’ll have campuses could serve as a quasi bubble for to adapt at game time.” players and provide a window for noncon- Seattle’s history with Newton goes back ference games. to 2012. He faced off against the Seahawks “The fact our campuses will be clearing eight times while he was with Carolina, out, it will be possible to just further con- including a couple of meetings in the play- trol the exposures, and the 25th gives us offs. For a while, it seemed the Seahawks that opportunity,” said Division I Council and Panthers were annual opponents. chair Grace Calhoun, the athletic director That led to a lot of familiarity, which all at Penn. seems to be out the window now with New- The men’s and women’s basketball ton in New England and in a new system. oversight committees had jointly recom- “I don’t think people understand, we mended a start date of Nov. 21, a Saturday. played Seattle in Carolina like they were /AP Calhoun said the council wanted to avoid a division game,” Newton said. “We played WINSLOW TOWNSON a weekend start date because of potential them a lot and if this isn’t an accurate New England quarterback Cam Newton, pictured, carried the ball 15 times against the overlaps of basketball and football games stat but I’ll put my name on it, I think we Miami Dolphins last week in Foxborough, Mass., the second highest total of his career. on campuses. played Seattle more than we played any Newton scored twice on the ground in his Patriots debut, but Seattle Seahawks coach The maximum number of regular-sea- other team outside of our division. It was Pete Carroll said he knows his team has to be just as ready for Newton’s arm after son games has been reduced from 31 to 27. a team that we looked forward to playing, giving up 450 yards through the air to Atlanta’s Matt Ryan in Week 1. “The rationale was that during the sea- measuring our toughness and where our son teams tend to play an average of two team was, and this week isn’t going to be “You definitely have to approach it with eight previous games against Seattle, the games a week, so the fact we’re shorten- any different.” fresh eyes,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wag- most coming in 2014 when he rushed 12 ing the season by two weeks necessitated The Seahawks understand slowing down the reduction in games so we’re not being New England means trying to keep New- ner said. “We have a lot of history with play- times for 24 yards. ing Cam. We understand the type of runs His best overall game against Seattle counterproductive and trying to jam more ton in check. But with only one game of in a shortened season,” Calhoun said. film, Seattle doesn’t know if it should pre- that they want to implement with Cam. We may have come in 2018 when he rushed for also understand that the Patriots have a 63 yards and completed 25 of 30 passes for The minimum number of games for pare for a run-heavy New England offense consideration for the NCAA Tournament that saw Newton score a pair of rushing history — they can run the ball 42 times 256 yards and two touchdowns. was cut from 25 to 13. Calhoun said the touchdowns against Miami, or if Newton’s one game and in the next game, throw it 42 “We have to go into this game with a low minimum is an acknowledgement that arm is going to be unleashed against a times. I feel like they’re confident in Cam’s wide-open look. Almost like a first game,” schools probably will experience different Seahawks pass defense that gave up 450 ability to throw the ball as well. So we’ve Carroll said. “We have some information. levels of COVID-19 cases and have to alter yards to Atlanta’s Matt Ryan last week. got to be prepared for everything.” They showed they really want to run the schedules. It’s probably the kind of guessing game Newton’s 15 runs were the second-most football, ran it 42 times in the game, which “We fully anticipate there are going to Patriots coach Bill Belichick was hoping in a regular-season game in his career. But is a great commitment. But we don’t know. be some issues as we go through the sea- for. he’s never carried the ball that much in his We’ll see.” son, much like we’ve seen in football, so we want there to be flexible for institutions to put together seasons,” she said. United: Steelers captain Heyward says team wanted to act as unit Teams can start preseason practices Oct. 14. Beginning Monday, teams will FROM BACK PAGE person didn’t like the results so they chose otic afternoon a miscommunication. That be allowed to participate in strength and “We are going to support our players to do something different. I have nothing wasn’t the case this time. Villanueva wrote conditioning and sport-related meetings in however they choose to participate and against vets and absolutely appreciate ev- Cashe’s name down in black marker on the and skill instruction for up to 12 hours a express themselves or to not participate erything that they have done and continue white tape he used to cover the bottom of week, with an eight-hour limit on skill or not express themselves, as long as they to do for us. But this one person showed us his helmet. Cashe was on patrol in Samar- instruction. do so thoughtfully and with class,” Tomlin exactly who he is and obviously he didn’t ra, Iraq in 2005 when the vehicle he was No scrimmages against other teams or said Tuesday. “And so that is a blanket ap- approve of how the vote turned out.” traveling in struck an improvised explo- exhibitions are allowed. It also was recom- proach that we have had. I think it needs no Villanueva has not spoken to the media sive device. Cashe sustained severe burns mended each team play a minimum of four further explanation in terms of our support since the end of the 2019 regular season. but helped six soldiers inside the vehicle nonconference games. for Al Villanueva or anyone else in terms of Heyward admitted he was “surprised” by escape safely. He died on Nov. 8, 2005 in The council is scheduled to meet again what they do or do not do in terms of social Villanueva’s choice but said he would not Texas and was posthumously awarded the Oct. 13-14 and could delay the start date justice.” attempt to explain Villanueva’s actions for Silver Star. and change other pieces of the basketball Rose died in June, 2018 after being shot him. No member of the Steelers organization framework if circumstances surrounding in the back, arm and side of the face by East The 31-year-old Villanueva is a two-time hinted at any problem with Villanueva’s the virus warrant. Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld. Pro Bowler who took an unlikely path to right to honor Cashe. Heyward hopes that The council also voted to extend the re- Rose had been riding in an unlicensed taxi the NFL. He served three tours in Afghani- Kenney understands the team remains cruiting dead period for all sports until that had been involved in a drive-by shoot- stan before joining the Philadelphia Eagles committed to making a difference not just Jan. 1. In-person recruiting is prohibited ing minutes earlier when Rosfeld pulled practice squad, eventually making his way with high-profile displays on the field, but during a dead period, though phone calls the car over and shot the 17-year-old as he to Pittsburgh and a starting job. In 2017 he by their actions off it. and other correspondence are allowed. ran away. Rosfeld was charged with homi- found himself as an unlikely touchstone “We chose this first game to represent Also approved was civic engagement cide but acquitted in March 2019. on the debate over the merits of protesting her son and ... we chose to support her son legislation. Practicing, competing and Rose’s mother, Michelle Kenney, took during the national anthem when he stood and if she wants to make the community other countable athletically related ac- issue with Villanueva’s decision. on turf at Soldier Field with his hand over closer, that’s what we’ve got to do,” Hey- tivities will be prohibited on the Tuesday “Let me very very very clear,” Kenne y his heart while his teammates remained ward said. “Was it perfect at the end of the after the first Monday of November each wrote in a Facebook post. “The Pittsburgh out of sight. day? No. But as a collective unit we wanted year, including this year’s Election Day on Steelers took a team vote. Obviously one Villanueva called the optics of that cha- to support her and her family.” Nov. 3. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Orgeron: Most players have had, recovered from virus

BY BRETT MARTEL Orgeron did not go into detail Associated Press about whether any LSU players who tested positive have experi- Most of LSU’s football players enced symptoms. While COVID- have contracted and recovered 19, which has killed more than from COVID-19, coach Ed Org- 190,000 Americans, is more dead- eron said Tuesday, leaving the ly among older people and people coaching staff hopeful those play- with preexisting conditions, it has ers will remain eligible to play caused lingering health problems the bulk of the season before they in some younger, healthy people have to be tested again. — including athletes. Orgeron made those comments The novel coronavirus can af- while discussing how he would fect multiple organs, including plan for the possibility of seem- the heart. Boston Red Sox pitcher ingly healthy starters or regulars Eduardo Rodriguez, who’s 27, suddenly being deemed ineli- is sitting out the entire season gible to suit up for the defending while recovering from national champions a heart issue related to because of a positive the virus. COVID-19 test. ‘ The SEC’s policy of The coach explained I think, not requiring testing FRANCIS GARDLER, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR/AP that because players hopefully, of recovered players Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium video board projects the news of the return of Big Ten NCAA college who have recovered that once for 90 days is based on football, Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb. The conference will begin play the weekend of Oct. 23-24. from COVID-19 do medical findings that not have to be tested you catch antibodies developed in again for 90 days under it, you fighting off COVID-19 Southeastern Confer- provide at least short- ence protocols, he fig- don’t get it term immunity from ures he won’t likely again. ’ contracting it again. have to worry about Big Ten’s hurry-up offense No. 6 LSU hosts Mis- those who’ve come back Ed Orgeron LSU coach sissippi State on Sept. from the virus suddenly 26 to open a 10-game, being ruled out again league-only SEC sched- Teams have five weeks to prepare for a season that had been on hold because of it. ule. The SEC canceled “I think, not all of our play- all nonconference games because BY MICHAEL MAROT in many ways. Stadiums will be justing your players and coaches ers, but most of our players have of the pandemic. mostly empty and tickets will not caught it,” Orgeron said during The Big Ten and Pac-12 an- Associated Press to a change in how you go about be sold to the public. The season a video conference, adding later nounced in August they would not your day-to-day routine.” INDIANAPOLIS — Now that has been reduced from 12 games that he did not know the percent- play football this fall, partly out of While the Big Ten permitted the Big Ten has a rescheduled to eight with the opportunity for a age of the roster that had tested concern for player safety. The Big teams to run and lift weights as kickoff weekend, coaches and ninth around the Dec. 19 confer- positive. Ten, however, changed its mind well as doing light work in hel- players can start the sprint to ence championship game. “I think, hopefully, that once and will begin play in October. mets for 12 hours per week over opening day. Players will undergo daily anti- you catch it, you don’t get it LSU officials have declined to the past month, the intensity of Expect a wild ride. gen testing before practice and if again,” Orgeron added. “I’m not a make public precise counts or full-contact practices will pick up After canceling spring football, two tests confirm a positive result, doctor. I think they have that 90- even percentages of players who quickly. limiting and sometimes paus- the player must sit out 21 days be- day window, so most of the play- have tested positive for antibod- Purdue coach Jeff Brohm and ing offseason workouts, shutting fore being cleared for game ac- ers that have caught it, we do feel ies or the disease itself. The virus Indiana coach Tom Allen don’t down full-contact practices and tion. Those like they’ll be eligible for games. has been spreading at alarming plan to change much this week or eventually postponing the sea- who contract “So we look at the players that rates on college campuses since next. son, the league’s 14 university COVID- have caught it and say, ‘OK these students began returning for the “I think the following week, presidents and chancellors have 19 must be guys should be eligible,’ ” Org- fall semester, with some schools on a Tuesday — as of now I don’t given teams five weeks to accom- cleared by eron continued.” “We look at the scrapping in-person instruction think that’s set in stone — maybe plish what typically takes months a school- players who haven’t caught it; we as a result. the first day in shells,” Brohm — getting into football shape by designated talk to them about being very, Orgeron’s comments Tuesday said, referring to Sept. 29. “That late October for the start of a most cardiologist very careful so they’re eligible were narrowly focused on how Wednesday, the following day, unusual season. before re- for games. But we know that the the virus would affect his ability may be our first day in pads, “We’re going to be ready to play turning. players that haven’t caught it, we to field a team. though I don’t know that’s fully on (October) the 24th,” Ohio State Teams will have to have some backups in “I told the team, ‘We need ev- set in stone.“ their position ready in case they erybody.’ There’s no telling what’s coach Ryan Day said, referring to Warren have backup the new opening weekend. “You plans if the Day believes he can persuade catch it. So we’re looking at our going to happen with the COVID,” offensive lineman Wyatt Davis roster in that manner.” Orgeron said. know, the ramp up to that, and head coach the 20 hours (of weekly practice), or an assistant falls ill. and cornerback Shaun Wade to and putting on pads has been well Not everyone is following the play after each previously said thought out. So we’ll be ready. same script, either. Indiana Uni- they would opt out to focus on We’ll play with depth.” versity said it plans to conduct their NFL hopes. Penn State tight Big Ten commissioner Kevin daily testing starting Thursday. end Pat Freiermuth confirmed Warren said he was comfortable The league won’t require it until he plans to play while Brohm with the decision to bring football Sept. 30. plans to see if Rondale Moore, back. And though everyone under- one of the league’s most elec- “I’m just proud to be here with stands the guidelines and polices, tric players, might return to the a group of individuals within the coaches may spend more time Boilermakers. Big Ten and I seriously under- over the next few weeks contem- “We’re going to support any de- stand what makes the Big Ten the plating how to properly sanitize cision he wants to make and the Big Ten,” Warren said. practice facilities, meeting rooms direction he wants to go,” Brohm Vocal critics of the school lead- and locker rooms than crafting said. “But yes, we’re definitely ers who voted 11-3 to postpone all game plans because the healthi- going to look into it and see where fall sports amid an August uptick est team could emerge as the that goes.” in COVID-19 cases have been league champ. By playing nine consecutive largely silenced by the unanimous “My initial concerns were how weekends, the Big Ten can finish vote that put Big Ten football do you meet, how do you practice, in time to be in the playoff mix back on the calendar alongside how do you keep social distancing and the bowls hunt. Friday night the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. during your practice but (also) in telecasts are likely to return while Those who play the sport, teach meetings and all the situations traditional Thanksgiving week- THOMAS GRANING/AP the sport and watch the sport al- when you have close quarters.” end rivalries, such as Michigan- LSU nose tackle Tyler Shelvin (72) tackles Mississippi wide receiver most universally expressed joy said Wisconsin athletic director Ohio State and Indiana-Purdue, Elijah Moore (8) during a Nov. 16, 2019 game in Oxford, Miss. and relief Wednesday, knowing and former football coach Barry could find new dates. And then LSU coach Ed Orgeron says defensive lineman Neil Farrell has football will return. Like those Alvarez, who noted he’s been as- there’s the cross-division finish rejoined the team after initially opting out more than a month ago other conferences, though, Big sured it’s achievable. “To me, that against a Week 9 opponent yet to and Shelvin could opt back. Ten football will look different was the hardest (part), this ad- be determined. PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, September 18, 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Newcomers get chance to shine No. 1 Clemson loaded everywhere

BY PETE IACOBELLI first-year quarterback D.J. Uiag- Associated Press alelei saw his first college action as starter Trevor Lawrence’s ike college coaches backup. around the nation, Clem- “It’s not anything new for us,” son’s Dabo Swinney is Swinney said Tuesday. Lalways looking to build Indeed, it is. Clemson played on his team’s depth. That wasn’t 78 of the 80 players it brought to hard to do in the top-ranked Ti- Wake Forest. The Tigers led the gers’ opener as several highly nation the previous two seasons regarded freshmen played early — both of which ended in the na- and often in a win against Wake tional championship game — in Forest. the number of players used per Defensive linemen Bryan Bre- game. see and Myles Murphy combined Swinney acknowledged that for 2 ½ of Clemson’s six sacks in strong backups may be more the 37-13 win while on the other essential this season as the Ti- PHOTOS BY WALT UNKS, THE WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL/AP side of the ball, strong-armed gers play amid a nationwide pandemic. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with the defense after a Wake Forest turnover during Three of Clemson’s most expe- Saturday’s game in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Clemson defense recorded six sacks in the 37-13 victory. rienced defensive starters in end Justin Foster and cornerbacks very nervous,” Murphy said. But for the first time and bring him all prospect by Rivals.com. He’s Derion Kendrick and Mario Go- after his first hit, he went back to home for the first time and he’s considered Lawrence’s eventual odrich were unavailable because football. wetting all over the place,” Ven- successor and the latest in a line of medical protocols. “After that, it was like high ables joked. of strong-armed quarterbacks Swinney said Kendrick and Go- school ball and I just did what I The results were pleasing for such as Deshaun Watson of the odrich should return to face The do out on the field,” he said. Murphy and Bresee, who are be- Houston Texans and Lawrence. Citadel of the Football Champi- Bresee, also 6-5, is a tackle from coming close and have discussed “I know if I were a young guy, onship Subdivision for Clemson’s Damascus, Md. He finished with wanting to make an impact right I’d be excited to play with D.J.,” home opener Saturday while Fos- 3 ½ tackles while he and Murphy away. fifth-year tight end J.C. Chalk ter will remain out. became the first Clemson fresh- Bresee and Murphy likely have said. “This year, it’s never been more men to post sacks in their debut more playing time ahead with Uiagalelei, a solid 6-4, 250 important” to get players time on games in four years. Foster’s continued absence and pounds, completed two of three the field, he said. Bresee also blocked a field starting defensive tackle Tyler passes and ran a mistake-free of- That was certainly true of Mur- goal. Davis spraining a knee ligament fense in his two series. phy and Bresee, two of the most It was a strong start to what against Wake Forest that should He said a big reason he chose to coveted defensive prospects in defensive coordinator Brent Ven- keep him out another week or play at Clemson — Uiagalelei had last year’s high school class. ables hopes to see often the next two. offers from Alabama, Ohio State Murphy is a 6-foot-5 end from few seasons. He was also amused On the other side of the ball, it and Oklahoma among others — Marietta, Ga., who seemed to be by Bresee’s eagerness; who was was Uaigalelei who subbed in at was to learn from Lawrence. in the Wake Forest backfield as called for an offsides penalty on quarterback for Lawrence, a ju- “When he steps on the field, much as the Demon Deacons. one of his first snaps before set- nior who has said this will be his he’s got that business mindset,” Clemson quarterback Trevor Murphy led Clemson with seven tling in. last season in college. Uiagalelei said. “Every single Lawrence has said this will be tackles, two of them sacks. “He was like a big puppy dog, a Uaigalelei, of Inland Empire, rep matters, every single rep his final year of college football. “My first drive out there, I was big Labrador, you let him outside Calif., was ranked the No. 2 over- counts.” Irish defense shows off talent, depth

BY JOHN FINERAN halftime while forcing a pair of fumbles. front seven,” Kelly said. “We’ve got to play Associated Press One of them was forced by Owusu-Kora- more guys on the back end of the defense. moah early in the third quarter that led to That is the directive and the goal, and we’ll SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A week ago, an Irish touchdown and a 17-6 lead. achieve that this weekend.” Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah was looking “The adjustments we made, I think, that Owusu-Koramoah’s fellow rover Paul ahead to Notre Dame’s season-opening was the best aspect of us playing our de- Moala and inside linebacker Drew White game against Duke and had a prediction. fense today,” said Owusu-Koramoah, who had five tackles each. Kelly also liked the “If our team chemistry continues to get last season tied for the team lead in tack- play of the cornerbacks — grad transfer better, we’ll be an even better team and an les and quarterback sacks. Against Duke, Nick McCloud (five tackles, one pass de- even better defense than the one last year,” Owusu-Koramoah finished with a team- fended) and junior TaRiq Bracy (four solo the 6-foot-1 ½, 215-pound senior rover high nine tackles, including a sack of quar- tackles, two passes defended) — and sixth- said. terback Chase Brice late in the game. year player Shaun Crawford, who had four Things didn’t start so well for defensive Coach Brian Kelly acknowledged Lea’s tackles and a fumble recovery in his first coordinator Clark Lea’s unit, which fin- adjustments and complimented his third- start at strong safety. ished last season ranked 18th nationally in year coordinator, who is 38 and potentially Sophomore backup end Isaiah Foskey surrendering 321.6 yards per game. After an attractive candidate for a head coach- opened a lot of eyes with his play that in- losing practice time to the pandemic, Lea’s ing job elsewhere. Kelly also pointed to cluded two quarterback hurries, a pass de- defense gave up 334 yards — 259 through the unit’s talent and depth as the seventh- fended and a 10-yard sack of Brice in the the air — in the 27-13 win over the Blue ranked Irish gear up for a Saturday visit second quarter that forced Duke to settle Devils. from South Florida, which is coming off a for a field goal. Owusu-Koramoah called Still, the numbers tell a story that got bet- season-opening 27-6 defeat of The Citadel. him a “ball hawk.” ter as the game went on: After the Fighting “Clark is really good at seeing things as “Some people would be happy that (Fo- Irish (1-0 ACC) allowed 151 total yards (39 the game unfolds,” Kelly said. “We played skey) would be their featured player and PAUL SANCYA/AP rushing, 112 passing) in the first quarter, a lot of players. Getting that many guys in he’s a depth player for us,” Kelly said. Lea made his adjustments and his defense the rotation allows us to develop our foot- “What we are blessed with is great depth, Notre Dame senior rover Jeremiah showed its quickness, talent and depth. ball for the duration of the season.” and you could kind of start to see that show Owusu-Koramoah finished with a team- Over the final three quarters, the Irish “We played 11 defensive linemen, four itself in the third and fourth quarter where high nine tackles in Saturday’s season- allowed just 183 yards and only 88 after linebackers and a number of players on the we started to take the game over.” opening 27-13 victory over Duke. Friday, September 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Black Knights short-circuited by coronavirus

BY JOHN KEKIS thankful we had our leadership Associated Press here make arrangements and decisions that allowed us to be Army coach Jeff Monken has in this bubble and ultimately al- the Black Knights purring again, lowed us to stay healthy and stay and all of a sudden the momen- away from the outside world.” tum built in two lopsided wins to “I think it’s real important,” start the season has been halted McCoy added. “We don’t have a by the coronavirus. choice. We cannot leave (campus). After beating Louisiana-Mon- No one can leave. It just limits our roe 37-7 on point of contact to get COVID.” Saturday, And helps build team the Black chemistry. Knights “We’re used to having a little were alert- more freedom and being able to SAM HODDE/AP ed that this leave and stuff,” West said. “But, North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz raises the trophy alongside quarterback Trey Lance (5) as they Saturday’s obviously, we’re living in diffi- celebrate beating James Madison 28-20 in January for the FCS championship in Frisco, Texas. As the home game cult times, so we understood that season ramps up in three major conferences and among other programs scattered across the country, against No. difficult times require difficult there will be a void at the FCS level — very few games and no scheduled playoffs. 21 BYU had measures and we have to make been post- personal sacrifices in order to poned. That’s gain the bigger achievement, and a tough pill Monken that’s to win as a team. FCS schools missing top attraction to swallow, “We knew we were facing re- especially ally good opponents going into BY HANK KURZ JR. A fall without fans filling the Kern said of the possibility for a for seniors in their last hurrah. both games. Coach Monken just 19,000-seat Fargodome isn’t regular season and postseason, “With the way things are going emphasized focusing on us and Associated Press right now, some games being ideal, Bison linebacker Jackson both of which are critical to their fundamentals. Nothing extraor- s the college football canceled, it’s Week 3 and we’ve Henke said, but “If the spring’s programs overall because foot- dinary — just play team ball, and season ramps up in already had a game canceled.” an option, at least we get to play ball income helps to prop up other that’s what we did.” three major confer- Monken said Tuesday. “I antici- some football games.” sports. The success on the field has the ences and among other pate that this won’t be the last Black Knights ranked No. 22 this A The Bison will play one game It also is critical to the programs scattered across the time this happens during the this fall, facing Central Arkan- communities. week in the AP Top 25. country, there will be a void at season, so if it happens again you sas on Oct. 3 in Fargo, giving Charley Johnson, president Ho hum. the Football Championship Sub- start counting on your hand how coach Matt Entz essentially an and CEO of the Fargo-Moorhead “I honestly didn’t know we were division level — very few games many opportunities you have. ranked until today, to be honest,” extended preseason for practice. Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, “We don’t want to lose oppor- and no scheduled playoffs. James Madison “did entertain estimated each Bison home game West said with a laugh Tuesday The postseason competition tunities. We’ve got a healthy foot- night after practice. “It just goes the notion” of playing a game this injects about $1 million in direct that lures marginal Power Five ball team right now. I hope we’ll to show that’s not necessarily a fall, coach Curt Cignetti said, but spending into the local economy. players to instead seek on-the- stay healthy through the whole priority in this program. We just has nothing on the schedule after About 35% of the fans at a sold- field stardom one level down year. That’s hard to do. While we want to focus on us, the relation- the Colonial Athletic Association out home game are from out of was canceled as the coronavirus were healthy we were just hoping ships we have on this team, and postponed fall sports. town and account for about half pandemic caused many leagues to play. It’s disappointing not to focus on the opponent.” In all, nearly 1,200 games have of that spending. to postpone their seasons while play. Our guys want to play.” Unfortunately, there is no oppo- been canceled or postponed in Jennah Kelly, assistant man- And why not? nent this week, but it’s not for lack hoping to play next spring. There Division I football. The blow was ager of the Bison Turf restaurant Army averaged 388 yards rush- of trying. Army started calling is enthusiasm in the FCS crowd particularly hard in the FCS, and bar, said the lack of games ing in outscoring Middle Tennes- schools immediately after learn- for a national championship where only 15 of the 127 teams “is going to hurt our business big see State and Louisiana-Monroe ing of BYU’s decision before the playoff then, but that is far from will have at least one game. time.” The business, painted in 79-7 and dominating both sides opening kickoff against ULM. guaranteed. Cignetti is anxious to see how Bison green and yellow, is locat- of the ball. The triple option led But with a limited number of FBC “We’ve just got to find a way to that plays out. ed a short walk from the Fargo- by junior quarterback Christian and FCS teams available, Army make it work,” said Jeff Bourne, “If you’re playing right now, dome and is a popular game-day Anderson has scored touchdowns contacted just over 20 schools athletic director at powerhouse I’ve got to think that it’s extreme- hangout. It is open with limited on all six tries inside the red zone and came up empty, even though James Madison, who has con- ly challenging for the coaches and seating. while holding the ball just over the Black Knights were willing to sulted with athletic directors the players, just day to day. All “We get really packed on game 36 minutes a game, thanks to an travel to play. and others from around the FCS. of a sudden, you’ve got to pause day so we’re just going to have array of running backs led by se- “We never were close to mak- “From everybody I talk to on the and quarantine 10 guys. You may to suffer with all this stuff going nior tri-captain Sandon McCoy ing a deal,” associate athletic di- national level, there’s very much have a game scheduled that Sat- on,” she said. “We don’t want to (4 TDs) and sophomore Jakobi rector Bob Beretta said. a strong appetite for that. ... Ev- urday and find out on Thursday but we have to.” Buchanan (139 yards rushing, If nothing arises, the Black erybody wants to try to see that you can’t play it,” he said. In Frisco, Texas, home to the 2 TDs). And then there’s the de- Knights will have extra time to happen because it’s such an im- Bourne surmised that to pull championship game through fense, which has forced six turn- get their rooms spotless for the portant element of FCS football.” off a playoff in the spring, the 2025, Mayor Jeff Cheney last overs (three fumble recoveries, tough Saturday morning inspec- It is also one of the things FCS calendar would have to start with year estimated the game has a three interceptions), and special tion and then prepare for a road teams have that those in the Bowl the end point and build back- regional economic impact of $8.1 teams have made an impact, too game a week from Saturday Subdivision do not. ward, perhaps with conference- million. — a fake punt on fourth-and-10 against No. 13 Cincinnati. North Dakota State has become only seasons in March and April The Dukes’ original sched- succeeded and tilted a tight game As for still playing BYU, it re- the preeminent FCS program, and a 12- or 16-team postseason ule included a $500,000 pay-day Army’s way against ULM. mains anybody’s guess. winning eight of the last nine na- in May. game at North Carolina, and los- One of the secrets to that suc- “There’s certainly a lot of un- tional titles, and the Dukes have The Missouri Valley Confer- ing those lucrative opportunities cess? The West Point bubble the knowns and a lot of possibilities,” been their chief competition. ence, home to the Bison and 10 hit James Madison and the rest team has lived in since arriving Monken said. “We would love to James Madison won its second other teams, is planning an eight- of the CAA schools hard. Should in June. play that game (BYU). They’re national title in 2016, knocking off game conference schedule begin- the league be able to compete in “It was very important,” said a great team. It would be just a North Dakota State in the semifi- ning in February with hopes for a the spring, commissioner Joe senior linebacker Amadeo West, great opportunity for our pro- nals, and has come up short to the playoff to follow. D’Antonio said, factors such as another captain who was lim- gram. If we can do it, then we’ll Bison in the championship two of “We feel pretty good about the limiting expenses like air fare ited by injuries to 13 games his try to do it. But right now we’ve the last three seasons. It was 17- planning and execution for both,” and hotels figure to play a larger first three seasons. “We’re very got our schedule set.” 13 in 2017 and 28-20 last year. associate commissioner Mike role in arranging matchups. 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UNITEDNFL FRONT? Army vet Villanueva surprises teammates with choice to honor late Black soldier Cashe

BY WILL GRAVES of West Point and a decorated U.S. Army vet- decision before the game, quarterback Ben Associated Press eran — found himself standing alone with Roethlisberger and defensive tackle Cam DID YOU KNOW ? his hand over his heart as the national an- Heyward — both captains — admitted they PITTSBURGH them played while his teammates remained were caught off guard. Alwyn Cashe, a Black soldier he Pittsburgh Steelers stressed the out of sight in a nearby tunnel. On Monday “I did not know about Al’s choice for the who died from injuries sustained need for unity as the team weighed night, while the rest of his teammates hon- back of his helmet,” Roethlisberger said. in Iraq in 2005, was on patrol in how to properly promote social ored Antwon Rose Jr., a Black Pittsburgh “Obviously, it’s his choice. That’s the amaz- Samarra, Iraq, when the vehicle Tjustice. teenager shot in the back and killed by a ing thing about the country we live in. Un- he was in struck an improvised It didn’t quite work out that way during white police officer in 2018, by emblazoning fortunately, it is what it is.” explosive device. Cashe sustained their season-opening win over the New York his name on a white strip on the back of their Tomlin has encouraged his players to severe burns but helped six Giants, and left tackle Alejandro Villaneuva helmets, Villanueva instead chose to honor speak out and take action if they do so re- soldiers inside the vehicle escape finds himself again in the middle of a dif- Alwyn Cashe, a Black soldier who died from spectfully, guidelines Tomlin believes Vil- safely. He was posthumously ficult conversation about self-expression on injuries sustained in Iraq in 2005. lanueva’s decision did not violate. a volatile subject. While Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin awarded the Silver Star. Three years ago Villaneuva — a graduate said Villanueva approached him about the SEE UNITED ON PAGE 52 SOURCE: Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (19) offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva (78) and wide receiver Diontae Johnson celebrate Smith-Schuster’s fourth-quarter touchdown against the New York Giants on Monday in East Rutherford, N.J. The 31-year-old Villanueva is a two-time Pro Bowler who took an unlikely path to the NFL, serving three tours in Afghanistan before joining the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad, eventually making his way to Pittsburgh and a starting job.

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