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4-4 vote means more than 4 million
parents could face threat of deportation
Richard Wolf
@richardjwolf
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON
The Supreme
Court dealt a likely fatal blow
Thursday to President Obama’s
effort to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from
deportation and allow them to
seek work permits, deadlocking
4-4 over a plan that had divided
the nation as well as the justices.
The tie vote leaves intact a preliminary injunction that stopped
the program in its tracks more
than a year ago after Texas and 25
other states claimed Obama
lacked the authority to circumvent Congress. Though the case
will return to Texas for further
review, it’s unlikely the lower federal courts that blocked the program will reverse themselves.
In practical terms, the 4-4 vote
dooms for the remainder of Obama’s presidency his goal of providing help to more than
4 million undocumented parents
whose children already have such
protection. The justices probably
It was a sudden,
crushing defeat for
millions of parents
who came to the
country illegally and
have lived in the
shadows, often for
decades.
split along ideological lines,
though the vote was not revealed;
the ruling carries no national
precedent.
It was a sudden, crushing defeat for millions of parents who
came to the country illegally and
have lived in the shadows, often
for decades. The administration
had hoped that at least one of the
more conservative justices — possibly Chief Justice John Roberts
— would rule that the plan posed
no financial threat to the states,
therefore could not be challenged
in court.
“Today’s decision is frustrating
to those who seek to grow our
economy and bring a rationality
to our immigration system and to
allow people to come out of the
shadows and lift this perpetual
cloud on them,” Obama said.
Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton said the ruling shows that
“even a president cannot unilaterally change the law.”
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Cop who drove Freddie Gray acquitted
Verdict a big setback
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A Baltimore judge found a city
police officer not guilty of all
charges Thursday in the death of
Freddie Gray, a verdict that dealt
a severe blow to prosecution efforts to hold police accountable
for the young black man’s death
while in custody last year.
Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. had
faced the most serious count, second-degree depraved-heart murder, leveled against any of the six
officers charged in the controversial case. Goodson, 46, was also
acquitted of manslaughter, two
counts of vehicular manslaughter,
assault, reckless endangerment
and official misconduct.
Gray, 25, was arrested by bicycle officers April 12, 2015, after he
caught their eye and ran. He was
shackled and loaded into a van
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a seat belt. Gray suffered a spinal
injury en route to the police station and died a week later.
Gray’s death set off Black Lives
Matter demonstrations across
the nation and sometimes violent
protests in Baltimore.
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casting his lot with Judge Barry
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The local Fraternal Order of
Police called on State’s Attorney
Marilyn Mosby to drop her “malicious prosecution” of the officers.
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I thing she will continue to fish.”
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think they are stuck with going
forward. And I don’t think anybody is going to be convicted.”
Prosecutors claimed Goodson,
46, intentionally gave Gray a
rough ride. They said he also was
responsible for buckling Gray’s
seat belt and failed to get Gray
medical attention. Goodson’s lawyers said Gray was too volatile to
buckle in and that there was no
evidence of a rough ride.
The trial of officer William
Porter, who is black, ended with a
hung jury and will be retried. Officer Edward Nero, who is white,
was acquitted by Williams, who is
black, last month. Three other officers still face trials.
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Venezuela’s food shortage is daunting
Shopping
is a daily
nightmare,
requiring
hours,
patience,
luck and
a good
sense of
logistics.
Peter Wilson
Special for USA TODAY
LA VICTORIA , VENEZUELA
I am
surrounded by a sea of salt, and
I’m not even at the beach. The
supermarket in this city of
150,000 souls where I do most of
my shopping has filled up nearly
an entire aisle of shelves with
salt to disguise the fact that it has
little else to sell.
The supermarket usually has a
long line of desperate shoppers
outside, waiting hours to enter to
buy whatever is available. This
morning, there is no one waiting,
and I know why.
“They have nothing,” a middle-age woman says to no one in
particular as I enter.
Oh, there are some things to
buy. Besides salt, there are fresh
vegetables and fruits, dairy products but no milk, some cereal,
lots of snacks and a few canned
goods.
The only meat is sausages;
there are three kinds of cheese.
The only problem: A kilogram of
each costs more than a fourth of
our monthly minimum wage of
15,050 bolivars.
Basic foodstuffs — the things
most Venezuelans want to eat
such as cornmeal, wheat flour,
pasta, rice, milk, eggs, sugar, coffee, chicken, mayonnaise, margarine, cooking oil and beef — are
conspicuous by their absence.
And there is no toilet paper, no
sanitary napkins, no disposable
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baby diapers, no shampoo, no
toothpaste, no hand soap and no
deodorant.
Shopping in Venezuela is a
daily nightmare, requiring hours,
patience, luck and a good sense
of logistics. Many days, impromptu protests over the lack
of food and cooking gas, or growing lawlessness close main thoroughfares as residents barricade
streets and block access to
stores.
Lines often start at 3 a.m.,
making it difficult for me and my
immediate neighbors, who live in
a mountain village 40 minutes
outside La Victoria, to arrive in
time to have a chance to acquire
hard-to-find items. Sometimes, a
few intrepid neighbors spend the
night sleeping on the sidewalks
in front of the supermarkets,
braving rain, thugs and rats to
have a chance at gaining a favorable position in line.
Venezuela’s economic collapse
is due to many factors: falling oil
prices that have reduced the
country’s revenue but also a socialist revolution that has resulted in the expropriation of more
than 1,200 companies and the
imposition of stifling price and
foreign exchange controls that
crushed businesses and slashed
national production.
My neighbors and I find ways
to cope.
Given the absence of wheat
flour and cornmeal, many are experimenting. The ubiquitous
arepa, or cornmeal patty that is
the national dish, is being re-
The shelves
of a supermarket are
mostly
empty in
Caracas,
Venezuela,
on May 28.
placed by less tasty substitutes
made of yucca or green bananas.
Many of my urban friends
plant vegetables in their outdoor
spaces — if they have any — or in
pots. Another friend, who is a
hairdresser, charges clients food
to do their hair. For a shampoo
and dry, she charges a kilo of
cornmeal, saying she doesn’t
have time to stand in line like
some of her clients.
Venezuelans are resourceful.
Many have posted entries on
Facebook and other social media
venues, giving hints as to how to
make deodorant from foot talc or
toothpaste from blue laundry
soap bars.
But in the face of such shortages, the only option for many is
to eat less.
Making matters worse is the
fact that all of the country, save
the capital of Caracas, has daily
three-hour power cuts to prevent a nationwide blackout. Government offices are open only
four mornings a week, again to
save power.
There are those who continue
to believe the government’s
claims that the economy, which
is likely to contract 8% for a second consecutive year, is
improving.
President Nicolás Maduro
knows what he is doing, and
things are getting better, says
one elderly man who is standing
in a line with me and 10 others to
buy bread. The others ignore
him, collectively rolling their
eyes as he continues talking to
himself.
Datanalysis, the best-known
Venezuelan polling agency, estimates that more than 80% of basic foodstuffs are unavailable in
the country.
That has forced many to look
for essentials from bachaqueros,
Venezuelan slang for food speculators who are often in league
with corrupt government officials seeking to cash in on the
crisis. That means paying a premium for anything they sell.
Although the official price for
one kilogram of cornmeal is 190
bolivars, bachaqueros — whose
name derives from the Spanish
word for ant — sell the same
item for up to 1,500 bolivars.
At least there is plenty of salt
to rub in our wounds.
Wilson is a journalist who has lived in
Venezuela since 1992.
Sanders says fight to ‘transform nation’ continues
He moves to changing
economic system,
defeating Trump
Nicole Gaudiano
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed Thursday to continue
his fight to transform the Democratic Party and the nation, saying political campaigns come and
go, but “political and social revolutions continue.”
“Our goal from day one has
been transform this nation,” the
Vermont senator said in a speech
at The Town Hall performance
venue in New York City. “And
that is the fight we are going to
continue.”
Sanders praised the union
movement, railed against poverty
around the county, and warned
his followers of the dangers of
complacency.
"We cannot allow ourselves to
become used to the fact that we
have hundreds of thousands of
children in this country who are
homeless," he said to cheers of
"Bernie! Bernie!" and "Run Bernie, run!"
"Never lose your sense of outrage," Sanders implored the approximately 1,250 supporters
who attended the speech.
Hillary Clinton has won
enough delegates to clinch the
nomination, but Sanders apparently doesn’t seem to need the
prospect of winning to keep his
campaign alive. Earlier Thursday,
he taped a segment of The Late
Show with Stephen Colbert, telling
the audience, "All of you and everybody else who’s watching have
got to be involved in the political
process, have got to stand up and
fight for the kind of America that
we know that we can become,
and I’m never going to give up on
that fight.
Audience members clapped
and chanted "Bernie" when he
walked on stage. About half gave
Sanders a standing ovation.
"You’ve gotten used to that,"
Colbert said. "Sounds awfully
good," Sanders replied.
Thursday's speech was part of
a two-day swing through New
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“We’re going to go all over this country because that is what
the political revolution is about,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
York that will include a rally Friday in Syracuse, where Sanders
will campaign for Eric Kingson, a
progressive congressional candidate who co-founded Social Security Works. Sanders said during
Thursday's speech he also plans
to travel to California to campaign for a woman running for
the state Senate.
"We're going to go all over this
country because that is what the
political revolution is about," he
told the packed performance hall.
"It is millions of people getting
involved in the political process
in a way that has never been seen
in the modern history of this
country."
Sanders said he wants to ensure the Democratic Party platform is the most progressive ever.
Among other things, he wants the
party agenda to make it clear the
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade
deal is "dead." And he said he may
come to the floor of the Democratic convention with a proposal
to establish "modern-day" GlassSteagall legislation, which separated commercial and investment
banking activities before it was
repealed.
Sanders also vowed to abolish
closed primaries and complained
that superdelegates -- the Democratic Party leaders and officials
who may vote for the candidate of
their choice at the party's national convention -- aren't respecting
the will of Democratic primary
voters.
"We're going to change that,"
he said. "And while we're at it, we
may as well transform the entire
Democratic Party. What that
means is forcing open the door
for ordinary people, for working
people and young people, rather
than allowing wealthy campaign
contributors to be running that
party."
Earlier Thursday, Sanders
spoke at the annual convention of
the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, where he denounced
Trump’s “bigotry.”
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Bill that would ban sales to people on no-fly
list passes first test, but it faces uphill battle
Donovan Slack
and Deborah Barfield Berry
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Although the Senate voted Thursday to allow further consideration of bipartisan
legislation banning gun sales to
people on the no-fly list, it is not
clear it has enough support to
pass.
Earlier in the day, House Democrats ended their sit-in on the
floor of the House of Representatives after more than 24 hours of
chants and speeches advocating
for stricter gun control measures.
Senate Republicans could have
killed the legislation, but several
sided with Democrats in allowing
it to go forward. Fifty-two senators voted to keep considering the
bill, but it will ultimately need 60
votes to be adopted.
To reach the threshold, supporters could set their sights on
picking up the backing of Sens.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif, outspoken advocates for a no-fly-no-buy ban
who didn’t vote Thursday. But
they would then have to flip six
Republicans who voted to kill the
legislation, a daunting task.
Still, Democrats declared victory in simply keeping the compromise — crafted by Sen. Susan
Collins, R-Maine, and a handful
of colleagues from both parties —
alive for another chance. “We
won the vote, Collins won that
vote,” Democratic leader Harry
Reid of Nevada said, adding that
the National Rifle Association
“lost this one.”
He called on Republican leaders to allow another vote to actually try and pass the proposal.
“It’s the right thing for the country,” Reid said.
The measure would ban sales
to roughly 109,000 people, including 2,700 Americans, who are on
two lists: The no-fly list, which
prevents them from boarding
commercial planes flying to, from
or over the United States; and a
“selectee list,” which mandates
they receive extra scrutiny at airports before flying.
The measure, proposed as an
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, crafted the compromise gun bill
with colleagues from both parties.
“It’s the right
thing for the
country.”
Sen. Harry Reid
amendment to a spending bill
funding the Justice Department,
would allow individuals denied
firearms to appeal in court. It
would also mandate notification
of law enforcement if someone
who was on broader terrorism
watch lists within the past five
years tries to buy a gun.
In the House, Democrats
vowed to continue their efforts
when the House reconvenes after
its July Fourth break. Democratic
leaders, meanwhile, said lawmakers will return to their congressional districts and drum up
more support.
“We’re going to engage our
constituents on this subject and
we will not allow this body to ever
feel as comfortable as they have
felt in the past to silence our
voices,” said South Carolina Rep.
James Clyburn, the assistant
Democratic leader.
Speaker Paul Ryan excoriated
Democrats on Thursday morning
for disrupting the business of the
House as the sit-in moved into its
second day. Ryan told reporters
Democrats “are descending (the
House) into chaos — I don’t think
this should be a very proud moment for democracy.”
Ryan forced several quick votes
in the pre-dawn hours Thursday
over loud Democratic objections.
He said he would prefer to have
allowed debate on those measures, but Democrats were not interested in real debate.
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‘BREXIT’ VOTE
UK MAKES HISTORIC BREAK WITH EU
British pound falls against dollar
as new day dawns in Europe
Jane Onyanga-Omara
and Kim Hjelmgaard
USA TODAY
LONDON The British pound fell to
a 31-year low as the “leave” camp
appeared on course to win a dramatic and historic referendum on
the United Kingdom’s membership
of the European Union.
With more 70% of votes counted, the “leave” side was ahead by
about half a million votes. The BBC
and Sky News forecast a victory for
the “leave” advocates.
Results from the British referendum — also known as “Brexit” —
were incomplete with 101 districts
still to declare with “leave” holding
51.4% of the votes counted and “remain” at 48.6%.
The British currency initially
soared to a 2016 peak of $1.50 amid
signs that “remain” was winning
the day, but then moved lower with
losses accelerating. It fell from
$1.50 to below $1.35 as results suggested a strong possibility the U.K.
would vote to quit the bloc.
Asian stock markets proved volatile as well, with Tokyo stocks and
U.S. futures plunging as early vote
results showed a tight race.
Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K.
Independence Party said that
“dawn was breaking on an independent U.K.” He is not an official
member of the “leave” campaign,
but supports an exit from the EU.
Kim Hjelmgaard
and Jane Onyanga-Omara
USA TODAY
LONDON Dan Costello voted for
the United Kingdom to stay in the
European Union; his wife voted for
it to leave — but all’s fair in love and
war and the “Brexit.”
“We don’t talk about it. And
there’s no hard feelings,” Costello,
64, said Thursday, standing outside
the hardware store where he works
just around the corner from the
Palace of Westminster and houses
of Parliament. “Tomorrow when
we wake up and know the result,
I’ll still do most of the cooking. It’ll
be fine.”
The results of the referendum
vote are due Friday morning —
more than enough time to drive a
wedge between families who voted
The British currency
soared amid signs
“remain” was
winning the day but
fell after some
returns were closer
than expected.
Earlier he said he thought the “remain” side would “edge it.”
The final poll from online research firm YouGov had “remain”
on 52% and “leave” on 48%. While
not an exit poll, the survey was conducted on election day.
The four-month campaign has
been acrimonious. Backers argued
that severing ties with the EU is the
only way to reduce a flood of migrants and protect the U.K.’s independence from burdensome EU
regulation.
Supporters of remaining in the
EU, led by Prime Minister David
Cameron, said jobs, the economy,
national security and the U.K.’s
standing on the world stage would
be compromised outside the
alliance.
Although there are no public exit
polls and the final official results
might not be known until Friday
morning, financial markets, which
have commissioned their own private exit polls, had appeared to feel
that the “remain” forces may have
squeaked through, until the Newcastle votes poured in.
Boris Johnson, who
favors a
“Brexit,” and
his wife, Marina Wheeler,
arrive at the
polling station Thursday in London.
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Kevin Campbell, 36, left, and his
father Mick Campbell, 63, said they
would vote to leave the EU.
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IN BRIEF
IT’S NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES
Referendum ballots are counted in the United Kingdom’s
North East region Thursday in Sunderland, England. A final
tally is not expected until sometime Friday.
Marine misidentified in iconic
Iwo Jima flag-raising photo
Jim Michaels
@jimmichaels
USA TODAY
The Marine Corps
acknowledged Thursday it had
misidentified one of the six men
in the iconic 1945 World War II
photo of the flag-raising on Iwo
Jima.
The investigation solved one
mystery but raised another. The
Marine Corps investigation identified a man who has never been
officially linked to the famous
photo: Pfc. Harold Schultz, who
died in 1995 and went through
life without publicly talking about
his role.
“Why doesn’t he say anything
to anyone,” asked Charles Neimeyer, a Marine Corps historian
who was on the panel that investigated the identities of the flag
raisers. “That’s the mystery.”
“I think he took his secret to
the grave,” Neimeyer said.
The Marine Corps investigation concluded with near certainty that Schultz was one of the
Marines raising the flag in the
photo.
The investigation also deterWASHINGTON
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A demonstrator plays with a ball Thursday near French police
holding shields during a protest in Lyon against proposed labor
law reforms aimed at liberalizing France’s job market.
GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE
IN GERMAN CINEMA KILLED
BLUEGRASS LEGEND
RALPH STANLEY DIES AT 89
Police shot and killed a masked
gunman Thursday who had
opened fire in a cinema and taken
hostages in a small town in western Germany, according to German authorities.
At least 25 people were hurt in
the melee. However, the mass circulation newspaper Bild said they
were injured by tear gas used by
police. The Darmstadt Echo put
the number of injured from 20 to
50 people.
The incident erupted in the Kinopolis movie theater in the town
of Viernheim, about 45 miles south
of Frankfurt, according to the Associated Press.
— Doug Stanglin
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanleydied Thursday night after a battle
with skin cancer, according to a
Facebook post by his grandson.
Stanley was 89 years old and a
member of the Grand Ole Opry
and Bluegrass Hall of Fame.
His publicist, Kirt Webster, confirmed Stanley’s death but did not
have details.
Stanley’s career was rejuvenated
in 2000 when his music was featured on the soundtrack of the film
O Brother, Where Art Thou? His
recording of “O Death” won a Best
Male Country Vocal Performance.
— Juli Thanki, The Tennessean
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
CLEAR 70% OF FALLUJAH
Iraqi security forces have
cleared about 70% of Fallujah from
control of Islamic State militants,
after breaking through defenses
last week and fighting their way to
the city center, a top coalition officer said Thursday.
British Army Maj. Gen. Douglas
Chalmers said the progress reflects
an increase in confidence and experience among Iraqi security
forces.
That is changing as coalitionbacked Iraqi forces make headway
against militants across the coun— Jim Michaels
try.
Thursday.
“The reason I’m voting ‘leave’
today is because we don’t govern
our own courts. They’re governed
by the EU,” said Mick Campbell, 63,
sitting outside a coffee shop with
his son, Kevin. Kevin Campbell, 36,
also wants out.
“We recently lost a contract to a
Romanian company because those
lads were willing to work for
50 pounds (about $75) less a day,”
the younger Campbell said.
Father and son work for a firm
that installs anti-fire sprinkler systems. Campbell’s wife — Kevin’s
mother — was not toeing the family
line. She voted “remain.”
“We disagree about it but don’t
argue about it,” Mick Campbell
said.
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been
reproduced over seven decades in fact
depicts the second flag-raising of
the day.
The three surviving men identified in the photo, John Bradley,
Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon,
went on a tour selling war bonds
back in the United States and
were hailed as heroes.
Bradley’s son James Bradley
and co-author Ron Powers, wrote
a best seller about the flag raisers,
Flags of Our Fathers, which was
made into a movie directed by
Clint Eastwood. John Bradley
had been in the first flag-raising
photo on Iwo Jima and may have
confused the two, Neimeyer said.
Schultz, who enlisted in the
Marine Corps at age 17, was seriously injured in fighting on the
Japanese island and went on to a
30-year career with the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles after recovering from his wounds. He
was engaged to a woman after the
war, but she died of a brain tumor
before they could wed, said his
stepdaughter, Dezreen MacDowell. Schultz married MacDowell’s
mother at age 63.
Analysts believe Schultz, who
received a Purple Heart, knew he
was in the iconic image, but chose
not to talk about it.
“I have a really hard time believing how it wouldn’t have been
known to him,” said Matthew
Morgan, a retired Marine officer
who worked on a Smithsonian
Channel documentary on the investigation. The filmmakers
turned over their evidence to the
Marine Corps to examine.
Schultz may have mentioned
his role at least once. MacDowell
now she recalls he said he was
one of the flag raisers in the early
1990s when they were discussing
the war in the Pacific.
“Harold, you are a hero,” she
said she told him. “Not really. I
was a Marine,” he said.
POWERFUL TORNADO STRIKES
CHINA, 78 REPORTEDLY DEAD
A tornado and hailstorm struck
the outskirts of an eastern Chinese
city on Thursday, killing at least 78
people and destroying buildings,
smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs.
The tornado hit a densely populated area of farms and factories
near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south
of Beijing.
Nearly 500 people were injured,
200 of them critically, the official
Xinhua News Agency reported.
Roads were blocked by trees,
downed power lines and other debris, state broadcaster CCTV re— Melanie Eversley
ported.
JOE ROSENTHAL, AP
This Feb 23,
1945, photo,
showing U.S.
Marines of
the 28th Regiment, 5th
Division raising the American flag atop
Mount Suribachi, had
been the subject of some
controversy.
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Ruling doesn’t cover
all such practices, but
Texas gets go-ahead
Richard Wolf
@richardjwolf
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON A deeply divided
Supreme Court upheld the use of
racial preferences in admissions
at the University of Texas on
Thursday, giving a surprising vote
of confidence to the type of affirmative action policies it had
seemed prepared to strike down.
The 4-3 ruling did not endorse
all programs designed to attract a
diverse student body at colleges
and universities. But Justice Anthony Kennedy and the court’s
more liberal justices said Texas’
unique method of singling out
some minority students for admission to its flagship campus in
Austin was constitutional.
The court had upheld the use
of race in college admissions in
1978, then again in 2003. But
Kennedy, clearly destined to be
the deciding vote in the case, had
been a consistent opponent of affirmative action.
“Considerable deference is
owed to a university in defining
those intangible characteristics,
like student body diversity, that
are central to its identity and
educational mission,” Kennedy
wrote. “But still, it remains an enduring challenge to our nation’s
education system to reconcile the
pursuit of diversity with the constitutional promise of equal treatment and dignity.”
His ruling won the votes of liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia
Sotomayor. Justice Elena Kagan
recused herself, presumably because she was involved in the case
as U.S. solicitor general before
joining the court in 2010.
Justice Samuel Alito slammed
the decision as “affirmative action
gone wild” in a 51-page dissent
that dwarfed the court’s 20-page
opinion. He said the ruling allows
the university to seek out African-American students with privileged
backgrounds
over
low-income white and Asian students. Chief Justice John Roberts
and Justice Clarence Thomas
joined his dissent.
“When affirmative action programs were first adopted, it was
for the purpose of helping the dis-
MARK GREENBERG FOR USA TODAY
Students fill the sidewalks between classes in November at the
University of Texas-Austin.
“Deference is owed
to a university in
defining those
intangible
characteristics ...
that are central to
its identity.”
Justice Anthony Kennedy
advantaged,” he said in the dissent. “Now we are told that a
program that tends to admit poor
and disadvantaged minority students is inadequate because it
does not work to the advantage of
those who are more fortunate.”
The decision — more than six
months in the making — was
made without Justice Antonin
Scalia, who died Feb. 13.
It was the second time the justices considered the case; in 2013,
they sent it back to a federal appeals court with instructions to
more closely scrutinize the university’s program. Even so, that
court again sided with the school.
This time, it appeared during
oral argument that a majority of
justices were prepared to rule
that the school’s use of race violated the Constitution’s equal
protection clause by giving minority students a leg up.
The university uses a system in
which the top-ranked students
from all high schools that use
such rankings are admitted, including those in heavily minority
neighborhoods. That system,
which brings in many African
Americans and other minorities,
was not challenged.
The case had threatened the
use of racial preferences not only
at the University of Texas-Austin
but across the nation, since the
court’s ruling could have cast
doubt on most affirmative action
policies.
In ruling for the school, the
court’s majority did not absolve
all universities of the need to
meet a high standard when granting preferences.
Immigration decision
could spur state action
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ALLISON SHELLEY, GETTY IMAGES
Rosario Reyes, an undocumented mother from El Salvador, reacts to news of a Supreme Court
decision blocking President Obama’s immigration plan Thursday in front of the court.
After judicial defeat,
immigrant groups focus
on their next moves
They will push for
another hearing after
new justice confirmed
Alan Gomez
@alangomez
USA TODAY
Immigrants and the groups
that support them struggled
Thursday to explain how damaging the Supreme Court’s decision
on President Obama’s immigration plan truly was.
From disappointment to confusion to anger, they expressed a
wide variety of emotions after the
justices’ tie vote upheld a lower
court’s decision to block Obama’s
plan to protect up to 4 million
undocumented immigrants from
deportation.
One of those is Nelly Curiel, 35,
who arrived in Texas 18 years ago
from her native Mexico and has
since had three children — all U.S.
citizens. Curiel said she remembers the day in November 2014
when Obama announced his plan
to protect people such as her.
“My dreams were finally going
to come true,” Curiel said Thursday. “Everything was going to
change. I was going to be able to
work without fear. I was going to
be able to travel with my children. That’s why I’m so sad. Now
those hopes are gone.”
Despite the disappointment,
supporters of Obama’s plan,
called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA,
quickly turned their focus to ways
they could fight back against the
Supreme Court’s ruling.
Karen Tumlin, legal director
for the National Immigration
Center, said lawyers will push the
Justice Department to request
that the Supreme Court rehear
the case after a ninth justice is
confirmed to the high court.
Thursday’s ruling affects only a
preliminary injunction issued by
Texas District Judge Andrew Hanen, so Tumlin said they would
fight to ensure Hanen doesn’t issue a permanent injunction.
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, said that if elected, she
would push an immigration bill
in her first 100 days in office to allow undocumented immigrants
hurt by Thursday’s ruling to receive a pathway to citizenship.
The lawsuit that stopped Obama’s immigration program was
filed by Texas and 25 other states.
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., suggested the Obama administration
should try to implement the program in the states that were not
part of the lawsuit.
“My dreams were
finally going to
come true. ... Now
those hopes are
gone.”
Nelly Curiel, 35
“The governor of Texas should
not have the power to dictate immigration policy in Colorado,” he
said.
Greg Abbott, Texas’ Republican governor, hailed the court’s
decision, calling the ruling “a victory for all law-abiding Americans — including the millions of
immigrants who came to America
following the rule of law.”
Marisa Franco, director of Mijente, a group that organizes Hispanic activists, said it will start
putting pressure on Obama to enact a moratorium on deportations as the DAPA case winds its
way through the courts.
“With the courts also taken
over by the party politics that
have ruled the immigration issue
for more than a decade, President
Obama has a responsibility to
pursue alternatives to make his
policies more humane,” Franco
said.
Perhaps the biggest response
from immigration groups could
be seen in November. Rocio
Saenz, executive vice president of
the Service Employees International Union, said the Supreme
Court decision will be used to
mobilize Hispanic voters.
“We will vote, we will march,
and we’ll hold those accountable
at the ballot box who have stood
in the way of families with their
anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric,” he said.
The Latino Victory Fund, a
group co-founded by actress Eva
Longoria and businessman Henry Muñoz III, and Priorities USA,
a Democratic PAC supporting
Clinton’s presidential campaign,
announced a “five-figure” digital
advertising buy in response to the
ruling. The ads will target Republicans in Colorado, Nevada and
Florida who have opposed efforts
to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation and encourage people to mobilize for
Clinton in November.
Until then, people such as
Zaire Garcia will wait for a resolution to the seemingly neverending legal battles over DAPA.
Garcia’s parents are undocumented, and Thursday, the 23year-old from Austin wept as she
explained how she and her three
sisters — all U.S. citizens — will
panic that every phone call from
their father could be the one saying he’s been caught by immigration agents.
“This is about moms and dads
who have been humiliated and
exploited and continue to keep
their heads down out of love for
their U.S. citizen children,” she
said. “What the court does not
understand is that I will continue
to fight for my mom and my dad
because they deserve better. This
is not the end.”
Like three other tie rulings
since Justice Antonin Scalia’s
death in February left the court
with only eight justices, the onesentence opinion simply announced that the court was
“equally divided” and unable to
muster a majority for either side.
That’s all opponents needed to
block the program, which would
have offered qualifying parents of
children who were born in the
USA or are legal residents the right
to remain in the country for three
years and apply for work authorization. The president, who had
two lower-court strikes against
him, needed an elusive fifth vote.
“Justice has been delayed, and
justice delayed is justice denied,”
said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.
SAUL LOEB, AFP/GETTY IMAGES
“Today’s decision is
frustrating to those
who seek to grow our
economy and bring a
rationality to our
immigration system.”
President Obama
The Obama administration
could ask the high court to rehear
the case when it gets back to full
strength — a long shot at best. It
could request that the injunction
blocking the program be limited
to the three states overseen by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
5th Circuit: Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
On the other hand, the decision could embolden conservative governors and legislatures to
mount more court challenges to
federal immigration actions.
The ruling will have political
repercussions this fall. Cristina
Jimenez, director of the immigrant rights group United We
Dream, called for political action
“because a new president could
either protect and build on these
programs or take them away.”
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the tie
vote does not prove the plan is
outside the president’s legal authority. She lamented that it
throws millions of families “into a
state of uncertainty.”
Her Republican opponent,
Donald Trump, said the decision
“blocked one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a president ... giving work
permits and entitlement benefits
to people illegally in the country.”
The immigration battle was
waged on two fronts before the
court: The administration fought
with the states as well as with the
House of Representatives, which
blocked the president’s effort to
confer legal status to some of the
nation’s more than 11 million illegal immigrants.
Obama announced the “Deferred Action for Parents of
Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents,” or DAPA, program in November 2014. It would
extend protections to more than
4 million parents who meet the
criteria, just as a 2012 program
did for immigrants brought to the
USA as children. More than
700,000 have qualified for that
earlier program, which would be
extended.
Once qualified, parents could
apply for work authorization, pay
taxes and receive some government benefits, such as Social Security. Those with criminal
backgrounds or who have arrived
since 2010 would not qualify.
Texas challenged Obama’s authority to implement the policy
by executive action, rather than
going through Congress. Federal
district court Judge Andrew Hanen upheld the challenge in February 2015 and blocked the
program from being implemented nationwide. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld that ruling last November in
a 2-1 decision.
SUSAN WALSH, AP
President Obama’s immigration plan divided the nation as well
as the justices.
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STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Cullman: Spencer
Jackson Byrd, 22, a former volunteer coach at Fairview High
School pleaded guilty to seconddegree rape and engaging in a sex
act with a 15-year-old female
student, AL.com reported.
ALASKA Juneau: People at risk
of overdosing from heroin or
other opiates can get lifesaving
medicine for free starting Monday, the Juneau Empire reported.
ARIZONA Sun Lakes: Jack
Holder tried to figure out how to
write a thousand thank-you
notes. After the 94-year-old
World War II veteran publicly
admitted losing his life savings in
a sweepstakes scam, donations
poured in from around the globe
to a GoFundMe account set up in
his name, The Arizona Republic
reported.
ARKANSAS Bentonville: Gary
HIGHLIGHT: FLORIDA
2nd body found in search for family
Michael Braun
The (Fort Myers) News-Press
CAPE CORAL Rescue workers
searching for a Sarasota, Fla.,
family of four reported missing
at sea found a second body
Thursday and multiple personal items from the family after covering thousands of
nautical miles.
Cape Coral Fire and Rescue
workers recovered a second
body at 11:06 a.m. ET Thursday,
4 miles southeast of the first
body discovered Wednesday. A
federal Customs and Border
Protection pilot also discovered
a sailboat mast 101 miles offshore from Fort Myers.
The search since the family
was reported missing Tuesday
has covered 20,000 square
miles in an area from Tampa
Bay to south of Fort Myers
Beach, Capt. Greg Case, commander of Coast Guard Sector
St. Petersburg, said in a morning news conference.
Coast Guardsmen found a
bucket containing the Kimberly
family’s birth certificates, a
global-positioning navigation
system, a wallet, two cellphones, cigarettes, a tool box
and a pool noodle about 5 miles
from the body.
The debris field is about
33 miles off Florida’s west
coastline.
COURTESY OF FAMILY
“We know how devastating
this find is to them,” Case said
of the remaining family members. No deadline has been set
yet for turning the search into a
recovery effort.
On Tuesday, a relative reported the family — Ace Kimberly, 45; Rebecca Kimberly, 17;
Donny Kimberly, 15; and Roger
Kimberly, 13 — missing after
they had left Sarasota for Fort
Myers on Sunday on a 29-foot
sailboat.
Though two bodies have
been recovered, Coast Guard
officials have declined to identi-
fy whose remains have been
recovered.
Ace Kimberly contacted his
brother Sunday afternoon, saying they were caught up in “6foot waves and thunderstorms,”
Case said. The brother reported
them missing Tuesday and the
Coast Guard immediately
launched search crews by air
and sea.
The father had been living on
the sailboat for a year with his
children. They were traveling
to Fort Myers, about 75 miles to
the south, to have the boat
repaired.
the first quarter this year, the
Kennebec Journal reported. It’s
the second-highest growth rate in
the country.
dling almost 750 more jail inmates per day than they have
beds to accommodate, the Las
Vegas Sun reported.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The
HAWAII Kauai: Feral cats are
MARYLAND Ocean City: A crab
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A
child welfare organization has
ranked New Hampshire at No. 4
in its annual report of kids’ wellbeing nationwide, New Hampshire Public Radio reported.
COLORADO Aspen: Thomas
Proesel, a man accused of pushing a snowboarder off an Aspen
chairlift has been deemed legally
insane, the Aspen Daily News
reported. The finding by a physician at the Colorado Mental
Health Institute was revealed in
court Monday.
IDAHO Boise: Federal officials
have closed the Skinny Dipper
Hot Springs, KTVB-TV reported.
The Bureau of Land Management
officials plan to remove illegal
piping and illegal pools during a
temporary five-year shutdown.
The agency also plans to re-establish vegetation in the area.
CONNECTICUT New Fairfield:
ILLINOIS Chicago: The Teachers
Police have charged Michael
Giannone, 44, with firearms
trafficking, sale of assault weapons and other offenses after they
searched his home and cars and
found 59 complete firearms,
including 48 legal firearms and
nine unregistered assault rifles,
The News-Times reported.
DELAWARE Wilmington: A
grand jury formally charged John
Kirsch, 18, with second-degree
vehicular homicide for the death
of Salesianum School classmate
Tyler Brown, 17, The News Journal reported. He’s also charged
with second-degree vehicular
assault for life-threatening injuries Kelly Muschiatti, 17, suffered months before their
graduation.
Union and a group calling for an
elected police oversight board
teamed up to pack City Hall and
pressure Mayor Rahm Emanuel
and aldermen for their causes,
the Chicago Tribune reported.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Former
Colts backup quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck’s 5,385-square-foot
Meridian Hills estate is up for
grabs for $1.5 million, The Indianapolis Star reported.
IOWA Osage: A magistrate has
ruled a revised ordinance limiting
the use of steel wheels on Mitchell County’s paved roads still
violates the religious freedom of
Mennonites. The Globe Gazette
reported that the county magistrate ruled last week in the case
of Derek Zimmerman, 14, who in
August 2015 received a citation
for violating the steel wheel ordinance. The teen is part of the
Groffdale Conference Mennonite
Church, whose beliefs ban the
use of rubber wheels.
KANSAS Topeka: Kansas will
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Storms
that continued for more than six
hours turned streets into rivers
and Metro escalators into rapids.
Water poured down flooded
streets and into the Metro station
at Cleveland Park, The Washington Post reported.
have to borrow $900 million to
get through the next fiscal year –
and probably will have to take
money from the highway fund
and a Medicaid fee fund to get
through the current year, The
Wichita Eagle reported.
KENTUCKY Lexington: Mayor
FLORIDA Naples: Terry Lynn
Jim Gray has resigned from the
Bluegrass Area Development
District executive committee, The
Lexington Herald-Leader reported. A spokeswoman for Gray said
he chose to resign because he was
frequently the only “no” vote on
several issues.
GEORGIA Cherokee County: A
LOUISIANA New Orleans: The
Two Gentlemen of Verona, among
the first of William Shakespeare’s
plays, opens the summer season
of the Shakespeare Festival at
Tulane University, The TimesPicayune reported.
Brady, 47, who is accused of killing a transgender woman and
burning her body, was found
guilty of possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon, the Naples
Daily News reported.
former schools officer accused of
leaving his police dog in a patrol
car for hours was arrested in
connection with the dog’s death.
MAINE Augusta: The Bureau of
Economic Analysis said Mainers’
personal incomes shot up 1.4% in
Donna Patrick, who was suspended from her job at Acme supermarket for a dress-code violation
is returning to work, the Bucks
County Courier Times reported.
She wore a patriotic dress on
Memorial Day.
A search for members of the Kimberly family of Sarasota
has been active since a relative reported them missing at
sea Tuesday after strong thunderstorms. Rescue workers
have found two bodies about 4 miles apart.
Daniel Peabody resigned last
week, days after the dog, named
Inca, died, The Atlanta JournalConstitution reported.
killing the endangered Hawaiian
Petrel seabirds, Hawaii News
Now reported. Researchers found
the bodies of six of the birds
which were found dragged from
their underground breeding
burrows by cats. Some were partially eaten.
PENNSYLVANIA Bensalem:
RHODE ISLAND Providence:
Curtis Maxie, 60, will receive 100
years in prison for raping and sex
trafficking a 16-year-old girl, the
Providence Journal reported.
Wayne Parent was sentenced to
three years in prison after pleading guilty to scamming thousands
of dollars from people by claiming they had won prizes in a phony Publishers Clearing House
giveaway, ArkansasOnline reported.
lethal combination of drought,
heat and an infestation of ravenous bark beetles has killed
26 million trees in the Sierra
Nevada since October, an unprecedented die-off that heightens an
already high wildfire risk, the Los
Angeles Times reported.
coming school year after 10 years
of leading Oregon’s largest district, the Oregonian reported.
pot found over the weekend contained a grim surprise. The pot
contained 20 dead terrapins, the
official state reptile, that became
trapped in the pot and drowned,
The Daily Times reported.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Mas-
sachusetts is the second-best
state in the nation for a child’s
overall well-being, according to a
report by charitable organization
Annie E. Casey Foundation, The
Boston Globe reported. Massachusetts came in just after
Minnesota.
MICHIGAN Detroit: More legal
troubles appear to be looming for
former city councilman Charles
Pugh, this time in the form of
criminal sexual conduct charges,
Detroit Free Press reported. The
six recommended charges stem
from an alleged incident in 2003,
when Pugh was a television anchor at WJBK-TV, Detroit.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The
international activist hacker
group Anonymous Legion is
claiming responsibility for an
attack on the Minnesota Judicial
Branch’s website that rendered it
unusable for most of Wednesday,
the Star Tribune reported.
MISSISSIPPI Canton: Anne
Dulske pleaded guilty to eight
counts of letting underage teens
drink at her house, WLBT-TV
reported. She was fined $8,000,
given a suspended 90-day sentence and ordered to do 80 hours
of community service.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Gov.
Nixon has signed legislation to
require high school students to
pass a civics test and learn CPR,
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
MONTANA Billings: Lindsay
April, who says she strangled her
boyfriend Robert Glenn Mast, 25,
because he told her he wanted to
die, has been sentenced to 60
years in prison, The Billings Gazette reported.
NEBRASKA Omaha:
NEW JERSEY Jersey City: A
Jersey City man has been convicted in the murder and decapitation of two men in 2013, the
Jersey Journal reported. Jurors
rejected 31-year-old Yusuf Ibrahim’s self-defense claim.
NEW MEXICO Farmington:
Police say a UPS driver was repeatedly stabbed while delivering
packages in a mobile home park,
The Daily Times reported. The
25-year-old driver’s wounds do
not appear to be life-threatening,
a police spokeswoman said.
burg: Work is set to begin on a
$25 million improvement project
for the runway at the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, the Herald-Journal
reported.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City:
Four Pennington County commissioners have publicly reprimanded fellow board member
George Ferebee for allegedly
bullying and harassing Planning
Department staff, the Rapid City
Journal reported.
TENNESSEE Memphis: In what
was described as “the largest
earthquake exercise in the history of the state of Tennessee,”
tactical vehicles converged at the
Shelby County Office of Preparedness to demonstrate how
the county would respond in a
catastrophic earthquake, The
Commercial Appeal reported.
TEXAS Melissa: Michael Thedford, who allegedly left his 6month-old daughter in a hot car,
causing her death, tried to revive
the baby by putting her in the
refrigerator before calling 911,
WFAA-TV reported.
UTAH Salt Lake City: The U.S.
Census estimates that 411,143
Hispanics resided in Utah in
2015, about 13.7% of the state’s
population of 3 million, The Salt
Lake Tribune reported.
VERMONT Hinesburg: Lori Ann
NEW YORK White Plains:
Carron, who says she suffers from
mental-health issues and was in
crisis when police were called to
her home May 6, has filed a lawsuit against police officers she
says used “excessive force,” Burlington Free Press reported.
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte:
VIRGINIA Richmond: Thirteen
years and two months after Harvey Derrick Glanton bludgeoned
Daniel Balbaugh 20 times in the
head with a cast-iron pot lid was
released from supervision, the
Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Glanton was found not guilty
of murder by reason of insanity.
Glanton said he believed the man
he killed was a chicken.
Police are investigating a claim
that the captain of the tugboat
Specialist that sunk and killed
three this winter near the Tappan
Zee Bridge was helming a different boat while that captain was
below deck, possibly with a woman, The Journal News reported.
Health officials investigated the
death of an Ohio woman who
may have contracted an infection
from a rare brain-eating amoeba
during a visit to the U.S. National
Whitewater Center, The Charlotte Observer reported.
NORTH DAKOTA Watford City:
Sheriff’s Cpl. Travis Bateman,
accused of using his vehicle to
crash into a fleeing motorcycle,
has been acquitted on a felony
reckless endangerment charge,
the Williston Herald reported.
OHIO Cincinnati: In a scathing
opinion, the Ohio Supreme Court
said Hamilton County Common
Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman
had no legal authority to “inject
himself” into the collection of a
multimillion-dollar settlement in
Kentucky that noted attorney
Stan Chesley was ordered to pay,
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
OKLAHOMA Pawhus-
Nearly $18,000 worth
of snakes and feeding rats have
been stolen
from Bart’s
Exotic Pets,
the Omaha
World-Herald
reported. Eight
ball pythons,
including one valued at $5,000, and $1,500 of frozen rats were taken.
ka: Meaghan Blair, 29,
who was participating in a pioneer trek
re-enactment in
northeast Oklahoma with youth of
the Church of
Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
is believed to have
died of a heatstroke, the Northwest Arkansas
Democrat Gazette reported.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Authorities
OREGON Portland: Portland
in Las Vegas are again releasing
non-violent offenders from jail,
after reporting that they’re han-
SOUTH CAROLINA Spartan-
Public Schools Superintendent
Carole Smith announced she
plans to retire at the end of the
WASHINGTON Seattle: City
archivist Scott Cline, who has
touched, examined and studied
pieces of Seattle’s history dating
back to its founding nearly 150
years ago, is retiring after 31
years, KING-TV reported.
WEST VIRGINIA Martinsburg:
Jefferson County high school
teacher Joel Ziler, 29, has been
accused of having sexual relations
with two female students, The
Journal reported.
WISCONSIN Green Bay: The
only fuel pipeline serving Green
Bay and northeastern Wisconsin
has been shut down indefinitely
as the line’s owner considers
rebuilding the aging, repairplagued line north of Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Gov.
Mead proposed Tuesday cutting
$248 million from the state budget beginning July 1, which will
result in 677 layoffs of privatesector employees who work for
companies that do business with
the state, Casper Star-Tribune
reported.
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Dono, Mike Gottschamer, Ben Sheffler,
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No opinion
Convicted felons or people
with mental health problems
1%
Absolutely! I’m a gun owner
and the ease to buy high-capacity magazines is out of
control. We’re arming terrorists.
87%
12%
People who are on the U.S.
terrorist watchlist or no-fly list
14%
1%
@KWClegg67
85%
Absolutely not! They are supposed to be “leaders” but instead they are acting like immature children.
All Americans
9%
90%
1%
@holyangel41
SOURCE CNN/ORC international poll
conducted June 16-19 of 1,001 adults.
Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.
Yes, nothing else is working —
not even the deaths of others.
That is very sad.
GEORGE PETRAS, USA TODAY
@lknothr
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No. They lost in the votes this
week. Not enough support for
laws that will do nothing to
stop shootings.
Reminds me of the time Republicans shut down the entire
government to…oh wait, it was
so they could get their way.
@pstmstr
While I agree with their frustration, House Democrats
may be setting a bad precedent for future “sit-ins” on many
other issues.
Kevin Young
Larry Guest
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Funny, no mention of the
Republican bills the Democrats
voted down. But as usual, they
only want to get their way. If
they want to be like that, keep
the House in recess.
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@JeffOstach
Democrats are right to do
something in the era of the
“do-nothing Congress.” Republicans care about money,
not human lives.
Steve Long
Considering the vote is to
prevent terrorists or extremists
from getting access to guns, the
only cowards here are the Republicans. Obstructionists to the
end.
@campbellrock
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Key West, Fla.
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Little Rock, Ark.
Long Beach, Calif.
Louisville, Ky.
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NEWS 11A
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
OPINION
TODAY’S DEBATE SUPREME COURT
Our view
Immigration ruling puts the
ball back in Congress’ court
Opposing view
Decision leaves
millions in limbo
For those who support humane treatment of undocumented immigrants with deep roots in
the USA, Thursday’s Supreme
Court decision in United States v.
Texas might have seemed like an
enormous setback. After all, the
4-4 ruling blocked President
Obama’s executive order granting
deportation relief to about 4 million undocumented immigrants.
But the order had always been
problematic, so the court’s action
does have its upsides.
A ruling affirming Obama’s
overreach would have given the
president sweeping authority
over immigration policy. At the
moment, that might seem appealing to Democrats. But the next
time a Republican is in the White
House, they would welcome limits on presidential power.
Democrats would certainly appreciate some limits should the
GOP’s presumptive nominee,
Donald Trump, win in November.
Trump's extreme immigration
ideas include building a massive
wall along the Mexican border,
excluding foreign Muslims from
entry into the United States and
deporting the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants
already in the USA.
Trump has indicated he would
be aggressive in issuing executive
orders. Earlier this year, he even
said that Obama had “led the
way” in getting things done
through executive action.
Beth Werlin
Stanley Renshon
“I
’m not changing,” Donald Trump insists. He
should reconsider.
Trump’s presidential campaign is at a reckoning
point. His struggle for support,
from fellow Republicans and
from the broader public, has
sparked Republican Party anxiety
and a desperate search for alternatives. It has also led to ridiculous assertions (for example, that
Trump is unconsciously seeking
to bail out) and a great deal of advice, some of it (such as urging
him to “welcome an open convention”) comically wrong.
In response, Trump has advised Republicans to “man up,” as
one headline put it, and blamed
his woes on political correctness
run amok. There is surely some
of that, but Trump has compounded his difficulties by being
careless in his language, too often
assuming that his rhetorical
blasts are sufficient explanations
of his thinking.
The brutal fact-checking of his
Wednesday attack on Hillary
Clinton’s character should disabuse him of that idea.
He has recently taken to saying
that it’s not about him, but the
movement he is leading. He’s partially right.
Trump’s candidacy does reflect
a “movement” in the country and
in his party. He was the only Republican candidate who really
understood the public’s feelings
of disappointment, anger and resignation and found a way to give
them hope. So it is “about him” in
a much more profound way than
is reflected in his frequent brandboosting displays of self-regard.
ADOLESCENT BOMBAST
Trump is poised to become the
Republican Party’s nominee and
just one election away from being
able to attempt all he said he
wants to do for the country. Yet a
lifetime at the helm of his businesses and his primary victories
have left him with the mistaken
impression that a presidential
candidacy is a legitimate forum
for the expression of adolescent
traits.
Trump’s “say whatever is on
his mind” approach may have
helped get him where he is, but it
will not take him where he says
he wants to go.
Trump’s responsibilities now
go well beyond self-expression.
He wants to help rescue the
country from its failing domestic
and foreign policies by asking
that new controversial ideas such
as serious immigration enforcement, be considered. He wants to
reform public institutions and
the lack of competence, honesty
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Immigration reform supporters in Washington, DC.
So if the court had approved
Obama’s sweeping order, it could
be hard for it to stand up to an
equally sweeping order by a
President Trump ratcheting up
deportations or limiting immigration from predominately Muslim countries.
Another benefit of the ruling is
that it keeps the pressure up for a
legislative solution on immigration. Indeed, in his remarks after
the ruling was handed down,
Obama turned up the heat on Republicans, saying that their failure to allow a vote in the House of
Representatives on comprehensive reform would be a major
campaign issue this fall.
Although it might be frustrating that the president can’t simply snap his fingers and save
families from deportation, the
political tension between the two
elected branches of government
is evidence of democracy working
as envisioned.
Obama’s executive order was a
pale imitation of a comprehensive law. It would provide relief to
less than half of the nation's undocumented immigrants, and it
would do nothing to fix a strained
system for processing legal immigration. What’s more, it’s not even
clear how effective it would be at
dealing with the group that would
qualify for deportation relief: the
undocumented parents of U.S.
citizens or permanent legal
residents.
Because an order could be rescinded by a future president,
many of those granted temporary
relief would remain reluctant to
come out of the shadows, start
businesses, return to school or
become more active in their communities.
Comprehensive immigration
reform — combining tough border and visa enforcement with a
path to legality for those already
here — remains vital, and would
be even if the ruling gone the other way. For these reasons, United
States v. Texas should not be seen
as a loss for reform efforts but a
win for presidential restraint and
the proper legislative process.
Omar Mahmood
With the future of his country at
stake, he can rise to the challenge
and political restraint that has
come to define them. He also
wants to reverse the widespread
and understandable public distrust that permeates civic life.
To act, he needs to win the
election. Trump has an obligation
to the millions of people who
have supported him, and millions
more who will do so in a general
election. He says he is their
champion, but he won’t be if he
can’t focus.
PIVOT TO SPECIFICS
That doesn’t mean Trump should
abandon the core of his personal
appeal. Critics lament his failure
to launch a general election “pivot” by steering clear of controversies and moderating policy
positions. But that’s wrong.
His political brand is made up
in equal parts of brash assertions
and policy prescriptions, many of
which have been too-long kept
from polite public discussion.
Keeping quiet would betray the
rationale for his candidacy and
his own integrity. But that doesn’t
mean he can’t make another kind
Beth Werlin is executive director of the American Immigration
Council,
a
pro-immigration
nonprofit
group based in Washington.
Islam’s struggle
with homosexuality
TRUMP
SHOULD
GROW UP
Donald Trump in Las Vegas, June 18, 2016.
Thursday’s 4-4 Supreme
Court decision will have a profound and disappointing impact on the millions of
immigrants who would have
been eligible for temporary relief from deportation under
President Obama’s executive
order. Instead of receiving this
reprieve and the accompanying
work authorization, these immigrants’ lives will remain in
limbo.
In its nine-word opinion, the
Supreme Court refused to resolve any of the questions it
had agreed to consider in the
case. Because they could not
reach a majority, the justices
simply let a lower court decision stand. Importantly, they
neither rebuked nor affirmed
the president’s authority to exercise executive action.
The fact remains that every
president since Dwight Eisenhower has used his executive
authority to protect certain
groups of non-citizens. While
Supreme Court case law supports this authority, today’s decision provides no further
guidance on this issue.
While most people agree
that there must be a more permanent legislative solution to
our outdated immigration sys-
tem, Obama’s executive action
initiatives are important steps
toward meaningful reform and
helpful, albeit temporary, measures that protect families,
keep our communities safe,
and support our economy.
Faith-based groups, business
owners, law enforcement, educators, former Homeland Security officials, and current and
former members of Congress
— along with 115 mayors, county executives, and localities and
16 states and the District of Columbia — weighed in at the Supreme Court in support of
these measures to show the
real-life impact that they can
on
families
and
have
communities.
Despite the disappointing
deadlock at the Supreme
Court, the immigrant rights
community will continue to explore all available legal avenues
and will urge the Obama administration to do the same.
Ultimately, the nation needs a
permanent solution to our outdated immigration system, and
that must come from Congress.
Until that day comes, the fight
will continue.
JOHN LOCHER, AP
of pivot — from bold assertions
that spark debate to real explanations that fully convey his thinking. For example, does he really
support strict religious profiling
or rather an assessment of some
immigrants based on a combination of factors?
The pivot is from inspiring a
smaller number of primary voters
to attracting the general electorate with a more thorough explanation of his plans.
Can a 70-year-old man
change? Of course. This one just
fired his campaign manager. But
as new responsibilities assert
themselves, Trump can still be
himself while reflecting a mature
recognition that the ambitions he
voiced for the country and his
supporters outweigh his need to
express his every thought and
grievance, real or imagined.
That’s the route to a Trump
presidency.
Stanley Renshon is a political
science professor at the City University of New York and a certified
psychoanalyst in private practice.
Responses on Muslim social
media to violence committed in
the name of Islam have become
infuriatingly predictable, as we
saw most recently in Orlando.
The knee-jerk reaction is to deny
that attacks have anything to do
with true Islam and to tar anyone
who says otherwise as Islamophobic. But we need an honest
conversation about Islam itself.
The day after the central Florida massacre, more than 200
Muslim leaders and scholars issued a response titled “A Joint
Muslim Statement on the Carnage in Orlando.” It was signed by
influential figures such as Yasir
Qadhi (the widely followed dean
of academic affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute), Hisham Mahmoud (a lecturer at Harvard’s
Islamic Studies Program) and
even Yusuf Islam (the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens).
Their statement condemns the
massacre, distances it from Muslims and stresses that we must
live in harmony. That is commendable, but it fails to give
American Islam what it needs
most: intellectual honesty.
The statement reads, “Any
such acts of violence violate every
one of our Prophet’s teachings.”
This overlooks the fact that the
prophet Mohammed condemned
homosexuality and called for violence against gay people. He is recorded as having said, “Wherever
you find people committing the
sin of the people of Lot, kill the
one doing it and the one to whom
it is done.” Beyond that, the Islamic canon contains plentiful
condemnation of homosexuality.
What the post-Orlando statement proves is that the Muslim-
American establishment will not
confront literalism — whether
the prophet’s teachings must be
taken literally or whether they
can be adapted to modernity.
Such literalism is the issue that
the massacre in Orlando lays
bare. The “this isn’t real Islam”
line ends here. Orlando shooter
Omar Mateen, and the violent
strain of Islam with which he associated himself, follow the same
texts as do mainstream Muslims.
The connection is not distant.
Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar, who
teaches religion in Iran, has
openly called for a death sentence
for gay people. Just this spring, he
spoke at the Husseini Islamic
Center near Orlando. The 200
Muslim leaders who issued the
statement can wash their hands
of Sekaleshfar but not the prophet’s words.
Mainstream Muslim-American
religious leaders teach that everything the prophet said was true,
even as they argue that Islam
teaches tolerance for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender Americans. Their logic leads to a dangerous cognitive dissonance.
I know gay Muslims who live
in hiding, who endure a neverending psychological torture.
There are many indications that
Omar Mateen was conflicted
about his own sexuality. And yet
the discussion that might have
enabled him to deal with his guilt
is nowhere to be heard.
We can talk all we want about
Islamophobia and homophobia.
But the issue is Islam itself. Can
we still read the prophet’s words
literally? Until we answer that
question, Islam will have an uneasy relationship with modernity.
Omar Mahmood is a USA TODAY Collegiate Network fellow.
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luxury vehicles with confusing
gearboxes cited as the source of a
recall involving
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Dodge and
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and sedans. The
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GE CAPITAL TO SELL FRENCH
LENDING UNIT TO CERBERUS
Cerberus Capital Management
reached a tentative deal to acquire the French consumer finance
business of GE Capital as the
conglomerate continues to offload
many of its assets. Cerberus
agreed to buy GE Money Bank in a
deal valued at $4.6 billion. GE
Capital has been shedding assets
since April 2015 and recently asked
the U.S. government to remove its
too-big-to-fail designation, which
brings extra scrutiny. The company
has signed deals to sell about $177
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German automaker Volkswagen
Group is expected to deliver a $10
billion settlement to cover government fines and compensate owners of vehicles fitted with software
that cheated emissions standards,
according to multiple reports.
Volkswagen’s deal, which is due
to be filed in a federal court by
Tuesday, includes payments of as
much as $7,000 to owners of vehicles affected by the scandal, according to Bloomberg and
Associated Press reports, citing
anonymous sources.
The settlement has a provision
to remove any VW diesel vehicle
with a 2-liter engine that hasn’t
been brought into compliance,
said Elizabeth Cabraser, the courtappointed lead counsel for the
plaintiff’s steering committee. Either they will have to be modified,
or VW will buy them back.
2002 case led to changes in ‘pro forma’ accounting
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Car owners could
receive up to $7,000
each in settlement
Donald Trump’s claim of huge
business success is a cornerstone
of his presidential campaign.
While his companies’ frequent
trips to bankruptcy court are well
known, there’s another reason
people might question his business acumen: One of his most
high-profile companies was the
first U.S. corporation to be accused of using “pro forma” accounting to exaggerate results
and mislead investors.
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, a once publicly traded company whose shares dropped more
than 90% when the firm sought
bankruptcy protection, was
charged in 2002 by the Securities
and Exchange Commission for
reporting financial results in a
way that made it appear the company was doing better than analysts expected due to “operational
improvements,” the complaint
said. But that was a “false and
misleading impression” that initially fooled investors into driving
the stock higher, the SEC said.
The case ushered in a series of
changes that govern all publicly
traded companies over how they
must disclose any adjustments to
so-called “pro forma” numbers.
This is a common practice where
companies strip out any unusual
non-recurring gains or losses,
claiming it’s a way to show how
the core business is actually doing. Companies that use such results are required to detail all of
the adjustments that are made.
investors to believe there were no
other adjustments.
The company’s reported earnings of 63 cents a share topped
expectations by 17%. Had the
company excluded the one-time
gain, profit would have missed expectations, the SEC said. Investors initially fell for the release.
Shares of the stock jumped 8% on
“IT WOULD BE HIGHLY
SURPRISING IF HE
WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN.”
Andrew Stoltmann, securities lawyer, about Donald Trump
The SEC’s action against
Trump Hotels centered around
an Oct. 25, 1999, press release in
which the company disclosed its
quarterly net income and earnings per share. The release stated
that the net income figures left
out an $81.4 million one-time
charge. However, the SEC said
the release made no mention of
the fact that the reported numbers included a one-time gain of
$17.2 million from the termination of a restaurant lease with the
Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort
in Atlantic City. And by revealing
the excluded charge, the SEC said
the company intentionally misled
the day it was issued, Oct. 25. But
several days later, on Oct. 28,
shares fell 6% after an analyst
published a report that brought
the misleading issue to light.
Trump, who was chairman of
the company at the time, was not
named in the SEC complaint.
‘”Mr. Trump had nothing to do
with this,” spokeswoman Hope
Hicks responded in an e-mail.
But, says Andrew Stoltmann, a
securities lawyer at Stoltmann
Law Offices, “It would be highly
surprising if he wouldn’t have
known what was transpiring.
This is the exact issue a chairman
would demand to know.”
PATRICK PLEUL, EPA
A machine tests the emissions
coming from a Golf 2.0 TDI.
Owners will get “substantial
compensation” beyond the buyback and repair program if they
are willing to release their legal
claims against the automaker. And
VW will have to pay a big fine to
offset the environmental damage
that it has caused, according to
Cabraser.
Two U.S. senators on the Transportation Committee, reacting to
reports of a settlement, said they
believe VW owes them a “full vehicle buyback” in addition to
compensation.
“Any VW owner who wants
nothing more to do with the vehicle that they were misled into buying should be entitled to a full
vehicle buyback in addition to
compensation,” Sens. Ed Markey,
D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal,
D-Conn., said in a joint statement.
The company confirmed in
April it had reached a sweeping
settlement over nearly 500,000 2liter diesel cars that were rigged to
dodge emissions tests.
Wall Street banks ace Fed’s severe stress test
Results are
designed
to give
investors,
consumers
idea of how
financial
system
would hold
up under
different
levels of
economic
strain
Matt Krantz
@mattkrantz
USA TODAY
The nation’s top banks passed
the Federal Reserve’s stringent
stress testing Thursday, showing
just how much stronger they’ve
gotten since the financial crisis.
The results showed that even
in an economic catastrophe, the
banks’ high-quality capital to
risk-weighted assets would fall to
an acceptable minimum level of
8.4%, the Fed says. That’s down
from 12.3% in the fourth quarter
but still an indication of how
banks have a big cushion against a
major economic downturn.
All told, the Fed found that the
33 bank holding companies measured would suffer a $385 billion
loan loss total even in these extreme situations with unemployment jumping five percentage
points to 10% and negative yields
on U.S. Treasuries. Banks have
been raising capital to make sure
they can survive a blow like that,
says Ernie Patrikis, partner at law
firm White & Case.
“Overall banking results were
good,” he says. “The banking system is stronger.”
The fact all the individual
banks passed the test was a welcome surprise, says Erik Oja, ana-
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The seven major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, pay an average dividend yield of 2%.
lyst at S&P Global Market
Intelligence. It was somewhat
unexpected since the Fed added
new tests of banks’ risks of contagion as well as the risk of negative
interest rates, he says.
Thursday’s stress test is one of
two annual evaluations by the
Fed. This first report is designed
to show quantitatively how the
banking system as a whole could
withstand a serious economic hit.
The second, due next Wednesday,
is designed to show more qualitatively how the 33 individual institutions required to take the test
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Bank of America fined $430M for cash misuse
But bank says it has fixed ‘the issues
related to our procedures and controls’
Kevin McCoy
@kmccoynyc
USA TODAY
The nation’s largest bank has
agreed to pay $430 million in settlements for violations of regulatory rules that safeguard
customer funds and protect
against misleading disclosure
statements for securities.
The settlements include $415
million North Carolina-based
Bank of America will pay in re-
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sponse to charges that its Merrill
Lynch unit misused brokerage
customers’ cash from 2009 to
2012 to finance its own trading
and generate profits, the Securities and Exchange Commission
said Thursday.
Although an SEC regulation
required the brokerage to keep its
trading clients’ funds in a reserve
account, Merrill Lynch instead
used complex options trades that
artificially lowered the amount of
money that required safeguarding. The maneuver freed billions
of dollars a week that Merrill
Lynch used to finance its own
trading, the SEC said.
Brokerage customers “would
have been exposed to a massive
shortfall in the reserve account”
if Merrill Lynch had failed in the
midst of the options trades, the
SEC said, adding that Merrill
Lynch admitted wrongdoing.
The SEC separately announced an administrative proceeding against William Tirrell,
who served as Merrill Lynch’s
head of regulatory reporting during the episode. The regulator alleged Tirrell ultimately was
responsible for determining how
much customer money would be
reserved and failed to adequately
monitor the options trades. He is
challenging the allegations.
Merrill Lynch also agreed to
pay a $10 million SEC settlement
for misleading statements it gave
retail investors in offering materials for structured notes linked to
the brokerage’s proprietary volatility index. The notes were issued by Bank of America, and
Merrill Lynch was responsible for
drafting and reviewing the disclosure statements, the SEC said.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority also fined Merrill Lynch $5 million over the
disclosure violation.
“The rules concerning the safe-
STANDOUT CAMPAIGNS FROM
THE CANNES LIONS FESTIVAL
Athena Cao l USA TODAY
From a bus ride that shows students in a far-off world to video campaigns that trigger viewer tears, the 63rd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this
week celebrated some of the world’s most innovative and unusual campaigns from
the communications industry. More than 13,500 delegates from 90 countries are
gathered in the South of France for the annual awards show and trade event, which
is widely considered the Academy Awards of the marketing and advertising world.
Here’s a look at six award-winning, buzz-generating campaigns from the festival.
MONTY’S
CHRISTMAS
This touching video stars a little
boy who enjoys all things with
his pet penguin Monty, such as
eating, playing hide-and-seek,
going to the park and playing
soccer together. One day,
Monty begins to longingly gaze
at kissing couples, and the boy
notices. On Christmas morning,
the boy gives Monty a surprise
— another penguin, Mabel,
who quickly gains Monty’s
fondness. The two penguins
happily and affectionately
extend their beaks to one
another. At that point of the ad
for British department store
John Lewis, the camera shifts
back to the boy playing with
two stuffed penguin toys. In the
background, music plays with
the lyrics, “It’s real love, it’s
real.” The ad was done
by Adam&EveDDB
London.
JOHN LEWIS/ADAM&EVEDDB LONDON
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO/LEO BURNETT CHICAGO
VAN GOGH’S
BEDROOM
The Art Institute of Chicago invited
visitors to stay at Vincent van Gogh’s
bedroom — a life-size replica based
on one of his 1888 paintings. For $10
per night, guests could rent the room
on Airbnb and sleep in the chamber
resembling a bedroom from a home
known as the “Yellow House,” where
he lived in Arles, France.
Van Gogh made three almostidentical oil-on-canvas paintings of
“The Bedroom.” The Chicago museum
has one of them, and the other two
traveled from the Musée d’Orsay in
Paris and the Van Gogh Museum in
Amsterdam to reunite for the first time
in America at an exhibition from
February to May in Chicago. Two
tickets to the exhibition were included
in the nightly rent.
The #VanGoghBNB campaign was
by ad agency Leo Burnett Chicago
and helped to attract 14,608 visitors in
the first three days of the exhibition.
LOCKHEED MARTIN/MCCANN NEW YORK
FIELD TRIP TO MARS
In a unique educational campaign
from Lockheed Martin, an ordinary
bus trip turns into an incredible
space journey. Lockheed Martin
equipped a bus with virtual reality
displays on the windows to showcase
200 square miles of Mars. The vehicle
drives 30 mph while its young passengers tour the Martian surface at
the same speed.
The bus stunt, created with ad firm
McCann New York, is part of Lockheed Martin’s Generation Beyond
program, which is designed to encourage students to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering
and math.
PETA/OGILVY & MATHER BANGKOK
BEHIND THE LEATHER
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA), aided by communications firm Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok, opened an apparel store not to
sell the exotic leather purses, wallets
or jackets on display, but to remind
consumers that leather and other
exotic-hide goods come from the
skin of animals. The shop, in the
heart of Bangkok’s fashion district,
shocked unsuspecting shoppers
when they took a closer look at the
leather products and found startling
items inside, such as replicas of an
animal’s heart or intestines.
CONTOURS/FCB CHICAGO
THE BABY STROLLER
TEST RIDE
How can parents know whether their
babies are comfortable in the stroller? Baby-gear brand Contours and
marketing agency FCB made adultsize strollers for parents to take a test
ride. The giant stroller was able to
hold up to 400 pounds, Contours
says, and was a replica of one of the
brand’s most-popular sellers.
A video from the brand shows
adults tucked into an oversized seat
as the huge stroller is pushed by a
test-ride guide who can barely reach
the handlebar to keep the trip going.
MANBOOBS
Argentina’s breast cancer charity MACMA found a novel way to share a breast examination tutorial on social
media sites that ban visuals of female nipples. A video, by ad agency DAVID Buenos Aires, shows a woman
standing behind a man and demonstrating the examination on a large pair of hairy man breasts.
Test results prove a welcome surprise
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os. The second is considered the
more important of the two because the Fed can exercise more
subjective critiques of the banks’
financial standing.
The banks are required to calculate if they have enough financial cushion to absorb economic
shocks caused by hypothetical
events such as soaring unemployment, falling stock prices or severe recession.
The stress tests were ushered
in by the Dodd-Frank Act following the financial and housing crisis of 2008 and 2009. Since many
banks were unprepared for that
recession, the federal government ended up having to bail out
many institutions.
The results have more than a
theoretical importance to bank
investors. That’s because if banks
aren’t able to demonstrate they
have adequate capital to withstand recessions, the government
can limit how much cash they return to shareholders in the form
of dividends or stock buybacks.
Banks have been boosting their
dividends in recent years as growing profitability improved their financial health. The seven major
U.S. banks, the largest by market
value being Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America,
pay an average dividend yield of
2%, roughly in line with the Standard & Poor’s 500. Citigroup, one
of the slowest to build a cushion,
has the smallest yield of 0.5%.
Wells Fargo, the most valuable
bank and considered among the
strongest, yields the most at 3.3%.
The results point to high probability that larger banks might
proceed with raising dividend
plans or stock buybacks, Oja says.
If there is a concern, it’s that the
financial strength of regional
banks didn’t increase as much as
the large money-center banks, a
point that might become more of
an issue in next week’s test, Oja
says.
Investors also will look for
more details on whether the “exam was difficult enough,” he says.
ty of customer cash and securities
are fundamental protections for
investors and impose lines that
simply can never be crossed,” Andrew Ceresney, head of the SEC’s
enforcement division, said in a
statement.
Bank of America said it cooperated with SEC investigators.
“While no customers were
harmed and no losses were incurred, our responsibility is to
protect customer assets and we
have dedicated significant resources to reviewing and enhancing our processes. The issues
related to our procedures and
controls have been corrected,”
the bank said in a statement.
Gennette to
become CEO
in Macy’s
shake-up
Lundgren to step
down as struggling
retailer looks to reset
its business model
Hadley Malcolm
@hadleypdxdc
USA TODAY
With Macy’s seeking to reinvent itself for the modern shopper, it’s hoping a change of
leadership will help: 13-year CEO
Terry Lundgren will step down
next year, handing his post to Jeff
Gennette, president of Macy’s
Inc., in the first quarter of 2017.
Lundgren, who has been in the
position since 2003, will stay on
as executive chairman of the department store company, which
also operates Bloomingdale’s.
The announcement Thursday
comes amid tumultuous times
for
Macy’s,
which has been
chasing a leaner
business
model through
store closures
and job cuts in
recent years.
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floors and huge
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come to be seen
as overwhelming and unnecessary.
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Lundgren said
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the profound secular forces that
are driving consumer spending.”
The executive shake-up is significant for the country’s largest
department store chain, which
ended 2015 with $27.1 billion in
sales. The company operates
about 870 stores in 45 states, between its Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s,
Blue Mercury, outlet and offprice stores.
But the icon of American shopping has slipped to newer stores
such as H&M and an endless array of online shops. Macy’s has
experienced five consecutive
quarters of same-store sales declines, driven in particular by a
drop in tourist spending.
Its stock, on a steady rise since
the recession and peaking last
summer at $70.27 a share, has
since fallen by 53%. The company
closed 41 underperforming stores
last year and has slashed thousands of jobs as it has attempted
to pare down operating costs and
become more competitive.
Part of the changes already underway under Lundgren include
opening the off-price Macy’s
Backstage stores last year and expanding the availability of services such as same-day delivery
and being able to buy online but
pick up items in a store.
Now, Gennette, 55, will spearhead Macy’s transformation going forward. He has been with the
company 33 years, starting as an
executive trainee in 1983. He became chief merchandising officer
in 2009 and was named president
in 2014, sparking speculation he
would succeed Lundgren.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
TECH
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi,
center, and other Democrats speak on
Capitol Hill on Thursday after ending their
25-hour sit-in protest on the House floor.
PERISCOPE, FACEBOOK LIVE
BRING HOUSE SIT-IN TO MILLIONS
Public,
social
media
are big
winners as
Democrats
protest
rejection
of guncontrol
measures
CAROLYN KASTER, AP
Allana Akhtar and Paul Singer
USA TODAY
The time-honored way of
watching democracy unfold —
with the cable box set to C-SPAN
and its wide-angled views of the
House and Senate floors — may
be headed for the history books
after millions tuned into Facebook and Periscope live-video
streams to follow an overnight
protest by House Democrats.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook Live broadcasts by 19 members of Congress
engaged in the sit-in protest were
watched 3 million times.
Facebook “Live is unfiltered
and real,” Zuckerberg said in a
Facebook post Thursday. “It’s
bringing us moments we
wouldn’t see otherwise — from
birthday parties to locker room
celebrations to late-night ses-
sions in the United States
Capitol.”
Twitter-owned Periscope, in a
fierce rivalry with Facebook over
live video views, said more than
1 million people saw the tweets
Democratic Reps. Scott Peters
and Eric Swalwell, both of California, sent with links to the Periscope broadcasts of the protests.
The hashtags used — #NoBillNoBreak and #HoldTheFloor —
have been tweeted 1.4 million
times since the sit-in.
Democrats staged the 25-hour
sit-in after the Senate rejected
four gun control proposals earlier
in the week, in the wake of the
massacre in an Orlando nightclub. House Democrats took to
social media to live-stream their
protest after cameras in the
House press gallery that feed
C-SPAN’s broadcast were turned
off. In keeping with House policy,
they went dark after Wednesday’s
Facebook
“Live is
unfiltered
and real.
It’s
bringing us
moments
we
wouldn’t
see
otherwise.”
Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg
legislative meeting had ended
when Speaker Paul Ryan adjourned it.
Although House rules prohibit
members of Congress from taking videos or pictures on the
House floor, Rep. Beto O’Rourke,
D-Texas, said his live-stream was
an act of civil disobedience, like
the sit-in itself. C-SPAN began
running O’Rourke’s Facebook
Live stream on its own broadcast,
and he said he received 10,000 incoming messages an hour at
points throughout the night.
O’Rourke said the live-stream
was “so new to the American
public — it was something authentic and raw and honest. And I
think that is what helped turn
people on.”
Facebook has been making a
huge push into live video after a
limited offering captivated early
users, rolling out new features
and placing the Live broadcasts at
a priority position in the mobile
app. The company says users
watch live videos three times
longer than other videos and
comment 10 times more.
That has made it a tough competitor to early-mover Periscope,
which in turn has been pushing
out its own improvements, such
as a save feature and a Periscope
broadcast from the Twitter app. .
The House protest also marks
the first significant time Periscope and Facebook Live were
used by politicians and in a display of political activism, according Jennifer Stromer-Galley,
professor of information studies
at Syracuse University and author of Presidential Campaigning
in the Internet Age. Stromer-Galley said Periscope and Facebook
Live also reached audiences CSPAN could not have, since users
were able to share the video with
their friends online.
In good sign for unicorns,
Twilio surges in IPO debut
Cloud-computing
company puts an end
to tech IPO drought
Jon Swartz
and Eli Blumenthal
@jswartz, @eliblumenthal
USA TODAY
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke at VidCon on Thursday.
Live mobile streaming
now on YouTube app
Will have same features regular videos have
Jefferson Graham
@jeffersongraham
USA TODAY
ANAHEIM , CALIF. Add online
video pioneer YouTube to the list
of apps offering live mobile video
streaming.
Facebook Live and Twitter’s
Periscope have emerged as the
go-to places for broadcasting live
on a mobile phone, leaving Google owned YouTube out of the
picture. Not any more. YouTube
said Thursday it,too, will begin offering mobile streaming from its
app.
In an interview with USA TODAY here, YouTube CEO Susan
Wojcicki said streaming was
something the company had been
doing since 2011 for desktop and
that live video streaming has increased greatly in the last six
months.
“We’ve seen a tripling of live
streaming,” she said.
Mobile is “one click away” and
a great way for the large group of
an estimated 100,000 YouTube
video creators to communicate
with their audiences, she said.
As part of the YouTube app,
mobile live streaming will have
features regular videos have —
users will be able to search for
them, find them through recommendations and playlists.
A small group of creators has
been invited to begin testing the
feature, which will roll out to all
YouTube app users later this year.
The YouTube app is a perennial
top 10 download in the Apple and
Google App Stores.
Wojcicki was the keynote
speaker Thursday at the VidCon
convention, which is sponsored
by YouTube and others, and celebrates the massive growth in online video. The convention floor is
teeming with companies such as
YouTube, Twitter’s Vine, Facebook’s Instagram and smaller
players such as YouNow and
Musical.ly.
YouTube is the world’s biggest
video network, with 1 billion
viewers monthly.
Twilio, the first unicorn to go
public this year, burst out of the
IPO gates Thursday, surging 92%
to $28.79 a share in its first day
of trading.
Its emphatic public-market
debut on the New York Stock Exchange — it set its IPO price at
$15 late Wednesday, above an expected range of $12 to $14 —
broke a tech IPO drought and
could open the markets to more
of its unicorn breed. (Unicorns,
privately held start-ups valued at
$1 billion or more, include Uber,
Airbnb, Snapchat and Dropbox.)
Though some investors cautioned against hyping the firstday pop, the debut fanned excitement simply because new issues
have become relatively rare.
There have been just 40 IPOs
priced in the U.S. this year, down
54% from a year ago, according
to Renaissance Capital. Twilio’s
first-day spike made it the largest
of four tech IPOs this year, as
measured by market value (nearly $2.4 billion). That initial success could persuade wary Wall
Street investors to consider
more IPOs after a volatile market, interest-rate uncertainty
and steep declines in venture
funding all but smothered the
notion.
The cloud-computing company lets developers incorporate
voice and text message services
into their applications. Uber,
Nordstrom, Box and Coca-Cola
are among the 28,000 companies
that use Twilio’s software to send
notifications and interact with
users.
TWILIO
Twilio set its IPO price at $15 on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company used the IPO to
advertise its coding chops by
tweeting, “Hello NYSE” and installing developers at stations on
the NYSE floor for a “Code Jam.”
The first-day showing of Twilio was also distinguished because it is the first IPO to price
above its proposed range since
Atlassian, another tech unicorn,
debuted in December 2015, Renaissance Capital said.
The impact of Twilio’s IPO extends far beyond the Silicon Valley unicorn: It is likely to be a
litmus test for the public market’s appetite for private tech
companies. Twilio’s IPO pricing
gave it a market value of $1.23
billion, north of the $1.03 billion
valuation investors placed on it
during its last private round of financing last year. The 9-year-old
company, which has yet to turn a
profit, said sales surged 88% to
$166.9 million in 2015.
Unicorns, of which they are an
estimated 169, have become a
rarer breed following several
years of torrid growth — just 20
were created in the first three
months of 2016, according to
market researcher CB Insights
Tepid IPOs from SecureWorks
in April and Square last year
threw further cold water on Wall
Street’s interest in the sector.
start-up
Mobile-payments
Square spooked some investors
because it jumped nearly 50% its
first day of trading in November
2015, raising the hopes of other
tech IPO candidates, before it
began an inexorable decline.
But that is gradually changing
after the stock market’s comeback from a rocky beginning this
year, says Neil Dhar, a partner at
PwC. “There has been a pick-up
in recent months,” he says.
Acacia Communications, a
maker of high-speed interconnect products, launched a successful offering last month: Its
stock is up more than 70% from
its initial IPO price.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
CUTTING THE CORD
SIRI LEADING THE WAY IN
ADVANCES FOR APPLE TV
She’ll search for shows you like, and there are more channels to watch
Mike Snider
@mikesnider
USA TODAY
Apple is buffing up its Apple
TV set-top box in hopes of making it a more popular choice for
cord cutters.
The purveyor of iPhones and
iPads is playing catch-up in the
Net video streaming device competition. But some Apple TV advances announced recently
could give it a boost.
One of the latest additions to
the 6,000-plus Apple TV apps:
Sling TV, the live-streaming service that bundles channels such
as AMC, CNN, Disney Channel,
ESPN, HGTV, TBS and TNT for
$20 monthly. Sling just added
Comedy Central to that basic
package. (You can add more
channels, including new additions such as BET, Cooking
Channel and MTV, in $5 programming packages.)
Sling TV and several new features are only available on the
fourth-generation Apple TV released in October 2015 ($149 for
the 32-Gigabyte model, $199
64GB). That hardware refresh
helped Apple gain on competitors such as Roku. However, it
still lags behind, as Roku was in
about 30% of broadband homes
with a streaming device in 2015,
compared with Apple’s 20%, according to market research firm
Parks Associates.
Improvements in Apple’s
tvOS operating system make artificial intelligent assistant Siri a
better content caddy. You can
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Time Warner Cable was acquired earlier this year by Charter.
Streaming service Sling TV is now available on
Apple TV’s fourth-generation set-top box.
now universally search a larger
collection of apps and channels,
including Bravo, CBS, Disney,
ESPN, Food Network, PBS and
Syfy, and Siri will peruse more
than 650,000 movies and TV
episodes for you.
You can now also search YouTube — it’s not part of universal
searching — by simply saying,
“Search YouTube for surfing
videos” or whatever.
And Siri has gotten sharper,
so your searches can be less specific and more wide-ranging. On
stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, iOS software guru Eddy Cue
used the example “Find high
school comedies from the ’80s.”
Siri will also take you straight
to a channel, if you offer a command such as “Siri, watch ESPN
2,” the AI will boot up
WatchESPN.
Also coming this summer is
an improved iOS app that gives
SLING TV/APPLE
your iPhone or iPad the same
abilities as the Siri Remote that
comes with Apple TV, including
Siri voice search, keyboard input
and controller support for some
Apple TV games.
Another feature in the works
for this fall, Single Sign-On, will
make life simpler for pay-TV
subscribers who have TV Everywhere apps constantly needing
authentication. The idea is that
a viewer will log into one pay-TV
app, such as Fox Now, and all
other TV apps that require authentication would also be approved.
Nice touches like that — and
an ever-smarter Siri — can help
Apple TV connect with more
Net TV lovers.
“Cutting the Cord” is a regular column
covering Net TV and ways to get it. If
you have suggestions or questions,
contact Mike Snider at msnider@usa
today.com. And follow him on Twitter:
@MikeSnider.
Safety test suggests
front passengers at risk
in many current car models
The Toyota RAV4 performed the worst in the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety test.
IIHS
This new car crash test
may be tough to pass
Chris Woodyard
@ChrisWoodyard
USA TODAY
One of the nation’s most closely
watched auto safety ratings could
soon get even tougher.
The Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety, which conducts
rigorous car tests and issues ratings that automakers take seriously, is considering adding yet
another front crash test. And
early indications are that a lot of
current car models will flunk.
The issue involves a test that
has bedeviled automakers since it
was instituted in 2012 — what
IIHS calls the “small overlap”
crash. Cars are run into a barrier
at 40 mph with all of the impact
coming on the driver’s side instead of striking it dead on.
The basic idea is that many accidents involve hitting a tree or a
pole — not just running straight
into a wall or head on into another car. After many initially fell
Cars are run
into a barrier at
40 mph with all
of the impact
coming on the
side instead of
dead on.
short, automakers are getting
“good” ratings on the test in large
numbers.
But the IIHS decided to see
what happened if it performed
the same test on the front passenger’s side of the car.
Out of seven SUVs with good
ratings on the test, only one
passed when it came to the crash
on the right side — the 2016 Hyundai Tucson. The rest were rated poor or acceptable.
IIHS says the issue is important because front passengers are
vulnerable in traffic accidents. It
says about 1,600 right-front passengers died in 2014 front crashes
alone.
“It’s not surprising that automakers would focus their initial
effort to improve small overlap
protection on the side of the vehicle that we conduct tests on,” said
David Zuby, IIHS’ executive vice
president and chief research
officer.
The results didn’t differ much
between between cars that appeared to have the same construction on both sides when bumpers
and covers were pulled off, when
compared to those that didn’t.
The worst-performing vehicle
was the 2015 Toyota RAV4. It had
13 more inches of intrusion on the
passenger’s side than on the driver’s side, IIHS says. Plus, a door
opened — which could lead to risk
of passenger ejection.
“Some vehicle structures look
the same on both sides, but they
don’t perform the same,” says
Becky Mueller, an IIHS senior research engineer.
Senators: Some cable
companies raking in
bucks from overbilling
Report slams Charter
Communications,
Time Warner Cable
Mike Snider
@mikesnider
USA TODAY
Some pay-TV companies bilk
many customers with questionable monthly charges that add up
to millions of dollars, charges a
Senate report out Thursday.
Charter Communications and
Time Warner Cable, acquired
earlier this year by Charter for
$79 billion, were particularly targeted in a Senate hearing held by
Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and
Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
Time Warner Cable overbilled
customers $640,000, usually in
unnecessary charges for equipment or programming, in the first
four months of this year, the senators found in their joint report
“Some Cable and Satellite Companies Do Not Refund Customer
Overcharges,” released at the
hearing.
Charter overbills customers by
about $442,000 monthly, the senfound
during
the
ators
investigation.
“We found that customers are
being charged a host of fees that
are not included in advertised
pricing, some of which are for
programming that used to be included in a customer’s video
package,” McCaskill said. “We
also found that, just as many customers have long believed, some
of these fees, like the HD and
DVR service fees, aren’t a true reflection of the cost to the company of the service but rather are
based on the revenue goals of the
company and the price a customer is willing to stomach.”
Their report also looked specifically at those companies’ overbilling in the senators’ own states.
In Ohio, where TWC is the
largest pay-TV provider, last year
the company overbilled 40,000
customers with overages of more
than $430,000, an average of
about $10.75, the report says. In
the first five months of 2016,
TWC overbilled up to 11,000 customers in Ohio — and those overcharges totaled $108,000.
Charter estimates that it has
annually overcharged about
5,900 Missouri customers a total
of $494,000 each year.
“It doesn’t have to be this way,”
Portman said.
He noted that Comcast and DirecTV provide automatic refunds
and that Dish’s billing system
aims to prevent overcharges. Executives from the pay-TV companies answered the senators’
questions at the hearing.
Despite the growing trend of
cord-cutting — dropping pay TV
in favor of streaming TV over the
Net —more than 94.2 million U.S.
homes subscribe to pay TV, according to Leichtman Research
Group. Pay-TV providers have
lost about 1 million subscribers
over the past four years, the research firm says.
Time Warner
Cable overbilled
customers
$640,000 in the
first four months
of this year, the
report said.
Still, many cable and satellite
customers have been frustrated
by the cost and complexity of
their pay-TV bills, McCaskill said.
“It is amazing to me … the volume
and passion of input we got from
people about how they feel like
they are mistreated by their payTV provider.”
During the Senate investigation, Charter and Time Warner
Cable agreed to issue credits for
overbilling, she said.
And Comcast had directed its
customer-service agents to make
it easier for customers to cancel
service.
Charter has invested $7 billion
in upgrading its networks and
adding more than 7,000 jobs to
improve customer service, said
Kathleen Mayo, the company’s
executive vice president for customer operations.
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PERSONAL FINANCE
Credit card users still
want paper statements
74% of those who get
one say it’s a helpful
reminder, survey says
Charisse Jones
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USA TODAY
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T-Mobile unveils 4G summer
deal for European vacations
Figuring divorce into
your financial plans
fatalistic but smart
Eli Blumenthal
@eliblumenthal
USA TODAY
T-Mobile users traveling to
Europe this summer won’t need
to buy a new phone to get highspeed Internet.
The company announced
Thursday that starting July 1 and
running through Aug. 31, travelers
who have T-Mobile’s Simple
Choice plan while in the U.S. will
have access to high-speed 4G LTE
networks across the continent.
T-Mobile has offered free international data, known as roaming,
since October 2013, though with
the exception of Canada and Mexico, Internet speeds were slowed
to slow, 2G-like connections overseas.
DEAR PETE: My wife and I have a question concerning our 401(k)s.
Should we contribute to our individual retirement accounts evenly?
Her salary is substantially larger than mine. She has 12% going into hers,
and I have 10% going into mine. My thoughts were to basically put
the same amount into both our accounts each week (adjusting
the percentages to make this happen). You never know, she might
kick me to the curb (kidding). We plan on being together forever,
and all of our finances are shared evenly. Why wouldn’t we want
to do the same with the 401(k)s? — JEREMY
Peter Dunn
Special for
USA TODAY
DEAR JEREMY: Eleven years ago I
met a woman named Gayle. She’d
just been through a relationship
transition. By relationship transition, I mean divorce. That’s what
my divorce attorney friend calls
divorces — relationship transitions.
Gayle had been a stay-at-home
mom for the better part of 30
years, and her marriage was ending. From the outside, her and
her future ex-husband’s life appeared to be the epitome of financial success. It wasn’t. Most of
their wealth was tied up in very
complicated business investments.
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When the marriage ended, by
no fault of her own, Gayle didn’t
get nearly as much money as anyone would have thought. Had she
had a reasonable accumulation
strategy, the likes of what you
mention, her life would be much
different today.
To properly explore this topic
is to accept an uncomfortable reality: The idea of preparing to
separate from your spouse preemptively, without basis, is inherently uncomfortable. It’s one part
fatalist and one part practical. I
want to go on and on about how
preparing to not be married to
the person you’re married to violates the spirit of togetherness
and love, but, unfortunately, I’ve
seen far too many people — mainly women — left out in the cold
when a relationship turns, well,
cold.
Taking joint responsibility for
retirement preparation is a good
idea, whether you two make it to
your diamond anniversary or
your balsam wood anniversary.
You both need to develop a
healthy view on income independence by systematically
breaking your dependency on
your work income as you get closer to retirement. It’s not unusual
for one spouse to mentally and financially prepare for retirement,
while the other one has his or her
head in the clouds. You can prevent this by both accepting responsibility, which is obviously
what you’re trying to do.
When you examine the financial lives of those who divorce, it’s
common to see one person more
prepared for the future than the
other. The lack of preparation is
evident in both retirement accounts and daily living.
Both people need to know how
to budget, pay bills and save for
retirement. Those skills are priceless. If both people in a marriage
develop them, then the financial
risks and impact of a relationship
transition are mitigated. Divorce
aside, when both individuals possess high-level financial skills, everyone wins. Your marriage will
actually benefit from your joint
efforts, not suffer.
Technically, one of your company-sponsored retirement plans
is likely better than the other.
One may have lower fees and better-performing funds. If that’s the
case, I’d be remiss in not mentioning pumping money into that
account would result in higher
balances than if you pumped
money into the more expensive
retirement plan. Therefore, by
creating an accumulation strategy to account for your wife making significantly more money, you
may end up costing yourself
money based on the quality of the
two retirement accounts.
Be sure to both increase your
contributions as your incomes increase.
I do think contingency planning for a relationship transition
can cross over to sealing your
fate. Call it intuition, but constant
talk of preparing for “what if we
get divorced” seems as though it
would actually lead to divorce. Be
careful.
There’s a fine line between
practical preparation and the premonition of a plight. No matter
how you cut the cake, preparing
together to separate is still preparing to separate.
When it comes to credit cards,
many Americans are doggedly attached to their paper statements.
A new survey from CreditCards
.com found 93 million credit card
holders are still receiving their
statements on paper instead of online, and 43 million of them prefer
it that way.
“I guess old habits are hard to
break,’’ says Matt Schulz, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com.
Nearly 50% of those who are receiving paper financial statements
say they would be willing to pay to
get those mailings if they had to.
For those who are still receiving
paper financial statements, 80%
said they like having those pieces
of paper for their records, and 74%
like the tangible reminder that it’s
time to make a payment.
“As convenient as an electronic
statement can be,’’ Schulz says,
“they can also be kind of easy to
miss in your email.’’
While 67% of those getting
mailed statements are just used to
finding out what they owe the oldfashioned way, 50% say they pay
their bills by checks and the
mailed statements supply them
with the payment envelopes. More
than a quarter of those getting paper statements say they didn’t
have consistent access to the
Internet.
Even if you prefer paper statements, it’s a good idea to also
check your accounts online, Schulz
says. “That’s the best way to find
out as quickly as possible if there’s
any sort of fraudulent activity going on,’’ Schulz says.
He recommends consumers go
online once a week to review not
only their credit card accounts but
their bank accounts as well.
Calls in European countries
will be 20 cents per minute, but
users can use apps such as Skype,
WhatsApp, FaceTime or Snapchat
to make calls with friends. You can
also use your phone as a wireless
hotspot for other devices with unlimited high-speed data for no additional charge. T-Mobile’s Simple
Choice plans start at $50 a month
(plus taxes and fees) for 2GB of
high-speed 4G data, with no fee if
you use more. Unlimited texting
and calling are also included.
T-Mobile users will still be able
to get unlimited data when traveling to the other 100-plus countries T-Mobile has arrangements
with, but they will remain at 2G
speeds. Traditional texting (not
services such as iMessage, Whats
App or Facebook Messenger) remains unlimited.
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6B MONEY
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
AMERICA’S MARKETS
What to watch
David Carrig
@david_carrig
USA TODAY
The single biggest influence for
stocks the past few weeks comes
down to a single word: “Brexit.”
Fears that the United Kingdom
would vote to leave the European
Union have sent stocks south.
Hopes that the U.K. will stay put
have triggered rallies. Simply, investors favor the status quo over a
change they fear will have global
economic repercussions.
It was no exception Thursday
as millions of Britons cast their
vote on whether the U.K. should
leave the 28-nation EU.
Stocks rallied sharply and sent
the Standard & Poor’s 500 index
within 1% of a record close as investors bet the historic “Brexit”
referendum would end with Britain staying in the EU.
Facts about America’s investors
who use SigFig tracking services:
The S&P rose 1.3% to 2,113,
leaving it 0.9% shy of its record
high. The Dow Jones industrial
average rose 230 points, or 1.3%,
to 18,011. And the Nasdaq composite index gained 1.6%.
That came on the heels of a rally in European markets that lifted
Britain’s FTSE 100 1.2%, France’s
CAC-40 2.0% and Germany’s
DAX 1.9%. Also, the British
pound rose 1.2% and hit its highest level this year.
Ahead of the vote, a new Ipsos
Mori poll completed Wednesday
night showed the “remain” supporters with a narrow lead — 52%
to 48%. But the polling firm’s
chief executive, Ben Page, said
13% of those polled said they still
might change their minds. Another poll, from Populus, gave “remain” 55% and “leave” 45%.
The most aggressive
SigFig portfolios had the
best performance in early
June but the worst in the
last 6 months.
+230.24
+27.87
INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
CHANGE: +1.3%
YTD: +586.04
YTD % CHG: +3.4%
COMP
+76.72
CHANGE: +1.6%
YTD: -97.37
YTD % CHG: -1.9%
CLOSE: 18,011.07
PREV. CLOSE: 17,780.83
RANGE: 17,844.11-18,011.07
NASDAQ
CLOSE: 4,910.04
PREV. CLOSE: 4,833.32
RANGE: 4,859.40-4,910.04
CLOSE: 2,113.32
PREV. CLOSE: 2,085.45
RANGE: 2,092.80-2,113.32
RUSSELL
RUT
+23.25
COMPOSITE
GAINERS
Price
$ Chg
YTD
% Chg % Chg
14.05
Micron Technology (MU)
Stock rating upgraded at Nomura and Susquehanna.
+1.33
+10.5
Company (ticker symbol)
+5.5
-2.8
50.81 +2.46
Western Digital (WDC)
Expected to benefit from improving NAND demand.
+5.1
-15.4
21.78
Williams Companies (WMB)
Reverses loss on Energy Transfer deal speculation.
+1.02
+4.9
-15.3
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
Positive note, makes up some of June’s loss.
29.69
+1.35
+4.8
-9.8
17.98
+.83
+4.8
+3.4
Leucadia National (LUK)
Jefferies unit has encouraging second quarter.
LOSERS
-.8
+.63
Transocean (RIG)
Oil rises, nearly makes up 2016 loss.
12.03
+4.7
-.4
Qorvo (QRVO)
Consensus buy; improving market.
58.28 +2.64
+4.7
+14.5
28.00
Mosaic (MOS)
Rises on potential of two biggest potash producer deals.
+1.26
+4.7
+1.5
Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
57.17
Content-delivery network services should push growth.
+2.47
+4.5
+8.6
YTD
% Chg % Chg
Price
$ Chg
Scripps Networks (SNI)
Dips early on unusually high volume.
62.19
-1.23
-1.9
+12.6
Red Hat (RHT)
M&A weighs on margins.
78.39
-1.36
-1.7
-5.3
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Falls as CFO cites weak revenue environment.
39.59
-.67
-1.7
-8.1
Viacom (VIAB)
CBS deal seen as value destructive and unlikely.
43.47
-.56
-1.3
+5.6
Alaska Air Group (ALK)
59.14
Fund manager cuts; Virgin America deal seen hard.
-.54
-.9
-26.5
35.39
Newmont Mining (NEM)
Reverses gain on falling spot price ahead of “Brexit” vote.
-.33
-.9
+96.7
218.45
-1.77
-.8
-8.8
Nike (NKE)
Nears 2016 low ahead of earnings call.
54.12
-.45
-.8
-13.4
Foot Locker (FL)
Loses momentum and hits year’s low.
53.14
-.41
-.8
-18.4
157.03
-1.09
-.7
-2.8
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YOTUE
VO
2016
IN
5-day avg.:
6-month avg.:
Largest holding:
Most bought:
Most sold:
-1.34
-0.02
AAPL
MSFT
AAPL
4-WEEK TREND
The computer chip maker got a $15
vote of confidence from two broPrice: $14.05
kerages. Susquehanna Group
Chg: $1.33
raised its rating to positive from $9
% chg: 10.5%
neutral and Nomura upped its ratMay 26
Day’s high/low: ing to buy from reduce.
$14.16/$13.40
4-WEEK TREND
$100
Twilio
The cloud computing company
soared in its first day of trading after pricing its initial public offering
above the top end of its $12 to $14
expected range, selling 10 million
shares for $15 each.
Price: $28.79
Chg: $13.79
% chg: 91.9%
Day’s high/low:
$29.61/$23.66
Fund, ranked by size
Vanguard 500Adml
Vanguard TotStIAdm
Vanguard InstIdxI
Vanguard TotStIdx
Vanguard InstPlus
Vanguard TotIntl
Fidelity Contra
American Funds GrthAmA m
American Funds IncAmerA m
American Funds CapIncBuA m
NAV
194.93
52.59
193.04
52.57
193.05
14.85
98.13
42.13
21.24
59.19
Chg.
+2.57
+0.74
+2.55
+0.74
+2.55
+0.31
+1.24
+0.61
+0.20
+0.71
4wk 1
+3.4%
+3.7%
+3.4%
+3.6%
+3.4%
+5.2%
+1.8%
+3.7%
+3.5%
+4.3%
YTD 1
+4.5%
+4.5%
+4.5%
+4.4%
+4.5%
+4.0%
-0.1%
+2.0%
+6.7%
+7.8%
1 – CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED
ETF, ranked by volume Ticker
SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr
SPY
Barc iPath Vix ST
VXX
iShs Emerg Mkts
EEM
CS VS 2x Vix ShTm
TVIX
iShare Japan
EWJ
ProShs Ultra VIX ST
UVXY
SPDR Financial
XLF
VanE Vect Gld Miners
GDX
iShares EAFE ETF
EFA
CS VS InvVix STerm
XIV
Close
210.81
13.61
34.76
2.35
11.83
10.40
23.33
25.22
58.70
30.05
Chg.
+2.71
-1.46
+0.82
-0.53
+0.26
-2.52
+0.48
-0.28
+1.58
+2.71
% Chg %YTD
+1.3% +3.4%
-9.7% -32.3%
+2.4% +8.0%
-18.4% -62.5%
+2.2%
-2.4%
-19.5% -63.3%
+2.1%
-2.1%
-1.1% +83.8%
+2.8%
unch.
+9.9% +16.5%
INTEREST RATES
MORTGAGE RATES
Type
Prime lending
Federal funds
3 mo. T-bill
5 yr. T-note
10 yr. T-note
Type
30 yr. fixed
15 yr. fixed
1 yr. ARM
5/1 ARM
Close 6 mo ago
3.50%
3.50%
0.38%
0.36%
0.28%
0.18%
1.26%
1.72%
1.75%
2.25%
Close 6 mo ago
3.73%
3.91%
2.71%
3.11%
2.82%
2.77%
2.90%
3.21%
SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM
COMMODITIES
Essex Property Trust (ESS)
Cap rates in May reached all-time low.
RE
O
F
E
B
5-day avg.:
6-month avg.:
Largest holding:
Most bought:
Most sold:
TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
72.23 +3.22
Costco Wholesale (COST)
Flooded with complaints on rocky Amex exit.
MORE THAN 80%
U.S. INVESTMENTS
TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS
United Rentals (URI)
Consensus hold; fund manager increases stake.
Company (ticker symbol)
-1.50
0.56
AAPL
MSFT
TWTR
51% TO 80%
U.S. INVESTMENTS
Late Wednesday, the cloud computing and open-source software
Price: $78.39
company reported better-than-exChg: -$1.36
pected results for its first quarter $60
% chg: -1.7%
May 26
Day’s high/low: but also issued disappointing guidance for the rest of the year.
$78.55/$74.76
4-WEEK TREND
CLOSE: 1,172.22
PREV. CLOSE: 1,148.97
RANGE: 1,151.51-1,172.22
S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS
5-day avg.:
6-month avg.:
Largest holding:
Most bought:
Most sold:
-0.06
0.12
BP
BP
AAPL
Red Hat
RUSSELL 2000 INDEX
CHANGE: +2.0%
YTD: +36.33
YTD % CHG: +3.2%
5-day avg.:
6-month avg.:
Largest holding:
Most bought:
Most sold:
STORY STOCKS
Micron Technology
STANDARD & POOR'S
CHANGE: +1.3%
YTD: +69.38
YTD % CHG: +3.4%
21% TO 50%
U.S. INVESTMENTS
-1.23
-0.62
AAPL
MSFT
LNKD
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Cattle (lb.)
1.17
1.15
Corn (bushel)
3.87
3.93
Gold (troy oz.)
1,261.20 1,268.00
Hogs, lean (lb.)
.84
.84
Natural Gas (Btu.)
2.70
2.68
Oil, heating (gal.)
1.52
1.50
Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)
50.11
49.13
Silver (troy oz.)
17.35
17.31
Soybeans (bushel)
11.25
11.38
Wheat (bushel)
4.54
4.59
Chg.
+0.02
-0.06
-6.80
unch.
+0.02
+0.02
+0.98
+0.04
-0.13
-0.05
% Chg.
+1.2%
-1.5%
-0.5%
unch.
+0.8%
+1.1%
+2.0%
+0.3%
-1.1%
-1.0%
% YTD
-14.0%
+7.9%
+19.0%
+40.9%
+15.5%
+38.2%
+35.3%
+25.9%
+29.1%
-3.4%
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Currency per dollar
British pound
Canadian dollar
Chinese yuan
Euro
Japanese yen
Mexican peso
Close
.6753
1.2797
6.5691
.8810
105.78
18.2968
Prev.
.6807
1.2829
6.5870
.8844
104.47
18.4926
6 mo. ago
.6723
1.3859
6.4797
.9164
120.88
17.2344
Yr. ago
.6363
1.2336
6.2041
.8953
123.96
15.4231
FOREIGN MARKETS
Country
Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Japan (Nikkei)
London
Mexico City
Close
10,257.03
20,868.34
16,238.35
6,338.10
46,145.92
Prev.
10,071.06
20,795.12
16,065.72
6,261.19
45,806.16
Change
+185.97
+73.22
+172.63
+76.91
+339.76
%Chg.
+1.9%
+0.4%
+1.1%
+1.2%
+0.7%
YTD %
-4.5%
-4.8%
-14.7%
+1.5%
+7.4%
SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN-DEPTH MARKETS COVERAGE
USATODAY.COM/MONEY
$14.05
June 23
$78.39
June 23
$28.79
$30
$0
May 26
June 23
INVESTING ASK MATT
Twilio a good
start, but caution
still prevails
Q: Are tech IPOs about
to come alive?
Matt Krantz
mkrantz@usatoday.com
USA TODAY
A: One solid tech deal doesn’t make for
a healthy market. Investors are still skeptical despite the solid showing by Twilio,
but it certainly doesn’t hurt.
Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that allows developers to
add voice, recording and transcription
features to their applications. Reception
for the deal was surprisingly strong given
how weak the IPO market has been this
year. Shares were sold to initial investors
at $15 each, topping the $12 to $14 expected range.
It was the first IPO to set its initial
price above the expected range all year,
Renaissance Capital says.
Even with the higher initial price,
shares surged about 70% in their first
day of trading Thursday to roughly $25 a
share.
Tech investors see the Twilio deal as a
huge vote of confidence. It’s one of the
first highly valued new breed of tech
companies to successful test the market
and find a strong reception. But this deal
is unlikely to fix what has been a slow
year for deals. So far this year, there have
been just 40 IPOs, down 53% from the
same point last year, Renaissance says.
Tech hasn’t been the driver either, as
half the IPOs the past 12 months have
been health care stocks and just 15% in
tech, Renaissance says.
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USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
AUTOS
WHAT STANDS
OUT
uFun: You'll love driving
again.
uPower: That Fiat
engine really pops.
uSize: Tight squeeze.
FIAT 124 SPIDER HAS ITALIAN
STYLE, JAPANESE QUALITY
Two-seat roadster revival a real blast from the past
Chris Woodyard
@ChrisWoodyard
USA TODAY
As a kid, one of
the nicest bonding
experiences I had
with my father was
going car shopping.
I’ll never forget the time we
visited a Fiat dealership and saw
a gleaming Fiat 124 Spider in the
showroom. Between the British
racing green paint job and woodaccented dashboard, it was the
most breathtaking car I had ever
seen.
“My son is silently screaming
for me to buy it,” my father told
the salesman. He didn’t — and it’s
probably for the best, because beyond the car’s flawless appearance, Fiat’s were known for
less-than-stellar reliability.
Now comes a new Fiat 124 Spider, a two-seat sports car that is
not only sexy in appearance and
breathtaking when it comes to
performance but holds out the
REVIEW
hope of the kind of reliability that
usually comes with Japanesebuilt cars. It is built at Mazda’s
Hiroshima plant on the chassis
that underpins the highly-regarded Mazda’s MX-5 Miata.
The model’s reintroduction
comes just ahead of the last Fiat
124’s 50th anniversary. There are
still 8,000 of the little buggers
registered in the U.S., Fiat says.
Some 170,000 were built between
1968 and 1983.
The 124 Spider is as appealing
as they come, with its long hood
and short rear deck that emphasize its zippy performance. The
Fiat 1.4-liter MultiAir turbocharged engine puts out a smooth
160 horsepower, teamed with a
standard 6-speed manual transmission. Because it’s a sports car
with heritage, it basically screams
for a manual. Just like the Miata,
the shifting is a little stiffer than
we’d prefer, both the moving the
stick and pressing the clutch.
Brushing aside the extra effort,
the shifting is just part of the fun.
Of course, there’s also the op-
tion for an automatic transmission, if you must (and most will
even as a $1,350 option). The
number of models offering manuals continues to dwindle.
Fiat says the brand went to
lengths to try to keep touches
from the original Fiat 124 Spider
in the new one, which comes to
showrooms this summer. We noticed the similarities more than
differences with the Miata when
it came to the dashboard layout.
And that’s not a bad thing, given
how wonderful the most recent
Miata turned out.
The Spider’s most appealing
feature isn’t inside the car, but
outside — that big blue sky that
most drivers would never notice.
Unlike the complicated electrically operated mechanisms that
usually crank tops up and down,
the 124 has one of the most simple, easy-opened tops we’ve ever
seen. It’s a 5-second operation,
and the latching and unlatching is
easy. It encourages drivers to
open the roof at even a hint of
sunshine.
A.J. MUELLER
2017 FIAT 124
SPIDER
uWhat? A two-seat
sports car that revives a
nameplate from the 1960s.
uWhen? Comes
to showrooms this summer.
uHow much? Starts
at $24,995 plus $995
shipping, for the base
version. The fanciest 124
Abarth goes for $28,195.
uWhere? Assembled
in Hiroshima, Japan.
uHow big? 13.3 feet.
uWhat makes it go?
A Fiat 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo
engine producing 160
horsepower, with a 6-speed
manual or automatic
transmission.
uHow thirsty? 26 miles
per gallon in the city, 35
mpg on the highway and
30 mpg combined with
the manual. About the
same with the automatic.
uOverall: Italian flair
with Japanese reliability.
The biggest drawback to the
car is the tight quarters. Though
Fiat boasts the car’s trunk is more
capacious than other roadsters,
we couldn’t fit a lot more in it
than a single roller bag. The driver’s seatback seemed unusually
narrow. The cupholders are attached next to the passenger’s
shoulders, between the seatbacks,
requiring a clumsy move to grab
that commuter mug that risks a
spill. And our 6-2 frame poked up
against the canvas roof, which became another reason to find an
excuse to drive top-down.
Annoyances aside, the Fiat 124
Spider is a blast. And at $25,990,
including shipping, it’s coming
billed as cheapest new turbocharged-convertible on the market.
The bigger decision for many
will be whether to buy the roadster as a Mazda or a Fiat. The
Mazda version comes with the 2liter SkyActiv engine that has 5
less horsepower and about the
same starting price. One thing is
clear: Either might be the perfect
choice for new car buyers looking
to escape their sedan-encased
existences.
Dodge Viper super car
being killed off — again
Loved by enthusiasts
and collectors, it’s
going out in style
Brent Snavely
@BrentSnavely
Detroit Free Press
CHRIS WOODYARD, USA TODAY
A Tesla mini-store has opened inside a Nordstrom at The Grove
mall in Los Angeles. It features a white Model X crossover.
You can now buy a
Tesla at Nordstrom
Chris Woodyard
@ChrisWoodyard
USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES Shoppers browsing
through the Nordstrom store in
one of this city’s toniest malls
may leave with more than a tie or
sport coat. They may want something far pricer — a new Tesla.
Tesla opened an electric-car
boutique in the men’s section of
the Nordstrom store Monday
that could become the model for
others. Tesla has had its own
stores in malls, but not one inside
of a department store.
Not only could it potentially
cut the automaker’s real estate
costs, but it could also help Tesla
attract more customers who discover the car just by walking by.
At the store on a hot afternoon,
customers could step directly
from the men’s suits section into
the Tesla display to check out a
white Model X crossover with its
upward-opening gullwing rear
doors or learn more about the
cars’ features. Test drives were
being held in the parking lot.
“We’re getting a lot of people
walking by,” said Jonathan Rios, a
product specialist.
The mini-store is slated to operate inside the Nordstrom store
at The Grove through the end of
the year.
Nordstrom
executives
“thought it would be interesting,”
said Dan Evans, a spokesman for
the upscale department store
chain. “We like to create experience inside our store to make
people want to come there. ...
We’ve experimented and tried
different things.”
He said the two brands were in
discussion for months about the
idea. Financial terms were not
disclosed.
Tesla, based in Palo Alto, Calif.,
is the auto industry upstart that
has prided itself in defying industry convention. Rather than dealerships, it has depended on its
own company stores to sell cars.
Putting Tesla boutiques inside
Nordstrom stores is a great idea,
said Max Zanan, who has two auto-dealer-related businesses. He’s
president of Total Dealer Compliance, a car dealership compliance-auditing firm, and CEO of
IDDS Group, a consulting firm for
dealerships.
The Nordstrom experiment
ramps up pressure on traditional
dealers to find ways to be more
creative, he said. Nordstrom “attracts a very upscale clientele that
is a good fit for Tesla,” Zanan said.
“Tesla and Nordstrom share a
relentless drive to engage and delight customers with new and innovative shopping experiences,”
Tesla said in a statement.
The Dodge Viper super car,
loved by enthusiasts and collectors, will die again next year. But
it’s going out in style.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said
this week it is offering five limited-edition models to commemorate the final year of production
and celebrate its 25th anniversary. Each model will be inspired by
historic Vipers from the past and
produced in very small numbers.
“The Dodge Viper has had a
great run and, 25 years after it
was first introduced, it leaves the
super car world reaching for the
records it continues to set,” Tim
Kuniskis, Fiat Chrysler’s head of
passenger cars and the Dodge
brand, said in a statement.
The Viper, with its exaggerated, curvy styling and reputation
for being difficult to control on
the road, has always been much
bigger than its small sales volumes. The car exemplifies the
bold spirit of the Auburn Hills
automaker and is coveted by
street racing enthusiasts and car
collectors alike.
The car, which debuted in
1992, was discontinued in 2010 in
the midst of the Great Recession
and the automaker’s Chapter 11
bankruptcy, causing the plant
where it is built to be idled.
But the Viper rose from its
grave just three years later in a
project spearheaded by FCA head
of design Ralph Gilles.
“The history of Viper runs
deep. The private equity guys
tried to snuff it out, but it’s like
the weed that keeps growing
back,” Gilles said at the New York
International Auto Show in 2012
as he took a swipe at Chrysler’s
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Nicole Auerbach
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PITTSBURGH The artifacts of
cancer are different to each patient and to each survivor. To
some, they are head scarves and
blankets. To others, they are
tears and frustration.
To Pittsburgh running back
James Conner, they are his
scars. The visible ones, sure, but
the intangible ones, too. The
ones only he can feel. Like the
early December day he considers his lowest of lows — when he
had to stand in front of his teammates and tell them through
tears that he had cancer.
This week, Conner tugged at
the collar of his T-shirt, exposing
a thick, horizontal scar on his
neck.
“I didn’t like this one at first,”
he says, “but now I’m proud of
it.”
Scars and ink cover Conner’s
body, telling his story almost
better than he can. He starts
with this scar — the one on his
neck — despite the fact it reminds him of his biopsy last fall
and the cancer diagnosis that
changed his life. Because of that,
he starts there.
On Thanksgiving, doctors told
the Pitt running back who was
the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year he had
cancer. They just didn’t know
what type and what stage.
Conner’s mother, Kelly Patterson, prayed there would be a
clerical error or that someone
had misread a scan. But on the
first day of December, Conner
learned his diagnosis: Hodgkin
lymphoma, stage 2, meaning the
cancer likely had started in his
neck and spread to his chest.
“The world was in slow-mo,
and my mom started crying,”
Conner says. “I tried to be
strong.”
Patterson made her son
promise that he wouldn’t pretend he was fine if he wasn’t,
that he’d tell her if he was down,
that they’d go through this to-
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At No. 2, Lakers
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told his teammates the news,
through the decision to go public
with his battle, through the
12 chemotherapy appointments
that spanned six months.
“We haven’t had the worst
life. We haven’t had the best
life,” Patterson says. “My mom
calls me ‘The Fixer,’ like Olivia
Pope from Scandal, because I’m
always like, ‘Everything’s going
to be fine. It will be fine. We’ll fix
it. It’s going to be OK. What can
we do?’ As long as we’re healthy,
we’re good.
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the Australian forward who
played one season at LSU and is
considered a rare, transcendent
talent. He is an excellent passer
and a left-hander and stands
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family now,” said Simmons,
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off my chest. I’ve been looking
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only for myself, but my family
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LEYVA REBOUNDING Nichols, Kocian
battling for Rio
IN OLYMPIC TRIALS
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Gymnasts work to regain form after injuries
Nancy Armour
ST. LOUIS The Olympic selection
process is grueling enough for
gymnasts — an exhausting five
weeks with three competitions in
which they try to prove to national team coordinator Martha Karolyi that they’re at their peak.
For Maggie Nichols and Madison Kocian, gymnasts in contention to make the Rio Olympic
team, the added challenge comes
in a shortened season as they return from injuries.
Nichols returns at the
U.S. championships here
starting Friday after
tearing her meniscus in
April, while Kocian is
competing for the second time after breaking
her leg in late February.
Both gymnasts helped
the U.S. women win the
team gold in the world
championships last year
and brought home individual medals, but those
won’t carry as much
ROBERT HANASHIRO, USA TODAY SPORTS
weight as showing that
Madison
Kocian
won uneven bars gold
their form is as good or
better than it was before in the 2015 world championships.
their injuries.
“I just want to show (Karolyi) member is strongest on bars,
that I’m strong and that I’ve been where she won gold in a four-way
working in the gym super hard tie in last year’s world championand that I’m consistent and can ships, but had to take about three
hit my routines,” Nichols said. “I weeks off from the event because
want to make her proud and want she couldn’t land on her broken
her to know that I can do this.”
foot.
The U.S. Olympic trials are
She competed on beam and
next month in San Jose, but bars in the Secret Classic this
Nichols and Kocian know Karolyi month, posting the second-highand the selection committee are est score on her favorite event.
taking stock at each camp and
“I think it’s a huge confidence
each competition. A good perfor- boost knowing that I’ve been in
mance in the two rounds of com- such a big stage in competition
petition here can demonstrate and I handled myself very well
how well they have recovered.
there,” Kocian said.
Nichols had a breakthrough
If each can get back to where
season in 2015, taking silver in she was last season, Kocian might
the all-around in the U.S. champi- have an easier path forward. Bars
onships before winning a bronze has been one of the Americans’
on floor exercise at worlds. She weakest events. Nichols, meanstarted the year with a silver in while, shares strengths with Biles,
the American Cup in March but defending Olympic all-around
hurt her knee on a vault while gold medalist Gabby Douglas and
training
for
Pacific
Rim defending Olympic floor gold
championships.
medalist Aly Raisman.
Though she missed a few
“I guess I try not to really look
weeks of training and one nation- at all the other girls and try to foal team camp, she almost imme- cus on being the best I can be,”
diately continued working on Kocian said. “That’s just really
uneven bars.
what I want to do this summer —
Nichols will compete on that just have no regrets at the end of
event and balance beam here, the summer.”
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ST. LOUIS
Other guys want to
make the selection committee’s
job excruciatingly difficult.
Danell Leyva would rather
make it as easy as possible.
“Like, ‘That guy’s definitely on
the team. No question,’ ” Leyva
said.
Think he did that Thursday?
“Yeah. Yeah,” he said. “I hope
so.”
Needing to make up ground to
give himself a shot at the Rio
team, the reigning Olympic
bronze medalist reminded everyone Thursday that he is, well, the
reigning Olympic bronze medalist. Rebounding from his dismal
showing in the national championships two weeks ago, Leyva
posted the third-highest score of
the night to put himself back in
the mix for the five-man team.
“Ideally, every single time we
go out, we’d hit and we’d win,”
Leyva said. “But I have that ability to say, ‘OK. That event is over.
Literally there is nothing I can do
about nationals. But there’s a lot I
can do about tonight and Saturday night.’ ”
Scores from nationals will be
combined with those from trials
but, fortunately for Leyva, it’s not
a simple matter of sending the
top five men to Rio.
Because of the unforgiving
three-up, three-count format in
team finals — the competition
that determines which teams
leave Rio with medals and which
go home empty-handed — the
U.S. selection committee is looking for a combination that can
ensure the highest scores possible. And the guys who can put
them up consistently.
It might not have been obvious,
given his struggles in nationals,
where he was 16th. But time and
again when the stakes are highest,
Leyva has delivered.
He helped the U.S. men win a
bronze in the 2011 world championships, then claimed the title on
parallel bars. His bronze in allaround in London was the lone
bright spot for the U.S. men.
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Danell Leyva competes on the rings Thursday during the U.S.
men’s gymnastics Olympic trials in St. Louis.
He was part of the 2014 world
team that won bronze and also
took silver on parallel bars. Last
year, he was the silver medalist
on high bar.
“That’s a pretty big comfort.
People tend to forget about that,”
Leyva said at nationals, his eyes
hard with determination.
He had the second-highest
score on parallel bars Thursday
and was third on high bar. But his
most significant score was on
pommel horse. Alex Naddour and
Sam Mikulak will help the Americans hold their own in the event,
but the selection committee is
searching desperately for a third
score.
With a 14.675, Leyva delivered.
Leyva isn’t the only returning
Olympian who has ground to
make up this weekend. John
Orozco was in the top seven on
the four events he did, including
the top high bar score. But he was
below Leyva on pommel horse.
Though it doesn’t completely
explain his poor performances,
Leyva arrived at nationals not
fully trained after getting bit by
one of his family’s dogs less than
a month earlier. Leyva suffered
several deep bites on his leg and
hand and had to take more than a
week off of training.
Even after he resumed training, Leyva had to hold back, afraid
that if he landed too hard he
might tear a muscle.
“There was always that, ‘If I
would have had that little bit of
extra time, it would have been
better,’ ” Leyva said. “But, honestly, I was pretty happy with the
way I did considering all that
happened and the minimal
amount of training that I had to
get me into the moment.”
But he’s had two weeks of solid
training since then, and Leyva
knew that would make a noticeable difference.
“I knew if I was able to do that
at nationals with the minimum
amount of preparation, if I could
give it everything, I could do what
I did tonight,” he said.
And if it makes the selection
committee’s job easier in the
process, even better.
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though she’ll train on all four
events. She’s expected to do the
all-around at trials.
“The No. 1 thing is mentality,
but I wouldn’t underestimate her,
because I saw her doing floor and
vaults, and I’m like, ‘Maggie, if
this were anybody else, they
wouldn’t be back, but you are,’ ”
said Simone Biles, Nichols’ best
friend and a three-time defending
U.S. and world champ. “So she’s
still one of the most powerful
gymnasts we have out here, so I
would still put her on that team.”
For Kocian, the recovery is a
little further along.
The two-time worlds team
Golfer Vegas couldn’t pass up Olympics
Callie Caplan
USA TODAY Sports
BETHESDA , MD. When Venezuelan golfer Jhonattan Vegas thinks
about the Olympics, he pictures
the opening ceremony, walking
with all of the athletes, waving his
country’s flag in front of an international audience.
He started to imagine the moment a few years ago after the International Olympic Committee
voted in 2009 to reinstate golf for
the 2016 and 2020 Olympics,
ending a 112-year hiatus.
Despite public concerns about
the Zika virus and security in Rio
de Janeiro, Vegas, No. 48 in the
International Golf Federation’s
Olympic rankings, is excited to
achieve his dream.
“Being in that big of a stage and
wearing your colors and playing
for your country, that’s a lot of
fun,” said Vegas, who shot 6-under-par 65 in Thursday’s first
round of the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country
Club. “It’s probably one of the
biggest moments for an athlete,
GEOFF BURKE, USA TODAY SPORTS
Jhonattan Vegas will represent Venezuela in Rio.
so that’s one of the things I’m excited about.”
As Vegas, 31, prepares to travel
to Rio with his family as Venezuela’s lone golf representative, other
players have announced their intentions to skip the Games.
Citing Zika concerns, Northern
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, No. 4 in
the Olympic golf rankings, said
Monday that he wouldn’t play in
Rio. Graeme McDowell, whose
wife is due to give birth in early
September, declined to replace
McIlroy. Australia’s Adam Scott
and South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen also
pulled out of consideration.
Vegas accepts the players’ concerns, but he said living in Venezuela until he was 18 made him
more aware of the frequency of
similar fears.
“It’s definitely a big concern,
no question about it. It’s a health
risk,” Vegas said. “Winning a
medal for your country, it’s a big
thing, and you just got to take
precautions and just be OK with
it. I know it’s tough for guys that
probably haven’t grown up in that
region.”
Missing so much talent from
the field detracts from golf’s return to the Games, Vegas said. As
the first Venezuelan on the PGA
Tour and the country’s first golf
representative at the Olympics,
Vegas feels responsibility to promote the sport internationally.
“We definitely need all the support that we can get, because
that’s one of the biggest ways we
can grow the game, especially in
2
countries that don’t really know
about the PGA Tour,” Vegas said.
“It definitely hurts, but at the
same time, I understand some of
the reasons why they’re doing it.”
Venezuela’s top golfer grew up
admiring Tiger Woods and
watching the Olympics on TV. He
never dreamed of playing golf at
the Games, because it wasn’t an
option, but he knows kids at
home look up to him. He’s glad to
provide a respite from his nation’s social and economic unrest.
“It’s going to be a different kind
of pressure because you’re playing for you and playing for your
country,” Vegas’ caddie, Ruben
Yorio, said of Vegas’ Olympic run.
“Probably is a little bit more pressure, but he’s happy to handle it.”
Vegas views the pressure as excitement. He’ll get to wear his
country’s colors with his parents,
wife and child in the stands. Aside
from the opening ceremony, Vegas is looking forward to watching swimming and track events.
“Everyone dreams about the
Olympics. We don’t get to play for
our country that often, and that’s
a great way to do it.”
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SAN FRANCISCO Reporters held
cardboard virtual reality goggles
to their heads Thursday, twisting
in their seats to get a better view
— virtually — of the paint scheme
on Denny Hamlin’s car for this
weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway.
Reality, as seen through the
goggles, was distorted. There was
no actual No. 11 car in a Ghirardelli Square restaurant, and
Hamlin was seated at a table, not
standing in front of a purple FedEx Cares paint scheme.
On the track, a similar battle
between reality and virtual reality
will unfold over the next couple
of months.
Which drivers are title contenders? Which teams are running well in advance of the Chase
for the Sprint Cup? Who needs to
do more work to catch up?
Be sure to question your eyes
as you try to answer, because
what you might see on NASCAR
tracks in the next 11 races isn’t
necessarily the full truth.
After all, teams already locked
into the Chase — such as Joe
Gibbs Racing, which has all four
of its drivers in — might not show
everything they have until the
playoff approaches.
“It’s important to make sure
you’re competitive at the right
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“It’s important to make sure you’re competitive at the right time,” says Denny Hamlin, right.
time,” Hamlin said Thursday. “If
you go out there and you’re dominant and teams have time to look
at your car and build whatever is
in your car, then you’re hurting
yourself. You don’t want to release anything until the last minute, until it’s too late for people to
adapt to it.”
It’s funny Hamlin mentioned
this heading into Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, because it
comes on the heels of two unusual races. In the last calendar year,
JGR had counted at least one of
its four drivers among the top five
finishers of every race.
But no JGR driver finished in
the top five at Pocono Raceway.
Then it happened again the following week at Michigan International Speedway.
Suddenly, it’s worth asking: Is
this the beginning of a down cycle
for Toyota after a dominating
start to the season? After all, the
manufacturer had won seven of
eight races, including Martin
Truex Jr.’s Coca-Cola 600 win for
JGR alliance member Furniture
Row Racing, but now has gone
back-to-back races without a
top-five.
Chevrolets scored a one-two
finish at Pocono, with StewartHaas Racing’s Kurt Busch scoring
his first win of the season. Then
Ford won at Michigan, with Joey
Logano driving to victory lane for
the first time in 2016.
Did the other manufacturers
suddenly close the gap? Did aerodynamic rule changes help even
the playing field?
Those explanations are plausible. But Fox Sports analyst Larry
McReynolds says the most likely
explanation is JGR is in experimental mode with all four drivers
plus Truex locked into the Chase.
“You do wonder, ‘Is it because
(the circuit is at) some tracks
where there’s a good opportunity
to try some things?’ ” McReynolds said.
Similarly, Hamlin says JGR is
putting its focus toward September, when the four-round, 10week playoff begins. A bad run
now, he says, can easily be dismissed; it simply doesn’t matter
in the long run for teams that already have clinched a spot.
“I don’t see anything from my
standpoint that’s cause for concern,” Hamlin said.
Ten drivers are locked into the
Chase with 11 races remaining in
the regular season. In addition to
the Toyota five (Truex, Hamlin,
Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and
Carl Edwards), Ford has both
Team Penske drivers (Brad Keselowski and Logano) and Chevrolet has SHR’s Kevin Harvick and
Kurt Busch, along with Hendrick
Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson.
None of those drivers is a surprise (all were in last year’s
Chase), and Hamlin expects the
list of title contenders to look
similar to last year’s. But when it
comes to finding the cream of the
crop, it’s going to be difficult to
determine for some time.
Whether Toyota remains on
top, this much will be true: The
other organizations aren’t giving
up after JGR’s dominant start to
the season.
“We knew the gap was going to
close,” McReynolds said. “Penske,
Stewart-Haas Racing and Hendrick Motorsports weren’t just
going to sit there with their arms
folded and say, ‘Well, we’re licked.
We’re beat.’ ”
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Josef Newgarden understands
his surgically repaired collarbone
and his broken hand are about to
be tested at the Road America circuit. Newgarden has been cleared
to practice Friday, but he will be
evaluated afterward to see if the
injuries he suffered June 12 can
withstand the rigors of the natural terrain road course in Elkhart
Lake, Wis.
Newgarden broke his right collarbone and a bone in his right
hand in a crash at Texas Motor
Speedway. For stability, Newgarden had a plate and two screws
inserted in his right shoulder by
Indianapolis surgeon Kevin
Scheid.
Newgarden was injured when
his car slid cockpit-first into the
oval track’s outside wall. Conor
Daly, who caused the crash, was
not injured and will race in this
weekend’s 50-lap Kohler Grand
Prix.
Newgarden said the injuries
were equally concerning — the
pain of having shoulder surgery
and the hand and wrist swelling.
“They’re both issues, I would
say,” he told USA TODAY Sports.
“I don’t want to make them
sound worse than they are, but
they’re equally a concern to me.”
If Newgarden is unable to do
the job for Ed Carpenter Racing,
he will be replaced by JR Hildebrand, who has finished in the
top 10 in each of the last three Indianapolis 500s for the Indianapolis-based team.
Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar race winner, is motivated to
return so quickly by virtue of being fourth in this year’s Verizon
IndyCar Series standings, 98
points behind leader Simon Pagenaud. Thus, Newgarden is in contention for the championship as
the season moves to its second
half with Sunday’s race (1:15 p.m.
ET, NBC Sports Network).
Newgarden said he passed his
first test to returning to the car by
meeting with IndyCar consultant
Kevin Scheid, who performed the
shoulder surgery last week at Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital.
“He was happy with how I was
feeling and how my (healing) was
going,” Newgarden said.
Then, Newgarden went to Dallara’s facility on Main Street to
experience a race car in a simulator. Road America has 14 turns
over 4.048 miles, mostly with left-
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Josef Newgarden, left, suffered a broken collarbone and hand
in a crash with Conor Daly last weekend.
hand turns.
Newgarden’s next hurdle will
come Friday when it’s time to
strap into the No. 21 Chevrolet.
The pressure applied by the extreme tightening of the seat belts
will gauge how much pain his
right shoulder can endure.
Said Newgarden of his ability
to pass that test: “At this point, I
don’t know (if I can).”
Given the angle and force at
which Newgarden hit the outside
wall at Texas, it’s almost miraculous he’s in as good condition as
he is. The first hit was one thing;
the second was with the car on its
side and the chassis compromised. Most of the car’s roll hoop
was sheered off in the second hit,
an indication of how close his
head came to hitting the wall.
Hildebrand feels ready to step
in, if needed.
“I’ve tested (the car) last week,
and if I drive for them this week
— even if Josef goes for two
(practice) sessions (Friday) and
then decides it’s too much to deal
with — at least I’ve been in a current-spec car at that track with
this group of (crewmembers),” he
said. “Those things all sort of
help.
“With IndyCar’s competition
as tight as it is, a couple of tenths
(of a second per lap) really
matters.”
This weekend marks IndyCar’s
return to one of the sport’s most
popular venues for the first time
in nine years. Sebastien Bourdais
won Champ Car’s last race there
in 2007. Bourdais is the only driver in this field to have won an Indy car race at Road America.
In some ways, owner-driver Ed
Carpenter said Newgarden is fortunate IndyCar isn’t racing at
Iowa Speedway this weekend.
“That’s a more physical track,”
Carpenter said.
ECR is scheduled to test at the
Iowa track next week, but Hildebrand, who does not have a fulltime ride, has been secured for
the driving duties.
Cavin writes for The Indianapolis Star,
part of the USA TODAY NETWORK.
KLINSMANN TO PREMIER LEAGUE? NOT SO FAST
Martin Rogers
mjrogers@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports
Jurgen Klinsmann was the
subject of a curious flurry of betting activity Thursday in which
he was briefly installed as the
odds-on favorite to become the
head coach of English Premier
League team Southampton.
London bookmakers were
thrown into a panic by a massive
flurry of wagers on Klinsmann to
replace former boss Ronald Koeman, and this appeared to cast
doubt over the German’s future
in charge of the U.S. men’s national soccer team.
Thursday morning, Klinsmann
was generally priced at 1-3, having been available at 40-1 earlier
in the week.
“There was a massive and sudden move in the betting market
odds for Klinsmann,” said Alex
Donohue, spokesman for gambling firm Ladbrokes.
British betting analysis company Smartbets.com revealed that
in the 48 hours up until Thursday
morning, 95% of all bets of the
new Southampton coach market
BILL STREICHER, USA TODAY SPORTS
Jurgen Klinsmann guided the
Americans to a semifinal spot
in the Copa America.
had been placed on Klinsmann.
But the wave of momentum
that seemed to raise the possibility of a dramatic switch quickly
dissipated. A source familiar with
Southampton’s search for a manager told USA TODAY Sports that
Klinsmann was not being considered. The person spoke on condition of anonymity as the person
was not authorized to comment
publicly on the situation.
By Thursday afternoon, Klinsmann’s odds had stretched to 6-1,
with French coach Claude Puel
the new favorite to take over.
US Soccer President Sunil Gulati declined to comment.
So what happened to temporarily send the betting markets wild
and spark frenzied discussion
among Team USA fans? The rapid saga seems to have been one of
those occasions in which false information created a betting surge
that snowballed quickly.
The London betting lines have
been correct often enough that
they cannot be ignored. When
Sven Goran Eriksson was named
as England national team coach
in 2001, there was a huge surge of
betting supporting him in the
hours leading up to the announcement.
Sometimes, though, such
trends are unreliable. After the
2010 World Cup, then-U.S. coach
Bob Bradley was installed as the
odds-on favorite to take charge at
Aston Villa, owned by thenCleveland Browns chief Randy
Lerner.
However, the position eventually went to Frenchman Gerard
Houllier, with Villa sources later
saying Bradley had never been in
serious contention for the role.
It would indeed seem odd for
Klinsmann to leave his U.S. position at this juncture — the midway point between the 2014
World Cup and the next one, in
Russia in two years.
But there were enough factors
to have the bookies on edge. First,
the vast majority of bets were
from the region around the south
coast of England, where Southampton is situated. Donohue said
that factor, plus the fact that bettors were prepared to gamble
even at very short odds, was
telling.
Alan Alger of betting company
Betway said the wave of support
for Klinsmann had come as a
shock and was drastic compared
to similar previous situations.
Alger noted that Klinsmann’s
reputation in England remains
high after his successful playing
stint with Tottenham in the
mid-1990s, and it can be expected
that he will continue to be linked
with vacant EPL jobs.
Klinsmann has run the U.S.
team since 2011 and this week
took the team to the semifinals of
the Copa America, where it lost
4-0 to Argentina.
After the Americans lost their
Copa America opener to Colombia on June 3, Gulati declined to
guarantee that the coach would
remain in charge long term, and
it seemed likely Klinsmann
would be fired if the team failed
to progress from the group stage.
Yet a spirited revival followed,
with victories against Costa Rica
and Paraguay to end on top of
Group A, and a quarterfinal win
against Ecuador — before world
No. 1 and 2014 World Cup finalist
Argentina proved far too strong.
If Klinsmann did jump to the
EPL at any point, he would be
likely to greatly increase his salary. He received $3.2 million in the
2014 financial year, according to
records disclosed by US Soccer,
which likely included bonuses for
reaching the last 16 of the World
Cup.
Former Southampton boss
Koeman was reportedly on a
$3.72 million salary when he departed for Everton, where he
nearly tripled his salary.
Given the ever-rising influx of
money streaming into the coffers
of Premier League teams thanks
to the league’s lucrative global
television contracts, Southampton might need to pay $5 million
or more to get an elite-level
coach.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
NHL MOCK DRAFT
GOLF
RAHM DIVES RIGHT IN
Days after turning
pro, 21-year-old
leads in Maryland
Steve DiMeglio
@Steve_DiMeglio
USA TODAY Sports
FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Likely No. 1 pick Auston Matthews dominated the Swiss National League.
MATTHEWS COULD LEAD
PARADE OF FORWARDS
Kevin Allen
@ByKevinAllen
USA TODAY Sports
BUFFALO The NHL draft
will be held Friday and Saturday at First Niagara Center. How the first round
might play out:
1. Toronto Maple
Leafs: Auston Matthews, center, 6-2, 202
pounds, Zurich (Swiss National League). The Arizona native, 18, proved he was
NHL-ready with a strong
world championships. He’s
a franchise player.
2. Winnipeg Jets: Patrik Laine, right wing, 6-4,
210, Tappara (Finland). Led
Finland to world junior
championships gold, was
Finnish Elite League MVP
and dominated the world
championships.
3. Columbus Blue
Jackets: Jesse Puljujärvi, right wing, 6-3, 200,
Karpat (Finland). A fabulous skater who could have
a Teemu Selanne-like impact.
4. Edmonton Oilers:
Matthew Tkachuk, left
wing, 6-1, 200, London
(Ontario Hockey League).
The Oilers might trade the
pick to land a defenseman.
But Tkachuk, a fiery, biggame power forward, likely
will go at No. 4.
5. Vancouver Canucks: Pierre-Luc Dubois, center-left wing, 6-3,
202, Cape Breton (Quebec
Major Junior Hockey
League). Has the puck skill
and drive to be a top-line
forward.
High-quality
stickhandler.
6. Calgary Flames:
Logan Brown, center,
6-6, 225, Windsor (OHL).
Brown would give the
Flames
needed
size,
strength and skill.
7. Arizona Coyotes:
Olli Juolevi, defenseman,
6-2, 185, London (OHL).
He has been compared to
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and
if he goes to Arizona, he
would have the opportunity to learn from him.
8. Buffalo Sabres:
Mikhail Sergachyov, defenseman, 6-2, 210, Windsor (OHL). A flashy skater
with explosiveness and a
booming shot.
9. Montreal Canadiens: Jakob Chychrun,
defenseman, 6-2, 205, Sarnia (OHL). It’s not unthinkable that he’d end up as this
draft’s best defenseman.
10. Colorado Avalanche: Alexander Nylander, left wing, 6-0, 180,
Mississauga (OHL). His dynamic presence emerges
with the game on the line.
11. New Jersey Devils: Clayton Keller, center, 5-10, 165, USA
Under-18 (USA). Skilled,
fast, smart and clever. No
one seems concerned
about his lack of size.
12. Ottawa Senators:
Tyson Jost, center-wing,
5-11, 195, Penticton (British
Columbia Hockey League).
After a 104-point season,
he projects as a scoring
winger in the NHL.
13. Carolina Hurri-
RONI REKOMAA, AP
Patrik Laine’s scoring ability could boost the Jets,
who were 22nd in goals in 2015-16 and pick second.
canes: Kieffer Bellows,
left wing, 6-0, 196, USA Under-18. His father, Brian,
scored 485 NHL goals. He
has his dad’s scoring ability.
14. Boston Bruins:
Charlie McAvoy, defenseman, 6-0, 205, Boston
University (Hockey East).
He can quarterback a power play and be strong
enough defensively to kill
penalties.
15. Minnesota Wild:
Jake Bean, defenseman,
6-0, 180, Calgary (Western
Hockey League). Could end
up as this draft’s top offensive-minded defenseman.
16.
Detroit
Red
Wings: Dante Fabbro,
defenseman, 6-0, 195, Penticton (BCHL). The Red
Wings’ most pressing need
is puck-moving defensemen. Fabbro can quarterback a power play. He is as
effective defensively as he
is offensively.
17. Nashville Predators: Michael McLeod,
center, 6-2, 190, Mississauga (OHL). Will be a pro’s
pro. Will be an excellent
defensive forward, a winner and perfect team player. But he might not be a
scorer.
18. Philadelphia Flyers: Julien Gauthier,
right wing, 6-4, 225, Vald’Or (QMJHL). Projects as
a power forward. Powerful
skater with a finishing
touch.
19. New York Islanders: German Rubtsov,
center, 6-1, 185, Vityaz Podolsk (Kontinental Hockey
League). He’s a two-way
center who will help his
team in many different
ways.
20. Coyotes (from
New York Rangers):
Luke Kunin, center, 6-0,
195, Wisconsin (Big Ten).
Has drawn comparisons to
Red Wings center Dylan
Larkin. Received more and
more attention as the season progressed.
21. Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings): Riley Tufte,
left wing, 6-5, 210, Blaine
(Minn.) High School. He
has the potential to be an
NHL force. Has the full tool
box, including a heavy shot.
22. Winnipeg Jets
(from Chicago Blackhawks): Max Jones, left
wing, 6-2, 203, London
(OHL). Power winger with
a mean streak. Has an intimidating presence with
offensive ability.
23. Florida Panthers:
Alex DeBrincat, right
wing, 5-7, 170, Erie (OHL).
Scored 102 goals over the
last two seasons. He might
be the niftiest goal scorer
in the draft.
24. Anaheim Ducks:
Vitali Abramov, right
wing, 5-9, 175, Gatineau
(QMJHL). His offensive
touch is special. His size is
worrisome, but he can be
feisty.
25. Dallas Stars:
Brett Howden, center,
6-2, 195, Moose Jaw
(WHL). Could end up being a big, dependable
matchup No. 2 center.
Knows how to use his size
effectively.
26. Washington Capitals: Tage Thompson,
center, 6-5, 190, University
of Connecticut (HEast).
He’s 6-5, and he’s the son of
Brent Thompson, a former
NHL player and current
coach. He has hockey
sense, size and skill. Still
needs to grow into his
body.
27. Tampa Bay Lightning: Pascal Laberge,
center, 6-1, 185, Victoriaville (QMJHL). Has speed
and skill. Has drawn comparisons to Derick Brassard.
28. St. Louis Blues:
Logan Stanley, defenseman, 6-7, 225, Windsor
(OHL). The Blues would
hope they were adding another Colton Parayko.
29. Bruins (from San
Jose): Dennis Cholowski, defenseman, 6-0, 175,
Chilliwack (BCHL). Projects to be a second-pairing
defender who plays a dependable two-way game.
30. Anaheim Ducks
(from Pittsburgh via Toronto): Rasmus Asplund, center, 5-11, 180,
Farjestads (Swedish Elite
League). Smart, creative
playmaker who knows how
to make magic happen on
the offensive end.
BETHESDA ,
MD.
That
didn’t take long.
Jon Rahm, a week after
he was the low amateur at
the U.S. Open, was the low
professional in his pro debut Thursday in the Quicken Loans National at
softened
Congressional
Country Club.
The big-hitting Arizona
State product, 21, who is
the only two-time winner
of the Ben Hogan Award
given to college golf’s top
player, fired a bogey-free, 7under 64 to set the pace.
“I would say about five
months ago my expectations were really high, but
coming into this moment, I
worked with my mental
coach. We basically just
narrow it down to enjoying
it and learning as much as I
could, and I’ve been thinking like that for the last
month and trying not to
have high expectations,”
said Rahm, who had 11 oneputts. “When I compete,
especially today, kind of I
was anticipating this moment. I kind of blacked out
a little bit. I don’t remember a single swing I made
all day or a putting stroke
or anything. So I kind of got
in this motion of just walking, talking with people.
“I was not cruising. It
was obviously a good day. I
was really comfortable off
the tee with the driver, hitting it good, hitting it
straight, so that allowed me
to be a little more
aggressive.”
Rahm wasn’t the only
player going low.
The Blue Course at Congressional was pounded by
GEOFF BURKE, USA TODAY SPORTS
Jon Rahm had a bogey-free 64 Thursday to lead
after the first round of the Quicken Loans National.
storms that greeted Thursday’s dawn, saturating the
layout and delaying the first
round. Once the unpleasant front cleared, PGA Tour
players battered the Blue
and turned it into a sea of
red numbers on a course
that usually causes players
to see red.
“Attack, attack, attack,
attack,” Jamie Lovemark
said about his mind-set
once he stepped onto the
vulnerable course. Just
over 7,000 yards later,
Lovemark signed for a 66
to hit the front page of the
leaderboard.
It is an oversized front
page.
Jhonattan Vegas shot 65
to stand one in back of
Rahm, while Lovemark was
in a large group two back at
66 with Kyle Reifers, Bill
Haas, Ernie Els, Harold
Varner III, Billy Hurley III,
Camilo Villegas and Wesley
Bryan. Eleven players were
at 67.
Fifteen of the top 21
played in the morning wave
when the course was softer
and the winds were their
softest.
“Just to be able to come
out here and shoot 65 on
this golf course, which is
probably one of the toughest courses we play all year
… just amazing,” Vegas said.
“(The rain) helps a little bit
because fairways get a little
softer, the greens get a little
softer, and you can be a
fraction more aggressive.
But even then, it’s an extremely tough golf course.”
At 5:15 a.m. ET, rain and
lightning arrived and created a delay of 2 hours, 15
minutes and tempered a
usually fierce test even
more after storms Tuesday.
Players were allowed to lift,
clean and place their balls,
adding to their advantage.
And there was little breeze
to deal with.
“We played a soft golf
course, and the course is in
great condition, so if you
play decent golf, you could
score. It was a nice morning,” said Els, who won the
1997 U.S. Open here and is
feeling pretty good around
this place. “There’s good
vibes coming. Every hole is
something that you did
well.”
Players will continue to
be in attack mode as more
storms are in the forecast
for Friday. They might be in
attack mode come Saturday, too.
“Sunday
afternoon?”
Lovemark guessed when
asked when the entire
course could get firm and
fast. “The fairways are really soft; the greens aren’t
that soft. … It’ll be a few
days.”
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SPORTS 5C
E6
NBA DRAFT
DRAFT TRACKER: ANALYSIS, GRADES
Simmons, Ingram
give fans of 76ers,
Lakers reason
to cheer; Dunn fits
well with T’Wolves
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AJ Neuharth-Keusch
and Michael Singer
Brandon Ingram, left, with
Jamal Murray, was No. 2.
@tweetAJNK, @msinger
USA TODAY Sports
USA TODAY Sports’ pick-bypick analysis and grades for players selected in the first round:
1. Philadelphia 76ers
Pick: Ben Simmons, F, LSU
Grade: A
Analysis: Simmons has as
much upside as anyone in the
draft, and he could wind up a perennial All-Star, but there were
legitimate questions about his
leadership at LSU. The last time
the 76ers had the No. 1 pick they
took Allen Iverson. That worked
out pretty well. Trust the process,
as they say.
2. Los Angeles Lakers
Pick: Brandon Ingram, F,
Duke
Grade: A
Analysis: At 6-10 with a 7-3
wingspan, the athletically gifted
18-year-old has drawn Kevin Durant comparisons since appearing
in the national spotlight during
his lone year at Duke. He has the
tools to become an All-NBA talent, and if he adds muscle to his
sub-200-pound frame, he could
be the next franchise player.
3. Boston Celtics
Pick: Jaylen Brown, F,
California
Grade: B+
Analysis: The Celtics owned
arguably the most coveted pick in
the draft, and they used it on one
of the most athletic frontcourt
players available. Brown provides
elite athleticism on the wing.
4. Phoenix Suns
Pick: Dragan Bender, F,
Croatia
Grade: B+
Analysis: The addition of this
year’s top international prospect
should be a difference-maker in
the Suns’ frontcourt ... eventually.
Despite Bender’s 7-1 frame, he’s
versatile enough to play either
forward position or center.
5. Minnesota Timberwolves
Pick: Kris Dunn, G, Providence
Grade: A+
Analysis: There might not be
a better fit than Dunn in Minnesota under first-year coach Tom
Thibodeau. Dunn is a versatile,
powerful combo guard who will
mesh perfectly with Andrew Wiggins on the wing.
6. New Orleans Pelicans
Pick: Buddy Hield, G, Oklahoma
Grade: B
Analysis: Hield was the one of
the best college players last season, a knock-down shooter who
can spread the floor for Anthony
Davis.
7. Denver Nuggets
Pick: Jamal Murray, G,
Kentucky
Grade: AAnalysis: The Nuggets were
one of the worst three-point
shooting teams, and Murray’s
outside shot immediately improves the perimeter game.
8. Sacramento Kings (traded to Phoenix Suns)
Pick: Marquese Chriss, F,
Washington
Grade: A
Analysis: In the first eight
picks, the Suns snagged the two
best bigs not named Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram. For a
team whose top talent lies in the
backcourt, the addition of a 6-10,
230-pound forward with threepoint range and elite athleticism
is a home run.
JERRY LAI, USA TODAY SPORTS
Jaylen Brown, right, hugs supporters after being selected as the No. 3 overall pick by the Celtics.
9. Toronto Raptors
Pick: Jakob Poeltl, C, Utah
Grade: B+
Analysis: The Raptors needed
a player who could contribute immediately. Poeltl is a legitimate
back-to-the-basket scorer and excellent rebounder.
10. Milwaukee Bucks
Pick: Thon Maker, C,
Australia
Grade: BAnalysis: The Bucks took the
7-1, 215-pound Sudanese-Australian significantly earlier than
expected. What he lacks in experience, he makes up for in size
and athleticism.
11. Orlando Magic (traded
to Oklahoma City Thunder)
Pick: Domantas Sabonis, F,
Gonzaga
Grade: B
Analysis: Serge Ibaka was
traded to the Magic for Ersan
Ilyasova, Victor Oladipo and the
rights to Sabonis. OKC is getting
an NBA-ready big man.
12. Utah Jazz (traded to Atlanta Hawks)
Pick: Taurean Prince, F,
Baylor
Grade: B
Analysis: If the Hawks
planned to replace DeMarre Carroll, Prince is their guy. Prince,
6-8, doesn’t necessarily have the
makings of a star but could contribute from the beginning.
13. Phoenix Suns (traded to
Sacramento Kings)
Pick: Georgios Papagiannis,
C, Greece
Grade: C
Analysis: Papagiannis. 7-2,
240 pounds, likely could’ve been
had later. You can’t teach size. He
could clog the lane with DeMarcus Cousins’ interior game.
14. Chicago Bulls
Pick: Denzel Valentine, G,
Michigan State
Grade: B+
Analysis: The Associated
Press national player of the year
is headed to Chicago, which
makes all the more sense after
the departure of Derrick Rose.
With such a high basketball IQ,
proven maturity and court vision,
the all-around talent is a good fit.
But is he athletic enough?
15. Denver Nuggets
Pick: Juan Hernangomez,
C-F, Spain
Grade: AAnalysis: Hernangomez is a
draft-and-stash possibility who
has good size, excellent strength
and a good motor. As a stretch-4,
he’s ideal for the current mold of
the NBA.
16. Boston Celtics
Pick: Guerschon Yabusele,
F, France
Grade: B+
Analysis: If you hadn’t heard
of Yabusele before draft night, it’s
time to start listening. He’s a bit
undersized at the power forward
position at 6-8, but with the
small-ball revolution sweeping
the league combined with Yabusele’s three-point shooting ability
and strength and physicality, he
could be a steal.
17. Memphis Grizzlies
Pick: Wade Baldwin IV, G,
Vanderbilt
Grade: A
Analysis: Baldwin is a combo
guard who could contribute immediately. He’s a good shooter
with value on the defensive end,
but he isn’t particularly athletic.
18. Detroit Pistons
Pick: Henry Ellenson, F,
Marquette
Grade: A
Analysis: Ellenson had lottery
potential, so the Pistons nabbing
him at 18 could turn out to be a
steal. He’s big; he’s skilled; he can
shoot.
19. Denver Nuggets
Pick: Malik Beasley, G,
Florida State
Grade: B
Analysis: Beasley had an excellent freshman season at FSU
with averages of 15.6 points and
5.3 rebounds per game. He has an
excellent shooting stroke and is
known for his slashing ability.
20. Indiana Pacers (traded
to Brooklyn Nets)
Pick: Caris LeVert, G,
Michigan
Grade: B
Analysis: LeVert is a highly
talented, long, athletic guard with
three-point range. The only problem? His health, as he was
plagued by injuries at Michigan.
He could be a steal for the Nets.
21. Atlanta Hawks
Pick: DeAndre’ Bembry, F,
Saint Joseph’s
Grade: AAnalysis: He is a versatile, underrated athlete who could fit
seamlessly into the rotation and
pair well with Taurean Prince,
whom the Hawks grabbed early
in the draft. Bembry’s also an
elite passer.
22.
Sacramento
Kings
(from Charlotte)
Pick: Malachi Richardson,
G, Syracuse
Grade: B+
Analysis: With his proven
ability to pull up from the perimeter or put the ball on the floor,
he has upside.
23. Boston Celtics
Pick: Ante Zizic, C, Croatia
Grade: BAnalysis: Zizic has good athleticism for his size (6-11, 250
pounds) and couples that with a
good motor, but he struggles
away from the basket. Could be a
draft-and-stash candidate.
24. Philadelphia 76ers
Pick: Timothe Luwawu, G,
France
Grade: B+
Analysis: A long, athletic wing
who can jump out of the gym?
The Sixers will gladly take that,
even if his perimeter shooting
isn’t where it needs to be. He
might not have an immediate impact for a team that just spent its
first overall pick on Ben Simmons
at the same position.
25. Los Angeles Clippers
Pick: Brice Johnson, F,
North Carolina
Grade: B
Analysis: Johnson has excellent athleticism and significant
potential but was rarely featured
in the Tar Heels offense. He also
needs to to bulk up as Blake Griffin’s backup.
26. Philadelphia 76ers
Pick: Furkan Korkmaz, G,
Turkey
Grade: AAnalysis: Korkmaz is an excellent scorer with outstanding
offensive instincts, but his defense is a work in progress. A
good ballhandler with slashing
ability, the 76ers can afford to be
patient with him.
27. Toronto Raptors
Pick: Pascal Siakam, F, New
Mexico State
Grade: B+
Analysis: The 6-10, 230-pounder averaged 20.3 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks with New
Mexico State. He wasn’t projected to go in the first round, but
he’s an intriguing pick for a team
that might lose Bismack Biyombo.
28. Phoenix Suns (traded to
Sacramento Kings)
Pick: Skal Labissiere, F,
Kentucky
Grade: BAnalysis: The Kings finally
ended Labissiere’s precipitous
fall. Some projected the Kentucky
forward as a lottery pick, but he
underwhelmed last season, averaging 6.6 points and 3.1 rebounds.
He’s a long-term project.
29. San Antonio Spurs
Pick: DeJounte Murray, G,
Washington
Grade: A
Murray, at 6-5 with a ton of upside, is a great pick at 29 for the
Spurs. He needs to improve consistency and take better care of
the ball, but the talent is there.
30. Golden State Warriors
Pick: Damian Jones, C,
Vanderbilt
Grade: B+
Analysis: With center Festus
Ezeli and Anderson Varejao likely
entering free agency, Jones, who
some projected to go earlier, provides adequate insurance. He’s
also a good athlete for a big man.
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Now I can relax, but now I know
where I’m going to be. More importantly, I know where I’m
headed and know I can really
start working on what I need to
work on for the team.”
The 76ers have failed to reach
the 20-win mark over the last
three seasons. With an elite player to build around in Simmons,
the franchise’s fortunes could be
turning around. He is the first
LSU player to be selected No. 1
since Shaquille O’Neal in 1992
and joins recent top-10 selections Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor
and Joel Embiid in Philadelphia.
Simmons will play for a familiar face in 76ers coach Brett
Brown, who coached Simmons’
father in Australia.
Brandon Ingram followed
Simmons. The Los Angeles Lakers selected the Duke product
No. 2 overall in the team’s first
major move in the post-Kobe
Bryant era. A dynamic scoring
small forward, Ingram is known
for his athleticism and shooting
ability.
“You kind of feel pressure (to
fill Bryant’s shoes), but it’s good
pressure,” said Ingram, who likely will fill Bryant’s starting role at
small forward. “It gives you motivation and the potential to be
someone like Kobe Bryant, one
of the greats in the game.
“I’m going to be myself. Whatever I can do to impact the game,
whatever Coach needs me to do,
I’m going to do it.”
With the No. 3 pick, the Boston Celtics selected Jaylen
Brown, a small forward from
California. Dragan Bender, a 7footer from Croatia, went fourth
to the Phoenix Suns. Providence
point guard Kris Dunn was selected No. 5 by the Minnesota
Timberwolves, and lights-out
shooter Buddy Hield of Oklahoma went No. 6 to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Ingram
eager
to help
Lakers
recover
Scott Gleeson
@scottmgleeson
USA TODAY Sports
As he put on his
tinted gray, élevée suit coat
hours before the NBA draft,
Brandon Ingram nodded his
head with satisfaction and said
something Los Angeles Lakers
fans will surely love to hear:
“I’m ready make a statement.”
“I wanted to go a little flashy
tonight, this is my dream come
true — to play in the NBA,” Ingram told USA TODAY Sports.
Except flashy is the opposite
of Ingram’s fundamentally
sound play on the court and his
lackadaisical demeanor off it.
Yet the former Duke forward
will now have the Hollywood
spotlight brightly shining as he
becomes a key part of a storied
franchise’s rebuilding process.
“There’s a lot of pressure
that comes with playing for a
team like the Lakers, being in a
big city like Los Angeles. But
man, I’m ready for it,” said Ingram, who is 6-9. “What people
don’t know about me, that they
should, is I’m a fighter. I’m not
going there to lose. You might
see how I act or my size, but
I’ve got that inner strength,
that character to help a team.”
Ingram’s mother, Joann, says
her son’s relaxed demeanor is
just what’s on the surface. Beneath it lies a fire that will catapult him into becoming an
instant star for a struggling
franchise in need of an All-Star.
“There have been so many
games where he walks out
there all lazy looking, and everyone is like, ‘Psshh.’ But then
when he plays, everyone shuts
up,” Joann Ingram said. “It’s almost like a Clark Kent-Superman
transformation.
He
doesn’t go out there to be good.
He goes out there to be great.”
Ingram, who focused on improving his body — conditioning, weightlifting and eating six
meals a day to bulk up — leading up to draft night, believes
he offers a versatile style of play
that will translate to the professional level right away, but he
also feels he has just tapped
into his potential.
If his first and only season at
Duke is a barometer for his
growth rate, ESPN analyst Jay
Bilas said the sky is the limit.
“(No. 1 pick) Ben Simmons is
a full year older than Brandon
Ingram,” Bilas says. “You kind
of look at that with players,
what’s their growth going to be
like, what are they going to look
like when they’re 23 or 24 years
old.”
As a freshman, Ingram averaged 17.3 points and 6.8 rebounds a game in leading the
Blue Devils to the Sweet 16. Before that, he led Kinston (N.C.)
to four consecutive state titles.
“Being selected early, he’s going to one of the worst teams in
the league. No one man can be
a savior for a team, but Brandon doesn’t like to lose. That
challenge will make him better,” his father, Donald Ingram
said.
“For him to make it to Duke
and the NBA, it shows how determined he was for the goal he
set forth. Where we’re from in
Kinston, it’s a small town riddled with crime. A lot of his age
group ended up in gangs,
locked up or killed. His drive
made him mature.”
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MIKE GALLAGHER
With teammate Jordan Whitehead, in Pitt T-shirt, lending support, James Conner receives his 12th and final chemotherapy treatment May 9 in Pittsburgh.
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… it does mess you up a little bit,
but we knew he was going to be
OK. We knew it. He had to be.
There wasn’t any other option.
Eighty-five percent (chance of
survival) — it could have been
even less than that, we would
have figured something out.”
THE KNEE
“For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11
These words run across Conner’s right shin, starting just below the scar that marks the inside
of his knee. It’s there on purpose,
next to the permanent reminder
of his torn medial collateral ligament, an injury that devastated
Conner almost a year ago but
would pale in comparison to what
was to follow.
He had taken a handoff and
spun out of a tackle Sept. 5 in the
first half of Pitt’s season opener
against Youngstown State. He
knew something was wrong, but
he got up and jogged off the field.
He was held out of the rest of the
game as a precaution but figured
he’d be back the next week. His
thinking changed the next morning after an MRI.
“When it came back and you
could see it off the bone, I just
started crying like a little baby because I had worked so hard,”
Conner says. “I wanted to enter
the draft that year.”
He had never been in better
shape, he says, coming off a season in which he rushed for 1,765
yards and 26 touchdowns and
was poised for even more success.
By late October and early November, Conner’s knee rehab was
going quite well. He was running
and lifting weights, even entertaining a potential return before
season’s end.
“But while I’m lifting I can see
that I’m getting out of breath
really fast,” Conner says. “I’m
straining my face. I swell up and
get puffy, swollen. I have dizziness a lot.”
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi noticed it, too, wondering what had
happened to his star running
back. “I just thought he wasn’t
taking care of his body because he
wasn’t playing,” Narduzzi says.
JARRAD HENDERSON, USA TODAY SPORTS
Pitt teammate and linebacker Jaymar Parrish encourages Conner during a workout Monday.
throat specialist, who ruled out
any issues with Conner’s sinuses
and ordered an X-ray on his
chest, which eventually led to a
positron emission tomography
(PET) scan — and the discovery
of a large tumor.
Conner thinks the knee injury
saved his life.
“You’ve got two veins — one
carries blood directly to the body,
one carries blood to the heart,”
Conner says. “That tumor was
growing and was pressing on that
vein. That vein was getting skinnier and skinnier.
“If I never had this knee injury,
I would’ve been on the field, and I
probably would’ve been feeling
out of shape and that I’ve got to
work even harder. I’d be taking
shots to the chest. I could’ve died
on the field. I’m very thankful for
my knee injury — I know He did
that to save my life. ... He didn’t
want to harm me when He did
my knee injury. He did it to save
me.”
THE CHEST
Conner’s scar just below his collarbone matches that of many
cancer survivors. It’s the
one from his port, the way
his body received the chemo cocktails he needed
during his treatments.
Patterson sat by his
side through each treatment. They’d take place
every two weeks, and
she’d drive two hours
each way from Erie, Pa.,
to hold her son’s hand.
“Sometimes, he’d come
home from chemo and
just be defeated,” roommate and teammate Rachid Ibrahim says. “He’d lay down, we’d
watch TV, he’d be asleep until
maybe 6, 7 at night. Then he’d
wake up and he’d start feeling a
lot better. He always made an emphasis the next day to really go
break a sweat. He said the doctor
said that’d be a good thing.”
“Thank God we
have a great
ending, but it’s
hard to think
about everybody
who doesn’t.”
Kelly Patterson, James Conner’s mother
“He kept looking the same. One
day we’re on the field — probably
a week or two before he found
there was a tumor in his chest — I
went over to the doctor on the
sidelines. I said, ‘Doc, something’s
wrong. What is going on? We
need to investigate this.’ ”
Conner visited an ear, nose and
COURTESY OF JAMES CONNER
These images show a scan from Dec. 3, left, after Conner’s
diagnosis and one from May 23 as he was declared cancer-free.
Teammates were in awe as
they watched Conner sprint on
the treadmill, surgical mask on
his face to guard against germs.
Narduzzi couldn’t believe Conner’s bursts of speed during noncontact parts of spring practice.
Even Conner’s doctor, Stanley
Marks, called Conner’s physical
exertion between chemo treatments “extreme” in a wonderful
way. Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry, who beat the same type
of cancer, had told Conner “not to
be a coach potato.” He took the
advice seriously.
Anything that could help him
attack and defeat cancer, he
wanted to try. He wanted to document it, too, to apprise football
fans and raise cancer awareness.
Marks has treated his fair
share of well-known figures, from
professional athletes to politicians. He can’t recall a single patient waging such a public war on
his own cancer the way Conner
did. Conner has plans of continuing his involvement in lymphoma
research and awareness, particularly for child patients, after he
leaves Pitt.
“He clearly made it a mission,
if you will,” Marks says. “He was
confident he was going to get better, but he really had this urge to
help the other patients. I was
amazed. He was only 20 years old
(for much of the treatment). His
level of maturity just truly was remarkable. He was just so caring
about the other patients.
“When he was in the treatment
area, there was like this buzz. Everyone was upbeat. I think it really helped patients get through
some of their darkest times.”
THE RELIEF
On Conner’s worst days, those in
the middle of treatment, all he
could do was think about how
much he didn’t want to be in the
hospital and how far he was falling behind everyone else on the
football field.
Or he would let his mind drift
to the 15% chance he wouldn’t
beat this cancer.
“It crept into my head a little
bit,” Conner says. “I know there
was a story about the Butler basketball player (Andrew Smith).
They said he was on one of his
last treatments and he went up
for a scan and the cancer had
turned into something totally different that spread through his
body. He lost his life to it. That
scared me.”
Those moments of fear — however rare and anxiety however
common — disappeared in an instant May 23, the day of his final
scan. Conner walked into the
Hillman Cancer Center about 10
a.m. for the scan that would tell
him if he was officially in remission. While his mother sat and
cried and prayed, he waited for
the results … rather impatiently.
“He literally just stepped out of
the scanner and he called me,”
Marks says. “I said, ‘Well, give me
at least a few minutes because
we’ve got to get the films.’ ”
Another 15 minutes passed as
Marks checked in with a radiologist. As he moved through the
hospital, nurses, secretaries and
all sorts of hospital employees
whom Conner had come to know
over the previous six months
looked up at the doctor and asked
the same question: How was
James’ scan?
“Everyone was just so excited
— the nurses, everyone,” Marks
says. “The people in the lab … everyone is just so thrilled.”
He made the call he loves to
make, catching Conner in the car
with his mother and close family
friend Mike Gallagher, who captured the moment on film. As
Conner smiles and thanks Marks
over and over again, his mother is
wailing in the back seat.
“I’m thinking like, ‘Oh my gosh,
they can’t come back and tell me
it’s not gone. They can’t. They
just can’t,’ ” Patterson says. “That
was pretty rough. … It was such a
relief, because I’m thinking of all
of the moms that didn’t get that
call, didn’t get that answer they
were hoping for. I couldn’t imagine not getting the answer I got.”
Says Conner: “It was just a
huge relief off my shoulders. The
best day ever. It takes a toll on
you. When you first wake up in
the morning to you go to bed at
night, it’s on your mind. You’re
constantly reminded of things
you can’t do.”
Not anymore. Now, he’s reminded of all he can do and what
he has done.
Conner will continue to get
scans every two or three months.
When Conner’s mother thinks
of cancer now, she thinks of her
son as a strong, brave young man
who waged his toughest battle
with everyone watching.
“It does look like that, but it
also looks like the worst of this:
heartbreak, angst, sickness, sadness and despair,” Patterson says.
“It’s so hard to think about all the
people who did have spirit and
did have fight but couldn’t beat it,
because it was too much. It’s an
awful, awful thing.
“Thank God we have a great
ending, but it’s hard to think
about everybody who doesn’t. It’s
heartbreaking. I can’t think about
other moms who have gone
through it and didn’t have this
outcome. I don’t know what I
would do.
“How do you come back from
that? You don’t. You really don’t.”
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White Sox’s Shields finally shows signs of life
After awful start since
being traded, pitcher
keeps Red Sox in check
“It was good to see
what we saw out of
(James Shields) today.
... We wish we would
have got the win for
him, but sometimes
that’s baseball.”
Maureen Mullen
@MaureenaMullen
Special for USA TODAY Sports
James Shields’ return to the
American League has been anything but
pretty. He entered Thursday’s matinee
against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
0-2 with a 21.81 ERA in three starts since a
June 4 trade brought him from the San
Diego Padres to the Chicago White Sox.
He became the second pitcher in White
Sox history to allow seven or more runs in
his debut with the team, joining Fred Lamlein who did so in 1912 — and made just
four more big-league appearances.
Add in Shields’ final outing with the Padres, and he had a 24.62 ERA in his previous four starts. He is the first major league
pitcher to give up 31 earned runs over a
four-start span since Jose Contreras did so
in 2007 — for the White Sox. Since acquiring Shields, the White Sox had gone 7-10,
and his nickname — Big Game James — increasingly had become a term of derision.
Yet despite his 5.42 ERA in 13 starts at
Fenway and despite facing a club leading
the American League in most offensive
categories, Shields easily furnished his best
outing with the White Sox and put them in
position for a four-game sweep.
Instead, they lost 8-7 in 10 innings. But
their lone loss this week provided some
glimmer Shields might regain the form
that deserted him the last month.
Shields pitched five innings (plus two
batters in the sixth), giving up three runs
on five hits and four walks — a career high
in 27 starts against the Red Sox — with
three strikeouts. He whittled his White Sox
ERA to 15.80.
“He was just getting ahead,” manager
Robin Ventura said. “He was just locating.
He just looked better as far as rhythm and
all that. I think if he gets ahead, then he’s
able to use his off-speed stuff. For me, that
was the big difference today.”
Shields threw 99 pitches, 59 for strikes,
with first-pitch strikes to 15 of the 23 batters he faced, despite first-pitch balls to
each of the five batters he faced in the second inning. That was an area pitching
coach Don Cooper had stressed.
White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton
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James Shields has yet to win a game for the White Sox, but he had his best outing for the team Thursday against the Red Sox.
“Improvement,” Cooper said. “I think he
let go of some of the negative stuff that’s
been happening. I saw him competing,
throwing more strikes, competing into the
game. So it was all good.”
While the outing was a big step forward,
Cooper would like to see Shields going
deeper into games. When Shields departed
in the sixth, he left the White Sox with a
3-1 lead, after they got two runs off Red Sox
right-hander Rick Porcello in the first and
another in the fourth. Taking a no-decision
means Shields hasn’t earned a win since
May 12, a stretch of seven starts.
While Shields had just one clean inning
— retiring the top of the lineup in order in
the third — he kept Boston’s potent offense
in check for most of his outing. But he allowed a run in fifth when he gave up a twoout single to Mookie Betts, who scored on
Snitker enjoying run
as Braves manager
After 40 years with team,
interim goes day-by-day
Howard Megdal
@howardmegdal
Special for USA TODAY Sports
Brian Snitker, unlikely caretaker manager and perhaps more for the Atlanta
Braves, and wife Ronnie took a chartered
flight to New York last week — a business
trip for Snitker, whose Braves have improved significantly since he took over for
good friend Fredi Gonzalez last month.
But it represented a vacation of sorts for
Ronnie, who’d been in
full-time grandmother
mode for the twin babies
of their daughter, Erin.
“A lot of it hit her when
we were on the flight,”
Snitker said last week, sitting behind the visiting
manager’s desk at Citi
Field. “She got kind of
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emotional, seeing all the
Snitker
stewardesses on the
plane. My daughter had twins in August, so
she’s been busy babysitting them. Her
plate’s been pretty full since I got this. And
then last night, she finally got a chance to
relax, and it really hit her.”
It’s an adjustment for them both, one
Snitker had given up on ever having to
make. He has been a Brave for nearly 40
years, first as a player, then a coach and
manager at virtually every level except the
major leagues. Every year since 1977 — the
season after Hank Aaron retired, a full decade before Tom Glavine made his Braves
debut — Snitker has been part of the
Braves. And so he believes he has insight
into not only the way a team wins, but specifically the way the Braves do it, too.
“We talk about a Braves Way,” Snitker
said. “And that encompasses doing things
the right way. Carrying yourself the right
way. Respecting the game. How you wear
your uniform. How you’re expected to play
on the field. So when guys get here, the
coaches are guys who have been here —
guys like Terry Pendleton, Eddie Perez —
guys who were here when we were putting
all those flags up.”
No one is pretending the Braves are in
anything but a rebuilding phase. And so
while it might be counterintuitive to have a
60-year-old in charge of that effort, this is
a 60-year-old who has done little over the
last 30 years that hasn’t involved working
at making young baseball players better.
Gonzalez was fired after a 9-28 start.
With Thursday’s 4-3 home victory vs. the
New York Mets, the Braves are 16-19 under
Snitker, including a season-high six-game
winning streak that ended Wednesday.
“In the case of myself, really, and Brian,
we spent so long in the minor leagues, and
that was all you did,” Mets manager Terry
Collins said. “Your job was to get the guys
on that team better. I used to have an old
general manager who told me, ‘Don’t worry about wins and losses, worry about
making sure three or four of your guys
moved to the next level and performed.’
“So it’s easier for us. We’ve managed for
a long time. And you see guys put into this
position with very little managerial experience. It’s hard; it’s pretty stressful. But
when you’ve been through all the tribulations of the minor leagues — you’re short
players, you have guys up and down —
once you get up here, it just makes it easier, the nature of what you’re dealing with.”
It is hard to ignore that the Braves just
went into New York and swept the Mets
and then split a pair at the Miami Marlins.
It wasn’t a total surprise to eternally sunny
Snitker, though, who described himself as
someone who “comes to the park every
day believing today’s the day we’re going to
start a 10-game winning streak.”
“I talked to Brian today,” Collins said.
“He brought up some things that we’ve all
gone through. But he’s a little bit calmer
about them. Because what are the expectations right now? It’s just about getting better. If that happens, you’ve done your job.”
Snitker knows that losing is part of the
process the Braves have undertaken and
takes great joy when the team succeeds.
“I couldn’t have been more proud the
other day when we won in, what was it, 12
or 13 innings,” Snitker said of a 13-inning,
9-8 win vs. the similarly rebuilding Cincinnati Reds that lasted 5 hours, 18 minutes.
“We loaded the bases twice in that game
with nobody out and finally scored. The
character that the team showed, how they
didn’t get down, stuck with it and won that
game. It would’ve been easy to quit.
“I always tell the guys, when you fight
through the bad, there’s always good on
the other end of the bad, if you take ownership of what’s going on and handle it, you’ll
be rewarded on the other side of it.”
Megdal reported from New York.
Dustin Pedroia’s double.
He then opened the sixth with back-toback walks to David Ortiz and Ryan LaMarre. Shields was done after the two free
passes, with Matt Albers replacing him and
guarding a tenuous two-run lead and potential win for Shields.
Albers allowed both of the inherited
runners to score, as the Red Sox got four in
the inning on their way to a walk-off win,
thanks to Xander Bogaerts’ 10th-inning,
RBI single
While it might have been Shields’ best
outing in his return to the AL, there is obviously work to do.
According to a rival evaluator in attendance, Shields’ fastball command left
much to be desired and Shields had to
work too hard for outs, indicating an inability to finish off hitters. The evaluator
spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition
of anonymity for competitive reasons.
“I felt delivery-wise it was pretty good,”
Shields said. “I think like the fourth inning,
I got a little ahead of myself out of the
stretch but got out of it right there. But I
got to do a better job in that sixth inning of
not walking those guys. But other than
that, overall pretty decent, a positive
direction.”
They will need more from him and the
other starters if they are to make up room
in the division, where they are six games
out.
Still, it represented a positive direction
for the White Sox, too. They entered the
series 2-6 in their last eight games, including a three-game road sweep by the Cleveland Indians.
“Well, we won three out of four. You
look at it that way,” Ventura said. “You
could look at a lot of things negatively, the
way it’s been going for us. You win the series and get ready for tomorrow.”
They just missed a chance to earn their
first four-game sweep at Fenway Park
since 1927.
“Well, it’s extremely difficult to beat a
team four games in a row, especially a
team as good as they are,” catcher Alex
Avila said. “It was impressive. The quality
of baseball we played this series was probably the best baseball we’ve played all year,
including the nice start (23-10) that we
had. I thought that we made some big
pitches when we had to, got some big-time
hits when we needed to, which is something that’s been lacking in the past few
weeks.”
“Winning three out of four is pretty
good, so get excited about that,” right fielder Adam Eaton said. “Staff showed some
heart, hitting battled back and forth there.
“It was good to see what we saw out of
(Shields) today, for sure. We wish we
would have got the win for him, but sometimes that’s baseball.”
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
BOXING/MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Thurman keeps late mentor’s memory alive
School custodian
there from start
Bob Velin
@BobVelin
USA TODAY Sports
It was the old black-and-white
pictures of boxers taped to the
walls of head custodian Ben Getty’s office at Belleair (Fla.) Elementary School that first
intrigued 7-year-old Keith Thurman.
So when Getty, a short, stocky
Italian man the kids called “Ben
Spaghetti,” started an after-school
YMCA boxing program by putting
on a boxing exhibition, young
Thurman was all in.
“Ben, being an older guy, a Vietnam vet, you could always tell
there was a lot of history there,”
Thurman told USA TODAY Sports
recently. “It was amazing to know
he worked side-by-side with Sugar
Ray Leonard. He was a strength
and conditioning coach. He
helped me develop my strength
and my power and taught me how
to utilize it.”
From then on, they were a team
— Getty the mentor, Thurman the
student, blazing through the amateur program together.
Getty and Thurman were together for 117 amateur and nine
professional fights before the
trainer died unexpectedly in 2009,
a devastating blow to 20-year-old
Thurman.
“It was really emotional,” Thurman said. “Luckily for me, I was
heavily into philosophy and world
religions, and I was learning a lot
about different peoples’ outlooks
on life and death during that time.
“I came to the conclusion that
the only reason Ben Getty was allowed to pass away is because he
had already created a world champion. Ben was suffering from
Agent Orange. He also was diabetic. So life for Ben was not easy on a
day-to-day basis. Ben was prescribed 1,000 milligrams of mor-
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Keith Thurman, left, says mentor Ben Getty will be on his mind Saturday when he fights Shawn
Porter, right. “Every single time I get ready for a fight, I think of him,” Thurman says.
phine daily. He would have loved
to be here, and I would have loved
for him to be here. But it wouldn’t
have been easy for him. He was in
a lot of pain.
“So I understood he had to go,
but I truly believe that he taught
me everything he needed to teach
me to be the champion that I was
going to be.”
The day after Getty died, Thurman called Dan Birmingham and
asked if he would take over. Birmingham, who has known Thurman since childhood, said yes, and
they have been together ever
since.
“I had confidence on Ben’s
passing that I’m prepared to make
my dreams come true and his
dreams come true, which has always been to create a champion
from scratch,” Thurman says.
“And Ben truly did that with me.”
Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs), nicknamed “One Time” for his knockout power, became a world
champion March 7, 2015, when he
defeated Robert Guerrero in a
WBA welterweight title fight in
the network debut of Premier
Boxing Champions on NBC.
He will defend that title for the
second time Saturday at Barclays
Center in New York against former champ Shawn Porter (26-1-1,
16 KOs) in a PBC fight on CBS
(9 p.m. ET). It’s the first fight on
CBS in prime time since Leon
Spinks upset Muhammad Ali in
their first fight in 1978.
As always, Getty will be on
Thurman’s mind.
“Every single time I get ready
for a fight, I think of him,” Thurman says. “That’s why I honor him
by wearing his name on my
trunks. He’s always going to be a
part of my boxing style.”
Birmingham says what sets his
fighter apart, aside from his onepunch power, is that Thurman, 27,
is a student of the game.
“If you know Keith and have
had any conversations with him,
he can elaborate on anything from
music to philosophy. It just so
happens he’s a fighter,” Birming-
ham says. “He knows himself,
too.”
When Birmingham took over
Thurman’s career, he felt a need to
work on his boxing skills.
“I told him we’re going to fight
out of a rhythm, we’re going to box
more, we’re not just going to come
straight ahead,” Birmingham said.
“So he’s using his feints, he’s doing
all the little things now, stepping
to the side, tying up, everything
that a good boxer does.”
Truth be told, Getty had little
use for boxing. He hated when
Thurman would move around the
ring and try to box more instead of
throwing punches.
“Ben used to always say, ‘You’re
wasting energy, boy. Sit down and
throw punches. Stop moving so
much. You’re making yourself
tired,’ ” Thurman says with a
laugh.
The long-awaited ThurmanPorter matchup was originally
scheduled for March 12, but Thurman was in a car crash on a rainslicked road in his hometown of
Clearwater, Fla., on Feb. 22. He
hydroplaned, lost control and suffered a neck injury from whiplash.
His doctor told him he was not fit
to fight, so Thurman postponed
the bout.
By the time the bell rings Saturday, it will have been almost a year
since Thurman last fought, a victory against Luis Collazo last July
in Tampa.
Porter has not fought since
his unanimous-decision victory
against Adrien Broner last June.
“When you’ve been doing it for
20 years, man, it ain’t nothing,”
Thurman said. “It’s not like I
picked up the gloves yesterday.”
Thurman and Porter have
known each other since they were
teenagers. Porter once was a sparring partner for Thurman, who
expects his opponent to exert
pressure and try to fight on the inside to avoid Thurman’s power.
“We’ll see how long he’ll be able
to try to bully me, possibly, or how
many counters he’s going to take
before he hears a little voice in the
back of his head saying, ‘You
shouldn’t have jumped in,’ ” Thurman says. “I know Shawn’s going
to do his best to be ferocious, but
we’re prepared. It’s going to be a
great fight.”
And Thurman knows Getty’s
voice will be in his head, as always.
“Whenever I step in the ring, I
look at it like my life’s on the line.
This is everything I worked for,”
he said. “I can hear Ben Getty saying, ‘The time is now. This is what
you’ve worked for your whole career, on this kind of stage on this
platform. All you need is a terrific
performance and give the people a
reason to love you.’ ”
Ultimately, it will likely come
down to power against power.
“We’re going for the knockout,”
Thurman says. “We’re going to
make this an exciting fight and
make a statement at 147 on how
devastating Keith Thurman really
is. So it’s a great opportunity. It’s
been in the works for a long time,
and I’m really excited to make this
happen.”
Legal fights behind him, Mitrione enjoying
‘Rampage’ finally happy greener pastures
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Quinton Jackson cast himself
as “Guile” and “M. Bison” on
Tuesday in a Street Fighter tournament for Bellator’s military
outreach program, pitting his
gaming skills against veterans’ at
a sports bar in St. Louis.
A year ago, a PR invitation
from the Viacom-owned mixed
martial arts promotion might
have warranted a letter from his
attorney.
In February, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship
light heavyweight champion and
movie actor settled a breach of
contract suit with Bellator, the
result of the promotion’s attempt
to block him from fighting for the
UFC, which he did once at UFC
186 in April 2015 before an injunction brought his career to a
halt.
Understandably, “Rampage”
thought things might be weird
going back to work for Bellator.
But he’s feeling the love. And
that, presumably, means terrible
things for his opponents.
“It’s part of the reason why
people go to court,” Jackson, who
returns to the cage Friday at Bellator 157 (Spike, 8 p.m. ET), told
USA TODAY Sports. “The judge
settled things. We both got what
we wanted.”
Jackson’s mercurial nature
with promoters is well established with fans. Before he went
to court with Bellator, he blasted
the UFC for short-changing him,
prompting the industry leader to
disclose he had made $15.2 million under its banner.
But Jackson (36-11 MMA, 3-0
Bellator), 38, has no complaints
these days about money as he
heads into a bout with 2008
Olympic gold medal-winning judoka Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1, 0-0).
“I’m happy with my pay for the
first time in my fight career,” he
said. “They’ve started treating
me good with hotels and arrangements. They’re doing stuff for me
that the UFC has never done for
me, or even Pride.”
As heavyweight Matt Mitrione
heads into his Bellator debut, a lot
of questions he gets are not about
his present employer but about
his past one.
Such is life when you’re a
“walking soundbite,” Mitrione’s
term for his brand of interview.
“I understand the repercussions of my personality,” Mitrione
(9-5 mixed martial arts, 0-0 Bellator), who meets Carl Seumanutafa (10-6, 1-0) on Friday at Bellator
157, tells USA TODAY Sports. “I
could as easily be a quiet and nonsqueaky wheel. I choose not to be
that way, because that’s not my
personality.”
Mitrione, who fights on the
Spike-televised main card (8 p.m.
ET/PT) at St. Louis’ Scottrade
Center, is in the spotlight a little
more than usual after turning
down a new UFC contract to sign
with its most viable competition.
Since his defection in March, he’s
become an outspoken voice on
how the UFC treats its fighters,
though he’s shied away from a
stewardship role in recent moves
toward collective bargaining.
This month, the 37-year-old
former NFL defensive tackle hit
the UFC hard by calling current
fighters “foolish” for sticking
around.
While Mitrione says he ultimately took Bellator’s deal because it was a better financial
choice, he also did so because he
realized he was looked at as a
pure commodity, expendable after one loss, rather than a valued
contributor, he says.
He doesn’t care to filter that
opinion, so these days he winds
up giving it a lot.
“I feel that we were manipulated and done dirty over another
promotion,” he says. “I feel we
had an abuse of power that really
set the example of, ‘You guys
don’t mean a thing to us.’ And
that’s something I couldn’t stand
for.”
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“I’m happy with my pay for the first time in my fight career,”
says Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, right.
“He’s had his fair
share of
problems in the
past. (But) you
surround yourself
with good
people, and good
things happen.”
Tiki Ghosn, on Quinton Jackson
The star treatment has motivated Jackson to return to a
place he’s long dreaded: the
gym. Tiki Ghosn, who recently
rejoined Jackson’s camp 15
years after they first met in
Huntington Beach, Calif., said
the ex-champ was actually
training.
“You ever seen a ‘Rampage’
that’s been excited to go train?
Nobody’s heard of that for
years,” Ghosn said. “He’s been in
a position where he’s been
burned a bunch of times. He’s
had his fair share of problems in
the past. (But) you surround
yourself with good people, and
good things happen.”
Bellator President Scott Coker, once at odds with Jackson
over a deal he inherited after
joining the company two years
ago, sees the difference in a new
support system, which he hopes
translates into the explosive
knockouts the fighter delivered
in his prime.
“In my opinion, he has much
better people around him now
that really care about him,” Coker said. “Their goals and our
goals are really aligned.”
The question now is, how
long will the love last? Jackson
is non-committal about his future, saying his immediate goal
is to “beat the (expletive) out of
Ishii and then eat some sushi.”
Ghosn, meanwhile, said a deal
with the UFC was on hold until
this was finished.
Coker, though, plans to court
Jackson after Friday’s fight for a
contract extension. He holds no
grudge over the lawsuit and
wants to keep the Bellator fighter in the fold.
All he has to do is keep “Rampage” happy.
“We’ve tried to promote
(Jackson) through all our channels for this fight, and I think we
did a good job,” Coker said. “And
I think they’re starting to see
the light.”
BOB DECHIARA, USA TODAY SPORTS
Matt Mitrione, right, has been
a vocal critic of the UFC.
MMA heavyweight rankings, correctly predicted he’d be accused of
sour grapes, especially with his
switch coming after a pair of UFC
losses. While it bothers him that
some fans might invalidate his opinion based on his recent results, he
thinks many of them appreciate
his honesty.
He’s also fully aware his new
home might appear so shiny simply because it’s not the old one. Mitrione knows his relationship with
Bellator might only be as good as
his performances in the cage.
“I understand that I am right
now in the honeymoon period, and
if I lose on Friday — because Carl’s
a tough cat — the honeymoon period is most likely over,” Mitrione
says. “I get that. But also, in my
opinion, it’s the land of opportunity.”
Bellator President Scott Coker,
who has aggressively courted
MMA free agents over the last
year, is happy to provide an alternative. Parent company Viacom
advertises Bellator as a fighter-first
promotion, a claim strengthened
by its lack of restrictions on sponsors. Mitrione was lured away in
large part by that carrot.
“He’s the first free agent heavyweight who’s come over from the
UFC, and I think it shows all the
other fighters that, look, you can
have a great home here at Bellator
and make a good living and advance your career,” Coker said.
Coker’s optimism might be
based on the very expectations
that led fighters such as Mitrione
to eventually seek greener pastures. But such is life for a promoter dependent on TV ratings.
After his debut, Mitrione will
find out where he really stands.
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Kids learning to play golf as team
PGA Junior League Golf wants game
to be perceived like other youth sports
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“It’s fun to see
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them learn a
sense of — win,
BETHESDA , MD. With numbered
jerseys on their backs, the kids lose, either way
warm up, getting ready for competition. As they converse with — to have a
one another, making jokes typical great time.”
of elementary-school-aged kids,
their coaches struggle to ensure
they’re ready for the start of play.
While that’s going on, parents
set up lawn chairs and talk with
one another, ready to watch their
kids compete.
No, this isn’t a soccer or baseball game but rather a youth recreational golf league match for
young boys and girls at Congressional Country Club. This internal league is part of a program
called the PGA Junior League
Golf (JLG) program, a product of
PGA Reach.
“The program was created to
introduce kids to the sport in a
fun, recreational environment,
playing on teams that would help
us in the PGA’s mission to grow
the game of golf and really allow
golf to be thought of like every
other youth team sport,” PGA
Reach senior director Scott
Kmiec said.
Started in 2011 with 170 kids
from 16 teams nationwide, the
PGA JLG had grown by 2015 to
Neil Borg, father of a PGA Junior League
Golf participant
about 30,000 participants from
2,500 teams, according to its
website.
Participants of all skill levels 13
and younger — with some leagues
containing 16-under teams, as at
Congressional — come from 48
states (in 2015), all competing to
play in the PGA JLG Championships on Nov. 19-21 at Grayhawk
Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Youngsters hadn’t really had
the opportunity to play golf on a
team until this program began. It
is supported by some of the
world’s best talent, including Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Michelle Wie. They are all ambassadors of the program and testify
to its mission and message: playing as a team.
“Playing on a team with friends
and a uniform with a number,
just like all of the other teams
that youth play on, provides a
CHELSEA LAND, USA TODAY
Youth golfers get ready to play at Congressional Country Club.
much more natural pathway for
kids to be introduced to the
sport,” Kmiec said.
Team play is the focus of the
program, where they can compete alongside friends and teammates, rather than by themselves.
“It’s not really like, ‘We’re (going to) beat you, we’re (going to)
win,’ ” said 10-year-old Marty
Russo, a participant in the program. “It’s more like, ‘Let’s have
fun, and let’s see how it’s (going
to) turn out.’ It’s more like just
having fun, you can definitely
tell.”
Teams play four nine-hole
matches in which a pair (or trio
with an alternate, depending on
availability) of golfers from each
team go head-to-head. Using a
scramble format, where both
members of the duo drive from
the tee box, they decide which
ball to use on the next shot based
on positioning and lies. This continues until the ball goes into the
cup.
In golf, there’s no help with
shots or strategy, unless you have
your own caddie. This program,
though, allows all the kids to not
only participate but also strategize and work together in order
to get the best result.
“It’s a little different than what
we’re used to doing around here,
where we’re kind of doing a lot of
junior clinics, trying to jump in
and teach them and instruct
them to become better,” PGA
JLG team captain and PGA professional Clint Chaffee said. “It’s
kind of nice to let them go, take
what we taught them previously
and see how they do.”
Kmiec says he and his staff
weren’t sure what to expect at the
program’s start but now he sees
significant growth potential in
the coming years.
While everyone who participates in this program won’t become the next Wie or McIlory,
that isn’t the point. This is not
just for the kids who can afford to
play — the PGA JLG provides
subsidized costs and financial assistance, according to Kmiec —
but for anyone with interest.
The allure of the PGA Junior
League Golf program is giving
young golfers a chance to play the
sport they love. According to Neil
Borg, a father of a golfer in the
program at Congressional, this
program is a “must.”
“It’s fun to see them compete;
it’s fun to see them learn a sense
of — win, lose, either way — to
have a great time,” Borg said. “It
develops a great sense of selfworth, respect for the game, respect for sports, respect for other
people. It’s a pretty special program to be involved in.”
Tennis innovator could get Hall call
Late Buwick has
backing of King,
others for honor
Doug Smith
Special for USA TODAY Sports
The Wimbledon fortnight begins Monday with Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams continuing to show why they’re shoo-ins
for selection to the International
Tennis Hall of Fame. Players gain
entry into the sport’s hallowed
home based on on-court career
achievements.
The game’s top coaches and executives are enshrined in the contributors wing of the Newport,
R.I., facility and honored for exceptional contributions that have
furthered the growth, reputation
and character of the sport in categories such as administration,
media, coaching and officiating.
Some contend that the late
Gene Buwick, a Wilson Sporting
Goods executive who played a key
role in the development of the
modern game, has been overlooked. While the game’s top pros
compete on Wimbledon’s prestigious grass courts outside, the
hall’s enshrinee nominating committee will gather in a conference
room at the Wimbledon complex
to determine if Buwick will be
among the chosen few to receive
further consideration. The induction process takes up to 10 weeks.
Tennis legend Billie Jean King
is among his supporters.
“I don’t know if I would be
where I am today if it weren’t for
him,” she says of Buwick, who
died in 2004 at 74.
Though employed by Wilson
for more than 30 years, Buwick
worked for the good of the game.
In 1973, the U.S. National Lawn
Tennis Association named him as
executive director of its first professional tennis council. Buwick
assembled an eclectic list of accomplishments that enhanced
the quality of the professional
game. Among other things, he:
uPioneered
the practice of
providing
top
with
players
racket endorsement deals. Jack
Kramer and Tony Trabert were
among the first
players to get
their
names
Gene Buwick etched on Wildied in 2004. son rackets. Today, the game’s
top players earn millions of dollars by endorsing rackets, shoes,
clothes and more. Buwick developed Wilson’s strategy to recruit
and market player talent.
uSigned King in 1967 to the
first racket endorsement for a
female player. Years later, Wilson
launched the Chris Evert autographed model.
uOversaw the U.S. marketing
of the first non-wood racket, the
Wilson T2000, used by King and
Rosie Casals in 1967 at Wimbledon. King won the singles title
and teamed with Casals to win
the doubles. Jimmy Connors collected many of his record 109 titles playing with the T2000.
uFacilitated an agreement between Kramer and PepsiCo, Wilson’s parent company, to develop
and finance the first International Grand Prix of Tennis. He
also helped arrange television
sponsorship for the World Cham-
pionship Tennis circuit and for
the Satellite Tennis Circuit,
which allowed young players to
compete against more seasoned
pros on a minor league circuit.
uHelped develop the first professional umpires association.
uOversaw technical research
that led to the use of yellow balls
for better television visibility.
“If you are a teaching professional, a journeyman tour professional or a world-class player, a
deep amount of gratitude is owed
to (Buwick), who left his indelible
fingerprints on the game of tennis,” said Trabert, a 1970 Hall of
Fame inductee who signed his
racket deal in 1955 after he won
the French Open.
John Embree, CEO of the U.S.
Professional Tennis Association,
concurs: “I began working for
Gene in 1986. He had an exceptional eye and feel for marketing.
Before I worked for him, I knew
that when the U.S. Open moved
from Forest Hills to Flushing
Meadows in 1978, a key element
of Wilson’s deal with the USTA
was that Wilson’s stadium box
seats would be directly in front of
the cameras that would show the
players as they were serving.
From that angle, behind the service line, right behind the server,
television viewers worldwide
would see the server, the receiver
and the Wilson signage in the
background.”
Buwick learned to love the
game as a Chicago teen and later
served as captain of the University of Illinois tennis team. He
gave lessons to youngsters, including King, when she was 10.
“I hit with him every Saturday
morning,” King says. “He was a
sixth-grade teacher in Long
Beach back then. He continued to
help me when he took the job
with Wilson. He provided me
with free rackets and financial assistance and helped other young
players whose parents couldn’t
always afford to pay tournament
entry fees. He helped pay for my
first trip to Wimbledon.”
Two years ago, Wilson named
Buwick’s son, Tim, as U.S. promotions director for racquet sports,
the same position his father held
for more than 30 years. Though
Tim had worked for Wilson as a
territorial manager for 25 years,
the move was unexpected.
“My dad would be shocked, because I was the family rebel,” Tim
Buwick says. “I wasn’t at all interested in getting involved in the
corporate jungle, but it all fell
into place. It’s been somewhat of
a surreal experience. You can’t
imagine the number of times I’ve
heard his voice in my head, and
I’d say, ‘Gosh, I wish my dad was
alive so I could talk to him.’ He
had a great sense of humor and a
way of connecting with people.
He was the ultimate politician,
and I mean that in a positive
way.”
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35
31
L
30
32
34
36
39
Pct.
.577
.556
.541
.493
.443
GB
—
11/2
21/2
6
91/2
Strk.
W-1
W-1
W-1
W-1
L-7
Central
Cleveland
Kansas City
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota
W
41
38
38
36
23
L
30
33
35
37
49
Pct.
.577
.535
.521
.493
.319
GB
—
3
4
6
181/2
Strk.
W-6
L-2
W-4
L-1
L-1
West
Texas
Houston
Seattle
Los Angeles
Oakland
W
47
37
36
31
29
L
26
36
37
41
42
Pct.
.644
.507
.493
.431
.408
GB
—
10
11
151/2
17
Strk.
W-1
W-5
L-6
L-3
L-1
Last
10
5-5
4-6
6-4
4-6
3-7
Last
10
7-3
7-3
6-4
5-5
4-6
Last
10
8-2
8-2
2-8
4-6
4-6
Home
27-13
23-18
19-17
19-15
15-20
Away
14-17
17-14
21-17
16-21
16-19
Home
23-12
25-8
21-13
17-17
15-25
Away
18-18
13-25
17-22
19-20
8-24
Home
26-11
22-15
15-18
15-20
16-22
Away
21-15
15-21
21-19
16-21
13-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
Washington
New York
Miami
Philadelphia
Atlanta
W
43
38
39
31
25
L
30
33
34
43
47
Pct.
.589
.535
.534
.419
.347
GB
—
4
4
121/2
171/2
Strk.
L-5
L-1
W-2
W-1
W-1
Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
W
47
38
34
32
28
L
24
33
39
40
45
Pct.
.662
.535
.466
.444
.384
GB
—
9
14
151/2
20
Strk.
L-4
W-3
L-3
W-1
L-2
West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Colorado
Arizona
San Diego
W
47
41
34
34
31
L
27
33
37
40
43
Pct.
.635
.554
.479
.459
.419
GB
—
6
111/2
13
16
Strk.
W-3
W-6
L-1
L-1
W-1
Last
10
4-6
4-6
7-3
1-9
7-3
Last
10
4-6
5-5
2-8
3-7
4-6
Last
10
9-1
8-2
6-4
7-3
5-5
Home
20-12
19-16
19-18
16-22
10-27
Away
23-18
19-17
20-16
15-21
15-20
Home
25-11
15-21
19-18
19-17
17-20
Away
22-13
23-12
15-21
13-23
11-25
Home
22-13
23-15
15-16
13-25
18-22
Away
25-14
18-18
19-21
21-15
13-21
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
American League
Detroit 5, Seattle 4 (10 innings)
Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 7
National League
San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 3
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Miami 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Interleague
Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 3
Oakland at L.A. Angels
San Diego 7, Cincinnati 4
Arizona at Colorado
FRIDAY’S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pitchers
GS
2016 Statistics
Pct.
WHIP
ERA
W-L
IP
K
82.2
23.0
78
14
(Line: NYY -225 )
1.41
5.79
23.1
1.00
2.91
92.2
19
68
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. ET
TB: Moore (L)
BAL: Gallardo (R)
14
5
(Line: BAL -133 )
.429
1.38
4.90
.667
1.70
6.26
3-4
2-1
Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. ET
MIN: Milone (L)
NYY: Tanaka (R)
4
14
0-1
4-2
.000
.667
Cleveland at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. ET
CLE: Salazar (R)
DET: Zimmermann (R)
13
13
Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m. ET
BOS: Price (L)
TEX: Martinez (R)
(Line: DET -109 )
.727
1.12
.750
1.15
8-3
9-3
15
1
(Line: BOS -160 )
8-4
.667
1.12
1-1
.500
2.00
Toronto at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m. ET
TOR: Sanchez (R)
CWS: Rodon (L)
14
13
7-1
2-6
.875
.250
Houston at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. ET
HOU: Keuchel (L)
KC: Volquez (R)
15
15
3-9
7-6
0
14
96
54
4.24
5.14
99.2
7.0
109
3
91.1
75.2
89
74
94.2
91.2
87
73
0.0
84.2
47
(Line: HOU -118 )
.250
1.38
5.32
.538
1.35
4.12
(Line: )
.000
.00
.500
1.42
0-0
6-6
80.2
86.0
(Line: TOR -137 )
1.25
3.35
1.49
4.16
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. ET
OAK: ()
LAA: Weaver (R)
2.23
3.24
.00
5.10
LAD: Tepesch (R)
PIT: Taillon (R)
0
3
(Line: PIT -126 )
NA
0.00
0.00
.500
1.11
3.50
0-0
1-1
0
13
CHC: Hendricks (R)
MIA: Koehler (R)
2.94
3.92
79.2
78.0
73
65
(Line: CIN -117 )
.500
1.41
5.02
NA
1.29
5.14
71.2
7.0
54
9
(Line: NYM -155 )
.700
1.15
2.99
.000
1.71
7.19
72.1
46.1
73
27
(Line: WSH -160 )
0.98
3.29 101.1
1.15
3.62
69.2
128
56
(Line: CHC -150 )
5-6
.455
1.02
6-6
.500
1.49
13
14
San Diego at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. ET
SD: Rea (R)
CIN: Reed (L)
13
1
3-3
0-0
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. ET
NYM: Matz (L)
ATL: Blair (R)
12
10
7-3
0-4
Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. ET
WSH: Scherzer (R)
MIL: Davies (R)
15
12
8-4
5-3
.667
.625
Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. ET
ARI: Bradley (R)
COL: Anderson (L)
7
2
(Line: COL -130 )
.500
1.32
4.83
.000
0.92
2.25
3-3
0-1
41.0
12.0
44
10
(Line: SF -225 )
2.04 10.80
8.1
1.44
5.47
72.1
5
59
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. ET
PHI: Eflin (R)
SF: Peavy (R)
2
14
0-2
3-6
.000
.333
INTERLEAGUE
St. Louis at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. ET
STL: Martinez (R)
SEA: LeBlanc (L)
13
0
7-5
0-0
(Line: STL -130 )
.583
1.09
NA
0.00
3.17
0.00
82.1
0.0
66
0
Odds provided by Pregame.com.
RESULTS, UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday
American League
HOU 3, LAA 2
CWS 8, BOS 6
CLE 6, TB 1
DET 5, SEA 1
National League
MIA 3, ATL 0
STL 7, CHC 2
SF 7, PIT 6
LAD 4, WAS 3
Interleague
NYY 9, COL 8
NYM 4, KC 3
MIL 4, OAK 2
TOR 5, ARI 2
BAL 7, SD 2
TEX 6, CIN 4
MIN 6, PHI 5
Saturday
American League
MIN at NYY, 1:05
TB at BAL, 1:05
TOR at CWS, 2:10
CLE at DET, 4:10
HOU at KC, 7:15
TB at BAL, 7:05
BOS at TEX, 9:20
OAK at LAA, 10:05
National League
ARI at COL, 4:10
CHC at MIA, 4:10
SD at CIN, 4:10
WSH at MIL, 4:10
LAD at PIT, 7:15
NYM at ATL, 7:15
PHI at SF, 10:05
Interleague
STL at SEA, 10:10
AL LEADERS
BATTING
Bogaerts, Boston
Altuve, Houston
Ortiz, Boston
Martinez, Detroit
Machado, Baltimore
Nunez, Minnesota
Desmond, Texas
Escobar, Anaheim
RBI
Encarnacion, Toronto
Ortiz, Boston
Cano, Seattle
Trumbo, Baltimore
Beltran, New York
Betts, Boston
Bogaerts, Boston
Napoli, Cleveland
HITS
Bogaerts, Boston
Altuve, Houston
Betts, Boston
Cano, Seattle
Pedroia, Boston
.351
.343
.340
.327
.317
.316
.316
.311
62
60
53
52
51
51
50
49
106
97
92
89
89
Sunday
American League
MIN at NYY, 1:05
CLE at DET, 1:10
TB at BAL, 1:35
TOR at CWS, 2:10
HOU at KC, 2:15
BOS at TEX, 3:05
OAK at LAA, 3:35
National League
CHC at MIA, 1:10
SD at CIN, 1:10
NYM at ATL, 1:35
WSH at MIL, 2:10
PHI at SF, 4:05
ARI at COL, 4:10
LAD at PIT, 8:08
Interleague
STL at SEA, 4:10
Desmond, Texas
Kinsler, Detroit
Machado, Baltimore
Cabrera, Detroit
Escobar, Anaheim
HOME RUNS
Frazier, Chicago
Trumbo, Baltimore
Encarnacion, Toronto
Beltran, New York
Cano, Seattle
PITCHING
Sale, Chicago
Tillman, Baltimore
Zimmermann, Detroit
Happ, Toronto
Hill, Oakland
Wright, Boston
Price, Boston
Fister, Houston
Porcello, Boston
ERA
Wright, Boston
Salazar, Cleveland
Estrada, Toronto
Hamels, Texas
TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM
000 100 010 — 2
000 101 02X — 4
ab r h bi bb so avg
Chicago
4 0 0 0 1 1 .302
Zobrist 2b
Heyward rf
4 1 1 0 0 0 .236
2 0 1 1 1 1 .269
Bryant lf
4 0 1 0 0 2 .385
Contreras 1b
Baez 3b
4 0 1 0 0 1 .263
Russell ss
4 0 1 0 0 1 .239
4 0 1 0 0 0 .282
Almora Jr. cf
3 1 1 1 1 2 .247
Ross c
Edwards pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lester p
2 0 0 0 0 1 .063
1 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Szczur ph
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Strop p
Coghlan ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .156
Totals
33 2 7 2 3 11
u Batting — 2B: Baez (9); HR: Ross (6); SF:
Bryant (1); RBI: Bryant (49); Ross (23).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Miami
2 0 0 0 2 0 .243
Hechavarria ss
Prado 3b
4 0 0 0 0 3 .315
3 1 1 0 1 1 .311
Yelich lf
Ozuna cf
4 1 1 1 0 0 .322
Stanton rf
4 2 2 2 0 2 .216
3 0 2 1 1 0 .308
Realmuto c
4 0 0 0 0 1 .228
C. Johnson 1b
Rojas 2b
3 0 1 0 0 0 .231
Chen p
3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Barraclough p
30 4 7 4 4 8
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Realmuto (17); HR: Stanton (14); Ozuna (16); RBI: Stanton 2 (34);
Ozuna (44); Realmuto (23).
u Baserunning — SB: Rojas (1); Realmuto
(4); CS: Yelich (3).
u Fielding — E: Ozuna (5).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Chicago
Lester
7 5 2 2 3 7 2.10
1 2 2 2 1 1 3.14
Strop L,1-2
Miami
7 5 2 2 0 7 5.00
Chen
Barraclough
1 0 0 0 2 2 3.03
W,4-2
2
Phelps S,3
/3 2 0 0 1 2 2.43
Chen pitched to 1 batters in the 8th. WP:
Strop. IBB: Bryant (by Barraclough). Balks:
Phelps. Batters faced; pitches-strikes:
Lester 28; 100-64; Strop 6; 28-15; Chen 26;
94-67; Barraclough 5; 22-13; Phelps 5; 23-14
uUmpires — HP: Carapazza; 1B: Reyburn; 2B: B. Welke; 3B: Hirschbeck
uGame data — T: 2:43. Att: 25,291.
Phillies 7, Twins 3
Philadelphia
Minnesota
020 101 030 — 7
100 010 001 — 3
ab r h bi bb so avg
Philadelphia
Herrera cf
5 0 1 1 0 1 .301
4 0 2 0 1 0 .276
Blanco 1b
Franco 3b
2 0 0 0 3 0 .235
5 1 2 1 0 1 .150
Howard dh
Ruiz c
4 0 1 0 1 0 .216
Asche lf
4 1 2 0 0 0 .277
1 1 0 0 0 0 .239
Goeddel pr
Hernandez 2b
4 3 4 0 1 0 .261
Galvis ss
3 1 2 5 0 1 .216
4 0 1 0 0 0 .230
Bourjos rf
36 7 15 7 6 3
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Asche (7); Blanco 2 (12);
3B: Galvis (3); Hernandez (5); HR: Galvis (7);
Howard (11); S: Galvis 2 (5); RBI: Galvis 5
(28); Herrera (25); Howard (23); GIDP: Bourjos; Howard.
u Fielding — E: Eickhoff (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Minnesota
4 0 1 0 0 0 .294
Grossman lf
Escobar ss
4 1 1 1 0 0 .281
Mauer dh
4 0 1 0 0 1 .277
4 0 1 1 0 0 .244
Dozier 2b
Plouffe 3b
3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Nunez 3b
1 1 1 0 0 0 .316
Kepler rf
4 0 2 0 0 1 .259
3 0 0 1 0 2 .200
Park 1b
Centeno c
3 1 0 0 1 1 .222
Buxton cf
4 0 1 0 0 1 .195
34 3 8 3 1 6
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Dozier (14); Kepler (9);
SF: Park (3); RBI: Escobar (19); Dozier (29);
Park (24).
u Baserunning — SB: Buxton (6).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Philadelphia
6 5 2 1 1 4 3.36
Eickhoff W,5-9
Gonzalez H,1
1 0 0 0 0 2 1.42
Neris
1 1 0 0 0 0 2.75
1 2 1 1 0 0 3.18
Gomez
Minnesota
62/3 10 4 4 4 1 4.95
Nolasco L,3-5
2
Jepsen
/3 2 3 3 1 0 6.28
2
Rogers
/3 2 0 0 1 1 3.98
Tonkin
1 1 0 0 0 1 3.82
IBB: Franco (by Rogers). Batters faced;
pitches-strikes: Eickhoff 24; 107-68; Gonzalez 3; 11-7; Neris 4; 13-10; Gomez 5; 2014; Nolasco 30; 106-63; Jepsen 5; 19-9; Rogers 5; 17-10; Tonkin 4; 15-10
uUmpires — HP: Drake; 1B: Holbrook;
2B: Davis; 3B: C. Torres
uGame data — T: 3:07. Att: 30,012.
San Diego
Cincinnati
0.0
18.0
Chi. Cubs at Miami, 7:10 p.m. ET
Chicago
Miami
Padres 7, Reds 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. ET
Marlins 4, Cubs 2
010 104 001 — 7
004 000 000 — 4
ab r h bi bb so avg
San Diego
5 0 2 1 0 0 .261
Jankowski cf
2 1 0 0 3 0 .284
Myers 1b
Kemp rf
5 1 1 1 0 3 .267
4 1 1 1 0 1 .254
Solarte 3b
M. Upton lf
4 2 2 0 0 1 .257
4 1 1 3 0 0 .215
Norris c
Ramirez ss
4 0 0 1 0 0 .246
3 1 1 0 1 2 .195
Rosales 2b
Friedrich p
0 0 0 0 1 0 .125
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hand p
1 0 0 0 0 0 .136
Schimpf ph
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maurer p
Buchter p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .209
Wallace ph
Rodney p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
33 7 8 7 5 7
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Rosales (7); HR: Norris
(10); Kemp (16); S: Friedrich (1); RBI: Norris 3
(25); Solarte (22); Jankowski (5); Kemp (52);
Ramirez (26) LOB: 5.
u Baserunning — SB: Jankowski (9); M.
Upton (16); CS: Myers (2).
u Fielding — E: Solarte (6); Ramirez (8).
Cincinnati
ab r h bi bb so avg
4 1 1 0 1 1 .282
Cozart ss
Hamilton cf
5 1 1 0 0 2 .254
5 1 2 1 0 0 .261
Phillips 2b
Bruce rf
4 0 0 0 0 2 .281
4 1 2 2 0 2 .263
Duvall 1b
Suarez 3b
1 0 0 0 3 1 .228
Peraza lf
4 0 1 0 0 0 .231
3 0 0 0 1 0 .261
Cabrera c
Lamb p
2 0 0 0 0 0 .071
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ramirez p
Holt ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .240
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ohlendorf p
Votto ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .246
34 4 7 3 5 9
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Cozart (19); Hamilton
(13); HR: Duvall (21); RBI: Duvall 2 (51); Phillips (29) LOB: 8.
u Baserunning — CS: Holt (3).
u Fielding — E: Cabrera (1).
Pitching
ip h r er bb so era
San Diego
5 6 4 4 4 2 3.60
Friedrich W,4-2
1 0 0 0 0 1 3.69
Hand H,4
1 1 0 0 0 3 6.06
Maurer H,13
1 0 0 0 0 1 1.65
Buchter H,12
1 0 0 0 1 2 0.33
Rodney S,16
Cincinnati
Lamb
51/3 4 4 3 3 4 4.78
Ramirez L,1-3 BS,3 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 6.61
Smith
2 0 0 0 1 1 2.57
Ohlendorf
1 2 1 1 1 1 4.41
Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Friedrich
25; 101-66; Hand 3; 16-11; Maurer 4; 16-11;
Buchter 3; 20-12; Rodney 4; 17-9; Lamb 22;
102-55; Ramirez 4; 18-13; Smith 7; 40-24;
Ohlendorf 6; 21-12
uUmpires — HP: Bellino; 1B: Basner; 2B:
Hallion; 3B: Cuzzi
uGame data — T: 3:26. Att: 20,443.
89
88
86
84
84
21
21
19
19
19
12-2
10-1
9-3
9-3
8-3
8-4
8-4
8-3
8-2
2.01
2.23
2.70
2.79
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
Sale, Chicago
Tanaka, New York
Quintana, Chicago
Tillman, Baltimore
Bauer, Cleveland
Fister, Houston
Lewis, Texas
STRIKEOUTS
Price, Boston
Archer, Tampa Bay
Kluber, Cleveland
Sale, Chicago
Verlander, Detroit
Salazar, Cleveland
Hamels, Texas
Smyly, Tampa Bay
SAVES
Britton, Baltimore
Rodriguez, Detroit
Colome, Tampa Bay
Davis, Kansas City
Robertson, Chicago
Kimbrel, Boston
Cishek, Seattle
Dyson, Texas
2.83
2.91
3.04
3.11
3.20
3.21
3.21
109
108
103
102
102
96
95
94
21
20
19
18
18
16
16
15
GREG M. COOPER, USA TODAY SPORTS
Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts and NESN reporter Guerin Austin get
drenched in a victory shower after Bogaerts drove in the winning run in the
10th inning of Thursday’s 8-7 win against the White Sox.
Red Sox 8, White Sox 7
Giants 5, Pirates 3
Chicago
Boston
200 101 300 0 — 7
000 014 110 1 — 8
San Francisco 004 001 000 — 5
Pittsburgh
102 000 000 — 3
Chicago
ab r h bi bb so avg
6 2 2 0 0 2 .271
Anderson ss
Eaton rf
4 2 2 0 1 1 .280
Abreu 1b
4 1 2 3 0 0 .270
5 1 1 0 0 0 .289
Cabrera lf
4 0 0 1 0 2 .198
Frazier 3b
Lawrie 2b
4 1 2 0 1 0 .230
Avila c
5 0 4 0 0 0 .240
0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Saladino pr
Navarro c
0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
Garcia dh
4 0 1 0 1 1 .246
Shuck cf
5 0 1 1 0 0 .197
41 7 15 5 3 6
Totals
u Batting — 3B: Cabrera (3); HR: Abreu
(11); SF: Frazier (3); RBI: Shuck (4); Frazier
(48); Abreu 3 (47); GIDP: Garcia; Abreu;
Cabrera.
u Fielding — E: Lawrie (5); Frazier (5).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Boston
6 2 2 0 0 1 .290
Betts rf
Pedroia 2b
4 1 2 2 2 0 .309
6 0 2 1 0 1 .351
Bogaerts ss
2 1 1 0 3 1 .340
Ortiz dh
Marrero pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Young lf
1 0 1 0 0 0 .277
LaMarre pr
1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Shaw ph
0 0 0 1 1 0 .275
3 1 0 0 1 1 .302
Bradley Jr. cf
Ramirez 1b
5 1 2 1 0 1 .266
Vazquez c
2 0 0 0 0 1 .218
Leon ph
3 0 1 1 0 1 .524
4 1 1 1 1 0 .231
Hernandez 3b
37 8 12 7 9 7
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Hernandez (1); Ortiz (30);
Pedroia (20); SF: Shaw (1); RBI: Leon (3);
Hernandez (4); Bogaerts (50); Shaw (38); Ramirez (41); Pedroia 2 (30); GIDP: LaMarre.
u Fielding — E: Bogaerts (5).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Chicago
5 5 3 3 4 3 6.22
Shields
2 2 2 0 0 5.34
Albers BS,2
Jennings
1 0 0 0 0 0 1.95
Beck H,1
1 1 1 1 2 1 9.00
Jones BS,3
1 2 1 1 0 1 2.97
1 1 0 0 1 2 3.52
Robertson
1
Purke L,0-1
/3 1 1 1 2 0 5.51
Boston
Porcello
51/3 8 4 4 1 2 3.93
Layne
1 3 2 2 0 0 4.26
2
/3 1 1 1 0 0 3.18
Tazawa BS,1
Hembree
1 2 0 0 0 1 2.17
Kimbrel W,1-3
2 1 0 0 2 3 2.70
ab r h bi bb so avg
San Francisco
3 1 0 0 1 1 .254
Span cf
Panik 2b
4 1 1 3 0 1 .259
4 1 3 2 0 0 .243
Williamson rf
Posey 1b
4 0 1 0 0 0 .277
0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Crawford ss
Brown c
4 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Pena ss
4 0 2 0 0 0 .471
3 1 1 0 1 2 .273
Parker lf
4 1 1 0 0 0 .222
Gillaspie 3b
Casilla p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Suarez p
1 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Kontos p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Blanco ph
Strickland p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gearrin p
0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Belt ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .302
Totals
33 5 9 5 2 4
u Batting — 3B: Panik (5); HR: Williamson (2); S: Suarez (2); RBI: Panik 3 (36); Williamson 2 (4); GIDP: Posey LOB: 4.
u Fielding — E: Suarez (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Pittsburgh
3 1 1 0 0 1 .278
Jaso 1b
Harrison 2b
4 2 1 1 0 0 .287
Polanco cf
2 0 0 2 0 1 .298
4 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Kang 3b
Joyce rf
2 0 0 0 2 1 .287
Mercer ss
4 0 1 0 0 1 .273
4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Rodriguez lf
Kratz c
3 0 0 0 0 2 .058
Freese ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .292
Niese p
2 0 1 0 0 1 .115
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schugel p
Marte ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .328
Caminero p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals
30 3 5 3 2 10
u Batting — 2B: Niese (1); 3B: Harrison
(4); SF: Polanco 2 (5); RBI: Harrison (33); Polanco 2 (44) LOB: 5.
u Fielding — DP: 1.
Pitching
ip h r er bb so era
San Francisco
5 4 3 2 2 6 3.68
Suarez W,3-1
1 0 0 0 0 0 3.15
Kontos H,3
Strickland H,10
1 0 0 0 0 0 2.96
Gearrin H,12
1 0 0 0 0 1 2.23
1 1 0 0 0 3 2.48
Casilla S,16
Pittsburgh
6 7 5 5 2 4 4.93
Niese L,6-5
Schugel
1 0 0 0 0 0 4.08
Caminero
2 2 0 0 0 0 4.21
Albers pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. WP:
Porcello. IBB: Ortiz (by Beck). HBP: Bradley
Jr. (by Albers). Batters faced; pitchesstrikes: Shields 23; 99-59; Albers 3; 13-8;
Jennings 2; 9-6; Beck 6; 24-9; Jones 5; 14-10;
Robertson 5; 22-13; Purke 4; 20-10; Porcello
24; 84-51; Layne 5; 15-8; Tazawa 3; 6-4;
Hembree 6; 18-14; Kimbrel 9; 32-21
uUmpires — HP: DeMuth; 1B: Hickox; 2B:
Gibson; 3B: Estabrook
uGame data — T: 4:25. Att: 37,790.
Braves 4, Mets 3
New York
Atlanta
011 010 000 — 3
000 101 02X — 4
ab r h bi bb so avg
New York
5 1 1 0 0 0 .222
Granderson rf
Cabrera ss
5 1 1 0 0 0 .268
3 0 1 0 2 0 .291
Loney 1b
2 0 2 2 1 0 .263
Walker 2b
3 0 0 0 0 0 .228
K. Johnson 3b
Flores ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .226
3 1 0 0 1 1 .224
Conforto lf
d’Arnaud c
4 0 0 0 0 0 .170
4 0 2 1 0 1 .181
De Aza cf
Harvey p
3 0 0 0 0 0 .100
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gilmartin p
Blevins p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Reed p
Reynolds ph
0 0 0 0 1 0 .276
33 3 7 3 5 2
Totals
u Batting — 2B: De Aza (4); Cabrera (15);
SF: Walker (1); RBI: De Aza (5); Walker 2
(30) LOB: 9.
u Fielding — DP: 1.
ab r h bi bb so avg
Atlanta
Peterson 2b
3 0 1 0 0 0 .259
4 0 1 0 0 0 .230
Inciarte cf
Freeman 1b
4 1 1 0 0 1 .275
4 2 2 0 0 1 .247
Markakis rf
Garcia 3b
4 1 1 2 0 1 .258
4 0 2 2 0 0 .203
Pierzynski c
Aybar ss
4 0 2 0 0 1 .215
2 0 1 0 1 0 .333
Bonifacio lf
2 0 0 0 0 0 .037
Wisler p
Alvarez p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 1 0 0 0 .268
Francoeur ph
J. Johnson p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Vizcaino p
32 4 12 4 1 4
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Pierzynski (6); Markakis
(18); HR: Garcia (4); S: Peterson (1); RBI:
Garcia 2 (16); Pierzynski 2 (14) LOB: 6.
u Baserunning — CS: Aybar (4).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
New York
6 8 2 2 0 3 4.64
Harvey
1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Gilmartin H,1
1
Blevins H,7
/3 1 1 1 0 1 1.80
2
Reed L,1-1 BS,1
/3 2 1 1 0 0 2.70
Atlanta
62/3 7 3 3 4 1 4.22
Wisler
1
Alvarez
/3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J. Johnson W,1-4 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.94
1 0 0 0 1 0 2.01
Vizcaino S,8
Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Harvey 25;
91-63; Gilmartin 4; 15-9; Blevins 2; 8-6; Reed
3; 12-9; Wisler 31; 104-61; Alvarez 1; 4-4; J.
Johnson 3; 14-9; Vizcaino 4; 16-7
uUmpires — HP: Baker; 1B: Timmons;
2B: Blakney; 3B: Everitt
uGame data — T: 2:54. Att: 22,324.
NL LEADERS
BATTING
Murphy, Washington
Ramos, Washington
Marte, Pittsburgh
Ozuna, Miami
Braun, Milwaukee
LeMahieu, Colorado
Prado, Miami
RBI
Arenado, Colorado
Bruce, Cincinnati
Rizzo, Chicago
Kemp, San Diego
Duvall, Cincinnati
Bryant, Chicago
Story, Colorado
Murphy, Washington
Lamb, Arizona
Carpenter, St. Louis
Goldschmidt, Arizona
Myers, San Diego
HITS
Murphy, Washington
Segura, Arizona
.347
.330
.328
.322
.320
.318
.315
60
55
54
52
51
49
47
46
45
45
45
45
93
88
HBP: Jaso (by Suarez). Batters faced;
pitches-strikes: Suarez 22; 102-59; Kontos
3; 16-9; Strickland 3; 12-9; Gearrin 3; 10-6;
Casilla 4; 26-20; Niese 26; 110-74; Schugel 3;
15-12; Caminero 7; 19-11
uUmpires — HP: Gonzalez; 1B: Bucknor;
2B: Culbreth; 3B: Reynolds
uGame data — T: 3:04. Att: 29,986.
Tigers 5, Mariners 4
Seattle
Detroit
000 121 000 0 — 4
020 200 001 1 — 5
Seattle
ab r h bi bb so avg
4 0 0 0 1 0 .275
Marte ss
3 0 1 0 0 1 .258
Gutierrez lf
S. Smith ph
2 0 0 0 0 0 .264
5 0 1 0 0 2 .296
Cano dh
Cruz rf
4 2 2 2 0 1 .285
4 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Lee 1b
Seager 3b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .261
3 1 1 1 1 1 .239
Iannetta c
4 1 1 1 0 0 .254
Martin cf
O’Malley 2b
4 0 2 0 0 1 .204
37 4 8 4 2 8
Totals
u Batting — 2B: O’Malley (3); Cano (18);
HR: Martin (11); Cruz 2 (18); Iannetta (7);
RBI: Martin (26); Cruz 2 (48); Iannetta (19);
GIDP: Martin.
Detroit
ab r h bi bb so avg
4 0 1 0 1 0 .298
Kinsler 2b
Iglesias ss
4 0 1 0 1 0 .258
5 0 0 0 0 2 .301
Cabrera dh
Castellanos 3b
4 1 0 0 1 0 .300
3 1 1 1 1 0 .236
J. Upton lf
3 1 1 1 2 2 .321
Moya rf
Maybin pr
0 1 0 0 0 0 .339
McCann c
4 1 1 2 0 3 .203
1 0 1 0 0 0 .327
V. Martinez ph
Aviles pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Saltalamacchia
3 0 1 0 2 1 .192
1b
Romine cf
5 0 1 0 0 3 .196
36 5 8 4 8 11
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Moya (4); J. Upton (15);
HR: McCann (5); RBI: Moya (6); McCann 2
(21); J. Upton (32).
u Baserunning — SB: Romine (3); J. Upton (5).
u Fielding — E: Ryan (1).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Seattle
0 0 0 0 0 7.71
Sampson
31/3 4 4 4 3 2 2.90
Nuno
Diaz
12/3 2 0 0 1 4 1.86
1 1 0 0 0 0 10.07
Wilhelmsen
Vincent
1 0 0 0 1 1 3.15
1 0 0 0 0 3 3.57
Benoit
Cishek L,2-4
12/3 1 0 0 2 1 2.43
Detroit
5 6 3 3 0 5 4.50
Norris
Rondon BS,1
12/3 1 1 1 1 1 1.93
11/3 0 0 0 0 1 4.11
Wilson
1 0 0 0 1 0 4.97
Greene
1 1 0 0 0 1 2.84
Ryan W,3-2
WP: Cishek. IBB: Saltalamacchia (by Cishek). HBP: J. Upton (by Diaz). Balks: Nuno.
Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Sampson
0; 0-0; Nuno 16; 68-38; Diaz 9; 30-19; Wilhelmsen 4; 12-7; Vincent 4; 21-14; Benoit 3;
18-12; Cishek 10; 39-21; Norris 21; 79-52;
Rondon 7; 25-14; Wilson 4; 16-9; Greene 3;
14-4; Ryan 4; 15-11
uUmpires — HP: Fletcher; 1B: West; 2B:
Ripperger; 3B: Danley
uGame data — T: 3:24. Att: 35,767.
Ozuna, Miami
Prado, Miami
Gonzalez, Colorado
Seager, Los Angeles
Marte, Pittsburgh
HOME RUNS
Duvall, Cincinnati
Arenado, Colorado
Cespedes, New York
Carter, Milwaukee
Story, Colorado
Bryant, Chicago
Rizzo, Chicago
PITCHING
Cueto, San Francisco
Arrieta, Chicago
Kershaw, Los Angeles
Greinke, Arizona
Strasburg, Washington
Lester, Chicago
Fernandez, Miami
Bumgarner, San Francisco
Scherzer, Washington
Samardzija, San Francisco
ERA
Kershaw, Los Angeles
87
85
85
83
83
21
21
18
18
18
17
17
11-1
11-2
11-1
10-3
10-0
9-3
9-3
8-3
8-4
8-4
1.57
WEDNESDAY’S LATE
GAMES
Dodgers 4, Nationals 3
Washington
Los Angeles
020 000 010 — 3
101 000 002 — 4
ab r h bi bb so avg
Washington
5 0 0 0 0 5 .236
Taylor cf
3 0 2 0 2 0 .258
Werth lf
Harper rf
5 0 0 0 0 2 .252
Murphy 2b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .347
4 1 1 1 0 1 .330
Ramos c
Zimmerman 1b
4 1 2 0 0 1 .231
Kelley p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rendon 3b
3 0 1 0 1 0 .251
4 1 2 1 0 0 .225
Espinosa ss
Ross p
3 0 2 1 0 0 .258
Perez p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rivero p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 1 0 0 0 .235
Robinson 1b
36 3 11 3 3 10
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Espinosa (6); Ross (2);
Werth (13); HR: Ramos (12); RBI: Espinosa
(30); Ross (1); Ramos (39) LOB: 9.
u Baserunning — CS: Rendon (4); Zimmerman (1).
u Fielding — E: Taylor (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Los Angeles
Utley 2b
3 1 1 0 0 0 .262
Hernandez ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .195
4 1 3 1 0 0 .289
Seager ss
Turner 3b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Gonzalez 1b
4 0 0 0 0 0 .267
4 0 0 0 0 2 .246
Thompson lf
Pederson cf
3 0 0 0 1 2 .239
Grandal c
3 0 2 0 0 0 .192
Van Slyke pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Liberatore p
Baez p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hatcher p
0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Kendrick ph
1 1 1 0 0 0 .242
4 1 2 0 0 2 .244
Puig rf
Urias p
1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Venable ph
Fien p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .191
Ellis ph
Totals
33 4 9 1 1 8
u Batting — HR: Seager (16); S: Ellis (3);
RBI: Seager (37) LOB: 6.
Pitching
ip h r er bb so era
Washington
Ross
61/3 7 2 2 1 5 3.11
2
Perez
/3 0 0 0 0 1 4.74
2
/3 0 0 0 0 0 6.47
Rivero H,14
2
Kelley
/3 2 2 0 0 2 2.39
Los Angeles
Urias
5 6 2 2 1 6 4.33
Fien
2 2 0 0 1 2 5.40
2
/3 0 0 0 0 0 0.75
Liberatore
Baez
1 3 1 1 1 2 3.44
1
/3 0 0 0 0 0 4.66
Hatcher W,5-3
WP: Urias. Batters faced; pitches-strikes:
Ross 27; 100-63; Perez 2; 6-6; Rivero 2; 7-3;
Kelley 4; 18-12; Urias 21; 94-57; Fien 8; 3223; Liberatore 2; 8-4; Baez 7; 36-25; Hatcher
1; 4-3
uUmpires — HP: Nelson; 1B: Lentz; 2B:
Blaser; 3B: Eddings
uGame data — T: 3:35. Att: 43,776.
Twins 6, Phillies 5
Philadelphia
Minnesota
011 030 000 — 5
110 030 10X — 6
Philadelphia
ab r h bi bb so avg
5 1 1 0 0 0 .303
Herrera cf
4 2 3 2 0 0 .268
Blanco 2b
Franco 3b
2 0 0 0 2 0 .237
4 0 1 1 0 1 .143
Howard dh
Joseph 1b
4 0 0 0 0 2 .229
4 1 1 1 0 1 .262
Rupp c
Asche lf
3 0 1 0 0 0 .262
1 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Goeddel ph
4 0 1 0 0 1 .211
Galvis ss
Bourjos rf
4 1 1 0 0 0 .230
35 5 9 4 2 5
Totals
u Batting — 2B: Asche (6); HR: Rupp (6);
Blanco (3); RBI: Rupp (16); Blanco 2 (14);
Howard (22); GIDP: Joseph.
u Baserunning — SB: Galvis (4).
u Fielding — E: Morgan (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Minnesota
Nunez 3b
5 0 1 1 0 0 .313
5 1 1 0 0 0 .277
Mauer 1b
Grossman lf
5 1 2 0 0 2 .295
4 0 1 0 0 1 .244
Dozier 2b
Plouffe dh
4 2 3 1 0 0 .254
4 1 2 2 0 1 .282
Escobar ss
Kepler rf
3 0 1 2 0 1 .247
3 0 1 0 1 1 .266
Suzuki c
3 1 1 0 1 1 .193
Buxton cf
Totals
36 6 13 6 2 7
u Batting — 2B: Dozier (13); Plouffe (9);
3B: Escobar (2); SF: Kepler (1); RBI: Escobar
2 (18); Nunez (26); Kepler 2 (12); Plouffe (23).
u Baserunning — SB: Nunez (17); Kepler
(2).
u Fielding — E: Kepler (2).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Philadelphia
5 11 5 4 1 3 6.55
Morgan
Bailey
1 0 0 0 0 1 4.39
1 2 1 1 1 2 4.41
D. Hernandez
L,1-2
Neris
1 0 0 0 0 1 2.82
Minnesota
6 8 5 4 2 5 6.05
Gibson
1 1 0 0 0 0 4.12
Rogers W,3-0
2
Pressly H,4
/3 0 0 0 0 0 3.99
11/3 0 0 0 0 0 2.16
Abad S,1
IBB: Franco (by Gibson). Batters faced;
pitches-strikes: Morgan 27; 96-58; Bailey
3; 8-6; D. Hernandez 6; 26-17; Neris 3; 11-8;
Gibson 27; 98-64; Rogers 4; 15-11; Pressly 2;
3-2; Abad 4; 13-8
uUmpires — HP: C. Torres; 1B: Drake; 2B:
Holbrook; 3B: Davis
uGame data — T: 2:48. Att: 25,032.
Arrieta, Chicago
Bumgarner, San Francisco
Cueto, San Francisco
Syndergaard, New York
Lester, Chicago
Fernandez, Miami
STRIKEOUTS
Kershaw, Los Angeles
Scherzer, Washington
Fernandez, Miami
Strasburg, Washington
Bumgarner, San Francisco
Syndergaard, New York
Arrieta, Chicago
Lester, Chicago
Lackey, Chicago
Cueto, San Francisco
Pomeranz, San Diego
SAVES
Familia, New York
Ramos, Miami
Jansen, Los Angeles
Melancon, Pittsburgh
Jeffress, Milwaukee
Gomez, Philadelphia
1.74
1.85
2.06
2.08
2.10
2.36
141
128
125
118
115
110
107
99
97
96
96
24
23
21
20
19
19
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
SPORTS 11C
E6
IN BRIEF
DERICK E. HINGLE, USA TODAY SPORTS
Carmelo Anthony has won two golds
and a bronze in the Olympics.
REPORT: ANTHONY TO PLAY
FOR USA IN RIO OLYMPICS
Carmelo Anthony of the New
York Knicks has agreed to chase a
fourth Olympic men’s basketball
medal, while Toronto Raptors
teammates Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan also will play for
the USA, a person with knowledge of the details said Thursday.
The USA was awaiting a decision
from the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving but had solidified 10 of
its 12 roster spots, the person told
the Associated Press, speaking on
the condition of anonymity because the roster discussions were
to remain private. The roster is to
be finalized Monday. Agent Rich
Paul told the AP on Thursday
that the Cavs’ LeBron James
had informed USA Basketball
that he had withdrawn from consideration. The Oklahoma City
Thunder’s Kevin Durant, Indiana Pacers’ Paul George, Golden
State Warriors’ Draymond
Green and Klay Thompson,
Sacramento Kings’ DeMarcus
Cousins, Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy
Butler and Los Angeles Clippers’
DeAndre Jordan also are committed to play for the two-time
defending champions in Rio de
Janeiro.
NCAA CHIEF COMPENSATED
WITH NEARLY $1.9 MILLION
NCAA President Mark Emmert
was credited with nearly $1.9 million in total compensation during
the 2014 calendar year, according
to the association’s new federal
tax return. However, in terms of
money actually paid in 2014, the
association’s most highly compensated employee — by far —
was now-former chief operating
officer Jim Isch, who retired
from that role late that year. He
received more than $2.7 million
in 2014, including more than
$1.6 million in retirement and
other deferred compensation. At
the time of his departure, he had
worked for the NCAA for 16
years. His base pay for 2014 was
just under $800,000, and he had
more than $275,000 in other reportable compensation, according to the new return, which the
NCAA provided Thursday in response to a request from USA
TODAY Sports.
PREDATORS OWNER FILES SUIT
AGAINST TEAM FOR $250M
A longstanding dispute between
owners of the Nashville Predators
spilled into state court Thursday
when co-owner David Freeman
filed a $250 million lawsuit
against the hockey franchise and
chairman Tom Cigarran for not
informing him about financial
statements and failing to honor
loan guaranty fees he says are
owed to him. Freeman’s lawsuit
takes particular aim at Cigarran,
who is accused of dishonest business practices. The lawsuit calls
into question the stability of the
Predators’ ownership group. On
the ice, the team has been a consistent playoff contender.
VARDY STAYS WITH LEICESTER
Jamie Vardy agreed Thursday
to stay with Leicester City and
spearhead the team’s English
Premier League title defense and
first Champions League campaign. The club announced its top
scorer agreed to extend his contract by four years, appearing to
end Arsenal’s hopes of signing the
striker. Vardy had yet to sign the
deal, but Leicester’s statement
was clear that he was committed
to the team.
UNITED DEFENDER BOSWELL
SUSPENDED FOR GAME, FINED
D.C. United defender Bobby
Boswell was suspended for one
game and fined an undisclosed
amount by Major League Soccer
on Thursday for a serious foul
that endangered the safety of an
opponent. Boswell was issued a
yellow card in the 28th minute of
United’s 0-0 tie at the Houston
Dynamo on Saturday.
THIEM JOINS TENNIS PLAYERS
SITTING OUT RIO GAMES
There is a growing group of absentees from Olympic tennis, including Dominic Thiem, a
19-year-old rising star from Aus-
SOCCER
PGA Tour
Quicken Loans National
At Congressional Country Club
Bethesda, Md.
Purse: $6.9 million
Yardage: 7,569; Par 71 (36-35)
First Round
COPA AMERICA
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Jon Rahm..................................32-32—64 (-7)
Jhonattan Vegas ....................34-31—65 (-6)
Jamie Lovemark .....................32-34—66 (-5)
Kyle Reifers...............................32-34—66 (-5)
Camilo Villegas.......................32-34—66 (-5)
Bill Haas ...................................32-34—66 (-5)
Ernie Els ....................................32-34—66 (-5)
Harold Varner III .....................34-32—66 (-5)
Billy Hurley III ...........................33-33—66 (-5)
Wesley Bryan...........................33-33—66 (-5)
Si Woo Kim...............................34-33—67 (-4)
Webb Simpson .......................33-34—67 (-4)
Charley Hoffman....................34-33—67 (-4)
Fabian Gomez ........................32-35—67 (-4)
Steve Marino ...........................35-32—67 (-4)
Sam Saunders.........................34-33—67 (-4)
Marc Leishman........................33-34—67 (-4)
Robert Garrigus......................33-34—67 (-4)
Mark Hubbard ........................34-33—67 (-4)
John Senden............................34-33—67 (-4)
Smylie Kaufman......................34-33—67 (-4)
Lucas Glover ............................34-34—68 (-3)
Will MacKenzie .......................35-33—68 (-3)
Michael Kim.............................34-34—68 (-3)
Sean O’Hair .............................35-33—68 (-3)
Scott Langley ...........................33-35—68 (-3)
Chesson Hadley......................36-32—68 (-3)
Luke List ....................................36-32—68 (-3)
Martin Laird .............................36-32—68 (-3)
Patrick Reed.............................33-35—68 (-3)
Rickie Fowler............................35-33—68 (-3)
Vijay Singh ...............................35-33—68 (-3)
Blayne Barber .........................33-35—68 (-3)
Erik Compton...........................34-34—68 (-3)
Jason Kokrak ...........................34-35—69 (-2)
Gary Woodland......................35-34—69 (-2)
Chris Stroud .............................36-33—69 (-2)
Brian Harman .........................34-35—69 (-2)
Tony Finau ................................34-35—69 (-2)
Kyle Stanley..............................35-34—69 (-2)
Byeong Hun An .......................35-34—69 (-2)
Tom Hoge.................................34-35—69 (-2)
Francesco Molinari.................34-35—69 (-2)
Tyrone Van Aswegen .............35-34—69 (-2)
Scott Pinckney..........................35-34—69 (-2)
Adam Hadwin.........................35-34—69 (-2)
Jon Curran ...............................35-34—69 (-2)
Nick Taylor ...............................35-34—69 (-2)
Robert Streb.............................37-32—69 (-2)
Justin Thomas .........................33-36—69 (-2)
Jim Herman .............................36-33—69 (-2)
Ryan Palmer ............................35-34—69 (-2)
Andres Gonzales ....................37-32—69 (-2)
Rob Oppenheim .....................35-34—69 (-2)
Patton Kizzire ...........................33-37—70 (-1)
David Hearn.............................36-34—70 (-1)
Kevin Chappell ........................36-34—70 (-1)
Keegan Bradley.......................37-33—70 (-1)
Vaughn Taylor .........................35-35—70 (-1)
Tim Wilkinson ..........................34-36—70 (-1)
Arjun Atwal...............................35-35—70 (-1)
Patrick Rodgers .......................36-34—70 (-1)
Hudson Swafford....................35-35—70 (-1)
Greg Owen ..............................36-34—70 (-1)
Rod Pampling ..........................36-34—70 (-1)
James Hahn .............................35-35—70 (-1)
Daniel Summerhays ...............35-35—70 (-1)
Cameron Smith........................33-37—70 (-1)
Whee Kim.................................34-36—70 (-1)
Dawie van der Walt ...............35-35—70 (-1)
Bryson DeChambeau.............36-34—70 (-1)
Roberto Castro..........................37-34—71 (E)
Michael Thompson ..................36-35—71 (E)
Sung Kang..................................37-34—71 (E)
Shawn Stefani ...........................37-34—71 (E)
Brendon de Jonge ....................37-34—71 (E)
Luke Guthrie ..............................35-36—71 (E)
Troy Merritt ................................37-34—71 (E)
Kevin Streelman........................37-34—71 (E)
Zac Blair .....................................35-36—71 (E)
Anirban Lahiri ...........................38-33—71 (E)
Derek Fathauer.........................36-35—71 (E)
Tyler Aldridge .........................36-36—72 (+1)
Wes Roach ..............................34-38—72 (+1)
Hiroshi Iwata ..........................33-39—72 (+1)
Chris Kirk..................................37-35—72 (+1)
Matt Jones ..............................36-36—72 (+1)
Ben Crane ...............................36-36—72 (+1)
Russell Henley.........................37-35—72 (+1)
Chez Reavie ............................36-36—72 (+1)
Chad Collins............................35-37—72 (+1)
Bronson Burgoon...................36-36—72 (+1)
Steve Wheatcroft...................37-35—72 (+1)
John Huh .................................36-36—72 (+1)
Stuart Appleby .......................38-34—72 (+1)
Ben Martin...............................37-35—72 (+1)
Jeff Overton............................36-36—72 (+1)
Morgan Hoffmann................36-36—72 (+1)
Brett Stegmaier......................36-36—72 (+1)
Jordan Niebrugge.................35-37—72 (+1)
Brendan Steele.......................38-35—73 (+2)
Brian Stuard ............................37-36—73 (+2)
Scott Stallings .........................39-34—73 (+2)
Davis Love III ...........................37-36—73 (+2)
Jim Furyk..................................36-37—73 (+2)
Cameron Tringale .................38-35—73 (+2)
Aaron Baddeley .....................37-36—73 (+2)
Seung-Yul Noh........................36-37—73 (+2)
Rory Sabbatini........................39-35—74 (+3)
Andrew Loupe.........................37-37—74 (+3)
Spencer Levin ..........................37-37—74 (+3)
Charles Howell III ...................38-36—74 (+3)
Martin Piller .............................37-37—74 (+3)
Carl Pettersson .......................37-38—75 (+4)
George McNeill......................36-39—75 (+4)
K.J. Choi....................................37-38—75 (+4)
Jason Gore..............................38-38—76 (+5)
Carlos Ortiz .............................43-33—76 (+5)
Peter Malnati ..........................35-41—76 (+5)
European Tour
BMW International Open
At Gut Larchenhof Golf Club
Pulheim, Germany
Purse: $2.72 million
Yardage: 7,228; Par: 72 (3636)
First Round
Raphael Jacquelin, France ..........33-32—65
Oliver Fisher, England ...................33-33—66
Thorbjoern Olesen, Denmark .....36-31—67
Felipe Aguilar, Chile ......................34-33—67
Zander Lombard, South Africa ...34-33—67
Magnus A Carlsson, Sweden ......36-32—68
Roope Kakko, Finland ...................37-31—68
Pablo Larrazabal, Spain ..............33-35—68
Darren Fichardt, South Africa......34-34—68
Henrik Stenson, Sweden ..............33-35—68
Ross McGowan, England .............36-32—68
Bernd Wiesberger, Austria ..........35-33—68
Jeff Winther, Denmark .................35-33—68
Also
Daniel Im, United States ...............34-36—70
David Lipsky, United States ..........36-34—70
Sergio Garcia, Spain .....................37-34—71
Jason Knutzon, United States......36-36—72
a-Lee McCoy, United States ..........37-37—74
NJIT — Named Kevin Driscoll men’s assistant basketball coach.
WEST VIRGINIA — Announced sophomore
WR David Sills is leaving and plans to transfer to junior college.
Wednesday
WNBA
All Times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chile 2, Colombia 0
THIRD PLACE
Saturday
At Glendale, Ariz.
New York
Atlanta
Washington
Chicago
Indiana
Connecticut
W
9
8
7
6
5
3
L
4
5
7
7
9
10
Pct GB
.692
—
.615
1
.500 21⁄2
.462
3
.357 41⁄2
.231
6
Switzerland vs. Poland, 9 a.m.
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix
Seattle
San Antonio
W
13
11
7
4
4
2
L
0
1
7
9
9
11
Pct GB
1.000
—
.917 11⁄2
.500 61⁄2
.308
9
9
.308
.154 11
Wales vs. Northern Ireland, Noon
Dallas 97, San Antonio 90, OT
United States vs. Colombia, 8 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday
At East Rutherford, N.J.
Argentina vs. Chile, 8 p.m.
European Championship
All Times ET
SECOND ROUND
Saturday
At Saint-Etienne, France
At Paris
At Lens, France
Croatia vs. Portugal, 3 p.m.
Sunday
At Lyon, France
France vs. Ireland, 9 a.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Thursday’s Game
Friday’s Games
Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.
Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Connecticut at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
At Lille, France
Germany vs. Slovakia, Noon
At Toulouse, France
Hungary vs. Belgium, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Monday
At Saint-Denis, France
COLLEGE BASEBALL
At Nice, France
NCAA College World Series
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
All Times ET
Double Elimination
x-if necessary
Wednesday
Italy vs. Spain, Noon
England vs. Iceland, 3 p.m.
QUARTERFINALS
June 30
At Marseille, France
Saint-Etienne winner vs. Lens winner, 3 p.m.
July 1
At Lille, France
Paris winner vs. Toulouse winner, 3 p.m.
Arizona 3, UC Santa Barbara 0, UCSB eliminated
Lille winner vs. Saint-Denis winner, 3 p.m.
Game 10 — Coastal Carolina 7, Texas Tech
5, Texas Tech eliminated
July 2
At Bordeaux, France
July 3
AT Saint-Denis, France
Lyon winner vs. Nice winner, 3 p.m.
SEMIFINALS
July 6
At Lyon, France
July 7
At Marseille, France
Bordeaux winner vs. Paris winner, 3 p.m.
FINAL
July 10
At Saint-Denis, France
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.
Major League Soccer
All Times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
L
4
8
5
4
5
4
6
3
5
7
T Pts GF GA
5 26 27 22
1 22 27 22
6 21 25 31
5 20 22 20
4 19 15 15
7 19 21 26
5 17 14 16
8 17 25 23
6 15 18 21
5 11 14 20
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Colorado
FC Dallas
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Sporting KC
Vancouver
San Jose
Portland
Seattle
Houston
W
9
8
8
5
6
6
5
5
5
3
L
2
5
4
3
8
7
4
6
8
7
T Pts GF GA
5 32 19 11
4 28 24 24
3 27 27 24
7 22 27 17
3 21 16 18
3 21 24 27
6 21 18 18
5 20 25 27
1 16 13 17
5 14 20 22
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3
Real Salt Lake 2, New York 1
Colorado 0, Los Angeles 0, tie
Saturday’s Games
NY City FC at Seattle, 5 p.m.
New England at D.C. United, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting KC at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Houston at Portland, 6 p.m.
DEALS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Seattle OF Herschel
Powell 80 games after testing positive for
dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation
of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with
RHP Matt Manning on a minor league contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced INF
Omar Infante cleared waivers, making him
an unrestricted free agent.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed OF Alex Kirilloff to a minor league contract and assigned him to Elizabethton (Appalachian).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Extended their player
development contract with South Bend
(MWL) through the 2020 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Will
Redmond to a four-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed F Michael Sgarbossa, F Joseph Cramarossa and D Andrew O’Brien to one-year contract extensions through the 2016-17 season.
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Acquired F Rocco Grimaldi from Florida for G Reto Berra.
COLLEGE
Thursday
Friday
Game 11 — Oklahoma State (43-20) vs. Arizona (46-22), 3 p.m.
Game 12 — TCU (49-16) vs. Coastal Carolina (51-17), 8 p.m.
Saturday
Marseille winner vs. Lille winner, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia
New York
NY City FC
Montreal
Toronto FC
N. England
D.C. United
Orlando City
Columbus
Chicago
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from Wimbledon because of
a right knee injury, the same knee
she hurt at the French Open.
uMonica Puig became the
first qualifier to reach the Eastbourne International semifinals
in three years, though it took her
nearly three hours to get there
Thursday. Puig, from Puerto Rico,
needed 2 hours, 43 minutes to
overcome Kristina Mladenovic
of France 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3 and
become the first qualifier in the
semis since American Jamie
Hampton in 2013.
From staff and wire reports
Times Eastern. Programs live unless noted. Check local listings.
Argentina 4, United States 0
W
7
7
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
INJURY FORCES AZARENKA
OUT OF WIMBLEDON
SPORTS ON TV
FOR THE RECORD
GOLF
tria who is ranked No. 8, reached
his first major semifinal at Roland
Garros this month and beat Roger Federer on grass last week.
Also staying away: the top American man, John Isner, who is
ranked 17th; Australia’s two best
players, No. 18 Nick Kyrgios and
No. 19 Bernard Tomic; No. 21
Feliciano Lopez of Spain; and
No. 24 Kevin Anderson of
South Africa.
CONFERENCE USA — Named Merton
Hanks senior associate commissioner.
x-Game 13 — Oklahoma State vs. Arizona,
TBA
x-Game 14 — TCU vs. Coastal Carolina, TBA
If only one game is necessary, it will be
played at night
TENNIS
ATP World Tour
Aegon Open Nottingham
In Nottingham, England
Surface: Grass; Purse: $730,725
Singles — Quarterfinals: Andreas Seppi
(7), Italy, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4;
Pablo Cuevas (2), Uruguay, def. Marcos
Baghdatis (9), Cyprus, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8);
Gilles Muller (8), Luxembourg, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (4), Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4; Kevin Anderson (1), South Africa, leads Steve
Johnson (6), United States, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 4-3,
susp., darkness.
WTA Aegon
International Eastbourne
In Eastbourne, England
Surface: Grass; Purse: $711,778
Singles — Third round: Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany,
3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Karolina Pliskova (10), Czech
Republic, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-2, 6-4.
Singles — Quarterfinals: Monica Puig,
Puerto Rico, def. Kristina Mladenovic,
France, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3.
Wimbledon Seeds
At The All England
Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
London
Monday-July 10
(Ranking in parentheses)
Men
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia (1)
2. Andy Murray, Britain (2)
3. Roger Federer, Switzerland (3)
4. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland (5)
5. Kei Nishikori, Japan (6)
6. Milos Raonic, Canada (7)
7. Richard Gasquet, France (10)
8. Dominic Thiem, Austria (8)
9. Marin Cilic, Croatia (13)
10. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic (9)
11. David Goffin, Belgium (11)
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France (12)
13. David Ferrer, Spain (14)
14. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain (15)
15. Nick Kyrgios, Australia (18)
16. Gilles Simon, France (20)
17. Gael Monfils, France (16)
18. John Isner, United States (17)
19. Bernard Tomic, Australia (19)
20. Kevin Anderson, South Africa (24)
21. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany (22)
22. Feliciano Lopez, Spain (21)
23. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia (31)
24. Alexander Zverev, Germany (28)
25. Viktor Troicki, Serbia (27)
26. Benoit Paire, France (23)
27. Jack Sock, United States (26)
28. Sam Querrey, United States (33)
29. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay (25)
30. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine (32)
31. Joao Sousa, Portugal (30)
32. Lucas Pouille, France (29)
Women
1. Serena Williams, United States (1)
2. Garbine Muguruza, Spain (2)
3. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland (3)
4. Angelique Kerber, Germany (4)
5. Simona Halep, Romania (5)
6. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus (6)
7. Roberta Vinci, Italy (7)
8. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland (8)
9. Venus Williams, United States (9)
10. Madison Keys, United States (10)
11. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic (11)
12. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland (12)
13. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain (13)
14. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia (14)
15. Sam Stosur, Australia (16)
16. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic (17)
17. Johanna Konta, Britain (18)
18. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine (19)
19. Sloane Stephens, United States (20)
20. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia (21)
21. Sara Errani, Italy (22)
22. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia (23)
23. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia (24)
24. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia (25)
25. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic (26)
26. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania (27)
27. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands (28)
28. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States (29)
29. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic (30)
30. Daria Kasatkina, Russia (31)
31. Caroline Garcia, France (32)
32. Kristina Mladenovic, France (33)
NBA
Draft Selections
SECOND ROUND (partial)
31. Boston, Deyonta Davis, f, Michigan
State.
32. LA Lakers, Ivaca Zubac, c, Croatia.
33. LA Clippers, Cheick Diallo, c, Kansas.
34. Phoenix, Tyler Ullis, pg, Kentucky.
35. Boston, Rade Zagorac, sf, Serbia.
36. Milwaukee, Malcom Brogdan, sg, Virginia.
37. Houston, Chinanu Onuaku, c, Louisville.
38. Milwaukee, Patrick McCaw, sg, UNLV.
39. New Orleans, David Michineau, pg,
France.
40. New Orleans, Diamond Stone, c, Maryland.
41. Orlando, Stephen Zimmerman, c, UNLV.
42. Utah, Isaiah Whitehead, sg, Seton Hall.
43. Houston, Zhou Qi, c, China.
44. Atlanta, Isaia Cordinier, sg, France.
45. Boston, Demetrius Jackson, pg, Notre
Dame.
46. Dallas, A.J. Hammons, c, Purdue.
47. Orlando, Jake Layman, sf, Maryland.
48. Chicago, Paul Zipser, sf, Germany.
49. Detroit, Michael Gbinije, sf, Syracuse.
50 Indiana, Georges Niang, pf, Iowa State
.
Past No. 1 Selections
2016—Ben Simmons, F, Philadelphia (LSU)
2015—Karl-Anthony Towns, C, Minnesota
(Kentucky)
2014—Andrew Wiggins, G, Cleveland (Kansas)
2013—Anthony Bennett, F, Cleveland
(UNLV)
2012—Anthony Davis, F, New Orleans (Kentucky)
2011—Kyrie Irving, G, Cleveland (Duke)
2010—John Wall, G, Washington (Kentucky)
2009—Blake Griffin, F, Los Angeles Clippers
(Oklahoma)
2008—Derrick Rose, G, Chicago (Memphis)
2007—Greg Oden, C, Portland (Ohio State)
2006—Andrea Bargnani, F, Toronto (Benetton Treviso, Italy)
2005—Andrew Bogut, C, Milwaukee (Utah)
2004—Dwight Howard, F, Orlando (Southwest Atlantic Christian Academy, Atlanta)
2003—LeBron James, G, Cleveland (St. Vincent-St. Mary HS)
2002—Yao Ming, C, Houston (China)
2001—Kwame Brown, F-C, Washington
(Glynn Academy HS)
2000—Kenyon Martin, F, New Jersey (Cincinnati)
1999—Elton Brand, F, Chicago (Duke)
1998—Michael Olowokandi, C, Los Angeles
Clippers (Pacific)
1997—Tim Duncan, C, San Antonio (Wake
Forest)
1996—Allen Iverson, G, Philadelphia
(Georgetown)
1995—Joe Smith, C, Golden State (Maryland)
1994—Glenn Robinson, F, Milwaukee (Purdue)
1993—Chris Webber, F, Orlando (Michigan)
1992—Shaquille O’Neal, C, Orlando (Louisiana State)
1991—Larry Johnson, F, Charlotte (UNLV)
1990—Derrick Coleman, F, New Jersey (Syracuse)
1989—Pervis Ellison, C, Sacramento (Louisville)
1988—Danny Manning, F, Los Angeles Clippers (Kansas)
1987—David Robinson, C, San Antonio (Navy)
1986—Brad Daugherty, C, Cleveland
(North Carolina)
1985—Patrick Ewing, C, New York (Georgetown)
1984—Akeem Olajuwon, C, Houston (Houston)
1983—Ralph Sampson, C, Houston (Virginia)
1982—James Worthy, F, Los Angeles Lakers
(North Carolina)
1981—Mark Aguirre, F, Dallas (DePaul)
1980—Joe Barry Carroll, C, Golden State
(Purdue)
1979—Earvin Johnson, G, Los Angeles Lakers (Michigan St.)
1978—Mychal Thompson, C, Portland (Minnesota)
1977—Kent Benson, C, Milwaukee (Indiana)
1976—John Lucas, G, Houston (Maryland)
1975—David Thompson, G, Atlanta (North
Carolina St.)
1974—Bill Walton, C, Portland (UCLA)
1973—Doug Collins, G, Philadelphia (Illinois
St.)
1972—LaRue Martin, C, Portland (LoyolaChicago)
1971—Austin Carr, G, Cleveland (Notre
Dame)
1970—Bob Lanier, C, Detroit (St. Bonaventure)
1969—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, C, Milwaukee (UCLA)
1968—Elvin Hayes, C, Houston (Houston)
1967—Jimmy Walker, G, Detroit (Providence)
1966—Cazzie Russell, F, New York (Michigan)
FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
All Times ET
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Arizona
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Portland
W
9
6
5
1
L
3
6
6
10
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.750
.500
.455
.091
Orlando
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
W
10
9
5
1
L
2
3
6
10
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.833
.750
.455
.091
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Friday’s Game
Tampa Bay at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
Cleveland at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Game
Arizona at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m.
FRIDAY
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Tampa Bay at Orlando (CBS Sports
Network, 7:30 p.m.)
AUTO RACING: Verizon IndyCar Series, Kohler Grand Prix, practice, in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (NBC Sports Network, noon); NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series, Toyota/Save Mart 350, practice, in Sonoma,
Calif. (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.)
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Montreal at Winnipeg (ESPN2,
8:30 p.m.)
COLLEGE BASEBALL: NCAA Division I, College World Series, in
Omaha, Game 11, Arizona vs. Oklahoma State (ESPN2, 3 p.m.);
Game 12, TCU vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN, 8 p.m.)
DRAG RACING: NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Summit
Racing Equipment Nationals, qualifying, in Norwalk, Ohio (Fox
Sports 1, 8 p.m., same-day tape)
GOLF: European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, second
round, in Pulheim, Germany (Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.); PGA Tour
Champions, American Family Insurance Championship, first
round, in Madison, Wis. (Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.); PGA Tour,
Quicken Loans National, second round, in Bethesda, Md. (Golf
Channel, 3:30 p.m.); LPGA, Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, first round, in Rogers, Ark. (Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.)
GYMNASTICS: P&G Championships (NBC, 9 p.m.)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh or
Chicago Cubs at Miami (MLB Network, 7 p.m.)
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: Bellator 157, 215-pound catchweight, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Satoshi Ishii, in St. Louis (Spike, 8 p.m.)
NHL: Draft, in Buffalo (NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.)
TENNIS: Aegon International Eastbourne (Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.)
SATURDAY
ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Cleveland at Jacksonville (ESPN2,
7 p.m.)
AUTO RACING: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Drivin’ for
Linemen 200, in Madison, Ill. (practice, Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.;
qualifying, Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.; race, Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.);
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Toyota/Save Mart 350, qualifying, in
Sonoma, Calif. (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.); Verizon IndyCar Series, Kohler Grand Prix, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 5:30 p.m., sameday tape)
BOXING: Premier Champions, Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale, for Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title; George Groves vs. Martin Murray, WBA super middleweight eliminator, in London
(Showtime, 5:15 p.m.); Premier Champions, Keith Thurman vs.
Shawn Porter, for Thurman’s WBA welterweight title; Jesus Cuellar vs. Abner Mares, for Cuellar’s WBA featherweight title, in New
York (CBS, 9 p.m.); Premier Champions, Justin DeLoach vs. Junior
Castillo, junior middleweights, in San Antonio (NBC Sports Network, 11 p.m.)
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Calgary at British Columbia
(ESPN2, 10 p.m.)
COLLEGE BASEBALL: NCAA Division I, College World Series,
Game 13, if necessary (ESPN2, 3 p.m.); Game 14, if necessary
(ESPN, 8 p.m.)
DIVING: U.S. Olympic trials, in Indianapolis (NBC, men’s springboard final, 4:30 p.m.; women’s platform final, 8 p.m.)
DRAG RACING: NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Summit
Racing Equipment Nationals, qualifying (Fox Sports 2, 11 p.m.,
same-day tape)
GOLF: European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, third round
(Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.); PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National,
third round (Golf Channel, 1 p.m.; CBS, 3 p.m.); PGA Tour Champions, American Family Insurance Championship, second round
(Golf Channel, 3 p.m.); LPGA, Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, second round (Golf Channel, 5:30 p.m.)
GYMNASTICS: U.S. Olympic men’s trials, in St. Louis (NBC, 9 p.m.)
HORSE RACING: Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, The Gold Cup,
at Santa Anita, in Arcadia, Calif. (NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Minnesota at New York Yankees or
Tampa Bay at Baltimore (MLB Network, 1 p.m.); San Diego at Cincinnati (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.); Houston at Kansas City, New York
Mets at Atlanta or Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh (Fox, 7 p.m.);
Philadelphia at San Francisco or St. Louis at Seattle (MLB Network,
10 p.m.)
MOTOR SPORTS: AMA Motocross Series, Tennessee National, in
Blountville (NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m.)
SOCCER: UEFA, European Championship, Round of 16, Switzerland vs. Poland, in Saint-Etienne, France (ESPN, 8:30 a.m.); Wales
vs. Northern Ireland, in Paris (ESPN, 11:30 a.m.); Croatia vs. Portugal, in Lens, France (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.); MLS, New York City at Seattle (ESPN, 5 p.m.); Copa America Centenario, third-place match,
USA vs. Colombia, in Glendale, Ariz. (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.)
TENNIS: Aegon International Eastbourne (Tennis Channel,
8:30 a.m.)
VOLLEYBALL: FIVB World League, men, USA vs. Belgium, in Rome
(NBC Sports Network, 9 p.m., tape delay)
WNBA: Indiana at Dallas (NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.)
SUNDAY
AUTO RACING: Verizon IndyCar Series, Kohler Grand Prix (NBC
Sports Network, 1 p.m.); NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Toyota/Save
Mart 350 (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.); Indy Lights Series, Road America, in
Elkhart Lake, Wis. (NBC Sports Network, 3:30 p.m., same-day
tape)
DIVING: U.S. Olympic trials, in Indianapolis (NBC, women’s
springboard final, 4:30 p.m.; men’s platform final, 7 p.m.)
DRAG RACING: NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Summit
Racing Equipment Nationals, finals (Fox Sports 1, midnight, sameday tape)
GOLF: European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, final round
(Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m.); PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National, final
round (Golf Channel, 1 p.m.; CBS, 3 p.m.); PGA Tour Champions,
American Family Insurance Championship, final round (Golf
Channel, 3 p.m.); LPGA, Walmart NW Arkansas Championship,
final round (Golf Channel, 5:30 p.m.)
GYMNASTICS: P&G Championships (NBC, 9 p.m.)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Chicago Cubs at Miami or Cleveland
at Detroit (MLB Network, 1 p.m.); Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh (ESPN, 8 p.m.)
SOCCER: UEFA, European Championship, Round of 16, France vs.
Ireland, in Lyon, France (ESPN, 8:30 a.m.); Germany vs. Slovakia, in
Lille, France (ESPN, 11:30 a.m.); Hungary vs. Belgium, in Toulouse,
France (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.); MLS, Houston at Portland (ESPN2,
6 p.m.); Copa America Centenario, final, Argentina vs. Chile, in
East Rutherford, N.J. (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.)
SWIMMING: U.S. Olympic trials, men’s 400 freestyle and men’s
and women’s 400 individual medley, in Omaha (qualifying heats,
NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.; finals, NBC, 8 p.m.)
WNBA: Phoenix at New York (NBA TV, 3 p.m.); Connecticut at Los
Angeles (NBA TV, 5 p.m.)
VOLLEYBALL: Beach, AVP Tour, San Francisco Open (NBC, 3 p.m.)
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
SECTION D
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
HOSTELS HAVE COME
A LONG WAY, 3D
FREEHAND MIAMI BY ADRIAN GAUT
LIFELINE
MOVIES
MAKING WAVES
The Kennedy
Center has
announced its
latest batch of
annual honorees. Artists include the rock
band Eagles,
actor Al Pacino,
gospel and
blues singer
PACINO BY DAN Mavis Staples,
MACMEDAN, USA TODAY
musician James
Taylor and Argentine pianist
Martha Argerich. The Kennedy
Center Honors air on CBS Dec. 27
at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
GOOD DAY
LED ZEPPELIN
After less than one day of
deliberation, a Los Angeles
jury has decided the band
Led Zeppelin did not steal the
opening riff to its classic anthem
‘Stairway to Heaven.’ Band members John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
and Jimmy Page all testified.
ANDY RAIN, EPA
STYLE STAR
Chloë Grace Moretz
mixed ethereal with
edgy for the Coach
And Friends of the
High Line Summer
Party Wednesday
in New York.
The actress,
showing off a
Coach purse,
paired a sheer
floral top with
a high-waisted and chainembellished
short leather
skirt from
Coach’s 1941 Resort
2017 line.
NEILSON BARNARD,
GETTY IMAGES
IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY
WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY?
Blake Lively
Just another
‘predator’ in
‘The Shallows’
Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY
NEW YORK “You have to take a
bite of this.”
Blake Lively hands over a
spoon and nudges her bowl of affogato, a creamy, espresso-topped
dessert. “Come on, right?” she
grins. “Now you see why I’ll have
to take bites between answers, so
give me really long questions.”
Sitting in the balmy courtyard
of the Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca, the star is ravenous yet surprisingly chirpy, considering that
not even 48 hours earlier, she was
flying back from Bulgaria with
husband Ryan Reynolds, who just
wrapped shooting the action
comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard.
Arriving this afternoon with
their curly-haired, 18-monthold daughter, James, in
tow, Lively stifles the occasional yawn as she
describes her most
exhausting role yet
in The Shallows (in
theaters Friday).
Set along a
secluded
beach
semi-ironically
called
Paradise,
Shallows centers on
student
medical
Nancy (Lively), who
goes out for a solo surf
after her travel companion bails. But disaster
strikes when her board flips
and she’s attacked by a bloodthirsty great white shark 200
yards from shore. Bleeding out
and taking refuge on a jagged
rock in the middle of the ocean,
Nancy battles nature’s elements
as she desperately seeks help.
The actress, who last headlined
period romance The Age of Adaline in 2015, was drawn to the
high-stakes drama facing Shallows’ protagonist.
“It’s just two predators trying
to survive, and to quote Harry
Potter, neither can live while the
other survives,” says Lively, 28.
She faces
down
killer
sharks —
and
pecking
seagulls
— in her
survival
thriller
ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY
COURTESY OF COLUMBIA PICTURES
Nancy’s (Lively) surf outing
turns into a fight for her life
in The Shallows, out Friday.
Also, isolation stories are often
“smaller movies, but (it’s exciting) to be able to do that on a
scale that’s a popcorn movie. I got
to have a strong acting challenge
in a movie that people actually
might see, just because they
threw a bikini into it.”
She likens the shoot to training
for a marathon, which required
extensive swimming, surfing and
gym time just eight months after
giving birth. (She’s now pregnant
with the couple’s second child.)
While parts of Shallows were
filmed off Australia’s Lord Howe
Island, the majority was shot in
giant wave pools, where she
would film underwater with
divers who were replaced by a
colossal CGI shark.
“She was really reacting to
nothing — what you see in the
movie is an environment that
doesn’t exist,” says director
Jaume Collet-Serra. “It speaks to
what a great actress she is and
how much she elevated this
movie.”
The former Gossip Girl walked
away with only minor injuries:
cuts caused by her pecking seagull co-star, which “loved the
taste of my prosthetic wound,” as
well as some fake bruising that
refused to wash off.
“On the weekends, I’d walk
around in shorts and my husband
is getting dirty looks,” Lively says.
“Whether they think he did
something to me or allowed
something to happen to me,” she
wasn’t sure. But “you always get
these fears like, ‘Oh, great, people
are going to think moviemaking
is real life.’ ”
She typically didn’t bring her
daughter to set. “Hearing me in
distress really upset her,” Lively
says. But the family still managed
to get some R&R Down Under.
“We went on a glass boat to see
turtles,” she says. James “was
hanging out on the beach every
day while I was shooting. Now,
she would see all my cuts and go
‘Ouchy, Mumma,’ but she was too
young then to recognize ‘ouchy.’ ”
MOVIES
‘Independence Day’ aims to decimate box office again
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‘Orange’ the new
Great White Way?
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“Orange
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With ‘Resurgence,’
a 20-year gap puts
brand to the test
Brian Truitt
@briantruitt
USA TODAY
Does the 20-year absence of
alien attacks make moviegoers’
hearts grow fonder? Independence Day: Resurgence is bound to
test that theory.
In a summer of sequels that
haven’t exactly been tearing up
the box office — from the lukewarm reception for X-Men: Apocalypse (which has earned $147.6
million to date) to the tanking of
Alice Through the Looking Glass
($71.3 million) — hopes are hanging on the few that have kept
their fans waiting. So far, so good:
Finding Dory rang up a $135 million debut last weekend, the biggest ever for an animated film, 13
years removed from Finding Nemo’s seas. Next month offers the
first Ghostbusters film in 27 years,
with a fresh new female cast and
social media buzz on its side.
This weekend, all eyes are on
the return of those pesky space
20TH CENTURY FOX
Earth is back under siege in Independence Day: Resurgence.
invaders from Independence Day,
the top movie of 1996, “because it
is such a big brand,” says comScore senior media analyst Paul
Dergarabedian.
The trend toward long-gestating follow-ups is “all about studios
going into their vault and seeing
what could be a moneymaker
if updated/rebooted/reintroduced
to the marketplace,” he says.
It certainly worked for last December’s Star Wars: The Force
Awakens, the all-time domestic
box office champ ($936.7 million), released a decade after the
last Star Wars film. Resurgence
(in theaters Friday) has a harder
row to hoe: While its special-ef-
fects destruction was groundbreaking two decades ago, it isn’t
as much of a game-changer in
2016, and the movie could have
difficulty defeating the second
weekend of Dory.
“It wrote the script for the next
alien invasion movie, what went
on to become the ‘disaster porn’
genre,” says Erik Davis, managing
editor for Fandango.com and
Movies.com. “I definitely think
there’s a curiosity out there, and
more people than maybe we
would think will show up opening
weekend to see it.”
Davis adds that the sequel’s success depends on whether the franchise takes a next step. Plus, its
human personalities need to be as
memorable as its effects: “One
thing that made the first Independence Day a special movie was,
(given) how dorky and goofy as
some of the lines were, you were
really invested in the characters.”
Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman
and Vivica A. Fox all return to a
cast that adds Liam Hemsworth
and Maika Monroe to the sci-fi
spectacle. But missing is Will
Smith, who was one of the most
popular actors in the world when
Independence Day topped the
global box office.
“We’re always talking about
how star power doesn’t matter
anymore and it’s all about the concept,” Dergarabedian says. “This
kind of puts that to the test.”
The most glaring negative of
the Independence Day franchise is
that, like other Roland Emmerich
big-budget action films such as
The Day After Tomorrow and
2012, it hasn’t aged well, says Jeff
Bock, senior box office analyst for
Exhibitor Relations.
“Simply put, they are popcorn
fodder,” he says. “Overseas, however, this will be a sure-fire hit —
big-budget spectacles with lots of
bells and whistles still play well
internationally.”
2D LIFE
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
TELEVISION
Shark Week stirs up its
yearly feeding frenzy
Lorena Blas
@byLorenaBlas
USA TODAY
Instead of creating chilling
scenes for the big screen, horror
filmmaker Eli Roth is trying to get
TV viewers to warm up to sharks.
Roth returns for his second
year hosting Discovery’s late-night
talk show Shark After Dark (Sunday through Thursday, 11 ET/PT).
Shark Week, which marks its
28th anniversary, is the cable network’s biggest event, and it’s
“considered one of the greatest
inspirations of cable, and probably television history, because it
fits so well with Discovery,” says
TV historian Tim Brooks. “It’s
just a perfect match. And of
course, it’s got violence. It’s got
jaws. And it fits the summer, too.”
Roth, who’s directing a Death
Wish remake and is known for
horror flicks such as Hostel and
Cabin Fever, has a guest roster
filled with researchers, conservationists and celebrities including
Chelsea Handler and Kevin Hart.
Fans also can expect to see experts such as diver Ashlan Gorse
Cousteau and filmmaker Andy
Casagrande, who venture with
Roth to ice baths, wearing wetsuits, in Thursday’s installment.
Don’t feel too sorry for him. In
preparation for Shark Week,
“Discovery sent me diving with
(sharks), and it was truly a lifechanging experience,” Roth says.
“I got in the water with about
50 or 75 sharks. They were everywhere. I was so happy, the happiest I’ve been in my life.”
Roth can’t contain his excitement. “I saw blacktips, silvertips,”
he says, adding there were “lemon sharks, which look like Walkers from The Walking Dead. They
have yellow eyes and a big smile
like the Finding Nemo version. ...
But the most amazing moment
was when I saw two different
tiger sharks.”
He didn’t panic. “I was very
DISCOVERY
MARK DANIELS, DISCOVERY
Filmmaker Joe Romeiro and actor Kevin Hart join Shark After
Dark host Eli Roth. Roth’s talk show runs through Shark Week.
calm. I was lying flat, but she circled. She just kept checking me
out. She was probably down there
with us about 15 or 20 minutes. It
looked like a submarine circling.
She could have bit me in half if
she wanted to. It was just this giant eye — this huge plate-sized
eye — that just looks right at you.”
Highlights of Discovery’s Shark
Week (all 9 ET/PT):
Sunday: Return of the Monster
Mako. A team tries to document a
live-predation of a thousandpound mako shark.
Monday: Jaws of the Deep. A
hunt for Deep Blue, the world’s
largest great white shark.
Tuesday: Wrath of a Great
White Serial Killer. Why are great
white sharks traveling as far
north as the Pacific Northwest?
Wednesday: Deadliest Shark.
Researchers look to see if whitetip sharks deserve the reputation
as the “world’s deadliest.”
Thursday: Nuclear Sharks.
Grandson to Jacques Cousteau
and his wife travel to the Bikini
Atoll to study the reef sharks.
July 1: Shark Bait. Great
whites hunt seals in Cape Cod.
July 2: Sharksanity. The closest calls, biggest bites and greatest gadgets of Shark Week 2016.
July 3: The Killing Games.
Great whites snatch seals from
the shore in South Australia.
LIFE 3D
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
TRAVEL
DISPATCHES
DAVID WALLACE, THE REPUBLIC
Passengers to Phoenix Sky Harbor
can now choose Uber and Lyft.
Phoenix hails
Uber, Lyft
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the nation’s 10thbusiest airport by passenger
boardings, on June 18 became the
latest major airport to allow Uber
and Lyft to pick up passengers.
Service to downtown Phoenix
runs as low as $9.
Tech-savvy travelers love the
ride-hailing services because they
can order a ride from an app on
their smartphone or tablet after
they land, meet the driver outside
and bill the fare to their account.
The fares are generally are cheaper than taxi or sedan services.
Here’s a rundown of airport
ride-hailing options at five major
airports.
LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Airport surcharge: $4 per pickup
and drop-off.
Estimated fare to downtown
Los Angeles: $23-$33.
CHICAGO O’HARE
INTERNATIONAL/ MIDWAY
INTERNATIONAL
Freehand has both shared and private rooms. The Miami property also offers complimentary breakfast and has a pool.
Hostel grows up: ‘Poshtels’
make their way to the USA
Airport surcharge: $5.50 per
pickup and drop-off.
Estimated fare to Millennium
Park: $28-$35 from O’Hare with
Uber, $28 with Lyft. $23-$30 from
Midway with Uber, $23 with Lyft.
Posh hostels offer
amenities, are still
a cheaper option
NEW YORK LAGUARDIA/
JFK INTERNATIONAL
Nancy Trejos
Fee: None. Unlike at most major
airports, New York does not have
a separate agreement with the
services. They register like cabs
and limos.
Estimated fare to midtown
Manhattan: $30-$39 from
LaGuardia with Uber, $27 with Lyft.
$49-$64 from JFK with Uber,
$48 with Lyft.
Dawn Gilbertson
LUKAS SCHULZE, EPA
The Queen Mary 2 refurbishment
includes art, kennels and more.
QM2 ready for
her close-up
HAMBURG
The iconic Queen
Mary 2 resumed trans-Atlantic
service Tuesday after a 23-day
makeover at the Blohm + Voss
shipyard in Germany.
After 12 years of summer
crossings and long winter voyages
chalking up 1.78 million miles,
the Queen Mary 2 was primed for
a stem-to-stern tune-up.
Billed as a “remastering,” the
overhaul was the famed Cunard
ocean liner’s most extensive refurbishment to date, with about
6,500 pieces of new furniture,
4,000 new works of art and
round-the-clock efforts of more
than 5,200 workers.
It also included 438,091 square
feet of carpeting, some of it
sporting patterns replicated from
the Queen Mary 2’s 1936-built
namesake, now preserved as a
hotel and attraction in Long
Beach, Calif.
As part of the refurbishment,
the ship has more solo cabins,
offering savings to passengers
who have had to pay a supplement to occupy a standard cabin.
Even the ship’s four-legged
passengers are benefiting from
the upgrading, with the addition
of 10 kennels for a total of 22.
Priced per crossing at $1,000 for
a lower and $800 for an upper,
pet accommodations often are
booked up to a year in advance.
Peter Knego
ADRIAN GAUT
Special for USA TODAY
For many people, the word
“hostel” evokes images of grungy
backpackers, uncomfortable beds,
shared bathrooms and snack
machines.
But that’s a hostel for another
era. These days, hostels are more
like boutique hotels at a bargain
price.
The upscale-hostel trend was
born in Europe. To attract younger travelers, hoteliers started outfitting hostels with bars, coffee
counters, game rooms and fullservice restaurants. This type of
accommodation has become so
common that it has earned its
own name: “poshtel,” short for
posh hostel.
The idea has made its way
across the Atlantic with the introduction of such brands as Freehand and Generator. Rates for
shared rooms can be as low as
$25 a night. Many offer privateroom alternatives, as well as free
Wi-Fi, breakfast and activities to
promote interaction among
guests. Some even have swimming pools.
“Over the past 20 years, we’ve
seen a dramatic increase in the
variety of the look and feel of hostels,” says Netanya Trimboli, director of communications and
public relations for Hostelling International USA, a non-profit
member organization. “Just as
the hotel market saw the introduction of lifestyle boutique hotels 25 or so years ago, we’re now
seeing the same in the hostel
sector.”
Trimboli says there are more
than 360 hostels in the USA. According to the global organization
Hostelling International, there
are more than 4,000 hostels
worldwide.
The demographics of a poshtel
vary, but for the most part they
attract Millennials, those in their
20s and early 30s who are highly
coveted by the hotel industry because of their increasing purchasing power and desire to travel.
“We find Millennials are especially drawn to our emphasis on
social interaction among people
of diverse backgrounds,” Trimboli
says.
Here’s a look at a few poshtels
that are upping their game in the
USA and abroad:
GENERATOR HOSTELS
Generator Amsterdam has a restaurant and two bars. Generator Miami opens next year.
ities to help them compete with
other poshtels. The Boston and
San Francisco properties offer
each guest a “bed oasis” featuring
a private charging station, lamp
and shelf. At HI Boston and HI
Richmond, guests can charge devices in the protection of a private locker next to the bed. HI
Boston has a washer and dryer
that will text guests when done.
Beds at HI NYC have privacy curtains. HI San Diego plays host to
a quarterly art show. And HI San
Francisco Downtown has a movie
room. Dorm beds range from $20
to 49.
FREEHAND
MIAMI/CHICAGO
The company bills its properties
as a “hotel and hostel,” with
shared and private rooms available. The Freehand Miami offers
a complimentary breakfast that
includes Cuban pastries and locally roasted Panther Coffee. It
also has a pool and an awardwinning cocktail bar called
Broken Shaker.
The Freehand Chicago is
housed in a classic 1970 building
in the River North neighborhood.
An event coordinator plans outings and activities for guests.
The company teamed with design
firm Roman and Williams to give
the property an upscale yet comfortable look.
Rates for shared rooms start at
about $40 a night.
“People are looking for good
value and the shared alternative
is a way for people to travel and
spend money on food and experiences,” rather than accommodations, says Andrew Zobler, CEO
of the Sydell Group, which developed the Freehand.
THE BIVVY,
BRECKENRIDGE, COLO.
This ski hostel has an outdoor hot
tub overlooking the Ten Mile
Mountain Range. A hot breakfast
is included. All rooms, including
shared ones, have private bathrooms. Wi-Fi is free. Draft beers
HI USA
This non-profit organization has
54 hostels in the USA, in cities
such as New York, Boston and
San Francisco. Trimboli says
many have added amenities such
as free breakfast, Wi-Fi and regularly scheduled tours and activ-
FREEHAND CHICAGO
Unlike most hostels, the Freehand Chicago in the city’s River
North neighborhood has an upscale alternative: a penthouse.
and wine are served each night.
Guests pay as little as $29 a night
depending on the season.
Hotel manager Balazs Jarai
says skiing can be an expensive
hobby, and the Bivvy gives travelers, especially younger ones, the
opportunity to indulge in it.
“There really wasn’t an affordable way to do it,” he says. “You
were looking at peak season, a
$200 hotel room. Or you’d have to
get up at 5 a.m. for one day of skiing. We’re basically aiming to offer a little bit more and still have
the hostel atmosphere.”
GENERATOR
AMSTERDAM
This global hostel chain is quickly
expanding, with Rome and Stockholm locations opening next
month and a Miami property
scheduled to open next year.
The recently opened Generator Amsterdam offers amenities
such as a restaurant and two bars.
Private rooms are spacious, with
some offering views of a park
across the street. Shared rooms
have private bathrooms. Each
bunk has outlets for charging mobile devices. Starting nightly rates
for shared rooms are about $17,
for private rooms about $73 and
for luxury suites about $113.
Fredrik Korallus, chief executive officer of Generator Hostels,
says poshtels are increasingly
competing with lifestyle and boutique hotels, such as the trendy
Ace and Hoxton. The food and
beverage experience also has become increasingly important at
upscale hostels. The hotel offers a
menu with locally sourced ingredients and craft beers.
“For the first time in my career,
I’m not selling sleep. I’m not selling beds,” Korallus says. “I’m selling experiences. The bed and the
sleep become secondary.”
4D LIFE
USA TODAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
MOVIES
TRAVEL
No surprise here: China’s Disneyland is more
Study finds most than Main Street, Shanghai
film critics are men
It matters when
reviewers cover only
what speaks to them
film,” she says.
But, she says, “Hollywood’s
troubling diversity problem is unquestionably paralleled by a similar lack of diversity on writing
and editorial staffs. It takes greatAndrea Mandell
er effort to champion smaller
@andreamandell
films of any kind — and when
USA TODAY
critics do, they tend to champion
the smaller films that speak to
A new study finds that most them personally.”
film critics are men — mirroring
None of this is new news, as
the makeup of the industry they Meryl Streep pointed out last fall.
critique.
“The word isn’t ‘disheartening,’
Women make up just 27% of it’s ‘infuriating,’ ” Streep told rethose listed as top critics on Rot- porters at a media conference for
tenTomatoes.com according to a Suffragette in London last year,
new study by San Diego State speaking to the gender imbalance
University’s Center for the Study found on Rotten Tomatoes and in
of Women in Television and Film. groups such as the New York
(USA TODAY’s lead film critic, Film Critics Circle, which lists 26
Brian Truitt, took over for long- male critics and six female critics
time critic Claudia Puig in 2015.)
on its website. “I submit to you
The study fothat men and
cused on the 247
women are not
critics who work
the same. They
different
for the largest U.S.
like
newspapers, trade
things. If the
publications, genTomatometer is
eral-interest magslided so comazines and webpletely to one set
sites.
of tastes, that
So why does
drives box office
this matter?
in
the
U.S.,
“A larger porabsolutely.”
tion of the reThe Los Angeviews written by
les Film Critics
men are about
Association shows
films with male
10 females to 45
protagonists,”
males on its webMICHAEL KAPPELER, EPA
Lauzen says. The
site. The National
study found 34% Meryl Streep says the
Society of Film
of reviews written small number of female
Critics has 43
by women fea- critics is “infuriating.”
men
and
11
tured female prowomen.
tagonists, while only 24% of
It’s notable that more women
reviews written by men did.
are members of the film critics
It’s a paramount issue for inde- society today “than ever in our 50
pendent films. While big studio years,” says executive director Liz
releases typically are widely re- Weis, but she adds the decline in
viewed, modest indies “really rely print journalism is no help. “Film
upon the critical chatter to at- criticism is ebbing as a field in
tract moviegoers,” Lauzen says. which you can make a living withAnd when those smaller films out doing something else as well.”
star women in lead roles, they can
But it’s not all bad news. “The
get overlooked.
good news is that (female critics
Jen Yamato, entertainment re- are) up five percentage points
porter for The Daily Beast, says from when I conducted the study
she has no preference between in 2013,” Lauzen says. “We’re
films with male and female leads. moving in the right direction. But
“I love experiencing all kinds of that’s still a really low number.”
With great fanfare, Robert Iger dedicated Shanghai
Disney Resort and presided over its official opening
June 16. The sixth theme park resort in the company’s
portfolio, Shanghai Disney is the first in mainland China.
The nearly 1,000-acre property includes a decidedly
unique version of a Disneyland-style park along with two
hotels, a nature park, and a shopping and dining district.
During his 11-year tenure as CEO of Disney, Iger
has engineered the acquisition of content titans Pixar,
Marvel and Lucasfilm, the latter of which enabled the
Disney empire to strike back with a new round of
Star Wars movies. Now 65, he has extended his contract
twice and has said the debut of Shanghai Disney is
among his proudest accomplishments. Iger sat down
with Arthur Levine for USA TODAY just days
before the park’s opening.
MATT STROSHANE, DISNEY
Chinese politburo member Wang Yang joins Robert Iger
June 16 for the official opening of Shanghai Disney Resort.
Q: Why have you chosen
Shanghai as the site for a Disney
resort?
A: Well, Shanghai is perhaps
the most dynamic city in the
world, but it’s certainly the most
dynamic city in China, which, as
we know, is the most populous
country in the world. There’s just
so much going on here in terms
of development, construction,
growth in travel and tourism, entertainment. It was a natural fit.
Q: How do you anticipate the
Chinese people will receive the
resort?
A: We’ve already had more
than 1 million people visit the
property and over 600,000 come
through the park itself. ... It’s obvious to me that not only are they
awestruck but that they’re having
a great time.
Q: The phrase “authentically
Disney, distinctly Chinese” has
been attributed to you. Could you
share some examples?
A: I didn’t want to build Disneyland in China. ... From the
very beginning, I wanted to act
like we were respectful, invited
guests in China. One way to show
respect was to infuse this place
with elements of the familiar,
with elements of Chinese culture.
Not only could (Chinese visitors)
relate to it, but they could be
proud of it and could have a sense
MOVIES
‘Wilderpeople’
runs away with
the buddy
theme
Sam Neill is “uncle” Hector to Julian Dennison’s foster kid Ricky in Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Andrea Mandell
@andreamandell
USA TODAY
Feel like veering off the map
this summer?
Then the adventure film Hunt
for the Wilderpeople belongs on
your must-see list. Adapted from
Barry Crump’s Wild Pork and
Watercress and made with a tiny
budget in the New Zealand bush
by director Taika Waititi, Wilderpeople (in theaters Friday in New
York and Los Angeles) stars a
chubby, rap-loving foster kid
named Ricky (Julian Dennison)
stuck living with a family in the
backcountry.
Though his new foster mom
loves him, the troubled child ends
up on the lam, running from au-
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thorities in the wild with his grizzled foster “uncle” Hector (Sam
Neill) — and becoming a national
fixture in the process.
The Odd Couple-style romp
through the bush won raves at
Sundance Film Festival earlier
this year, and The Hollywood Reporter called it “a deliciously good
time at the movies.”
“I love classic buddy flicks,”
says Waititi, citing comedies
such as 48 Hours and Planes,
Trains & Automobiles. “Anything
with two diametrically opposed
character types that get shoved
together.”
In a summer packed with sequels and superheroes, Waititi
says he wanted Ricky’s plight to
feel within reach.
“I grew up on all those films,
which were kind of fantasy films Director Taika Waititi’s next project is Thor: Ragnarok.
of ownership. ... The Tarzan show,
for example, was developed and
directed by a woman named Lee
Xining who envisions and tells
the Tarzan story with Chinese acrobats. There’s no Main Street,
U.S.A. It’s Mickey Avenue ... We
wanted (the land) to feel like it
could be here in China.
Q: Have you experienced many
of the attractions and shows?
A: I’ve seen every show and
been on every ride multiple
times. I don’t know that I have a
favorite. ... I love how we’ve reinvented (the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction) using far more
modern technology. Tron is a
kick-and-a-half: the speed, the
smoothness, the music, the lighting. In Pirates, Davy Jones is my
favorite character in terms of
what we were able to accomplish.
I just think he’s the most complex
in terms of the robotics.
Q: How long have you personally been working on Shanghai
Disneyland?
A: 17 years. I was asked by my
former boss, Michael Eisner, in
1999 to start getting discussions
going with the Chinese government and to start considering
land to build on. We were shown
this property then as a potential
location. ... There were no adequate roads to get here. It was a
wet piece of land. We really had
to suspend reality and belief.
You’d never be able to look at that
and say, “Oh yes. Disneyland,
coming soon!”
Q: Tell us about instances
where you felt strongly about elements or design choices.
A: I had a lot to say about the
size of the castle (it is the largest
and grandest of any of the Disneyland castles) and the fact that
I didn’t want it to be just something to look at, I wanted guests
to be able to do something in it. ...
Nothing else (during my tenure)
comes close in terms of my personal involvement. That includes
everything from managing the relationship with the (Chinese)
government, to the business side
and to the creative side. To say
that it’s a passion project would
be an understatement. You don’t
put 17 years of your life into
something without believing in it.
set in the real world, like Goonies,” says Waititi, who had an
outdoorsy upbringing in New
Zealand before building his career
in the USA with films such as the
2010 coming-of-age drama Boy
and his 2014 vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.
“So a kid watching Wilderpeople is
like, ‘I could do that, I could run
away to the bush and have the
whole country looking for me and
have an adventure.’ ”
What does Dennison, who first
worked with Waititi on a drunken-driving commercial several
years ago, remember most about
shooting for five weeks in New
Zealand’s frigid backcountry?
“M-U-D,” the 13-year-old spells
out over Skype with a grin. “A lot
of mud. ... I once got stuck in
knee-high mud.”
Across the ocean, New Zealanders have turned Wilderpeople
into the country’s No. 1 box office
hit of all time (the titleholder had
been Waititi’s Boy). Neill, who
grew up in New Zealand (and
memorably starred in the
Jurassic Park franchise), calls
Waititi “kind of crazily inventive.
His imagination is so rich, it
probably needs reining in more
than anything else.”
Now Waititi’s signature blend
of wry comedy and action is Marvel-approved: The director is
Skyping in from Australia’s Gold
Coast, where he’s in heavy preproduction on Thor: Ragnarok (in
theaters Nov. 3, 2017). As he talks,
Waititi, cloaked in a colorful kimono, is surreptitiously showing
off some of the film’s concept art
tacked on the walls in his office.
In a week, Cate Blanchett will
arrive on the set to play a villain.
“Chris Hemsworth was here
yesterday,” he says.
Cameras start rolling July 4.
But a few things change with
hundreds of millions of Disney
dollars at one’s disposal.
Typically on set, “I’ll turn up
and, like, have completely rewritten (a scene) or added a character and cast someone from the
crew,” says Waititi, laughing.
“With Thor, for obvious reasons
you have to be a little bit more
rigid, because there are 200 more
people who are affected by any
crazy decision you make.”
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MOVIES
Modeling
101 with
‘Demon’
Fanning
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Elle Fanning has
always admired the fashion universe, from glossy magazines to
checking out fashion shows. But
the 18-year-old actress stepped
fully inside the world of high fashion as aspiring model Jesse in The
Neon Demon (in theaters Friday).
“Getting to do a movie where I
got to play a model was honestly
a dream of mine growing up,”
Fanning says.
While there’s really no formal
training for posing with fake
blood on your neck (Fanning’s
first Neon Demon scene), there’s
a lot to learn — from catwalk
struts to icy model stares.
Fortunately, Abbey Lee, an
actual supermodel, played one of
the Neon Demon’s supermodels.
Fanning relied heavily on Lee to
show her the ropes.
A few things Fanning learned:
Jesse’s star-moment dress was
billowing and long. So when Fanning was waiting on the set, she
tied the dress around her “like
this big giant thing.” Fashion-forward, perhaps not. Yet sensible.
“It was like a giant balloon
around me, but I could walk.
Though holding it all up was a lot.”
THE CATWALK STRUT
THE BALANCE
LOS ANGELES
Fanning was pretty sure the runway walk would require a simple
stage saunter. Then she looked on
the film schedule one morning
and saw: “Abbey Lee walking session with Elle Fanning.”
“She had to teach me the
tricks,” Fanning says. “You don’t
swing your arms, because it’s distracting to the clothes. Lean back
so your torso makes your legs
look longer. And focus on a point.”
Everyone has a signature style,
she told us, and Fanning gravitated toward rhythmic moves.
“Some people really clomp. But
I think I’d sway, really move the
hips more. So I guess I’m a swayer. I’m making these words up.”
make me shorter with flats, because I’m taller than a lot of
people in films. It was nice to
embrace the tallness.”
Elle Fanning
learned
her fashionmodel moves
for The Neon
Demon from
real-life
supermodel
Abbey Lee.
THE RUNWAY DRESS
So how did Fanning navigate a
runway scene where the cameras
stayed right on her? Director
Nicolas Winding Refn shot the
walk on a treadmill. She survived
in heels and a full gown without a
tripping mishap.
“Everyone was terrified,” Fanning says. “I’ve never seen anyone
so terrified.”
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Fanning perfected her strut, stare and pose — and she gathered
up the billowy dress when she wasn’t on set.
THE ICE POSE
This came naturally for the devotee of fashion magazines.
“The Blue Steel (from Zoolander) you just learn as you look
more and more at magazines.
Jesse’s in particular is very intense. It has a demonic quality.”
THE BORED LOOK
The recent high school graduate
tapped into her classroom experience for this one.
“When you’re really tired and
you’re looking at the teacher like,
‘Please!’ That’s something all
high-schoolers know well. So you
go to that place.”
THE DEAD STARE
During that early scene, a stylized
photo shoot in which Jesse poses
as if dead, Fanning was ideally
suited.
“I can go a long time without
blinking. With stare-offs, I can
pretty much always win.”
THE HEELS
The 5-foot-9 Fanning loves her
heels, especially platforms. “The
taller, the better,” she says. “So I
had good practice with that.”
She was just pleased he could
rock the heels. “Normally, they
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Neil Young’s live ‘Earth’: Organic, indignant
Beauty,
artistry
and anger
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Neil Young doesn’t want to
sing about peace on Earth. He
supports the notion, clearly; but
on a new collection of imaginatively presented live recordings
out Friday — titled, not incidentally, Earth (eeeE out of four)
— we’re reminded how furious
Young is about attacks on the
planet itself, by members of a certain species.
“Don’t talk about
the corporations/Hijackin’ all your rights,”
the rock vet sings on
one track, his sarcasm
as thick as the ozone
layer once was over the
North Pole. “Don’t talk
about the beautiful fish/
In the deep blue sea dyin’ ” — or the “Chevron
millions going to the
pipeline politicians,” or pesticides, or global hunger.
The song, which fans will recognize as the ironically titled People Want To Hear About Love, was
introduced last year on Young’s
The Monsanto Years, itself a cri-
tique of the agribusiness named
in the title. Monsanto is prominently represented — as is 1990’s
acclaimed Ragged Glory and the
1970 classic After The Gold Rush
— on tracks recorded during
Young’s 2015 tour but overdubbed with features ranging
from shimmering choir vocals to
sounds drawn directly from
Earth’s unifying
subject.
On the opening
and title track, we
first hear a gentle
rain, then the
chirping of crickets,
plaintive
harmonica riffs
and spare, stately
organ
chords.
Young’s unmistakable voice, high and thin and
quavering, compels us to “feed
this world/Ruled by greed.”
Swarming bees, braying horses,
groaning cows and singing birds
and insects pop up elsewhere,
embellishing the music and filling
moments of silence. (An added
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bass part on Mother Nature is one
of just a few studio flourishes involving a man-made instrument.)
Intruders break into the mix,
occasionally, in the form of car
horns. Young conveys more angst,
predictably, in the live guitar
parts. The man whose distinctive,
instinctive wailing and thrashing
so informed grunge (though that
movement’s proponents seldom
matched his lyricism) is accompanied on Earth by tour collaborators Promise of the Real, fronted
by guitarist/singers Micah and
Lukas Nelson (Willie’s sons).
Blistering guitars launch the
previously unveiled Seed Justice,
with ringing, melodic fills following before the crows come back
in. On My Country Home, the
playing is similarly muscular but
has a warmer twang, while Vampire Blues veers dark and bluesy.
Not surprisingly, the artful use of
feedback enhances the ominous
mood here and on other tracks.
(So do the crows, who are heard
quite frequently.)
Though Young wears his righteous anger on his sleeve
throughout Earth — anyone who
has accused him of being cranky
won’t be persuaded otherwise —
there are moments of beatific
grace and unabashed gratitude,
such as Wolf Moon, from Monsanto; its lovely acoustic arrangement is embellished here with
glowing harmonies
It should be noted, too, that the
closing song is Love And Only
Love. For the unacquainted, that
title is not ironic.
Download: Western Hero, After The Gold Rush, Wolf Moon
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Forensic Files
Forensic Files
Home Improvement Home Improvement The Middle
Container Homes
Container Homes
Mighty Tiny Houses Vineyard home.
Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens (N)
Ancient Aliens
The Hunt with John Walsh
The Hunt with John Walsh
Forensic Files
American Monster A girl at work.
American Monster 20 year secret.
I (Almost) Got Away with It (N)
Tremors (1990)
Ancient Aliens
Forensic Files
American Monster A girl at work.
Tremors II: Aftershocks Giant killer worms attack in Mexico. Fred Ward, Chris Gartin (1996) (8:45)
Friends with Benefits Physical relationship and complications. Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis (2011)
The Simpsons
Comedy Bang! (N) Comedy Bang! (N)
The Good Mistress Woman involved with friend’s husband.
All in with Chris Hayes (N)
The Rachel Maddow Show (N)
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Ridiculousness Awarded rapper.
Ridiculousness
Ridiculousness
Brothers in War The Vietnam War.
Restrepo A reporter spends a year in Afghanistan. Juan ‘Doc' Restrepo (2010)
Restrepo Juan ‘Doc' Restrepo (2010)
Animals Gone Wild
Animals Gone Wild (N)
When Sharks Attack (N)
Animals Gone Wild
All in with Cam (N) The HALO Effect
Full House
Full House
Greenleaf Family in Memphis.
Greenleaf Grace at work.
Greenleaf Awkward date.
Greenleaf Family in Memphis.
Snapped Obsessed woman.
Snapped Custody battle.
Snapped Hit-and-run.
Snapped Love triangle.
Ridiculousness
Full House
All in with Chris Hayes
Ridiculousness
Full House
Rush Hour 3 Chris Tucker (2007)
Friends
Friends
Practical Magic Sibling witches deal with family curse. Sandra Bullock (1998)
Miss Congeniality An FBI agent poses as a beauty queen. Sandra Bullock (2000)
MythBusters: Shark Special
MythBusters vs. Jaws
Shark Week Sharktacular 2016
MythBusters: Shark Special
Law & Order Wily suspect.
Law & Order Lawyer dream team.
Law & Order McCoy vs. rapist.
Wynonna Earp Deadly showdown. (N)
Watchmen Malin Akerman (2009)
Big Bang Theory
ELeague
Bellator MMA Live Dynamite 2
Law & Order Headless corpse.
Bellator Kickboxing (N)
WWE Raw
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Witness for the Prosecution A young man is accused of murder. (1958)
Some Like It Hot Fugitive musicians pose as women. Marilyn Monroe (1959)
Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Randy discovers changes at Kleinfeld. (N)
Say Yes to the Dress
Twister Storm chasers pursue killer tornadoes. Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton (1996)
The Last Ship
The Last Ship
Mysteries at the Museum
Mysteries at the Museum (N)
Mysteries at the Museum
Mysteries at the Museum
Top Funniest
Top Funniest
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Top Funniest
Comedy
Comedy
Sister Act A Reno lounge singer who has been targeted by the mob hides out in a convent. (1992)
Jim Gaffigan
King of Queens
King of Queens
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Mr. Robot Recap and look ahead.
Speed (1994)
Gridiron Gang A probation officer begins a football program for violent youth offenders. Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit (2006) (8:45)
Woman
Woman
Top Funniest
Modern Family
Woman
Top Funniest
Modern Family
Woman
Modern Family
World of Sports
World of Sports
World of Sports
World of Sports
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (N)
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars
Weather Caught on Camera
Secrets of the Earth
Secrets of the Earth
Secrets of the Earth
Person of Interest Avenging brother.
Person of Interest Smuggling ring.
Person of Interest Deadly scam.
Person of Interest Baby protection.
The Last Witch Hunter Cursed warrior becomes humanity’s last hope when the
queen witch is resurrected. Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie (2015) (8:10)
Outcast Anderson uncovers upsetting
information. (N)
Outcast Anderson uncovers upsetting
information.
Encore
Legends of the Fall Three brothers battle each other when they all fall in love with
the same woman. Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt (1995)
Me, Myself & Irene The two personalities of a kind state trooper with a dissociative
identity disorder compete for the affections of a beautiful suspect. (2000) (10:15)
FXM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo A female computer hacker joins forces with a disgraced journalist who is investigating the
40-year-old murder of a wealthy patriarch’s niece in Sweden. Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara (2011)
FXM Presents (N)
Hallmark Movies
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise Stone’s murder investigation in Boston takes an
Jesse tries to solve a double homicide. (7:00) unexpected and dangerous turn. Tom Selleck, William Devane (2015)
Murder, She Wrote Jessica visits a
fishing lodge.
HBO
Game of Thrones Cersei obeys a request; Game of Thrones Jon and Sansa fight
Arya is tested.
Ramsay Bolton.
VICE Rising costs.
(N)
Lifetime Movie
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Starz
The Day After Tomorrow Abrupt global
warming causes disaster. (2004) (6:55)
TMC
Death of
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Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars
MOVIE NETWORKS
Real Time with Bill Maher
Larry Wilmore. (N)
Sleeping with Other People Two self-sabotaging people attempt to keep their
relationship platonic. Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie (2015) (8:35)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story A group of misfits enters
a dodgeball tournament in order to save their gym. (2004)
La Bare History, lives and culture of one of the world’s most
popular male strip clubs. Joe Manganiello (2014)
Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Real Time with
Bill Maher
Miles to Go Before Best in Sex: 2016 AVN Awards
I Sleep
Show honors excellence in adult film. (N)
Outlander Jacobite leaders halt the
London march.
28 Days
Sandra Bullock (2000)
Basic Instinct 2 A young police psychologist finds himself drawn to a seductive novelist.
Sharon Stone, David Morrissey (2006)
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THE PLAYLIST
Who you gonna call? Fall Out Boy,
Missy Elliott remake ‘Ghostbusters’
Ahead of the Avett Brothers’
new album, True Sadness
(out Friday), the band’s
bassist, Bob Crawford,
shares a sentimental playlist
of favorite songs from
summers past.
The Ghostbusters reboot just got a very
2016 soundtrack.
Ray Parker Jr. was responsible for the
iconic 1984 Ghostbusters theme song, its
“Who you gonna call?” refrain becoming
almost as iconic as the movie itself.
So it’s only fitting that the
franchise’s new movie,
featuring an all-women
paranormal cleanup
crew, gets its own
remade theme. Instead
of letting a female
artist take the lead, Fall
Out Boy dutifully put a
rap-rock spin on the
song’s much-beloved
lyrics and melody, still
keeping it recognizable for TIM MOSENFELDER,
FILMMAGIC
fans of the original. Halfway through, Missy Elliott makes a welcome appearance, joining for a verse and
staking her claim as the movie’s honorary
fifth Ghostbuster.
ETHAN MILLER, GETTY IMAGES
Fall Out Boy was joined by Missy Elliott
on the Ghostbusters theme remake.
Watch for the updated Ghostbusters
theme on the new movie’s soundtrack,
which features artists such as Elle King,
G-Eazy, Jeremih, 5 Seconds of Summer,
Pentatonix and Walk the Moon.
Ghostbusters is in theaters July 15.
CRACKERFARM
Paul Revere
Beastie Boys
I grew up on the Jersey Shore and
went to the beach almost every day
the summer this song came out.
Born to Run
Bruce
Springsteen
Because I’m from Jersey, this is
practically my national anthem. It
satisfies two key summer desires:
romance and adventure.
Sun is Shining
Bob Marley
What can I say ... who embodies
kicking back, relaxing and celebrating life as well as Bob Marley?
The Summer
Yo La Tengo
The first time I saw Yo La Tengo, they
performed most of their album
Fakebook. I listened to little else for
at least six months.
Island in
the Sun
Weezer
This song epitomizes the longing to
run away from “it all,” particularly
when you are cooped up in an office
in the summertime.
Summertime
The Zombies
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald and
Louie Armstrong with more notable
covers than I can list, the band
appropriates this classic with their
iconic sound.
U.S. Blues
Grateful Dead
Nothing against ‘Yankee Doodle’ or
a Sousa March, but for me, this
Grateful Dead classic is the ultimate
anthem for the 4th of July.
I’m Going
Fishing
Doc Watson
Being from New Jersey, discovering
Doc Watson felt as if I entered
another world. Listening to Doc just
makes me want to be outside.
Cruel Summer
Bananarama
At some point, the excitement of
summer wanes and we find ourselves yearning for the cool breeze
of fall, but that’s for another playlist.
Good
Vibrations
The Beach Boys
It’s The Beach Boys! This song
reminds us all of summer. It doesn’t
matter where you come from,
where you’re going, or how old
you are.
USA TODAY AIRPLAY CHARTS
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TOP 40
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
T L
ARTIST
SONG
1 1
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Can’t Stop The Feeling
18,069
1 3
LUKE BRYAN
Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day 27,996
2 2
THECHAINSMOKERS f/DAYA Don’t Let Me Down
17,950
2 6
JASON ALDEAN
Lights Come On
24,907
3 4
DRAKE f/WIZKID & KYLA
16,446
3 4
KEITH URBAN
Wasted Time
24,375
4 3
FIFTHHARMONY f/TY DOLLA$IGN Work From Home
14,032
4 1
TIM MCGRAW
Humble And Kind
22,547
5 5
ARIANA GRANDE
13,985
5 7
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Church Bells
22,494
6 7
CALVIN HARRIS f/RIHANNA This Is What You Came For
12,236
6 2
THOMAS RHETT
T-Shirt
22,491
7 6
MIKE POSNER
10,740
7 8
KENNY CHESNEY
Noise
18,923
FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE
H.O.L.Y.
18,471
Record Year
18,103
One Dance
Dangerous Woman
I Took A Pill In Ibiza
8 11 JAMES BAY
Let It Go
9,353
8 9
9 13 SIA
Cheap Thrills
9,295
9 11 ERIC CHURCH
POINTS
10 10 NICK JONAS f/TOVE LO
Close
9,153
10 10 JON PARDI
Head Over Boots
17,894
11 12 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Ride
8,658
11 13 CHRIS LANE
Fix
15,188
12 9
ZAYN
Pillowtalk
8,525
12 --- DAN + SHAY
From The Ground Up
14,172
13 8
LUKAS GRAHAM
7 Years
7,874
13 15 JAKE OWEN
American Country Love Song 13,339
14 15 PINK
Just Like Fire
7,856
14 12 DAVID NAIL
Night’s On Fire
13,214
15 --- SELENA GOMEZ
Kill Em With Kindness
6,456
15 --- FRANKIE BALLARD
It All Started With A Beer
12,895
SPINS
URBAN
RHYTHMIC
T L
ARTIST
SONG
T L
ARTIST
SONG
1 1
DRAKE f/WIZKID & KYLA
One Dance
4,495
1 1
DRAKE f/WIZKID & KYLA
One Dance
SPINS
6,920
2 3
KENT JONES
Don’t Mind
4,469
2 2
DESIIGNER
Panda
6,212
3 4
RIHANNA
Needed Me
4,211
3 4
KENT JONES
Don’t Mind
5,511
4 2
DESIIGNER
Panda
4,130
4 3
THECHAINSMOKERS f/DAYA Don’t Let Me Down
5,409
5 5
BEYONCE
Sorry
4,048
5 5
FAT JOE & REMY MA
All The Way Up
4,746
6 6
FAT JOE & REMY MA
All The Way Up
3,620
6 6
RIHANNA
Needed Me
4,680
7 7
O.T. GENASIS f/YOUNG DOLPH
Cut It
3,538
7 7
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Can’t Stop The Feeling
3,857
8 8
RIHANNA f/DRAKE
Work
2,890
8 8
BEYONCE
Sorry
Wicked
2,692
9 12 CALVIN HARRIS f/RIHANNA This Is What You Came For
Exchange
2,564
10 11 ARIANA GRANDE
Uber Everywhere
2,511
11 9
12 13 T.I. f/MARSHA AMBROSIUS Dope
2,389
12 --- DRAKE
Controlla
13 15 KEVIN GATES
Really Really
2,030
13 10 FUTURE f/THE WEEKND
Low Life
2,207
14 --- WALE
MY PYT
1,997
14 --- G-EAZY f/CHRIS BROWN
Drifting
2,135
15 16 FETTY WAP
Wake Up
1,903
15 --- TRINIDAD JAMES
Just A Lil’ Thick ($he’s Juicy)
1,986
9 10 FUTURE
10 9
BRYSON TILLER
11 11 MADEINTYO
Dangerous Woman
FIFTHHARMONY f/TY DOLLA$IGN Work From Home
3,381
2,997
2,911
2,700
2,563
HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
1 1
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Can’t Stop The Feeling
6,731
1 1
JUSTIN BIEBER
Love Yourself
2,371
2 2
PINK
Just Like Fire
6,463
2 2
LUKAS GRAHAM
7 Years
2,231
3 3
DNCE
Cake By The Ocean
5,093
3 5
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Can’t Stop The Feeling
2,121
4 4
LUKAS GRAHAM
7 Years
4,719
4 4
CHARLIE PUTH
One Call Away
1,972
5 5
JUSTIN BIEBER
Love Yourself
4,598
5 3
SHAWN MENDES
Stitches
1,960
6 7
ADELE
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 4,584
6 6
ADELE
Hello
1,792
7 6
MIKE POSNER
I Took A Pill In Ibiza
4,047
7 7
ELLE KING
Ex’s And Oh’s
1,789
8 9
RUTH B
Lost Boy
3,879
8 8
DNCE
Cake By The Ocean
1,358
9 8
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Stressed Out
3,760
9 9
PINK
Just Like Fire
1,163
Brand New
3,676
10 --- BEN RECTOR
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
1 1
MAXWELL
Lake By The Ocean
2,179
1 1
LAUREN DAIGLE
Trust In You
1,873
2 2
GUORDAN BANKS
Keep You In Mind
1,924
2 2
DANNY GOKEY
Tell Your Heart To Beat Again
1,790
3 3
ANTHONY HAMILTON
Amen
1,799
3 3
7EVENTH TIME DOWN
God Is On The Move
1,785
4 5
JILL SCOTT
Can’t Wait
1,553
4 4
RYAN STEVENSON f/GABEREAL
Eye Of The Storm
1,673
5 4
JOHNNY GILL
This One’s For Me And You
1,443
5 6
JONNY DIAZ
Breathe
1,434
6 6
LALAH HATHAWAY
Angel
1,404
6 5
TOBYMAC
Move (Keep Walkin’)
1,417
7 8
RO JAMES
Permission
1,263
7 8
STARS GO DIM
You Are Loved
1,323
8 7
JAHEIM
Struggle Love
1,148
8 7
CASTING CROWNS
Just Be Held
1,309
I Do
1,008
9 9
FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI
If We’re Honest
1,242
Christ In Me
1,177
10 9
YUNA f/USHER
Crush
ACTIVE ROCK
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
T L
ARTIST
SONG
SPINS
1 1
LUMINEERS
Ophelia
2,977
1 1
VOLBEAT
The Devil’s Bleeding Crown
2,212
2 2
BLINK 182
Bored To Death
2,923
2 2
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Dark Necessities
1,979
3 3
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Dark Necessities
2,842
3 3
SHINEDOWN
Asking For It
1,808
4 4
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Ride
2,461
4 5
CHEVELLE
Joyride
1,486
5 7
KALEO
Way Down We Go
2,454
5 6
GHOST
From The Pinnacle To The Pit
1,318
6 5
THE STRUMBELLAS
Spirits
2,366
6 4
SIXX A.M.
Rise
1,205
7 6
FITZ & THE TANTRUMS
HandClap
2,334
7 --- POP EVIL
Take It All
8 8
KONGOS
Take It From Me
1,824
8 8
HALESTORM
Mayhem
Trouble
1,783
9 7
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH My Nemesis
First
1,591
SPINS
10 9
COLD WAR KIDS
10 --- A DAY TO REMEMBER
Paranoia
994
979
897
877
LATIN
ADULT ROCK
T L
ARTIST
SONG
T L
ARTIST
1 1
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Dark Necessities
690
1 1
LAARROLLADORABANDAELLIMON Me Va A Pesar
2,215
2 3
BARNS COURTNEY
Fire
610
2 3
BANDAELRECODODECRUZ... Si No Es Contigo
1,972
3 4
AVETT BROTHERS
Ain’t No Man
606
3 2
REGULO CARO
1,931
4 2
LUMINEERS
Ophelia
580
4 8
BANDA SINALOENSE MS SERGIO... Me Va A Extranar
1,798
5 6
NATHANIELRATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS I Need Never Get Old
538
5 4
REMMY VALENZUELA
1,787
6 5
THE RECORD COMPANY
Off The Ground
508
6 5
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS f/WISIN Duele El Corazon
7 9
ADELE
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
463
7 10 CARLOS VIVES & SHAKIRA
La Bicicleta
1,652
8 8
BAND OF HORSES
Casual Party
457
8 9
BANDA LOS RECODITOS
Me Esta Gustando
1,606
All We Ever Knew
426
9 7
J BALVIN
Bobo
1,508
Spirits
385
10 6
CALIBRE 50
Prestamela A Mi
1,405
9 --- HEAD AND THE HEART
10 7
THE STRUMBELLAS
982
T L
9 --- MUSIQ SOULCHILD
9 --- CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
CHRISTIAN
URBAN ADULT CONTEMPORARY
ALTERNATIVE
10 --- ADELE
SONG
Cicatrices
Espero Con Ansias
SPINS
1,702
995
10 --- JEREMY CAMP