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Voters in Indiana will decide

Tuesday whether Donald Trump
moves closer to clinching or Ted
Cruz hangs on.
Coming off six straight primary
wins and leading many polls in
Indiana, Trump predicted a win
that will effectively end the race
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
If we win Indiana, its over,
Trump said Monday during a rally in Carmel.
Cruz, like Ohio Gov. John Kasich, is trying to block Trump from
a first-ballot win at the GOP convention in July.
He told Indiana voters they
can alter the course of the
election.
I am in for the distance, as
long as we have a viable path to
victory, Cruz said.
Trump and Cruz crisscrossed
Indiana on a whirlwind final day
in which Cruz confronted pro-

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Airline profits soar and fliers are sore

Squeezed passengers and a flood of fees are
fueling an uptick in customer complaints
Bart Jansen

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Cheap fuel prices

juiced record profits for U.S. airlines last year even as customer
complaints soared over cramped
flights and mounting fees.
The 25 U.S. passenger airlines
logged a record $25.6 billion in
profits in 2015, more than three
times the industrys after-tax
earnings of $7.5 billion reported
in 2014, the Transportation Department said Monday.
Fuel prices averaged 35% lower in 2015 than the previous year.
The average fare of $377 in 2015
is down 3.8% from 2014 and
down 19.2% from the inflationadjusted average of $467 in 2000,
Transportation Department records show.
But baggage fees added
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$3.8 billion to the bottom line,

and fees from reservation
changes chalked up an additional
$3 billion, the department said.
Among extra fees, airlines report
only baggage and reservation fees
to the department.
Though airlines financial
books look robust, passengers
grumble about lost bags, deceptive ticket prices, poor customer
service and shrinking seats and
legroom. Travelers filed 20,170
formal complaints last year, up
from 15,539 in 2014, according to
the departments Air Travel Consumer Report.
Airlines have invested $1.4 billion a month in new aircraft and
equipment while paying down
$8 billion in debt last year and returning $10.5 billion to shareholders last year, according to
Melanie Hinton, spokeswoman
for Airlines for America, an industry group representing most

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Up 241%

Airline profits of $25.6 billion

in 2015, compared with
$7.5 billion in 2014.
While airlines reap record profits,
baggage fees and other add-ons are
angering passengers.

AP

of the largest carriers.

Trey Bohn, executive director
of the group Travelers Voice, said
the $7 billion in baggage and reservation fees total nearly the
economy of the Bahamas and
are the sources of most concern
among travelers. Depending too
much on revenue from these fees
is not only an operating weakness, it also suggests to travelers
that the nickel and the dime are
more important than improving
their product, Bohn said.
The
investments
havent
helped consumers, said Charles
Leocha, a founder of the consum-

Up 7.8%

Baggage fees of $3.8 billion

in 2015, compared with
$3.5 billion in 2014.

Down 35%

Fuel cost of $1.84 per gallon

in 2015, compared with $2.85
in 2014.
SOURCE Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

er advocacy group Travelers

United.
Theplanes have more seats and
less legroom to eke out more
money, he said. Everybody keeps
telling us that were seeing all
these improvements, but nobodys seeing them. New airplanes dont help us when ...
theyre squeezing more people
into them.

U.N., reporters accuse Japan of muzzling media freedom

Concerns cloud day

to mark press liberties
Kirk Spitzer
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Tuesday marks World

Press Freedom Day, but journalists in Japan said government
pressure, weak institutional controls and a powerful state secrecy
law have caused a worrisome loss
in media freedom.
Three prominent journalists
resigned in March amid concerns
that pressure from government
and conservative groups cause
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news organizations to avoid or

soften reporting on controversial
subjects, such as recent legislation easing constitutional restraints on Japans military.
The United Nations issued a
blistering report last month after
its independent expert spent a
week in Japan interviewing journalists, educators and government officials. The independence of the press is facing
serious threats, U.N. special rapporteur David Kaye said at a news
conference April 19 in Tokyo.
Across a range of areas, I
learned of deep and genuine concern that trends are moving
sharply and alarmingly in the

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo

Abes country ranked 72nd on media
freedom among 180 countries.

wrong direction. This is especially acute in the context of media

independence, he said.
The following day, Paris-based
Reporters Without Borders is-

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sued a report ranking Japan 72nd

in press freedom of 180 countries
surveyed. Thats down 11 places
since last year, largely on concerns about a state secrets law
passed in 2013 that the report
said could restrict coverage of
such diverse topics as the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
The USA ranked 41 in the report, up eight places from last
year. The report concluded that a
major obstacle to media freedom
in the USA is the governments
war on whistle-blowers who leak
information about its surveillance activities, spying and foreign operations, especially those
linked to counterterrorism.
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In Turkey, a U.S. ally in the war

on terrorism, police used boltcutters to take over the countrys
highest-circulation newspaper in
a midnight raid in March. The
country ranked 151st in the report, down two places.
In Japan today, rather than
the media watching the authorities, the government watches the
media, said Shuntaro Torigoe, a
former newspaper reporter and
television news anchor.
World Press Freedom Day is
sponsored by UNESCO (U.N.
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to highlight
the importance of a free and independent media.

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Brexit confounds Britain, confuses U.S.

Michael Wolff

@MichaelWolffNYC
Michael@burnrate.com
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What is an American to make

of Brexit, the hard-to-pronounce movement in Britain to
exit the European Union, which
will have its dnouement in a
national referendum June 23?
With some polls favoring an
exit vote, President Obama, trying to exert American self interest, recently wandered into this
increasingly bitter debate. In an
effort to help the remain side,
Obama rather casually opined
that the EU works well enough
for the U.S., and seemingly well
enough for Britain, so why rock
the boat? And he added, if Britain does secede from the EU, it
shouldnt look to the U.S. for
help.
This immediately prompted
controversy about his perceived
condescension and for the sense
that many Brits have long had
that, unlike past presidents,
Obama had no particular loyalty
to the mother country.
Boris Johnson, the popular
conservative politician, London
mayor and possible future British prime minister, suggested
this had to do with Obamas
Kenyan ancestry and antipathy
to historic colonialism, which
promptly plunged Johnson into
a round of accusations of racism
from the left.
Johnson also brought up the
bust of Winston Churchill in the
White House that had unceremoniously been shipped back to

the U.K. when Obama became

president.
That in turn led to more fact
checking of contradictory statements the White House had
made about the disappearing
bust. He had replaced it, Obama
now said, after various different
accounts from the White House,
with a bust of Dr. Martin Luther
King. Churchill, he said, had
been sent back only in the interests of avoiding clutter, which
rather seemed to confirm his
minimal affection for Winston
and, in general, the U.S.s waning
regard for Britain.
And yet, a British exit from
Europe, however marginal an issue in the U.S., could indeed upend the world order. It might
presage further exits from the
EU, give Russia various new and
diplomatic
trouble-making
openings, set trade wars in motion and result in Scotland finally leaving the U.K..
Or not. As likely, nothing dramatic will happen. Or put another way, it is a curious
referendum in that the Brexit
side does not really know what it
is voting for.
Without knowing what the
vote is actually for, and not even
really opposing what its against
the pro-Brexits have lived
peaceably and prosperously in
the EU the arguments have
largely played out in subtext.
Part of that subtext is immigration. Angela Merkels government in Germany, which the
Brexit Brits regard, no doubt
rightly, as the dominant force in
the EU, has opened EU member
states to an unprecedented level
of immigration giving most
everyone in the U.K. some
pause.

BEN STANSALL, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Londons Mayor Boris Johnson has said President Obamas

Kenyan roots are behind a lack of loyalty to the U.K.

But since Brexit, and its implied opposition to EU immigration policies, is supported by the
far right British parties, this has
helped push the left and much of
the establishment center right,
including the Cameron government all heretofore ambivalent about EU membership
firmly into the remain camp.
It is this establishment, the
true north of the Cameron government, that most hotly and
logically opposes Brexit.
That center is deeply probusiness that mostly means
pro-financial industry, which
might face the most disruption
from leaving the EU.
It is that sort of elite, globalized banking class remote, unaccountable, self-interested
that, as part of the subtext, the
Brexits are in part standing
against. In this regard, Brexit inclinations intersect with Trump
and Sanders emotions.
Brexit, with its strong streak
of nativism, is about a narrative
or fantasy of British exceptionalism. Still, it is hard not to also interpret Brexit, in a Trumpian
context, as Make Britain great
again.
It is too an effort against the
platform hegemony of modern
life what the Brexits call the
fundamental sovereignty issue.
In a sense, the Brexits seek to
reject Brussels as Brussels itself,
in the form of increasing antimonopoly, seeks to reject the
ever-greater dominance of
Google.
To which Obama said fat
chance. The world is as it is. So
suck it up.
Wolff is an author and award-winning
columnist for USA TODAY

Clinton to bend, but not too Pumped-up Trump: If

far, to woo Sanders voters we win Indiana, its over
She has an eye on
moderates while
courting liberals
Heidi M. Przybyla
USA TODAY

Bernie Sanders may or may

not try to persuade his passionate voters to love Hillary Clinton,
but shes not waiting to find out.
In the coming weeks, Clinton
plans to emphasize portions of
her agenda that align with Sanders chief priorities especially
campaign finance changes and
college affordability while
highlighting and fleshing out
proposals to boost middle-class
jobs and wages in a bid to energize the entire Democratic Party,
according to two campaign officials who were not authorized to
speak publicly about her plans.
Conventional general election
strategy dating to Richard Nixon
dictates that candidates play to
the far ends of their respective
bases during the primaries
Democrats to liberals and Republicans to conservatives until locking down the nomination,
when they pivot to issues that
appeal to a broader electorate.
There are many reasons in
her case not to pursue that
course of action, said Bill Galston, a former domestic policy
adviser to Bill Clinton who coauthored a road map for his 1992
victory.
Things shes been pushed to
the left on are not unpalatable to
the center, including trade, he
said. The primary campaign has
done some damage to her

JOE RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES

Hillary Clinton will emphasize the issues upon which she

and Bernie Sanders agree,
such as campaign finance.
standing with the American people, and I dont think shell rebuild that by changing course,
said Galston. Shed have a better
chance to do that by holding her
ground and fleshing it out, defending it, and arguing that its a
reasonable and responsible place
to be, he said.
Polls show only a little more
than a third of voters consider
her honest and trustworthy.
However, Democrats are betting if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, hell drive
moderate suburban swing voters,
and possibly some Republican
women, into Clintons column.
That means the risks that come
with alienating the Democratic
base may be greater than those
of failing to court centrist voters.
They may not need to move
too far to the center because
many of these suburban swing
voters are so repelled by Trump,
said Larry Jacobs, a presidential

politics scholar at the University

of Minnesota.
The Clinton campaign also believes economic populism is now
mainstream in both parties. It
held back a middle-class tax cut
plan during the primary, believing that rolling it out in the general election will energize both
moderates and liberals. While
her tax measures thus far have
focused on specific tax credits,
the campaign is now aiming to
deliver a broader middle-class
tax relief plan with a specific dollar amount, according to one
aide.
Clinton telegraphed the approach in a speech a week ago after sweeping four of five Eastern
primaries that all but mathematically extinguished Sanders
hopes of clinching the nomination. She vowed to build on a
strong progressive tradition
dating to Franklin Roosevelt.
Thats not the language that
someone whos preparing to create space in the general election
would be using, said Jacobs.
Sanders, a Vermont senator,
still insists he can win the nomination through a contested convention, and polls indicate
Tuesdays Indiana primary could
be close. Surveys show that as
many as 40% of Sanders voters
say they may not vote for Clinton
in November.
By June 2008, after a tense
campaign, a similar percentage
of Clinton voters said they
wouldnt vote for Barack Obama,
though many did in the end.
Sanders voters, whove cast their
campaign as a new political
movement, may prove more inflexible.

Ted Cruz says heckler deserves

a spanking for his outburst
Donovan Slack
@donovanslack
USA TODAY

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has made

no secret of the fact that he
spanks his daughter when she
misbehaves. He has also suggested the American people should
deliver a spanking to Hillary
Clinton.
Now, he is prescribing the
same discipline for a protester
who interrupted him during a rally in Indiana on Sunday.
Apparently theres a young
man whos having some problems, Cruz said as the heckler

JOE RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greets

people at the Bravo Cafe on
Monday in Osceola, Ind.

yelled: You suck!

Thank you, son, Cruz replied,
before adding that he thinks
children should actually speak

with respect.
Imagine what a different
world it would be if someone had
told Donald Trump that years
ago, he said. You know, in my
household, when a child behaves
that way, they get a spanking.
The exchange comes as Cruz
and Trump are stumping for every last vote heading into to the
Republican primary in Indiana
on Tuesday. Trump leads Cruz by
roughly 9 percentage points,
42%-32.7%, in the RealClearPolitics average of recent Hoosier
polls. A win there could help solidify Trumps claim to the nomination, while dealing Cruz a
formidable blow.

v CONTINUED FROM 1A

Trump hecklers and argued that

the New Yorker would lose the
general election campaign badly
to Democrat Hillary Clinton and
take Republican candidates down
with him.
Donald Trump is deceiving
you, Cruz told a Trump supporter in Marion, Ind. He is
playing you for a chump.
Trump backers reminded Cruz
that it is mathematically impossible for him to win a majority of
convention delegates on a first
ballot and demanded that he drop
out. We dont want you, a
Trump supporter told Cruz. Do
the math.
Trump entered the Indiana
campaign after two weeks of easy
wins in his home state of New
York and in the nearby states of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode
Island.
Thanks to those wins, the
Manhattan businessman is less
than 250 delegates away from the
1,237 he needs to clinch the GOP
presidential nomination. Trump
leads Cruz, his nearest competitor, by more than 400 delegates,
and Kasich by more than 800.
Fifty-seven delegates will be at
stake in Tuesdays Indiana
primary.
Cruz and Kasich, along with
various Never Trump political
action committees, are trying to
prevent the businessman from
claiming the majority of delegates
needed for a first-ballot win at the
convention in July.
Cruz defeated Trump in the
Wisconsin primary April 5, but in
the weeks since, he has had trouble consolidating Trump critics
behind his candidacy and he
and Kasich are running out of
states.
After Tuesdays primary in Indiana, nine states will hold delegate contests in the GOP race.
Nebraska and West Virginia will
hold elections next week, followed by Oregon (May 17) and
Washington (May 24). Primary
season ends June 7 with contests
in California, New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and South
Dakota.
Indiana has been essentially a
one-on-one race between Trump
and Cruz.
Kasich pulled out of the state
late last month as aides to him
and Cruz said the two campaigns
made an agreement part of
their anti-Trump effort in
which Kasich agreed to defer to
Cruz in Indiana, while Cruz
would not campaign against Kasich in Oregon and New Mexico.

POLL: TRUMP TROUNCES

CRUZ IN CALIFORNIA
Donald Trump leads Ted
Cruz by a whopping 34 percentage points 54%-20%
among likely Republican
voters in California, a SurveyUSA poll for KUSA found.
Thats a significant gain
for the Republican frontrunner, whose lead was 8
percentage points in a SurveyUSA poll a month ago
when he and Cruz were
40%-32%.
California, which will hold
its primary June 7, is the most
delegate-rich state on the
Republican primary calendar: 172 at stake.

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Opportunistic cleric is force

behind Iraqs current chaos

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yet in hunt
for life

Muqtada al-Sadr rises again, demonstrates his clout in Baghdad

Gregg Zoroya
@greggzoroya
USA TODAY

Since the U.S.-led invasion of

Iraq in 2003, Muqtada al-Sadr
has been an unpredictable force
to reckon with as the U.S. military and the Iraqi government
have learned.
After leading a protest that
stormed the Iraqi parliament, the
42-year-old Shiite cleric stands to
dictate widespread changes to
Iraqs government.
Al-Sadr was able to demonstrate that you cant ignore him
and he can pierce the corridors of
power, literally, said Michael
Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an expert on the cleric. His objective
would be to increase his own
clout.
Saturday, hundreds of al-Sadrs
followers stormed the heavily fortified Green Zone, the government center of Baghdad, and
broke into parliament, sending
politicians fleeing. Order was restored later that day.
The unrest raised doubts about
the political stability of Iraq and
occurred at a fragile moment
when the government of Prime
Minister Haider al-Abadi is struggling to mount an effective counteroffensive against Islamic State
forces occupying Mosul.
Al-Abadi had agreed to push
for changes aimed at replacing
politically connected ministers
with non-partisan technocrats as
a way to do away with corruption
in the government.
embraced
these
Al-Sadr
changes and demonstrated his
clout in February by calling for a
rally in Baghdads Tahrir Square
that drew 100,000. Many who attended were impassioned young
people angry about corruption
and the chronic failure of the government to provide such basic
public services as reliable electricity.

Red worlds were

once just theoretical
Doyle Rice

@usatodayweather
USA TODAY

HAIDAR HAMDANI, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Muqtada al-Sadr is trying to position himself as a good-government advocate, analysts say.

Hes trying to position himself
as a good-government advocate,
said Stephen Biddle, professor of
political science and international affairs at George Washington University. Hes very
opportunistic.
The assault on the government
center was in response to parliaments failure to enact anti-corruption laws.
Al-Sadrs movement is the latest incarnation for a personality
that has played a leading role in
Iraq since 2003. For years after
the U.S.-led invasion, his Mahdi
Army fought bloody engagements
with U.S. troops.
Al-Sadr was born into a family
of Shiite scholars, the fourth son
of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadaq al-Sadr, who was murdered along with two of his sons
in 1999.
As Iraqs prime minister struggles while fighting the Islamic
State militants, al-Sadr has become in some ways the most potent political player during this
crisis, Knights said.

U.S. backs Iraqi leader

amid political unrest
Jim Michaels

@jimmichaels
USA TODAY

STUTTGART,

GERMANY
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter
said Monday the United
States strongly supports
Iraqs prime minister, Haider
al-Abadi, as the Iraqi leader
confronts a new round of political turmoil threatening his
government.
Protesters in Iraq stormed
into the parliament building
over the weekend in Baghdad
after pulling down barricades
around the Green Zone,
where much of Iraqs government is housed. We support
him strongly because of what
he stands for, Carter said

while flying to Germany.

The protesters, mostly followers of renegade Shiite
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left
parliament, but the chaos
raised concerns about a key
U.S. partner in the war against
the Islamic State, also called
ISIS or ISIL.
Prime Minister Abadi
has been a partner in all of the
things that are important to
Iraqs future, namely a country that holds together and
doesnt spiral off into sectarianism, Carter said.
He praised Norways announcement to send special
operations forces to Jordan to
train Syrian Arab forces who
are a part of a coalition of local forces battling the Islamic
State.

Social services spending can

help boost health, lower costs

IN BRIEF

Reinforces plan to
have medical, social
services work closely
Jayne ODonnell

SOCIAL ILLS?
How states social services and public health spending compare to the
Medicare and Medicaid spending on their residents. States with higher ratios
achieve better health.

@jayneodonnell
USA TODAY

SPRINGS ,
W.VA .
States that spend more money
on social services and public
health programs relative to medical care have much healthier
residents than states that dont, a
study out today by a prominent
public health researcher found.
The study comes as the Obama administration prepares to
fund its own research to support
the idea that higher social service
spending can improve health and
lower health care costs.
Last week, the Department of
Health and Human Services proposed a long-awaited rule that
will pave the way for more doctors and hospitals to work closely
with social services providers to
keep people healthier, such as
with home visits or housing.
Health care and social services
experts in West Virginia, where
jobs and access to health care can
be hard to come by, cite daily reminders of how improved services can save money later. Their
challenge is expanding the reach
of the programs they do have.
Theres always more need than
resources, says Audrey Morris.
director of the non-profit Starting Points of Morgan County
here.
The study is the first to compare state spending on social services which generally are less
expensive than medical costs
with spending on Medicare and
Medicaid and to residents
health.
Many state officials, including
those here, say Medicaid claims
are busting their budgets and
federal officials struggle to rein
in Medicare spending on drugs
and medical treatments.
Yale University public health
professor Elizabeth Bradley, the
studys lead author, urges more
efficient not more government spending.
Bradley and her co-authors
BERKELEY

BRIGITTE DUSSEAU, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Firefighters douse the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint

Sava on Monday after a fire destroyed the New York City
church Sunday. Parishioners had celebrated Easter earlier in
the day, but the cathedral was empty when the fire started.
FIRE DESTROYS 160-YEAR-OLD
NEW YORK CITY CHURCH

A four-alarm fire engulfed an

Orthodox church in New York
City on Sunday evening, the day
Orthodox Christians celebrated
Easter.
New York Citys fire department responded to the blaze at
the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
of Saint Sava on West 25th Street
and Broadway in Manhattan after
the fire broke out shortly before
7 p.m., the New York Post
reported.
At least 170 firefighters arrived
on the scene to combat the
flames. No injuries were reported, the department said.
The Cathedral of St. Sava, formerly known as Trinity Chapel,
opened its doors as an Episcopal
church in 1855, according to the
Cathedral.
Josh Hafner
FORMER N.Y. ASSEMBLY
SPEAKER TO BE SENTENCED

A once-powerful New York

lawmaker is set to be sentenced
Tuesday in a federal corruption
case.
Prosecutors are seeking more
than 14 years in prison for Sheldon Silver, a Democrat and the
former Assembly speaker, who
was convicted Nov. 30 on all seven federal corruption counts
against him. The verdict brought
down one of the biggest players in
New York politics who served in
the state Legislature for more
than 20 years. Joseph Spector

Our science fiction dreams of

Martians may never come true,
but three earth-like planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
have potential life and water, astronomers announced Monday.
The sizes and temperatures of
these worlds are similar to those
of Earth and Venus, and hold the
best promise yet for the search
for life outside the solar system.
All three planets may have regions with temperatures that are
within a range suitable for sustaining liquid water and life, according
to the report published Monday in
the British journal Nature.
The three planets orbit around
an ultracool dwarf star just 40
light-years from Earth, or some
240 trillion miles away. In astronomical terms, thats pretty close
considering our own Milky Way
galaxy spans 100,000 light years.
Since the planets are outside
our solar system, they are called
exoplanets.
This really is a paradigm shift
with regards to the planet population and the path towards finding
life in the Universe, said Emmanul Jehin, a co-author of the new
study and an astronomer at the
University of Lige in Belgium.
So far, the existence of such
red worlds orbiting ultra-cool
dwarf stars was purely theoretical, but now we have not just one
lonely planet around such a faint
red star but a complete system of
three planets, he said.
The group of international astronomers from MIT, NASA, the
University California at San Diego,
the University of Lige and other
institutions made the discovery.

COLO. SUPREME COURT RULES

AGAINST FRACKING BANS

The Colorado Supreme Court

ruled Monday against Fort Collins five-year fracking moratorium, a long-awaited decision that
could have statewide implications
for the controversial oil and gas
recovery method.
The court also ruled against a
voter-supported ban on hydraulic
fracturing in Longmont, Colo. In
the opinions, released Monday,
the court called both laws invalid and unenforceable because
state law preempts them.
Jacy Marmaduke,
Fort Collins Coloradoan
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uJoseph Micalizzi, 23, a student at the New Jersey Institute

of Technology, was shot and
killed Monday morning during a
burglary at a fraternity house, the
university president said in a
statement, according to the Associated Press. The burglary took
place around 3:30 a.m. at Tau
Kappa Epsilon in Newark, NJIT
President Joel Bloom said.
uA Kentucky judge on Monday issued a restraining order to
block removal of a Confederate
monument. Jefferson County
Circuit Judge Judith McDonaldBurkman issued the order against
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer
and Metro Government, barring
them from moving or tampering
with the 70-foot-tall monument
near the University of Louisville.

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ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ, USA TODAY

found that for every dollar of

Medicare and Medicaid spending
for residents of the average state,
an additional $3 was spent on social services and public health
between 2000 and 2009, the latest available.

Its not just that

its moral or
immoral, its just
smart.
Elizabeth Bradley, study lead author
and Yale University public health
professor

States including Colorado and

Nevada had the highest ratios of
social service and public health
spending relative to medical
costs about $5 for every dollar
of medical care and were much
healthier.
New York and Massachusetts
joined traditionally poor-health
states including West Virginia
and Louisiana with the lowest ratios of social services to medical
spending, averaging about $2.30
on social services for every medical dollar spent.
Residents also tend to have

higher rates of heart attacks,

mental illness and obesity, the
study showed.
Businesses, churches and others should join state and local
government to better provide
residents with services including
transportation, nutrition support and job training, says Bradley.
Its not just that its moral or
immoral, its just smart, says
Bradley, co-author with Lauren
Taylor of The American Health
Care Paradox, which helped
prompt HHS new social services
innovation project for Medicare.
Chance Miller, 7, and his
mother Meredith Bradshaw may
prove Bradley right.
Chance attends the Boys and
Girls Club of Americas afterschool program downstairs from
Starting Points and usually insists on staying late to do homework, eat dinner and play with
friends. Bradshaw, who works at
a local furniture factory, relies on
Starting Points for dinner three
nights a week and free fresh
vegetables.
This is the best program,
says Bradshaw, 42.

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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Troy: A man wanted
in Alabama and Florida on multiple charges, including murder,
was captured near here, WSFATV reported.

ALASKA Bethel: Wood bison

calves have been spotted near
here, marking the first time in the
U.S. in years that the bison have
been born in the wild. KYUK-AM
reported that the newborn calves
were spotted last week, months
after the Alaska Department of
Fish and Game released 130
wood bison into the wild. Wood
bison are North Americas largest
land animal and the larger cousins of plains bison.
ARIZONA Sierra Vista: A skunk
that attacked a hiker in Brown
Canyon was tested for rabies.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Budget

cuts of about $1 million each to

libraries and for senior citizen
centers will be restored with
money from the states Rainy Day
Fund, the Arkansas DemocratGazette reported.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Granada Hills Charter High School
won the national Academic Decathlon, besting competitors
from all over the USA, the Los
Angeles Times reported. It is the
fifth time in the past six years
that Granada Hills has claimed
the title.
COLORADO Boulder: A Weld
County jury has determined that
two pilots were not negligent
when their planes almost collided
and one crashed, killing all five
people on board in Erie in 2014,
the Daily Camera reported. The
lawsuits claimed bad piloting
caused the crash.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Gov.

Malloy received a Profile in Courage award from the John F. Kennedy Foundation for his
willingness to accept refugees
from Syria into the state, the
Connecticut Post reported.
DELAWARE Georgetown: A
truck reported stolen from here
was found nearly under water in
Love Creek near Rehoboth
Beach, The News Journal reported. No one was inside the vehicle
when firefighters were called to
the Boat Hole Marina.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Transportation Secretary Anthony
Foxx replaced three members of
the Metro transit board with
experienced safety professionals,
The Washington Post reported.
FLORIDA Miami: Police say a
computer programmer hacked
into the American Airlines accounts of travelers and stole
$260,000 worth of frequent flyer
miles. The Miami Herald reported that Milad Avazdavani has
been jailed for a year on 19 felony
counts including grand theft.

PENNSYLVANIA Benton: Au-

HIGHLIGHT: CALIFORNIA

Solar Impulse 2 takes off from S.F.

USA TODAY

dren to open the Simon Skjodt

Child and Adolescent Behavioral
Health Unit in July, The Indianapolis Star reported. The unit will
allow for more comprehensive
care for children and adolescents
with mental health issues, such as
anxiety, bipolar disorder and
eating disorders.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:

The first case of travel-associated
Zika virus was confirmed in the
state by state health officials, The
State reported. The unnamed
resident recently traveled to a
country where the virus is active,
however the person was not
contagious upon their return and
poses no risk to public health.
SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton: The
Market at the Meridian will take
place Saturday mornings from
May to October, with it acting as
a farmers market, the Yankton
Daily Press & Dakotan reported.
TENNESSEE Chattanooga: Po-

GETTY IMAGES

Solar Impulse 2 flies over the Golden Gate Bridge upon its
arrival in San Francisco on April 23. The solar-powered
aircraft took off Monday morning for Phoenix.
But that flight damaged the
planes battery. Because of the
time needed to repair it and the
decreasing sunlight as a result
of the changing seasons, the pilots called off their attempt to
complete the trip in a single
year.
The late April flight from Hainto unwanted sexual acts.
MASSACHUSETTS Fitchburg:

Authorities are warning the public of a dangerous batch of heroin

circulating here after two people
died and several more overdosed.
MICHIGAN Liberty Township:

KANSAS Topeka: The new maps

MINNESOTA Hastings: State

NEW YORK Buchanan: The

trooper Paul Kingery, who rescued a bald eagle from a collision

with a car on Interstate 494 nearly six weeks ago, was given the
honor of setting the recovered
raptor free, the Star Tribune
reported.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Some

MISSISSIPPI Moss Point: As the

Jefferson County Public Schools

teachers staged walk-ins Monday to protest two administration
ideas related to freezing employee pay and revamping the code of
conduct. The Jefferson County
Teachers Association urged its
members to hold dozens of such
protests, where teachers and
supporters meet outside a school
and walk in together to show
solidarity.

city celebrates its 115th anniversary, it is also celebrating its oldest resident. Former city
employee Lezra Rogers, 101, was
honored by the city, The Mississippi Press reported.

MISSOURI Columbia: Chuck

Henson, an interim diversity

officer at the University of Missouri, will be returning to the
universitys School of Law in the
fall. The Columbia Daily Tribune
reported that Foleys announcement did not say how the university plans to fill the diversity
position.
MONTANA Hardin: Two Rivers

Regional Detention Center, a

private prison, has suspended
operations due to a lack of inmates, the Billings Gazette reported.

HAWAII Honolulu: House and

NEBRASKA Scottsbluff: Mark

Cross, 55, has been sentenced to
six months in jail for trying to
take out a loan in his brothers
name to buy a vehicle for
$70,592, the Scottsbluff StarHerald reported.

issued a boil water advisory for

several parts of the city after a
power outage knocked two
pumping stations offline.

IDAHO Pocatello: The FBI is

expanding its data center facility,

bringing 300 new jobs here, the
Idaho State Journal reported.
Construction is expected to begin
in the spring of 2017.
ILLINOIS Naperville: Work

needed to make nearly two dozen

city-owned properties compliant
with the Americans with Disabilities Act will cost $2.5 million,
the Naperville Sun reported.
INDIANA Indianapolis: A

$3.8 million gift from the Samerian Foundation has paved the
way for Riley Hospital for Chil-

LOUISIANA Shreveport: The

National Weather Service warned

of flooding along the Red River,
KSLA-TV reported. Forecasters
said the river would peak at a
moderate flood stage at Shreveport Tuesday. Major flood crests
were predicted downriver at
Coushatta on Wednesday and
Grand Ecore on Thursday.
MAINE Lewiston: Police are

investigating multiple shots being

fired as a party here was breaking
up, the Lewiston Sun Journal
reported.
MARYLAND Wheaton: A man
accused of attacking and sexually
assaulting three women at the
Wheaton Metro station in December 2014 has been sentenced
to 25 years in prison, WUSA-TV
reported. Police say Christian A.
Jordan, 20, threatened the women with a BB gun to force them

NEVADA North Las Vegas:

Police say a shooting that wounded a man may be the result of

road rage, KTNV-TV reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:

Fisherman can
now catch five
times more
haddock a day
under new state
and federal
rules. Officials
say the daily bag
limit for recreational fishermen has
increased from
three to 15 fish
daily.

TEXAS Belton: Trails at the

Miller Springs Nature Center, a

260-acre nature center in Central
Texas, will be reconstructed with
the help of a $100,000 grant, the
Temple Daily Telegram reported.

Township: Police arrested two

Walmart cashiers on charges they
stole several thousand dollars
from their cash registers, the
Courier-Post reported. Karlmichael Curry-Watson took more
than $20,000 and Dontay Jones
stole more than $6,000, police
said. Jones was also charged with
possession of drugs with intent to
distribute.

NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: State

Auditor Tim Keller is calling for
an audit of how New Mexico
awards contracts. The Santa Fe
New Mexican reported that a
review of how the state awards
contracts will commence this
summer.

for political districts arent due in

Kansas until 2022. But officials
from the U.S. Census Bureau met
with the state Legislatures research department last week to
discuss the process, the Lawrence
Journal-World reported.

lice arrested firefighter Steven

Ratledge, 27, after they say he
robbed a convenience store, the
Chattanooga Times Free Press
reported. Ratledge, who has been
a firefighter for 312 years, was
placed on leave without pay following his arrest Sunday on a
charge of aggravated robbery.

NEW JERSEY Burlington

concerned about the citys trees

after a wave of plant diseases and
unusually wet weather in recent
years that has loosened the soils
grip on root systems, the Hawk
Eye reported. City of Burlington
crews and private tree services
are busy removing trees that have
succumbed to disease or fallen
because of storms.

GEORGIA Atlanta: Officials

Senate leadership agreed to

spend $100 million to cool public
school classrooms, Hawaii News
Now reported. The money will be
spent on ceiling fans, solar-powered vents and air conditioning,
with the hottest classrooms receiving first priority.

waii to San Francisco marked

the continuation of the journey.
After Solar Impulse 2s
flights across the U.S., its
scheduled to undertake two final flights over the Atlantic
Ocean and the Mediterranean
Sea before landing back in Abu
Dhabi.

A 61-year-old hunter was shot in

the arm with a crossbow after a
fellow hunter apparently mistook
him for a turkey, the Jackson
Citizen Patriot reported. The
man, who was shot early Sunday
in the left arm while hunting on
private land, is expected to survive, and the 51-year-old Jackson
man who shot him, whose name
was not released, is expected to
face charges.

IOWA Burlington: Officials are

RHODE ISLAND Providence: A

51-year-old man is facing charges

for allegedly setting up video
cameras in the mens restroom at
the local train station, the Providence Journal reported.

Doyle Rice
The solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 took off from the
San Francisco area early Monday as it continues its aroundthe-world tour with several
flights across the U.S.
The plane took off at 8:03 a.m.
ET (5:03 a.m. PT) for a trip to
Phoenix that was expected to
last 16 hours and 23 minutes. It
was to land in Phoenix around
12:30 a.m. ET (10:30 p.m. MT in
Phoenix).
Swiss adventurer Andr
Borschberg piloted the plane.
This marks the first Solar Impulse 2 flight across the North
American continent; New York
City is the final destination.
Last year, Borschberg and
fellow Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard set out to circumnavigate the globe in the plane
without using fuel or spewing
polluting emissions.
The two have alternated who
pilots the one-man craft.
The first leg began March 9,
2015, in Abu Dhabi. Borschberg
flew 13 hours to land in Muscat,
Oman.
The trip continued with several more legs across Asia before Borschberg completed the
worlds longest non-stop solo
flight, a four-day, 21-hour and
52-minute excursion from Japan to Hawaii.

thorities say an all-terrain vehicle

went down an embankment and
flipped over, killing two men.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

said it found an unprecedented
number of deteriorating bolts at
the Indian Point nuclear plant,
the Poughkeepsie Journal reported. The agency said a recent
review found 227 of 832 baffleformer bolts at the plant were
degraded and two were missing
entirely.
NORTH CAROLINA Burlington:

Authorities in Alamance County

accused 35-year-old James Bush
of Mebane of exploiting his
mother for $40,000, The TimesNews reported.

NORTH DAKOTA Williston: The

citys historic Old Armory is celebrating its centennial. KFYR-TV
reported that the armorys primary purpose back in 1916 was to
be the home and training facility
for company E of the North Dakota National Guard, first North
Dakota infantry.
OHIO Lima: Greg Stevenson

drowned trying to save a boy who

had fallen into a 40-degree Ottawa River, The Lima News reported. The boy, whose name wasnt
immediately available, had been
walking in shallow water Sunday
with other children when he was
swept away as he walked out too
far.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:

The names of 155 law enforcement officers who died in the line
of duty in Oklahoma are being
engraved on the Oklahoma Law
Enforcement Memorial. The
deaths date to 1872, The Oklahoman reported.

OREGON Coos County: The

World reported that Bay Area

Hospital had more than 100
child psychology consultations and 62 admissions in
2014. Thats an
increase to the
27 consultations and six
admissions
the hospital
experienced in
2011.

UTAH Ogden: Strong winds led

to thousands in northern Utah
losing power, the Standard-Examiner reported. Winds as high
as 87 mph swept areas along the
Wasatch Front.
VERMONT Montpelier: Ver-

mont wildlife biologists expect

the statewide deer herd going
into the fall will number 140,000
to 145,000, which is the highest
since 2007 and the second highest since 2001, Burlington Free
Press reported.
VIRGINIA Lexington: Tuition is

going up at the Virginia Military

Institute, the nations oldest
state-supported military college.
Its Board of Visitors approved a
tuition increase of 4% for state
residents and 5.2% for out-ofstate residents.
WASHINGTON Seattle: King

County health officials are distributing special cardboard boxes

for babies to sleep in, KING-TV
reported. The program is aimed
at reducing infant deaths. They
are being given to low-income
parents who do not have a crib
and have to share a full-size bed
with their newborn.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
Kanawha Countys school system
plans to have about 90 fewer
positions next fiscal year because
of a shrinking budget, The
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.
WISCONSIN Green Bay: St.

John the Evangelist Homeless

Shelter said of the roughly 450
people who stayed at the shelter
the last six months, more than 75
were ages 18 to 25, a 40% increase from the 2014-15 shelter
season, when 54 people in the
18-to-25 age bracket stayed there.
The average stay for the youngadult population was 39 days, the
longest among the facilitys users,
who ranged in age from 18 to 76,
Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: A pine
beetle outbreak in the Rocky
Mountain states is leaving dead
trees in its wake, the Wyoming
Tribune Eagle reported. The
outbreak that began in 1996 has
killed thousands of mature trees.
Compiled by Tim Wendel and Jonathan
Briggs, with Carolyn Cerbin, Linda
Dono, Mike Gottschamer, Ben Sheffler,
Mike B. Smith, Nichelle Smith and Matt
Young. Design by Jennifer Herrmann.
Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Owning land is rare

luxury in Scotland
Activists seek change
in election this week

Supreme Court could

shape up as a bust
for conservatives
Rulings lean liberal for second year in a row

Dominic Hinde

Richard Wolf

Special for USA TODAY

@richardjwolf
USA TODAY

DORES , SCOTLAND

On the banks
of the famous Loch Ness, Evan
Beswick gazes at a scattering of
low, slate-roofed houses in the
woodlands across from this tiny
village.
The shores are dotted with castles and hunting estates. The
houses he points to are far from
luxurious, but we couldnt just
save up and buy one of those at
the prices they go for, he said.
Beswick, 30, and his girlfriend
are struggling to buy their first
home. Like many young people
across the Scottish Highlands,
they find the abundance of wide
open land does not make it easy
to purchase real estate.
Scotland has some of the largest areas of undeveloped land in
Europe. It also has the most unequal division of landownership.
Some politicians running in
Thursdays Scottish Parliament
elections pledge to remedy that
inequity and help Scots such as
Beswick buy homes.
The nation is roughly the same
size as South Carolina 30,000
square miles but only 432 people own half the land. Sixteen of
them own a staggering 10% of
Scotlands territory. Many Scottish families have lived for generations as tenants in villages on
wealthy landowners property.
That means land for building is
in short supply, and homeownership is beyond many Scots grappling with high housing prices
and landowners who dont want
to sell space for development.
Landowners defend the system, arguing that their property
rights are not up for debate. Viscount William Waldorf Astor, father in law of U.K. Prime Minister
David Cameron, accused activists
of wanting a Mugabe-style land
grab, a reference to Zimbabwean
dictator Robert Mugabes seizure
of white-owned farms.

DOMINIC HINDE, SPECIAL FOR USA TODAY

Evan Beswick hasnt been able to buy land around Loch Ness.

If there was a
magic way of
making money
out of land, I
think I would
know about it,
but there isnt.
Edward Mountain, a landowner and
Conservative Party candidate for
Parliament who opposes changes to make
more land public

Beswick has long dreamed of

building a home on some of the
hundreds of empty square miles
around Loch Ness. He tried unsuccessfully to pool money with
friends to acquire land for a
small-scale housing development.
Land is so hard to get hold of,
he said. We were a group of pretty well-educated, energetic people, but after two years of trying,
we were not able to get anything.
Highland estate owners include some of the worlds wealthiest people. Sheik Mohammed
Bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai,
United Arab Emirates; British
Queen Elizabeth II; and Kjeld

Kirk Kristiansen, heir to the Lego

toy empire, own huge tracts of rural Scotland. Donald Trump got
in the act when he purchased the
Menie estate in Aberdeenshire to
build a luxury golf course.
Some Scots hope the elections
will strengthen their push for
radical changes to landownership
laws. Leading that drive is Andy
Wightman, a forester, writer and
veteran activist. Wightman, 52,
who is running as a Green Party
candidate, said he is determined
to give Scots their land back if
elected to the assembly in
Edinburgh.
Edward Mountain, a landowner running for a seat in the Scottish Parliament, opposes the
campaigns to make more private
land public through new taxes
and state funding for community
buyouts. I would rather talk
about land use than landownership, but that isnt the government agenda, he said. If there
was a magic way of making money out of land, I think I would
know about it, but there isnt.
Just passing it on to the community will put a burden on the taxpayer. We should be spending
that money on education and
health care.

WASHINGTON
When the Supreme Court completed its term
in June by upholding same-sex
marriage and Obamacare, conservatives predicted this year would
provide an about-face from a surprising string of liberal victories.
It hasnt turned out that way.
The death in February of Justice
Antonin Scalia, combined with
the same factors that gave liberal
justices an advantage last year,
has led to a continuation of the
trend. That leaves conservatives
even more determined to block
President Obama from replacing
Scalia.
From voting rights and the
power of labor unions to class-action lawsuits against corporations
and the rights of criminal
defendants, the courts four liberal justices have been on the winning side of every major decision
this term. Oral arguments were
completed Wednesday, and 33 of
69 cases have been decided.
For a court that has leaned
conservative for decades, the
question is whether the two-year
trend indicates a fundamental
change or a legal version of a
stock market correction. Until a
ninth justice is named, the answer will remain elusive.
Its something of a realignment after an extreme push to
the right led by Justices Scalia
and (Samuel) Alito, said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the liberal Constitutional Accountability Center. I think theres
some pullback from that very
ideological push.
Only the most closely divided
cases those that used to result
in 5-4 decisions are directly affected by Scalias death. In a major case on public employee
unions, his absence caused a 4-4
tie that left intact a decision by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

9th Circuit allowing the California Teachers Association to continue collecting fees from
non-members.
Similar 4-4 votes on some of
the terms major remaining cases
could boost conservative causes,
based on federal appeals court
decisions. That would apply to
immigration and abortion cases
from the more conservative U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which handles cases from
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

STEVE PETTEWAY, AP

From left, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan are
part of the liberal wing.

Texas tough restrictions on

abortion clinics are more likely to
be struck down with the help of
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who
often sides with the courts liberal
bloc. Kennedy hasnt been alone
in giving liberals their latest
string of victories. Chief Justice
John Roberts also sided with the
majority in important cases affecting class-action lawsuits,
criminal defendants rights and
federal energy regulations.
That has left Alito and Justice
Clarence Thomas on the losing
side in most of the major cases.
The easiest explanation for
the term shaping up to be a bust
for conservatives is that the liberals regularly vote as a bloc, said
John Elwood, a lawyer who appears frequently before the court.

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YOUR SAY

Tracking the nations conversation

EXECUTIVE PAY

TOON TALK

Compensation should
be tied to performance
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer
could leave the struggling
company with severance benefits valued at $54.9 million.
Looks like she was paid for
showing up and trying hard, not
for performance. Granted, she
was given a tough gig to turn
around.

their job easy and have no clue

how to create a similar environment.

CEOS PAID $30 MILLION

Current S&P 500 CEOs who made
$30 million or more (in millions):

Patrick Shaw

None of those CEOs who pay

themselves as low as $1 a year is
starving. Many have taken their
compensation in the form of
stock in the company. Some of
those CEOs also have company
credit cards and they expense
travel, meals and entertainment
back to the company.
Dont go thinking your CEO is
some kind of hero because he
or she takes a low cash salary.
They get plenty of bonuses and
live very comfortably.
Running companies is not
easy, and answering to Wall
Street is something I wouldnt
want to do at all.
Those CEOs who dont take a
cash salary have bet on themselves that they will do a good
enough job to keep the stock
price from dropping.
Their risk is in their compensation packages.

Philippe Dauman, Viacom

$54.2

Mark Hurd, Oracle

$53.2

Safra Ada Catz, Oracle

$53.2

Robert Iger, Disney

David Graska

Another reason U.S. companies fail. CEOs get paid for nonperformance, but their underlings only get pay increases
when stock price or revenues go
up.

$44.9

Omar Ishrak, Medtronic

$39.5
Sandeep Mathrani, Gen. Grwth.

$39.2

Brian Roberts, Comcast

$36.2

Terrell Catania

David Cote, Honeywell

$34.5

They hired her because she

worked at Google, which wasnt
a bad hire on paper. The dirty
secret is that sometimes people
from well-funded, well-governed, solid companies are not

Source S&P Capital IQ, USA TODAY

GEORGE PETRAS, USA TODAY

the best to guide businesses

that do not have that structure.
They take for granted all the
people who helped to make

Teachers must update

protest strategy
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Detroit teachers conducted a
sick-out Monday over compensation, which forced 94 of 97
schools in the district to close.
Not sure if taking a day off is the
best way to protest the district
running out of funds to pay teachers past June 30. I understand the
frustration.
The teachers should be angry,
but the only people being harmed
by the teachers protest are the
families who provide tax dollars
that the teachers need. My guess is
it wont make the families too
sympathetic. The union might
want to update its strategy.

Jim Alba

TWITTER
@USATOPINION
I think it is criminal for high
paid CEOs to get huge
payouts with historical poor
performance.

We asked readers what they

thought of CEOs getting
golden parachutes when
they leave struggling companies.

@twheels1980

Last month was

the warmest
April ever
recorded in both
Portland, Ore.,
and Seattle.

70

73

72

74

Burns

77

60

Sacramento

82

San Francisco

75

74

Los Angeles

Palm Springs

76

69

67

63

Albuquerque

92

MidlandOdessa

Anchorage

56

83

Hawaii

Juneau

77

85

10s

Below 10

20s

30s

40s

BOSTON

Warmer
66/46

TUE

WED

A P.M.
shower
68/50

WED

Shower
54/47

WED

Partly
sunny
75/49

WED

Cooler
53/38

WED

THU

Mostly
cloudy
55/48

THU

Partly
sunny
59/42

Rain
60/50

AQI Good

AQI Good

MPLS-ST. PAUL

Sunny
85/67

THU

Partly
sunny
68/44
Mostly
sunny
63/44
Shower
72/56

AQI Good
r Rain

Tallahassee

78

New
Orleans

74

77

Columbia

84

Charleston

78

85

80

60s

DALLAS

CHICAGO

CHARLOTTE

TUE

THU

Atlanta

Mobile

Richmond

85

Jacksonville

86

Tampa

87

Miami

88

85
70s

WEDNESDAY

83

Savannah

80s

90s

100s

110+

Forecasts and
THURSDAY
graphics provided
by AccuWeather Inc.
2016

Air quality index (AQI)

T-storm
80/57

WED

80

76

50s

TUE

T-storms
87/68

Baton Rouge

Houston

80

Showers
around
51/44

WED

75

Brownsville

TUE

TUE

68

80

Jackson

74

64

66

San Juan

Rain
66/50

Stray
t-storm
88/75

Shreveport

TODAY

Philadelphia

Raleigh

Puerto Rico

TUE

TUE

75

68

Charleston

80

72

59

Washington Annapolis

Charlotte

Nashville

51

60

65

Montgomery

San Antonio

Honolulu

52

Austin

80

73

76

72

74

64

Knoxville

57

Boston

New York

Pittsburgh

64

Cincinnati

Birmingham

Little Rock

Dallas

73
El Paso

Fairbanks

72

72

Lubbock

67

Memphis

Tulsa

72

70

Phoenix

70

Oklahoma
City

Louisville

Ice/mix

Hartford

61

Harrisburg

63

62

67 68

73

58

Columbus

Indianapolis

Jefferson City St. Louis

Wichita

67

Santa Fe

Flagstaff

95

San Diego

BALTIMORE

i Ice

Topeka

64

58

67

56

Albany

Cleveland

64

66

66

61

Detroit

64 64

Chicago

Snow

Augusta

Montpelier

Buffalo

Lansing

Kansas City Springfield

Dodge City

Alaska

THU

70

Denver

Aspen

67

70

Omaha

59

81

84

68

60

Madison

Des Moines

Rain

Bangor

Burlington

Grand
Milwaukee Rapids

65

68

North Platte

Cheyenne

73

St. George

Las Vegas

66

68

Sioux Falls

72

T-storms

57

60

Mpls-St. Paul

70
Pierre

Casper

Salt Lake City

69

88

70

65

73

Carson City

66

Sources National Weather Service,

AccuWeather
Doyle Rice and Alejandro Gonzalez
@USATODAYWeather

f Fog

75

Elko

Fargo

Note: For contiguous

48 states through
4 p.m. ET yesterday

Marquette

64

Rapid City

Idaho Falls Jackson

Hole

Reno

50

c Cloudy

Billings

PRECIPITATION FORECAST

COLDEST: 12
Aspen Springs,
Colo.

Duluth

75

76

80

82

Bismarck

Miles City

Helena

Boise

Eureka

About 1/3 the

speed of light,
or 60,000
miles per
second.

AQI Moderate

81

Bend

HOW FAST DOES LIGHTNING

TRAVEL?

MIAMI

Spokane

73

Salem

YESTERDAYS EXTREMES
HOTTEST: 94
Zephyrhills, Fla.

Portland

Fresno

AQI Good

Stay two-nights at Old Faithful Inn.

Call now for choice dates! +tax,fees

Seattle

Olympia

On this date in 1812, a snowstorm

swept from Philadelphia to
Maine. Snow covered the ground
in New York City.

THU

Georgiana Hall

WEATHER ONLINE
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TODAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES

FRONT & CENTER

Partly
sunny
73/52
Partly
sunny
68/50

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Americans need to take education and educators seriously. We

need to stop treating teachers like
ditch diggers. No wonder they
want to leave the profession.

For more of this conversation

and others, follow @USATOpinion or #tellusatoday on
Twitter.

@AewAllan

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TOP TRAVEL CITIES

Sue Weed

Justin Morrow

@jiclark2002

Should be illegal.

@CNJumper

T-storms
78/57

They should only receive money if they increased the worth

of the company.

@galtinthegulch

They earned it.

TUE

@treyistnt

Pay for CEOs should be based

on company results! Bad results equal lower compensation. Golden parachutes paid
when CEOs fail to grow the
company are an outrage and
the board needs to be fired.

Its proof of the income inequality issues of our time.

Getting $50 million for providing virtually nothing to society.

ATLANTA

I think they make too much

compared to the minimum
wage.

@rickoblock

I am a retired member of the

Detroit Federation of Teachers,
and I never used to spread my pay
across the summer months because I never trusted the system
with my money. Instead, I saved
one-third of my pay throughout
the school year. There are too
many instances of financial mismanagement.
When I was hired in the late
1970s, it took two months to get my
first paycheck. Several years later, I
added paid after-school tutoring
and, although I was already an
employee, it took four months to
see the new job reflected in my
check.

T-storms
80/64

TUE

WED

Mostly
sunny
79/63

WED

THU

Sunny
81/61

THU

AQI Good

AQI Good

TODAY

WED

Akron, Ohio
Albany, N.Y.
Albuquerque
Allentown, Pa.
Amarillo, Texas
Anaheim, Calif.
Anchorage, Alaska
Aspen, Colo.
Atlantic City, N.J.
Augusta, Ga.
Austin, Texas
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baton Rouge, La.
Billings, Mont.
Birmingham, Ala.
Bismarck, N.D.
Boise, Idaho
Buffalo, N.Y.
Burlington, Vt.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Charleston, S.C.
Charleston, W.Va.
Cheyenne, Wyo.

60/42pc
61/45pc
70/47s
61/49r
70/42pc
78/56pc
50/40pc
58/32pc
59/50r
83/59t
75/50pc
92/62pc
80/56c
75/49s
76/53c
75/39s
82/57s
61/43pc
60/41pc
68/42pc
83/66t
68/49c
59/35pc

62/43t
60/47c
77/51s
62/48c
76/47s
71/55pc
51/41sh
66/37s
56/49sh
79/51pc
83/52s
83/55pc
79/58s
81/54s
75/50s
77/47s
85/57c
64/47c
60/45sh
62/37s
82/58pc
64/45t
68/41s

w Windy

Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Columbia, S.C.
Columbus, Ohio
Corpus Christi, Texas
Dayton, Ohio
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Des Moines, Iowa
Duluth, Minn.
Durham, N.C.
El Paso, Texas
Fairbanks, Alaska
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Fargo, N.D.
Fort Myers, Fla.
Fort Smith, Ark.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Fresno, Calif.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Green Bay, Wis.
Greensboro, N.C.
Greenville, S.C.
Harrisburg, Pa.

dr Drizzle

AQI Moderate

TUE

T-storms
89/71

TUE

WED

Rain
79/64

WED

THU

Sunny,
breezy
82/58

THU

AQI Good
h Haze

TODAY WED
64/49pc 62/40t
58/45pc 62/44t
61/37s
68/43s
84/62t
79/54pc
63/47pc 61/44t
82/61pc 86/60s
62/47pc 59/39t
86/70pc 81/62r
70/47pc 68/43s
64/38c
58/35s
77/56t
73/50t
83/59s
85/63s
56/36sh 59/33pc
63/34s
69/36s
70/39pc 68/46s
89/72pc 84/67r
72/48s
79/47s
63/46pc 57/39t
88/61pc 82/55c
64/45pc 54/40c
66/41pc 55/37pc
78/57t
73/50t
80/54t
74/49pc
64/50r
66/49pc

pc Partly cloudy

Hartford, Conn.
Indianapolis
Islip, N.Y.
Jackson, Miss.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jefferson City, Mo.
Kansas City
Key West, Fla.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Laredo, Texas
Lexington, Ky.
Lincoln, Neb.
Little Rock, Ark.
Long Beach, Calif.
Louisville, Ky.
Lubbock, Texas
Madison, Wis.
Manchester, N.H.
Memphis, Tenn.
Milwaukee
Mobile, Ala.
Modesto, Calif.
Montgomery, Ala.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.

TODAY WED
59/44sh 62/45c
62/47pc 59/40t
56/46r
58/47c
75/53c
78/55s
86/66t
83/57t
67/49pc 70/44pc
67/49pc 68/43s
85/76s
84/72t
73/52c
67/46t
83/62pc 90/62s
66/48pc 62/42t
71/47pc 70/44s
72/51s
80/52s
73/57pc 70/56pc
67/52pc 64/46t
73/46pc 81/50s
67/42pc 58/35pc
58/42pc 58/44c
72/53c
76/53s
65/43pc 51/38pc
78/59t
79/57s
85/59pc 79/54c
80/58t
79/55s
79/66t
79/59t

TUE

WED

Warmer
73/46

WED

THU

Some
sun
78/49

THU

TUE

Showers
around
63/50
A little
rain
60/52

sh Showers

Partly
sunny
64/39

PHOENIX

Rain
64/52

AQI Good
s Sunny

TUE

AQI Good

PHILADELPHIA

ORLANDO

Rain,
drizzle
60/50
A P.M.
shower
59/50
A little
rain
60/53

Sunny
82/59

THU

AQI Good

NEW YORK

TUE

sn Snow

T-storm
65/48

AQI Good

NEW ORLEANS

sf Snowflurries

U.S. CITIES

THU

WED
THU

HONOLULU

DETROIT

DENVER
Mostly
sunny
74/57
Mostly
sunny
80/56

Sunny
92/70
Mostly
sunny
98/70
Partly
sunny
93/62

AQI Unhealthy s/g

Warmer
64/49
Showers
around
56/44
A P.M.
shower
65/44

AQI Good
SALT LAKE CITY

TUE
WED
THU

Partly
sunny
73/51
Partly
sunny
80/59
T-shower
81/55

TUE
WED
THU

Mostly
sunny
85/73
A stray
shower
85/73
A stray
shower
86/73

AQI Good
SAN DIEGO

TUE
WED
THU

Clouds
break
70/60
Mostly
cloudy
68/60
T-storm
67/58

HOUSTON
Warmer
76/53

TUE

WED

Plenty of
sun
81/56

WED

THU

Sunny
84/56

THU

AQI Moderate
SAN FRANCISCO

LOS ANGELES

LAS VEGAS

TUE

Mostly
sunny
84/66
Partly
sunny
90/64
Partly
sunny
82/55

AQI Moderate

TUE
WED
THU

Clearing
66/53

TUE

WED

A P.M.
shower
64/53

WED

THU

T-storm
63/51

THU

T-storm
68/55

AQI Moderate
WASHINGTON

SEATTLE

TUE

Partly
sunny
76/59
Mostly
cloudy
72/58

Not as
warm
73/52
A few
showers
63/51
Mainly
cloudy
67/49

TUE
WED
THU

AQI Moderate

AQI Good

AQI Good

AQI Good

TODAY
71/61t
72/50c
60/50r
56/44r
75/57t
68/54pc
72/48pc
70/47pc
95/66s
81/64t
72/41s
65/44pc
56/41pc
73/53pc
54/43r
77/59t
70/42s
74/51pc
74/55r
60/40pc
82/56pc
77/53pc
73/54pc
67/36pc

Sarasota, Fla.
Savannah, Ga.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Shreveport, La.
Sioux Falls, S.D.
South Bend, Ind.
Spokane, Wash.
Springfield, Mo.
Springfield, Ill.
St. Louis
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Tallahassee, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.
Toledo, Ohio
Topeka, Kan.
Tucson, Ariz.
Tupelo, Miss.
Tulsa, Okla.
Virginia Beach, Va.
Wichita, Kan.
Wilmington, Del.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Worcester, Mass.

TODAY WED
87/73pc 82/68r
85/66t
83/57pc
91/67s
97/68s
74/54pc 81/56s
68/41pc 66/40s
64/43pc 51/38c
81/55s
78/55c
67/47pc 72/43s
66/50pc 64/42pc
68/54pc 69/46pc
87/72pc 80/68r
62/42pc 60/46sh
85/65t
83/56s
87/74pc 79/68r
63/46pc 56/41sh
69/49pc 70/43s
90/62s
96/62s
72/50c
74/49pc
72/50pc 79/48s
74/59t
65/54t
73/48pc 75/47s
65/50r
65/48sh
77/56t
73/49t
54/41sh 55/43c

WORLD CITIES

Rain
68/55
A stray
shower
68/54
Rain,
cooler
61/52

AQI Good

t Thunderstorms

Nags Head, N.C.

Nashville, Tenn.
Newark, N.J.
New Haven, Conn.
Norfolk, Va.
Oakland, Calif.
Oklahoma City
Omaha, Neb.
Palm Springs, Calif.
Pensacola, Fla.
Pierre, S.D.
Pittsburgh
Portland, Maine
Portland, Ore.
Providence, R.I.
Raleigh, N.C.
Rapid City, S.D.
Reno, Nev.
Richmond, Va.
Rochester, N.Y.
Sacramento, Calif.
San Antonio
San Jose, Calif.
Santa Fe, N.M.

WED
67/57t
73/47pc
59/49c
57/45c
66/54t
65/54c
77/50s
69/43s
91/61pc
80/62s
73/46s
64/46t
53/41c
65/50sh
58/46c
74/52t
74/46s
69/47c
69/51sh
63/45c
74/51c
84/56s
70/54c
73/42s

Beijing
Buenos Aires
Cancun, Mexico
Dubai, UAE
Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
London
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai, India
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Sydney
Toronto
Tokyo

TODAY
78/47s
58/40s
90/78s
93/78s
58/37sh
83/76c
68/56pc
87/59pc
73/43s
60/41pc
85/54pc
60/40pc
67/43c
92/83s
61/39pc
79/65s
72/52s
64/50r
92/81c
75/57s
60/42pc
72/63w

WED
83/54pc
63/47pc
90/73t
97/79s
61/39pc
84/77sh
65/53c
69/54c
69/43s
63/45pc
83/54t
60/45pc
66/40sh
90/83s
63/42pc
81/69s
72/51t
68/49s
91/80c
74/56s
60/43sh
74/63r

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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

OPINION
TODAYS DEBATE LGBT RIGHTS

Our view
Transgender bathroom bills
target a non-issue

Opposing view
Why you should
boycott Target

The Islamic State is plotting,

North Korea is testing nukes, the
globe is warming, and U.S. wages
are stagnating. Yet on the campaign trail and in state legislatures, people are talking about ...
bathrooms. More specifically,
laws that would require transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to the
gender they were born with.
To hear supporters of such
laws tell it, the nations restrooms
are under siege. They paint dark
pictures of perverts out to molest
children by posing as the opposite sex to gain access. As he
stumps in Indiana before Tuesdays primary, Ted Cruz mongers
fear about the prospect of adult
male strangers alone in bathrooms with little girls.
North Carolina has enacted a
controversial bathroom law, and
in Oxford, Ala., transgender people can go to jail for six months
for using the restroom that
matches the gender they identify
with. Over 1 million people
more than some estimates of all
the transgender people in America have signed pledges to boycott Target stores since the chain
announced that its transgender
employees and customers were
free to use whatever restroom
they felt most comfortable in.
Lets take a deep breath. Yes,
the transgender-rights movement does raise some complex issues. And, yes, some of the

Tim Wildmon

Matthew Tully
GARY, IND. This broken American city, one of so much past glory and even greater heartache, is
what the 2016 election should be
about. If youre running for president, you should be talking and
thinking hard about the nations
biggest challenges, and this city
represents so many of them.
From devastating levels of crime
and educational failure to an economic collapse that is almost absolute, Gary is nothing short of an
American tragedy.
Its almost like theyve all forgotten about it, Dottie Taylor
told me last month as she sat in
the Gary transit center, waiting to
catch a train to nearby Chicago.
Gary has gone down a lot and its
almost like nobody cares.
Drive around this once bustling city, which used to claim
nearly 180,000 residents but now
doesnt have even half that many,
and it can seem nobody cares.
That is, until you talk to the people who live here.

FRAZER HARRISON, GETTY IMAGES

Transgender actress Nicole

Maines won a bathroom lawsuit in Maine in 2014.

conservative bills came after liberal city councils, including in

Charlotte, began writing unnecessary bathroom non-discrimination codes. But this debate is a
solution in search of a problem.
If theres evidence of a bathroom crisis out there, its awfully
hard to find. The American Family Associations online Target
boycott page lists news accounts
of bathroom and locker room incidents that Targets policy can
lead to, but none seems to involve actual transgender people.
Real sex criminals have always
been a menace, bathroom laws or
no. The Target boycott and trans-

gender laws perpetuate the cruel

myth that transgender people are
predators. Evidence and experience argue the opposite.
When South Carolina was considering an anti-transgender
bathroom bill in April, Richland
County Sheriff Leon Lott told the
legislature that in his 41 years in
law enforcement, I have never
heard of a transgender person attacking or otherwise bothering
someone in a restroom. This is a
non-issue. In fact, there is plenty
of evidence that transgender people are the ones most at risk to be
mocked and assaulted.
Critics of the bathroom laws
have noted how hard theyd be to
enforce. Would potty police check
birth certificates at the door?
Wisdom on this issue sometimes comes from unexpected
places. Donald Trump said people
should use the bathroom that
they feel is appropriate, and
transgender icon Caitlyn Jenner
took him up on it, recording herself entering the womens restroom at the Trump International
Hotel and Tower.
South Dakota seemed to be on
its way to adopting a bathroom
law earlier this year until Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard met
with transgender activists to hear
what the measure meant to them.
Then he vetoed the bill, saying it
didnt address any pressing issue, which gets this absurd controversy exactly right.

2016 SHOULD
BE ABOUT
CITIES LIKE
THIS ONE

WHATS BEING DONE?

People like Ophelia Webb, a 70year-old retiree who was picking

up trash and broken glass on the
edges of a vacant high school near
her home. She does this several
days a week, wearing thick rubber
gloves to protect her hands from
the shards of glass. Look at the
blight all over, she said. You can
see the condition of the city.
Whats being done about it?
Its a good question. An essential question this election year.
The visual deterioration of Gary is stunning. Its on a level beyond anything else in the state
and it stops me cold every time I
visit, though I spent 10 years here
as a child in the 1970s and five as
a cub reporter in the 1990s, back
when Gary was routinely labeled
the nations murder capital.
At 7th Avenue and Washington
Street, I photographed a long-ago
abandoned
office
building.
Stretching almost an entire block,
the yellow brick building is covered in graffiti, and every one of
its dozens of windows is broken.
Weeds, trash and tires filled the
sidewalk in front, and graffiti inside advertised gangs such as the
Vice Lords. Angela is a heroin
dealer, someone painted on one
wall, providing a phone number.
Blocks away, a towering and
once majestic church is now vacant. Vacant so long that its roof
is caving in, its windows are gone
and chunks of limestone have
crumbled from the exterior. Rare
is a block that doesnt feature an
abandoned home, or more than
one, in brutal disrepair.
The images are dramatic; one
home I saw had split across the

MATTHEW TULLY, THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Blighted houses in Gary, population less than 80,000.

middle. The elementary school I
attended in fourth grade nearly
40 years ago is now abandoned
faded plywood covers the windows, trash and broken glass fill
the yard, and so many bricks have
fallen off the building that there
are huge holes in its walls.
BABY STEPS

This is an American city. An Indiana city. A city that was sung

about in The Music Man. And
though baby steps toward progress have taken place in recent
years a casino provides tax revenue, the airport is growing, a
strong mayor has been elected,
and some abandoned properties
have been demolished the massive scope of the problems overwhelms any improvements.
The response: In election
years, Democratic presidential
and statewide candidates come
looking for easy votes in this
Democratic stronghold; Republicans largely stay away. There are
no easy or quick fixes.
I dont know what the solution is, said Mike Wright, 53, as
he waited for a train to take him
to his job in Chicago. But I do
know that we need a 20-year plan
or a 30-year plan.
I drove around Gary for hours,
stopping to talk to residents at
bus stops, businesses and work
sites. I asked those I talked to
about the state of the city, and the

collective reaction can be

summed up in the disappointed
sighs and the are-you-crazy
smiles that followed my questions. Then I asked what theyd
say to a presidential candidate.
The answers were the same you
hear every election year in city after city. Theyre only a bit more
desperate here.
Jobs, Webb said as she picked
up a broken bottle.
Carita Mitchell agreed. Too
many young people have no real
opportunities, she said as she
stood in a transit center in the
shadows of a steel mill that employs a fraction of the workers it
did a generation or two ago. Like
many others, she must catch a
train to Chicago five days a week
to find the work that is largely
unattainable here.
The candidates, she said,
should be talking more about
that instead of about each other.
Why do I care about what they
think of each other? It should be
about jobs.
Anyone running for president
should take a close, honest look at
the challenges Gary faces. Most
important, they should offer
more than just talk about the
bold steps they will take to help
save American cities like this one.
Matthew Tully is a political columnist for The Indianapolis Star,
where this column first ran.

For the entirety of its history

until recently, Target had bathrooms and fitting rooms designated for men and for women.
Why? Why the distinction by
Target and every other retailer
in every civilized country?
The answers are twofold and
quite simple. First, the vast majority of people are uncomfortable using the bathroom while
a stranger of the opposite sex is
present. Second, most people
understand the potential danger inherent in allowing men
access to women and children
in a private setting where harassment, voyeurism or even
abuse can occur.
So what has changed? Does
anyone at Target actually believe those two guiding principles have changed?
They have not, and at the
American Family Association,
we believe a very large percentage of the country agrees with
us. In one week alone, more
than 1 million people have
signed the pledge to boycott
Target over this issue. This is
unprecedented for AFA.
Of course, there is a simple
solution to this controversy for
Target. Gender-specific facilities (mens bathrooms/fitting
rooms, womens bathrooms/fit-

ting rooms) would be maintained, and a single-occupancy,

unisex option would be provided for the transgendered community. As someone has
recently noted, a transgendered man, for example, who
walks past a unisex restroom in
order to enter the womans
bathroom is not primarily interested in relieving himself.
He wants to make a point.
Well, evidently there are
consumers who want to make a
point, too. If Bruce Springsteen
can boycott North Carolina,
moms and dads can boycott
Target.
But there is a larger issue at
stake here. To quote psychiatrist Keith Ablow: The bathroom debate is really a debate
about the fundamental way we
Americans will define any truth
whether as something deeply
felt by an individual, or something scientifically demonstrable and verifiable.
If we are going to allow individuals to define reality according to their feelings, then
Target should allow a 20-yearold to get a senior discount if
he self-identifies as a 65-yearold. Would Target accept that
self-identity? If not, why not,
based on their logic?
Tim Wildmon is American
Family Association president.

Im a poll worker, but

now I dread my job
Carrie Scherpelz
After several years of experience as an election worker, I was
surprised to find myself dreading
Wisconsins primary. Running
elections has grown more daunting with every new voting law
passed by the legislature, especially the photo ID requirement
and voter registration rules.
The need for public confidence
in fair and impartial elections is
at the heart of why I choose to
volunteer. I dont want voters to
stand in long lines or feel scrutinized as if they were passing
through an airport checkpoint.
Most of all, I hate telling young
voters that their student IDs are
not on Wisconsins very short and
very specific list of approved
forms of identification.
My polling place is located in a
large Madison retirement community. I recognize most who live
and vote there, longtime voters
who often sign their names in the
poll book with a shaky hand.
Many are not able to drive, so
they let their drivers licenses expire. If the license expiration date
is before Nov. 4, 2014, it is not approved for voting.
All I can do is tell those lacking
an approved ID they can still
vote by casting a provisional
ballot and presenting the city
clerk with the proper ID within
three days. But what good is a
vote if its not counted? Of the 123
provisional ballots cast citywide
April 5 by voters, only 41 were
counted. The rushed process of
obtaining a proper ID and getting
to City Hall is an obstacle that
two-thirds of our provisional voters couldnt surmount.
That obstacle was put in place
despite evidence that voter im-

personation is essentially non-existent.

On Election Day, 24,625 voters
registered at the 87 polling places
in Madison, thanks to Wisconsins same-day registration option. I usually spend most of my
time assisting long lines at the
registration table, but I find that
task is now more complicated
and even troubling.
For instance, Im very uncomfortable with current requirements for recording a voters
proof of address. I dont think
most Wisconsin banks and businesses realize that registrars
must write down the last few digits of peoples account numbers
when they register them to vote. I
know banks and businesses respect their customers privacy. I
know they would not release information to an official to verify a
voters address without a court
order.
To make matters worse, Wisconsin legislators cut early voting
hours in half and eliminated early
voting on evenings and weekends,
creating yet more pressure at the
polls on election days.
Like Wisconsin, many states
have recently passed restrictive
voting laws. These measures are
undermining faith in our democracy, even as some courts are upholding them.
I have a suggestion for Wisconsin legislators and their counterparts in other states: Why not
spend a day as a poll worker before you pass more laws that create obstacles to voting?
Carrie Scherpelz is a freelance
graphic designer who volunteers
as a poll worker in Madison, Wis.
A version of this column originally
appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

The first USA-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades remains docked at the port of Havana Monday.

JORGE BELTRAN, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Hola! First U.S.-Cuba cruise

in decades docks in Havana
To meet
embargo
criteria,
journey
qualifies as
peopleto-people
educational
trip

More than
a dozen
lines have
announced
plans for
cruises,
which
could
mean
more than
100,000
people
visiting
Cuba from
the USA
aboard
cruise ships
by 2017.

Alan Gomez
@alangomez
USA TODAY

MIAMI With its horn blaring and

salsa music pouring from its
speakers, a U.S. cruise ship
docked in Havana on Monday
morning, the first time that has
happened in nearly 40 years.
Well never forget this day,
Capt. David Box said over the
ships public address system as
the ship approached the harbor,
according to The Miami Herald.
The trip represents the latest
step in the normalization process
between the Cold War foes that
was started by President Obama
and Cuban President Ral Castro
on Dec. 17, 2014. Since then, the
countries embassies have reopened in Washington and Havana, Obama visited Cuba, and
more U.S. businesses operate on
the long-isolated island.
The voyage of the Adonia, a
704-passenger vessel operated by
Fathom Travel and owned by
Miami-based Carnival Cruise
Lines, was a source of controversy long before it set sail. At first,
the Cuban government forbade
anybody born in Cuba from traveling on the cruise, citing national
security concerns. Cuban Americans in Miami filed a federal lawsuit to stop the cruise because of
that restriction. Two weeks before the Adonia was scheduled to
depart the port of Miami, the Cuban government dropped the restriction.
The U.S. still maintains an economic embargo on Cuba that forbids U.S. citizens from traveling
there purely as tourists. Americans can travel to Cuba under 12
categories that include educational, religious and humanitarian reasons. The voyages will
include onboard workshops covering Cubas history, culture and
music, which qualifies the cruise
as a people-to-people educational tour.
Passenger Carey Rybicki said
she received a lot of grief for
booking a ticket on the cruise.
Like so many other Americans
who have fantasized about visiting the mysterious, communist
island, she said she couldnt
resist.
Some of my friends thought I
was foolish, she told WSVN-TV.
But it was something I always
wanted to do.
The Adonias seven-day cruise
around Cuba, which includes
stops in Havana, Cienfuegos and
Santiago de Cuba, is only the

ADALBERTO ROQUE, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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Miami

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BAHAMAS

Havana
Cienfuegos

A Cuban
waves a U.S.
flag at the
Malecon waterfront as
the first USAto-Cuba
cruise ship in
decades
glides into
the port of
Havana on
Monday.

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start. Carnival said the ship will

cruise twice a month to Havana.
Meanwhile, Norwegian Cruise
Lines said it was in negotiations
with the Cuban government to
begin sailing to the island this
year. In addition, Connecticutbased Pearl Sea Cruises has been
trying to get approval for Cuba
trips, and small-ship specialist
Ponant plans to start sailing in
2017.
More than a dozen lines have
announced plans to run USA-toCuba cruises, which could lead to
more than 100,000 people passenger visiting Cuba from the
USA by 2017, according to the
U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic
Council. That could result in
more than $300 million in revenue for cruise operators, about
$88 million of which would go directly to the Cuban government,
council President John Kavulich
said.
That income is a lure for the
Cuban government, which has
struggled over the decades to improve impoverished conditions
for many of its 11 million citizens.

HAROLD VALENTINE, AP

Tourism from the USA has increased more than 50% after the
announcement in 2014. Hotels,
restaurants and transportation
services in Havana have operated
at or near capacity ever since,
straining the countrys ability to
accommodate the rush. Passengers aboard the Adonia, and other
cruise ships, will sleep and eat
most of their meals onboard, easing that strain.
Before the Cuban revolution in
1959, cruise ships regularly traveled from the USA to Cuba. Caribbean cruises departed from
New York, and $42 overnight
weekend jaunts left twice a week
from Miami, Michael Grace, an
amateur cruise ship historian,
told the Associated Press.
He said the United Fruit company operated a once-a-week
cruise service out of New Orleans.
Cuba was a very big destination for Americans, just enormous, Grace said.

Cruises dwindled in the years

leading up to the Cuban Revolution and ended entirely after Fidel Castro, Rals brother,
overthrew the U.S.-backed government in 1959.
Monday, the first passengers
off the Adonia were a CubanAmerican couple.
Arnie Prez and his wife, Carmen, experienced the difficult negotiations to get a U.S. cruise ship
in Cuba for nearly a year. Prez is
Carnivals chief legal counsel and
was in the middle of the long
process, which included the federal lawsuit, protests outside Carnivals offices and months of
uncertainty. He said the opportunity to help change the situation
in Cuba made the effort well
worth it.
The time is now to do something different toward Cuba, he
told The Miami Herald. Were
engaging with people, and we are
hoping for the best.

The Hotel
National in
Havana welcomed foreign guests in
1957.

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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Rieder: Iraqs alleged

WMDs to get star
treatment, 2B

Your
eyes
may
soon be
your
mouse,
5B

PAUL J. RICHARDS,
AFP/GETTY IMAGES

FOVE

Halliburton bust likely to spur more oil sales

After Baker Hughes
deal called off, wave of
cost cutting may be next
Nathan Bomey

@NathanBomey
USA TODAY

The collapse of the proposed

tie-up between oilfield services
giants Halliburton and Baker
Hughes may trigger a wave of
consolidation and further cost
cutting as the industry reels from
low oil prices.
Baker Hughes on Monday announced plans to shed $500 million in costs after the U.S. Justice
Department blocked the companys sale to rival Halliburton on
MONEYLINE
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
MAKES $1.9B ACQUISITION
Memphis-based International
Paper said Monday it would
acquire the pulp business of
Federal Way, Wash.-based
Weyerhaeuser. The deal is valued at $1.9 billion, including a
$300 million tax benefit, and is
expected to close in the fourth
quarter.
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MANUFACTURING GREW
MORE SLOWLY IN APRIL
Manufacturing activity increased
at a slower pace in April as the
weak global economy and oil
slump continued to weigh. An
index of factory activity fell to
50.8 from 51.8 in March, the Institute for Supply Management
said Monday. A reading above
50 indicates expansion.

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG.

17,950
17,900

117.52

17,850

4:00 p.m.

17,891

17,800
17,750
17,700

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INDEX

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USA SNAPSHOTS

Time limit for

new hires
Most, 63%, believe
a new hire has

less than

to prove
himself/herself
in a new role.
Source Robert Half Finance &
Accounting survey of 2,200 chief
financial officers
JAE YANG AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

2011 PHOTO BY AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Halliburton says it will pay a

$3.5 billion breakup fee to
Baker Hughes.

barrel, to edge back to the $50-to$60 range by the second half of

the year, but that would still not
be enough to make many companies profitable on their own.
Baker Hughes will immediately begin cost-cutting measures.

Halliburton will pay a $3.5 billion breakup fee to Baker Hughes,

which will in turn devote $1.5 billion of that to share buybacks and
$1 billion to repay debt. The fee is
fairly generous and could
strengthen Baker Hughes, says
Jim Milligan, a natural resource
analyst at Olivetree Securities.
Though investors anticipated
potential opposition to the tie-up
when it was revealed in late November 2014, the governments
exuberant reaction to the mergers demise underscores the risks
big companies face at the altar.
The hurdle is higher because
its more of an active DOJ, and the
Obama administration is on its
way out, so obviously it wants to
leave more of a footprint, Milligan says.

The deal was once valued at

$34 billion. Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Gelfand of
the Justice Departments Antitrust Division told reporters the
deal would have harmed energy
companies and would have
harmed American consumers.
Baker Hughes shares fell 2%
Thursday to $47.40. Halliburton
rose 2% to $42.05.
The Obama administration
hailed the deals demise, trumpeting the growing list of mergers
blocked as regulators increase
scrutiny of potentially anti-competitive deals. The administration
has killed more than 30 anticompetitive mergers, Gelfand
says. Some 130 mergers have
been blocked or altered through
settlements such as divestitures.

AS FUNDING DRIES UP, START-UPS

START TO FOCUS ON BOTTOM LINE

With climate changing,

most are just proud
to get any backing at all

Hundreds of
start-ups,
many seeking
funding, convened for the
Collision
conference.

Jon Swartz

@jswartz
USA TODAY

JON SWARTZ, USA TODAY

Foursquare, which became the

poster child for slashed
start-up valuations when it
raised its latest round of
funding, is now turning the
scenario into a sales pitch.
Raising $45 million is a testament to how well our company is
growing ... only companies with
real momentum get funding,
Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck said
last week at the Collision tech investing conference. Through services including location-based
analysis of consumer spending,
Foursquare should triple its market valuation over the next several years, Glueck predicted.
Welcome to high-techs new
math. Forget market valuations,
the estimate of how much a private company would be worth in
a sale or IPO. When Foursquare
raised its latest round of funding,
its valuation was marked down
60%, to $250 million, according
to estimates published in The
Wall Street Journal and other
outlets. The point is that it raised
money, period.
Good companies will still
raise money in bad environNEW

ORLEANS

JON SWARTZ, USA TODAY

Only companies with real

momentum get
funding, Foursquare CEO Jeff
Glueck says.

GETTY IMAGES/
ISTOCKPHOTO

Bitcoin creator comes

forward, but few believe
Australian asserts he
created digital currency
Brett Molina
@brettmolina23
USA TODAY

Have we finally discovered the

mysterious founder of cryptocurrency Bitcoin?
Australian businessman and
computer scientist Craig Wright
claimed Monday he created the
digital currency.
In a blog post published Monday, Wright said he is behind the
online alias Satoshi Nakamoto,
the name identified with the creator of the digital currency, which
aims to replace cash and the traditional financial system with
unique codes shared between users. Bitcoin prices have been on a
roller coaster the past three years,
bid up by the currencys potential
and then pummeled by the collapse of an exchange and bitcoins
connection to criminal activity.
But the currencys associated
blockchain technology, which

acts as a public
has
ledger,
been increasingly sought
after by large
financial institutions.
Wrights
post is largely
AP
technical, exCraig Wright
plaining how
through cryptographic keys a key element in
the technology he can prove he
is the founder.
The BBC, The Economist and
GQ were given access to Wright
and reviewed evidence he says
proves he founded Bitcoin. Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist
Gavin Andresen says he is convinced beyond a reasonable
doubt Wright is the founder after a recent meeting in London.
But doubts linger. Cornell University computer science professor and cryptocurrency expert
Emin Gun Sirer disputed
Wrights claims, noting he failed
to provide a free-standing signature from Satoshi.

ments. The thing we havent

seen is theres a whole generation of entrepreneurs
who only have raised
money in good times
and took really for
granted how easy it
was, said Saar Gur,
general partner at
capital
venture
firm Charles River
Ventures, in a USA
podcast.
TODAY
Theyre about to get a
rude awakening.
A confluence of factors
a nearly nonexistent tech IPO
market, tightening funding and
murmurs of an impending bubble
have start-ups focusing on
profits and unsure of when or if
the next cash infusion will come.
And when they do raise money,
the estimated valuation is likely
to show investors think the company is worth a lot less than they
did two years ago.
That was the clear message
among the hundreds of earlystage companies that descended
on the Collision conference.
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months

antitrust concerns.
Now, some analysts are anticipating a fresh round of mergers,
acquisitions and restructuring to
cope with low cash flow from
crude oils decline. Halliburton
and Baker Hughes, however, are
viewed as financially resilient
enough to ride out the cycle.
The initial thought was that
divestitures from the deal would
shape the profile of the industry
with many players waiting to see
how the process would shake
out, Deutsche Bank analyst Mike
Urban wrote in a research note to
investors. With the deal now
called off, we believe it could set
off a wave of industry restructuring/consolidation.
Many analysts expect oil
prices, now in the mid-$40s a

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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Turing sued over 5,000% drug price hike

Calif. firm says Turing

breached contract for
sale rights of Daraprim
Kevin McCoy
@kmccoynyc
USA TODAY

The drug firm previously headed by Martin Shkreli was sued

Monday for allegedly breaching a
contract that let it sell Daraprim,
the medication whose price the
company marked up 5,000%,
sparking nationwide criticism.
New York City-based Turing
Pharmaceuticals neglected to
provide and certify accurate pricing data for the drug and failed to

assume responsibility for Medicaid rebate liability linked to the

medications sales, the federal
lawsuit filed in New York by Impax Laboratories charged.
Impax, a California company
that sold its Daraprim sale rights
to Turing in August, also charged
that Turing violated the agreement that it would use best efforts not to do any act (that)
endangers, destroys or similarly
affects the value of the goodwill
of Impaxs corporate name.
Turing did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the allegations. Daraprim is used to treat toxoplasmosis, a potentially life-threatening illness that afflicts those
with AIDS, cancer or other condi-

CRAIG RUTTLE, AP

Ex-Turing CEO Martin Shkreli heads to court in New York

City in December 2015 to face
securities fraud charges.

tions that weaken the immune

system. Turings 2015 price hike
on the decades-old drug last year

under Shkrelis leadership raised

the per-pill cost from $13.50 to
$750.
The price increase generated
complaints from patients, health
industry experts and presidential
candidates. It also prompted
scrutiny of Turing by two congressional panels examining how
drug price hikes affect patients.
Shkreli resigned from Turing
in December, one day after he
was arrested and pleaded not
guilty to unrelated charges of securities fraud. The embattled
pharmaceutical
entrepreneur,
who had defended the Daraprim
price hike, invoked his constitutional right not to testify and incriminate himself when he
appeared under subpoena for a

Fiat Chrysler
CEO named
as new chief
of Ferrari

ANOTHER
HOLLYWOOD
STAR TURN
FOR JOURNALISM

Sergio Marchionne
replaces Amedeo Felisa
effective immediately
Brent Snavely
Detroit Free Press

JEROME DELAY, AP

Rob Reiner plans to direct a movie about reporting that raised doubts about Saddam Husseins phantom weapons of mass destruction.

Rem Rieder
@remrieder
USA TODAY

In his bravura, take-no-prisoners star turn at the White House

Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, President Obama eviscerated a wide variety of targets.
The press was hardly off limits.
With performers from the Oscar-winning movie Spotlight in
the house, Obama said: As you
know, Spotlight is a film about investigative journalists with the
resources, the autonomy, to chase
down the truth and hold the powerful accountable. Best fantasy
film since Star Wars.
Great line, of course, given the
news medias abundant challenges and stumbles in recent
years. But the film was right on
target and a powerful inspiration
to investigative reporters and
would-be investigative reporters
across the globe.
Now it turns out Hollywood is
setting its sights on another
brave, but tragically unheeded,
episode of journalism excellence.
Politicos Mike Allen reveals
that director Rob Reiner is planning a movie about the reporting
by Knight Ridder during the runup to the Iraq War, raising questions about the Bush administrations assertions Saddam Hussein
had weapons of mass destruction.
That was a key rationale for the
invasion of Iraq. But he didnt.
The Knight Ridder reporting
was a particularly significant
achievement, and one that cannot
be celebrated enough.
It is the context that makes the

reporting particularly special.

This was in the wake of 9/11, and
the Bush administration was determined to go after Saddam.
Emotions were raw, and skepticism about the endeavor could be
equated with a lack of patriotism.
Much of the journalism was
largely unquestioning. The New
York Times later published a
From the Editors note admitting
the papers shortcomings. To
many, it was a low point for contemporary journalism.
In contrast to the uncritical reporting that was so pervasive,
Knight Ridder ran stories with
headlines like Lack of hard evidence of Iraqi weapons worries
top U.S. officials and Troubling
questions over justification for
war in Iraq.
The journalism was first class,
squarely in the tradition of If
your mother says she loves you,
check it out. But, sadly, it had little impact. Knight Ridder didnt
own any papers in media capitals
such as New York and Washington, D.C. Its work didnt change
the conversation or the news
agenda. The country plunged into
an unnecessary and endlessly
damaging war, one whose consequences continue to haunt us.
And in a sad postscript, Knight
Ridder is no more. In 2006, the
company was sold to McClatchy.
While the key players in the
WMD coverage reporters Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay
and bureau chief John Walcott
have left the company, McClatchys Washington bureau continued
the tradition of skeptical, independent journalism.
I contacted Strobel, who is now
with Reuters along with Landay
and Walcott, to get more details
about the movie but learned Cas-

TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP

President George W. Bush

made his case before the United Nations on Sept. 12, 2002.

tle Rock Entertainment wants to

hold off on further publicity at
this time. The script isnt finished, and the actors havent been
lined up. But clearly a movie is in
the works. Castle Rock told me to
call back in a week.
Allen reported the movies
working title is Shock and Awe.
He wrote that on a recent Sunday Strobel and his former colleagues met for about 7 hours at
the Four Seasons in Georgetown
to go over the script page by
page with Reiner, his wife Michelle, financier Johnson Chan,
and scriptwriter Joey Hartstone.
Strobel told Allen about 2
years ago, Rob Reiner actually
called us and told us hes been
wanting to do this movie for
awhile and weve been working
with him and a script writer for
the last two years and things have
really accelerated in the last few
months.
And its clear Strobel has high
hopes for the movie, both in
terms of its message and impact.
This has been cast often in the
public sphere as an intelligence
failure, but Im hoping the movie

will make clear that it really

wasnt an intelligence failure,
Strobel said. That these people
wanted to go to war long before
the intelligence was clear one way
or the other.
We also hope that it serves as
maybe what Spotlight did to motivate young journalists and show
what investigative journalism is
like and how important it is.
There were a lot of important
lessons from the WMD episode.
Paramount is the need to report
skeptically regardless of circumstance and risk. But another is
the value of cultivating sources in
the bureaucracy and not just relying on high-level pronouncements. This was an instance
hardly the only one where not
being an insider was a big plus.
Knight Ridder is not, in some
peoples eyes, seen as playing in
the same ball field as The New
York Times and some major networks, Strobel told American
Journalism Review in 2004. People at the Times were mainly talking to senior administration
officials, who were mostly pushing the administration line. We
were mostly talking to the lowerlevel people or dissidents, who
didnt necessarily repeat the party line.
Trouble is, you develop those
sources when you are on a fulltime beat. And the sharp cutback
in the number of outlets covering
Washington departments and
agencies full time isnt exactly a
cause for optimism.
But Hollywoods interest in
good journalism is. Despite the
fields financial constraints and
sometimes disappointing coverage decisions, journalism plays a
key role in our democracy. A pop
culture shot in the arm can help.

Even a down round is cause for cheer in tech

v CONTINUED FROM 1B

It is harder to raise money

from the venture and IPO markets because the business models
(of tech companies) are under
more scrutiny, Raj De Datta,
CEO of BloomReach, a data science and machine learning company that raised $56 million in
funding in January, said in a
phone interview.
Glueck wouldnt comment on
the new valuation of the firm after its latest round of capital. Hes
among scores of executives who
face the same delicate dance:
Raise funds as valuations are
scaled back and investors more
closely scrutinize profitability,
burn rates and long-term business prospects.
Venture capitalists poured
$12.1 billion into 969 deals for
start-ups in the first quarter this
year, down 11% for each category

VENTURE FUNDING, DEALS FOR START-UPS WANE

Funding and deals for start-ups has steadily declined the past year,
according to analysts.
No. of deals

Dollar value (in billions)

$17.3 $16.7

1,085

Q1

1,218 1,173

Q2
Q3
2015

$13.7
1,021

Q4

$12.0 $12.1

969

Q1
2016

Q1

Q2
Q3
2015

Q4

Q1
2016

Sources Thomson Reuters, PricewaterhouseCoopers and

the National Venture Capital Association
KRIS KINKADE, USA TODAY

from the same quarter a year ago,

according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Na-

February hearing by the House

Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform.
But a May 27, 2015, Shkreli memo obtained by the House panel
showed he wrote $1bn here we
come, as Turing moved to acquire the Daraprim sale rights.
Impaxs lawsuit said the company had no forewarning of Turings price hike and would
receive no financial remuneration linked to the increase.
It nonetheless found itself
subject to significant liability due
to Turings actions, Impaxs lawsuit alleged. Turing retains the
profits from its stunning price increase and at the same time refuses to provide complete and
timely information to Impax.

tional Venture Capital Association. It isnt quite the dot-com

bubble of the early 2000s or the

2008 financial crisis, but its beginning to feel like it, execs say.
The IPO of Dell cybersecurity
division SecureWorks, the first in
tech this year, was flat its first day
of trading in April. Ride-sharing
service Shuddle shut down last
month. Gilt Groupe, a flash sale
e-commerce company valued at
$1 billion in 2011, was sold for
$250 million in January to Hudson Bay, owner of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Subscription firm Birchbox announced a 15% workforce reduction, or 45 jobs, in February.
Zenefits, once valued at $4.5 billion, slashed 250 jobs, or 17% of
its workforce, also in February.
Its harder for mediocre startups to be funded now than, say,
five or even two years ago, added
Shama Hyder, an angel investor
in female-led tech companies.
Theres not as much stupid money. Investors are savvier.

Sergio Marchionne assured

Wall Street on Monday that Ferrari will continue to pursue the
same strategic growth plan he
outlined last year as chairman
now that he also is taking over as
CEO of the exotic Italian
automaker.
Over the past two years, Marchionne has overseen the evolution of Ferrari from a niche brand
that was part of Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles into an independent
company under the belief that
the companys value and profits
can expand exponentially now
that it stands on
its own.
Marchionne
was
named
CEO of Ferrari
on Monday as
the automaker
announced its
GETTY IMAGES
most profitable
Sergio
ever
quarter
and reported a Marchionne
15% increase in
sales.
I was the one that pitched the
Ferrari case on the road. Its not
going to be a different case than
the one that I presented to the
capital markets at the end of last
year, Marchionne said. We are
beginning, just now, to define the
true potential on the passenger
car side of what this house can
actually deliver.
Ferraris first-quarter net profit
increased 19% to 78 million euros
($89.5 million). That compares
with 65 million euros in the same
period last year.
Marchionne said the improvement was due both to a reduction
in costs and an increase in sales.
Ferrari sold 1,882 cars during the
first quarter, a 15% increase over
the same period last year.
We have, as expected, delivered an incredibly strong quarter, Marchionne said.
Marchionnes appointment as
CEO is effective immediately. It is
not expected to affect Marchionnes other corporate responsibilities, which include his
role as CEO of Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles, a global automaker,
and chairman of CNH Industrial,
a global manufacturer of agricultural equipment.
At Ferrari, he replaced Amedeo
Felisa, who has been with Ferrari
for 26 years. Felisa will continue
to serve on Ferraris board of directors with what the automaker
described as a mandate to act as
technical adviser to the company.
I have known Amedeo for
more than a decade, and I have
had the opportunity to work with
him closely for the last two
years, Marchionne said in a
statement. He is beyond any
doubt one of the best automotive
engineers in the world.
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AMERICAS MARKETS
What to watch
Matt Krantz
@mattkrantz
USA TODAY

The rise of the activist investor

is here. Activist investors, or
those that take stakes in companies with the goal of prompting
management to deliver better
profitability, are growing. Activist
investors held $133.5 billion in
stock positions as of the end of
2015, up 128% from 2004, says a
report from S&P Global Market
Intelligence to be released Tuesday. The number of activists firms
is up 65% to 280 as of the end of
2015 from 174 in 2004.
One of the biggest criticisms of
activist investors is theyre not
long-term investors and just push
a company to take short-term
steps to improve profitablity. The
criticism is somewhat deserved.
S&P Global found 40% of ac-

Facts about Americas investors

who use SigFig tracking services:

tivist investors cut or completely

close out their positions in just a
quarter after making large commitments. Some activists stick
around longer, but thats unusual.
Carl Icahn, the largest activist
investor, was invested in Apple
for years until finally dumping all
his shares last week. But while activists might be passing through
in many cases, the concepts they
often support can reap long-term
benefits, S&P Global says.
Activists, and companies that
adopt activist thinking, often focus on improving their return on
invested capital. This is a financial measure that tells you how
much profit is driven out of the
money entrusted to the company
by investors. Turns out companies that focus on improving
ROIC tend to outperform the
market over the following one-tofive-year time periods, S&P Global says.

DOW
JONES

DJIA

Altria Group (MO) was

the most-bought stock
among SigFig investors in
mid-April whose holdings
are mostly domestic stocks.

INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

CHANGE: +.7%
YTD: +466.13
YTD % CHG: +2.7%

COMP

+42.23
CHANGE: +.9%
YTD: -189.82
YTD % CHG: -3.8%

CLOSE: 17,891.16
PREV. CLOSE: 17,773.64
RANGE: 17,773.71-17,912.35

NASDAQ

+10.07

CLOSE: 4,817.59
PREV. CLOSE: 4,775.36
RANGE: 4,768.28-4,821.57

CLOSE: 2,081.43
PREV. CLOSE: 2,065.30
RANGE: 2,066.11-2,083.42

CLOSE: 1,140.92
PREV. CLOSE: 1,130.85
RANGE: 1,129.24-1,140.92

S&P 500S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS

GAINERS

Price

$ Chg

YTD
% Chg % Chg

Wynn Resorts (WYNN)

Shares up on April Macau revenue.

94.28

+5.98

+6.8 +36.3

Sysco (SYY)
Rises after profit tops estimates.

48.61 +2.54

+5.5

+18.6

683.85 +24.26

+3.7

+1.2

+3.6

+7.0

Company (ticker symbol)

Amazon.com (AMZN)
Up another day since earnings beat.
Newell Brands (NWL)
Reaches 2016 high after beating forecasts.
Cabot Oil & Gas (COG)
Jumps on product outlook.
Netflix (NFLX)
Climbs as it introduces Punisher series.

+1.64

24.24

+.84

93.11 +3.08

+3.6 +37.0
+3.4

+2.0

Mondelez (MDLZ)
Positive note, tries to even 2016.

+1.35

+3.1

-1.2

433.50 +12.53

+3.0

-9.7

+2.7

+9.1

44.31

48.65

+1.29

YTD
% Chg % Chg

Price

$ Chg

Seagate Technology (STX)

Cut to underweight at JPMorgan.

20.48

-1.29

Southwestern Energy (SWN)

Shares fall as oil prices slip.

12.80

-.63

Helmerich & Payne (HP)

Slides after wider second-quarter loss.

63.05

-3.07

Chesapeake Energy (CHK)

Shares slump along with sliding oil prices.

6.59

-.28

-4.1 +46.4

Marathon Oil (MRO)

Stock lower as oil prices reverse early gain.

13.55

-.54

-3.8

+7.6

National Oilwell Varco (NOV)

Reverses gain on narrower loss for industry.

34.77

-1.27

-3.5

+3.8

-5.9

-44.1

5-day avg.:
6-month avg.:
Largest holding:
Most bought:
Most sold:

-0.09
-1.60
AAPL
AAPL
AAPL

-0.28
-2.01
MSFT
AAPL
AAPL

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-4.6

+17.7

-.45

-3.2 +100.1

Williams Companies (WMB)

Down another day since negative note to sell.

18.81

-.58

-3.0

-26.8

Mallinckrodt (MNK)
Three consecutive losses erases Aprils gain.

60.71

-1.81

-2.9

-18.7

5.44

-.12

-2.2

+16.5

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

4-WEEK TREND

$50

Shares of the corporate software

maker held steady after the comPrice: $40.30
pany said it was buying data storChg: $0.44
age firm Opower for $10.30 a share $30
% chg: 1.1%
April 4
Days high/low: in cash. Shares of Opower jumped
on the unexpected news.
$40.43/$39.83
4-WEEK TREND

GNC Holdings

Fund, ranked by size

Vanguard 500Adml
Vanguard TotStIAdm
Vanguard InstIdxI
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Vanguard InstPlus
Vanguard TotIntl
Fidelity Contra
American Funds IncAmerA m
American Funds GrthAmA m
American Funds CapIncBuA m

NAV
192.20
51.76
190.31
51.74
190.33
14.83
97.81
20.94
41.27
58.27

Chg.
+1.48
+0.40
+1.47
+0.41
+1.48
+0.09
+0.91
+0.10
+0.36
+0.25

4wk 1
+0.5%
+0.8%
+0.5%
+0.8%
+0.5%
+3.9%
+0.3%
+1.2%
+2.0%
+1.5%

YTD 1
+2.5%
+2.4%
+2.5%
+2.3%
+2.5%
+2.7%
-0.4%
+4.3%
unch.
+5.3%

1 CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED

ETF, ranked by volume Ticker

Dir Dly Gold Bear3x
DUST
Barc iPath Vix ST
VXX
SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr
SPY
ProShs Ultra VIX ST
UVXY
CS VS 2x Vix ShTm
TVIX
iShs Emerg Mkts
EEM
SPDR Financial
XLF
iShare Japan
EWJ
CS VS InvVix STerm
XIV
iShares EAFE ETF
EFA

Close
1.38
15.80
207.97
15.05
3.40
34.29
23.52
11.63
27.88
58.98

Chg.
+0.06
-1.03
+1.64
-1.97
-0.43
-0.10
+0.21
+0.21
+1.70
+0.55

% Chg
+4.5%
-6.1%
+0.8%
-11.6%
-11.2%
-0.3%
+0.9%
+1.8%
+6.5%
+0.9%

%YTD
-91.6%
-21.4%
+2.0%
-46.9%
-45.7%
+6.5%
-1.3%
-4.0%
+8.1%
+0.4%

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%
3.25%
0.30%
0.07%
0.21%
0.07%
1.32%
1.56%
1.87%
2.17%

Close 6 mo ago
3.63%
3.89%
2.76%
2.91%
2.79%
2.54%
2.97%
3.27%

SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM

Commodities
Close
Prev.
Cattle (lb.)
1.16
1.23
Corn (bushel)
3.90
3.90
Gold (troy oz.)
1,294.70 1,289.20
Hogs, lean (lb.)
.78
.78
Natural Gas (Btu.)
2.04
2.18
Oil, heating (gal.)
1.36
1.38
Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)
44.78
45.92
Silver (troy oz.)
17.66
17.79
Soybeans (bushel)
10.36
10.21
Wheat (bushel)
4.77
4.78

Chg.
-0.07
unch.
+5.50
unch.
-0.14
-0.02
-1.14
-0.13
+0.15
-0.01

% Chg.
+0.7%
unch.
+0.4%
unch.
-6.2%
-2.2%
-2.5%
-0.8%
+1.4%
-0.2%

% YTD
-14.7%
+8.8%
+22.1%
+31.1%
-12.6%
+23.2%
+20.9%
+28.2%
+18.9%
+1.5%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Currency per dollar
British pound
Canadian dollar
Chinese yuan
Euro
Japanese yen
Mexican peso

Close
.6818
1.2550
6.4779
.8678
106.45
17.2137

Prev.
.6845
1.2541
6.4755
.8731
106.73
17.2160

6 mo. ago
.6489
1.3098
6.3397
.9080
120.76
16.4559

Yr. ago
.6608
1.2170
6.2195
.8935
120.28
15.5816

FOREIGN MARKETS
Country
Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Japan (Nikkei)
London
Mexico City

Close
10,123.27
21,067.05
16,147.38
6,322.40
45,707.87

Prev.
10,038.97
21,388.03
16,666.05
6,322.40
45,784.77

Change
+84.30
-320.98
-518.67
unch.
-76.90

%Chg.
+0.8%
-1.5%
-3.1%
unch.
-0.2%

YTD %
-5.8%
-3.9%
-15.2%
-0.0%
+6.4%

SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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USATODAY.COM/MONEY

$63.05

May 2

$40.30

May 2

$40

The seller of health and wellness

products jumped on the news it is
Price: $26.02
considering a sale of the company. $20
Chg: $1.66
The move comes after a disap% chg: 6.8%
April 4
Days high/low: pointing first quarter. The company is working with Goldman Sachs.
$26.15/$24.55

COMMODITIES
-4.7 +80.0

13.55
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)
Positive note, rating upgrade, doesnt make up early loss.

Frontier Communications (FTR)

Shares lower ahead of earnings call.

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AGGRESSIVE
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The oil and gas well contract drill- $80

er saw its shares get drilled after
Price: $63.05
reporting an adjusted quarterly
Chg: -$3.07
loss of 28 cents a share, a deeper $50
% chg: -4.6%
loss than expected. Crashing oil
April 4
Days high/low: prices are to blame.
$65.70/$61.85
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Gets first win since mixed first-quarter results.
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Positive note, rises from near years low.

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INVESTING ASK MATT

Summer lag,
October ugliness
are key factors
Q: Why do some investors
sell in May?
Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com
USA TODAY

A: Wall Street has more old saws than

a woodshed. Many of these clichs are
statistical coincidences some investors
take quite seriously, even though theres
not really a reason for them.
Sell in May and go ahead, is one of
the more popular adages some investors
like to talk about. The theory is that
stocks tend to post their biggest gains
from November to April and then lag between May and October. Some investors
figure its prudent to pack it up in April
and stay out of the market potentially
missing some October ugliness and
then getting back in November.
Historically, this has worked on average. The average gain by the Standard &
Poors 500 between May and October is
just 0.7%, while stocks rose 5.9% on average between November and April, Sam
Stovall of S&P Global Market Intelligence says.
Some suggest the market becomes inefficient during the summer as traders
head for the beach. But theres little evidence of this being the case largely because its a global phenomenon.
Emerging nation indexes, which contain many nations below the equator
where May through October is winter,
also show the same pattern. Its more
likely a temporary slowdown in capital
inflows.

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TECH

Bronx to get Amazon same-day delivery

Company under fire for bypassing ZIP codes

that are predominantly black, Hispanic
Elizabeth Weise

@eweise
USA TODAY

SAN FRANCISCO Amazon says it

is working to bring free, same-day
delivery to New Yorks Bronx borough after an outcry when an
analysis found the heavily black
and Hispanic area was the one
part of New York City that did
not have access to the service.
Amazon is actively working to
enable its Prime Free Same-Day

Delivery service to the Bronx in

the coming weeks, the Seattle
company said in an email.
A furor erupted when an analysis by Bloomberg found that in
some of the largest cities where
the service is available, it bypasses ZIP codes that are predominantly black and Hispanic.
Amazon agreed last week to
bring the Prime same-day service
to Roxbury, a predominantly
black neighborhood in Boston, after anger there over the omission.
Amazon says it decides where

SPENCER PLATT, GETTY IMAGES

Residents walk through the Eastchester Gardens housing complex Thursday in the Bronx borough of New York City.

to enable same-day delivery

through a number of factors, including location of fulfillment
centers and concentration of
Prime members.
Factors include distance to
the nearest fulfillment center, local demand in an area, numbers
of Prime members in an area, as
well as the ability of our various
carrier partners to deliver up to 9
p.m. every single day, even Sunday, Amazon spokesman Scott
Stanzel told USA TODAY in a
statement.
We will continue expanding
our delivery capabilities and are
adding more ZIP codes rapidly,
he said.

WhatsApp
blocked in
Brazil for
2nd time

Government shutters
app for 72 hours in
dispute over data
Jessica Guynn
USA TODAY

WhatsApp has
been blocked in Brazil for the
second time over the Facebook
messaging apps refusal to comply with a court order to turn
over information in a criminal
investigation.
WhatsApp is being blocked
for 72 hours, according to O Globo, a newspaper in Brazil. Brazils five wireless carriers cannot
transmit WhatsApp data during
the blackout period or risk fines
of 500,000 reals, or about
$140,000. Brazil is home to
more than 100 million Whats
App users.
WhatsApp says it does not
have the data the court seeks.
The WhatsApp blackout comes
as governments around the
world press for access to the
vast amounts of data stored by
technology companies.
SAN FRANCISCO

The next high-tech

computer mouse
could be your eyes
Marco della Cava

@marcodellacava
USA TODAY

The next big

leap for virtual and augmented
reality headsets is likely to be
eye-tracking, where headsetmounted laser beams aimed at
eyeballs turn your peepers into a
mouse.
A number of start-ups are
working on this tech, with an aim
to persuade VR gear manufacturers such as Oculus Rift and HTC
Vive to incorporate the feature in
a next-generation device. They
include SMI, Percept, Eyematic,
Fove and Eyefluence, which recently allowed USA TODAY to
demo its eye-tracking tech.
Eye-tracking is almost guaranteed to be in second-generation VR headsets, says Will
Mason, co-founder of virtual reality media company UploadVR.
Its an incredibly important
piece of the VR puzzle.
At present, making selections
in VR or AR environments typically involve moving the head so
that your gaze lands on a clickable icon, and then either pressing
a handheld remote or, in the case
of Microsofts HoloLens or Meta
2, reaching out with your hand to
make a selection by interacting
with a hologram.
As shown in Eyefluences demonstration, all of that is accomplished by simply casting your
eyes on a given icon and then activating it with another glance.
The idea here is that anything
SAN FRANCISCO

you do with your finger on a

smartphone you can do with your
eyes in VR or AR, says Eyefluence CEO Jim Marggraff, who
co-founded the Milpitas, Calif.based company in 2013 with another entrepreneur, David Stiehr.
Computers made a big leap
when they went from punchcards
to a keyboard, and then another
from a keyboard to a mouse, says
Marggraff, who invented the kidfocused LeapFrog LeapPad device. We want to again change
the way we interface with data.
As exciting as this may sound,
the mainstreaming of eye-tracking technology is still a ways off.
Eyefluence execs say that although they are in discussions
with a variety of headset makers,
their tech isnt likely to debut until 2017. Other companies remain
largely in R&D mode, and Fove
has a waitlist for its headsets
Kickstarter campaign.
The challenges for eye-tracking are both technological and financial. Creating hardware that
consistently locks onto an infinite
variety of eyeballs presents one
hurdle, while doing so with gear
that is light and consumes little
power is another.
And while a number of companies in the space have managed to
land funding Eyefluence has
raised $21.6 million in two
rounds led by Intel Capital and
Motorola Solutions some techcentric VCs are sitting on the
sidelines while they wait for the
technology to mature and for
headset makers to make their
moves.

Eyefluences co-founders, Jim

Marggraff, left, and David
Stiehr, both are veteran
entrepreneurs.

Anything you do
with your finger
on a smartphone
you can do with
your eyes in VR.
Eyefluence CEO Jim Marggraff

What eye-tracking will do will

be powerful, but Im not sure how
valuable it will be from an investment standpoint, says Kobie
Fuller of Accel Partners.
Among the unknowns: whether the tech will be disseminated
through a licensed model or if existing headset companies will develop it on their own.
Still, once deployed, eye-tracking has the potential to revolutionize the VR and AR
experience, Fuller expects.
Specifically, eye-tracking will
greatly enhance interpersonal

Chrome edges Microsofts IE as top browser

Ed Baig

@edbaig
USA TODAY

Microsofts Internet
Explorer is no longer king of the
browser hill.
That distinction belongs instead to Googles Chrome, which
according to NetMarketShare
.com (known also as Net Applications.com), registered a collective
desktop market share for all versions of the browser of 41.67% in
April, nipping IE, which had a
41.37% share. The market share
for Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorers successor, is included in
the tally.
NEW YORK

Mozilla Firefox (9.76%), Apple

Safari (4.91%) and Opera (1.89%)
round out the top five. On a version-by-version basis, NetMarketShare reports that Chrome 49
was the leader in April with a
21.79% share, besting runner-up
IE 11 at 19.88%.

Microsoft pretty much kicked

Internet Explorer to the curb
when it chose a new Web browser, Microsoft Edge, for Windows
10. Then this past January, Microsoft announced it was ending
technical support and security
updates for all versions of IE except the current version IE 11.
A rival tracker company, StatCounter, which measures usage
differently than NetMarketShare,
already had Chrome in the lead.
Internet Explorer has dominated browser space since the
latter stages of the 20th century
when it toppled Netscape, leading
to a famous antitrust case that
Microsoft and the U.S. Dept. of
Justice ultimately settled.

PHOTOS BY EYEFLUENCE

Eyefluence is one of many

tech start-ups working on a
way to use eye-tracking with
VR or AR headsets.

connections in VR, he says, by

applying realistic eye movements
to avatars.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who presciently bought
Oculus for $2 billion, is banking
on VR taking social interactions
to a new level.
There are a few other ways in
which successful eye-tracking
tech could revolutionize AR and
VR beyond just making such
worlds easy to navigate without
joysticks, remotes or hand
gestures.
First, by tracking the eyes, such
tech can telegraph to the VR devices graphics processing unit, or
GPU, that it needs to render only
the images where the eyes are
looking at that moment.
That means less computing
power would be needed. Currently, a $700 Oculus headset requires a powerful computer to
render its images. Oculus developer kit with a suitable computer
costs $2,000.
If you can save on rendering
power, that could significantly
lower the barrier to entry into
this market for consumers,
UploadVRs Mason says.
And second, by not just tracking the eyeball but also potentially analyzing a persons mood and
logging in details about their
gaze, AR/VR headsets are in a position to deliver targeted content
as well as give third-party observers insights into the wearers
state of mind and situational
awareness.
The former use case would appeal to in-VR advertisers, while
the latter would come in handy
for first responders.
Police and paramedics are
looking for an eyes-up, handsfree paradigm, and eye-tracking
can bring that, says Paul Steinberg, chief technology officer at
Motorola Soluations, an investor
in Eyefluence.

JUSTIN SULLIVAN, GETTY IMAGES

WhatsApp says it doesnt have

the data officials seek.

After cooperating to the full

extent of our ability with the local courts, we are disappointed a
judge in Sergipe decided yet
again to order the block of
WhatsApp in Brazil, WhatsApp
said in an emailed statement.
This decision punishes more
than 100 million Brazilians who
rely on our service to communicate, run their businesses, and
more, in order to force us to
turn over information we repeatedly said we dont have.
In December, WhatsApp was
ordered blocked for 48 hours after failing to comply with a
court order, but the blackout
was lifted in about 12 hours.
In March, police detained
then released Facebook executive Diego Dzodan after he spent
nearly 24 hours in a Brazilian
jail over a court order demanding data from WhatsApp in a
drug-trafficking investigation.

Streaming service Hulu to

expand with live channels
Mike Snider
@mikesnider
USA TODAY

Streaming service Hulu

plans to expand from offering
on-demand video to adding
live network and cable TV
feeds. The online video destination, owned by ABC, Fox
and NBC, already is a competitor to Netflix and Amazon
Video. But this move would
put it in competition against
Dish Networks Sling TV and

Sonys PlayStation Vue.

ABC, the Disney Channel,
ESPN, Fox, FX, Fox News and
Foxs sports channels are expected to be among the linear,
live channels available on the
service, expected to launch
next year, according to a person close to the situation who
was unable to speak publicly
for the company. The service
would cost about $40 monthly,
according to The Wall Street
Journal.
Hulu
currently
charges $11.99 for a monthly
commercial-free subscription.

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E6

SECTION C

Astros
hopeful

Derby
dream

Slow-starting
team thinks it
has the talent
to recapture
magic of 2015
season and
return to
playoffs, 5C

Hall of Fame
trainer Steve
Asmussen has
two strong contenders in his
bid to end his
Kentucky Derby
drought, 3C
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SPORTSLINE
FIRST WORD
I CAN RELATE TOTALLY TO WHAT HES
GOING THROUGH. IVE SAID
THAT ITS LIKE HOLDING UP A
MIRROR SOMETIMES TO SEE
THE BEHAVIORS THAT HES
EXHIBITING.
Ryan Leaf on Fox and Friends on
Monday, talking about how Johnny Manziel could be heading
down a similar path as the former NFL quarterback, who ended
up in jail after a short pro career.

Do you believe in UK miracles?

Leicester City title an upset for ages
Leicester City became the English Premier Leagues latest and
unlikeliest champion Monday,
completing the most romantic
sporting upset of this or perhaps
any other year.
English soccer is a cold and
brutal business that revolves
around the stony realities of finance. It is a sometimes charmless world of predictability, one
that suddenly, unexpectedly and
gloriously found itself entranced
by a love story this season.
Leicester, without a championship in its 132 years and thought
far more likely to finish the campaign rock bottom in the league
than to challenge anywhere near
its peak, let alone become only
the sixth different champion in

Martin Rogers

mjrogers@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports

24 years, saw its triumph

clinched when second-place Tottenham surrendered a two-goal
lead to tie 2-2 at Chelsea. That
left Tottenham seven points
adrift with two games to play and
therefore out of reach.
It was a journey created across
months of human will, toil,
thought and effort, and there are
no legitimate comparisons to be
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FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA, EPA

Fans celebrate in Leicester, England, after their team clinched

the Premier League title with the Chelsea-Tottenham draw.

KNIGHT BY JOHN SOMMERS II, GETTY IMAGES

TWEET OF THE DAY

@realDonaldTrump
I will be campaigning in
Indiana all day. Things are
looking great, and the support
of Bobby Night has been so
amazing. Today will be fun!
Donald Trumps official Twitter
account, with a not-so-official
spelling of former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight.
Trumps account later fixed the
mistake.
ALMOST LAST WORD
IT WAS A BAD HIT. IT WAS
INTENDED TO BE A HARD HIT,
BUT NOT AT HIS HEAD.
Capitals defenseman Brooks
Orpik, accepting responsibility for
the head hit he delivered that
injured Penguins defenseman Olli
Maatta in Saturdays NHL playoff
game. Orpik said his three-game
suspension was fair and that he
made a pretty bad mistake.

JOHN DAVID MERCER, USA TODAY SPORTS

Cars crash Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, one of two restrictor-plate tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule.

REDUCE PLATE-RACE RISKS

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LAST WORD
Johnny will be wearing a
tweet-powered brooch on his
lapel in the shape of a small
white horse. As more conversation is generated on
Twitter around Johnnys hat
using the hashtag #WatchMeNeighNeigh, the faster the
horse will gallop and illuminate.
From an NBC Sports news release
about former Olympic figure
skater Johnny Weir and his accessory for Saturdays broadcast of
the Kentucky Derby. Weir again
will be teaming with Tara Lipinski,
also a former Olympic figure
skater.
Edited by Thomas OToole

Jeff Gluck

jgluck@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports

TALLADEGA ,

ALA .
Restrictorplate racing sometimes feels like
a problem without a solution.
Theres no question Talladega
Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway can be entertaining, but theyre also significantly more dangerous than the
other tracks on the NASCAR circuit. Racing in a pack at 200 mph
means cars have the chance of

Three ideas on how to prevent tragedy

when NASCAR visits Talladega, Daytona

getting airborne no matter what

kind of tweaks and adjustments
are made to them.
And when cars get airborne,
very bad things can happen. The
prevailing opinion among NASCAR fans after three cars got off
the ground Sunday was that no
one got hurt so there was no need
to fret over the race. But that way
of thinking is shortsighted, because it reflects a philosophy of
doing nothing until something
horrible happens.
If NASCAR doesnt make a big

Jeff Zillgitt

@jeffzillgitt
USA TODAY Sports

Masters of clay

49

Cleveland Cavaliers
coach Tyronn Lue said before
Game 1 that the AtANALYSIS lanta Hawks had his
teams attention.
He seemed earnest when he said it.
After Game 1, theres
no doubt its true.
What looked like an easy Cavs
victory in the making for nearly
three quarters turned into a tight
game in the fourth with Cleveland scratching out a 104-93 victory in the Eastern Conference
CLEVELAND

Clay-court
titles won by
Rafael Nadal,
who tied
Guillermo
Vilas for most
on the surface
by a mens
player in the
Open era
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change, its luck will eventually

run out. And that will be tragic,
because it will have been avoidable.
At the same time, its not practical at this time for NASCAR to
take events away from Talladega
or Daytona, both of which are operated by International Speedway
Corp. ISC is a public company
controlled by the France family,
and it just invested $400 million
for a face lift at Daytona, which
hosts the sports biggest event.
So to simply eliminate races

there? Its not going to happen.

But perhaps there are experiments that can be done to find a
happy medium between entertainment and carnage (though it
would be decidedly unhappy for
fans who found enjoyment from
the big wrecks Sunday).
Here are three ideas:
uSlow the cars down by 30
mph.
What if NASCAR could keep
pack racing but it was slower?
Perhaps engineers could change
the restrictor-plate size and add
aerodynamic elements to the cars
in hopes of increasing drag.

KEN BLAZE, USA TODAY SPORTS

LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 25 points vs. the Hawks.

semifinals series opener between

the teams.
LeBron James had 25 points,
nine assists and seven rebounds
and Tristan Thompson had 14 rebounds, seven of those offensive.
When teams play great defense for 24 seconds and he
comes up with those rebounds,
its just demoralizing to a team
because they have to come out
and guard us again, Lue said.
The Hawks erased an 18-point
third-quarter deficit and took
their first lead of the game 80-79
on Al Horfords alley-oop dunk
with eight minutes left in the
fourth quarter.
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SAN DIEGO STATE GOES AGAINST GRAIN

Old-time approach
gives team shot
at New Years Six
Paul Myerberg

@paulmyerberg
USA TODAY Sports
SAN DIEGO The trophy recognizing last seasons Mountain West
Conference championship sits on
a picnic table tucked inside the
main doorway to San Diego
States football offices, across the
hall from the Aztecs modest
meeting room and one floor
above a weight room the football
team shares with the universitys
other athletic programs.
Elsewhere, perhaps, such signs
of success are wall-mounted, hidden behind glass, bathed in bright
lights and showcased for the
world to see, as evidence of games
and championships won. It is that
for San Diego State draped in
school colors, positioned below a
sign preaching one of the Aztecs
main tenets (Hard Work Hones
Our Edge, it reads) and topped
with mementos only different:
Its just a picnic table.
Were not one of those schools
that amaze them with what I call
bling, head coach Rocky Long
tells USA TODAY Sports.
The Aztecs locker room, in
Longs words, looks like a high
school locker room. The weight
room is very average. Theres no
cafeteria reserved for studentathletes. There are no waterfalls,
no bells, no whistles, no music
and all that stuff.
We dont have the problem of
getting the kid that comes there
because its the prettiest and its
the best and its the most wonderful, he said. We dont have that
problem, because the kids know
what weve got. And if they dont,
they see it when they get here.
At first glance, the Aztecs surroundings quietly highlight, almost at a whisper, the programs
recent success. They are on a
streak of six consecutive bowl appearances and enter this season
on a 10-game winning streak
the second-longest active streak
in the Football Bowl Subdivision,
trailing only that of Alabama, the
defending national champion.
Theres more to this picture,
and theres more to this program.
Here in this hub of laid-back and

JOHN HEFTI, USA TODAY SPORTS

San Diego States Rashaad Penny (20) was Mountain West special-teams player of the year.

JAKE ROTH, USA TODAY SPORTS

Our expectations are always high, coach Rocky Long says.

easygoing Southern California,
the Aztecs nuts-and-bolts physical appearance is mirrored by an
identity and mentality: San Diego
State has, if nothing else, willingly
elected to turn its perceived negatives no great history of success, a roster of players largely
ignored by power-conference recruiters, throwback offensive and
defensive philosophies and an utter lack of frills into the engine
behind its success.

Were about the brick and

mortar, the foundation here, associate head coach Bobby Hauck
says. Its maybe even a dying art
in our game to approach it that
way, but the formula hasnt
changed. You go back 100 years in
this game. The formula works.
And until they make blocking and
tackling illegal, its still going to
work. Its still going to be a formula that works in this game.
Youve got to come and go to

kees. A three-time Gold Glove

winner, Hardy has played errorless ball over 22 games this season. Hes batting .244 with two
homers and eight RBI. Manny
Machado likely will move from
third base to shortstop during
Hardys absence. Machado has
played four games at shortstop
this season, including two starts.

chances aggravating the injury.

Federer was coming of a knee injury after the Australian Open
that sidelined the Swiss player for
about two months. He also withdrew from the Miami Open in
March because of a stomach
virus.
Victoria
uFourth-seeded
Azarenka continued her fine
form, beating Alize Cornet 6-3,
6-2 to win her 16th match in a
row and advance to the third
round of the Madrid Masters on
Monday. Azarenka next faces
130th-ranked American Louisa
Chirico, a qualifier who upset
14th-seeded Ana Ivanovic 5-7,
6-1, 6-3.

work here to play on this team

and to work here. You have to
have a bit of a blue-collar mentality. Thats a hard blend here, and
its difficult to get. But when you
do, its something special.
Fourteen starters return, including six first-team all-Mountain West selections. Among
teams in the FBS, only Oklahoma,
with nine, had more players earn
first-team all-league honors.
Counted among those returning
starters are the reigning conference offensive, defensive and special-teams players of the year.
When coupled with its returning talent, San Diego States torrid close paints the Aztecs as
perhaps the strongest contender
for the berth in a New Years Six
bowl afforded to the best team on
the Group of Five level.
Our expectations are always
high, so we dont remind them of
anything, Long says. We go
about our business and do things
the way we always do.
Alone, that the Aztecs are in
this position is noteworthy: SDSU
had long been viewed as one of
college footballs greatest underachievers, defined by an inability
to take advantage of a deep and
talented recruiting base in its
backyard. That perception of the

program has changed under

Long, who has captured two conference titles since being promoted from defensive coordinator
after the 2010 season.
In an era when spread offenses
are found in every league and title
contenders are marked by wealth
as much as wins, San Diego State
swims successfully against the
current with a commitment to a
bygone era of the game.
Were the dinosaur. I feel
thats our niche, offensive coordinator Jeff Horton says. Thats
who we are. Teams always say
when they get ready to play
someone good, Were looking
forward to playing real football,
old-fashioned football. But they
havent had a guard pulling on
them or tackles blocking down or
a fullback leading the way.
Hortons system dictates time
of possession with its run-first
approach while avoiding crucial
missteps. The Aztecs threw just
three interceptions last fall, the
second fewest in the FBS.
We just feel like in the course
of a game well just keep wearing
on you, Horton says. Were going to outhit you and out-tough
you, and were going to slow the
game down.
The defense, an alignment of
three linemen and three linebackers in front of five defensive
backs, attacks spread and prostyle opponents alike with a mix
of blitzing and stunting; last seasons defense led the Mountain
West in sacks, tackles for losses
and interceptions and in yards
and points allowed per game.
Our coach doesnt preach the
flashiness, senior running back
Donnel Pumphrey says. He just
preaches the hard work and the
toughness on and off the field. Because when you play football, you
cant be soft out here. And there
are a lot of spread teams that are
soft. I mean, they win games, but
theyre still soft.
But dont equate a lack of flash
with a lack of skill. San Diego
State has talent and experience,
two assets that paint the Aztecs
as a team prepared to leap into
the center of the College Football
Playoff conversation.
Were not all flashy, senior
linebacker Calvin Munson says.
Were not out there with different-colored helmets every single
game, different jerseys. We run
our program old-fashioned. Were
a tough team.

IN BRIEF

DODGERS PITCHER RAVIN

SUSPENDED FOR 80 GAMES

DERICK E. HINGLE, USA TODAY SPORTS

The Zurich Classic is Brian Stuards

first PGA Tour win.

STUARD WINS ZURICH

CLASSIC IN PLAYOFF

Brian Stuard beat Jamie Lovemark on the second hole of a

playoff Monday to capture his
first PGA Tour win in the waterlogged Zurich Classic. Stuard
never bogeyed a hole throughout
the tournament on the long
7,425-yard, par-72 TPC Louisiana
course, which was drenched with
more than 412 inches of rain during the tournament. Weather delays Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday not only forced a Monday
finish but also led officials to
shorten the tournament to 54
holes. I wasnt playing great. I
was just kind of, I dont know
hanging around, Stuard said after his final-round 69. Lovemark,
Stuard and Byeong-Hun An entered the playoff at 15 under par.
An unraveled on the first playoff
hole and Lovemark on the second
while Stuard remained steady.
ORIOLES SHORTSTOP
HARDY TO MISS A MONTH

Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J.

Hardy will be sidelined for at
least a month with a hairline fracture in his left foot. The injury occurred Sunday when Hardy
fouled a ball off his foot in the
fourth inning against the Chicago
White Sox. Baltimore was off
Monday. Manager Buck Showalter said he expected Hardy to be
out for four to six weeks. Hardy is
expected to be placed on the 15day disabled list Tuesday, before
the Orioles open a three-game series against the New York Yan-

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher

Josh Ravin has been suspended
for 80 games after a positive test
under Major League Baseballs
drug program. Ravin is the eighth
player suspended this year under
the big-league program and the
fourth in three weeks. He tested
positive for growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2), the
commissioners office said Monday. A 28-year-old right-hander,
Ravin has been on the disabled
list since the start of the season
because of a broken left forearm.
Ravin will lose $225,137 from his
$515,000 salary.
MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO
REMATCH IS POSSIBLE

They met a year ago this week in

a fight that was the richest ever,
even if it disappointed most of
the millions who watched it. Now
there are rumblings, however
slight, that Floyd Mayweather
Jr. and Manny Pacquiao might
be persuaded to do it again. I
would say there is a possibility a
rematch happens, yes, promoter
Bob Arum said Monday. How
big a possibility that is, I cant
really measure. Mayweather
helped stir speculation during the
weekend by saying in a Showtime
interview that he might be persuaded to come out of retirement
if the money was big enough.

WNBAS LIBERTY TRADE FOR

ALL-STAR GUARD SCHIMMEL

The New York Liberty acquired

All-Star point guard Shoni
Schimmel from the Atlanta
Dream for a 2017 second-round
draft pick, the team announced
Monday. Schimmel, the eighth
pick in the 2014 draft, has made
the All-Star team in each of her
first two seasons in the WNBA.
She has averaged 8.0 points, 3.4
assists and 1.5 three-pointers.
WEIR, LIPINSKI TO BE RIO
OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENTS

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will serve as correspondents

for NBCs coverage of the Rio de
Janeiro Olympics. The network
announced Monday that the NBC
Sports figure skating analysts
would explore Rios culture,
sights, sounds and fashion in Au-

FEDERER WITHDRAWS
FROM MADRID MASTERS

Roger Federers injury woes

continue. In the latest setback to
an already complicated season,
Federer was forced to withdraw
from the Madrid Masters on
Monday because of a back injury.
Third-ranked Federer said he was
hurt in practice during the weekend and didnt want to take any

Burnley, relegated from the Premier League last year, sits two
points ahead of Middlesbrough
and Brighton, who are vying for
the second automatic promotion
place. Middlesbrough is ahead of
Brighton on goal difference in
second, and they meet in the final
game of the season Saturday.
SPORTS COURT ORDERS
FIFA TO ADMIT GIBRALTAR

NATHANIEL S. BUTLER, NBAE/GETTY IMAGES

Guard Shoni Schimmel, who played

at Louisville, is a two-time All-Star.

gust during the Games. The two

former Olympians attracted attention for their rapport and
fashion sense in an understudy
role at the Sochi Games in 2014.
NBC then made them its top figure skating broadcast team.
ANNOUNCER COLLMUS
GETS FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION

His voice already belongs to history, and now Larry Collmus

has another five years to see if he
gets to call another Triple Crown.
NBC Sports recently signed the
race caller to a five-year contract
extension. Financial terms were
not available. Collmus joined
NBC in 2011. It was his voice millions of racing fans heard when
American Pharoah won last
years Belmont Stakes to become
the first Triple Crown winner
since Affirmed in 1978. The end
of his exhilarating call went this
way: And here it is! The 37-year
wait is over! American Pharoah is
finally the one! American Pharoah has won the Triple Crown!
BURNLEY SEALS PROMOTION
TO PREMIER LEAGUE

EVAN HABEEB, USA TODAY SPORTS

Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy has a

hairline fracture in his left foot.

Burnley is making an instant return to the Premier League after

sealing promotion Monday. The
northwest England club, which
leads the second-tier League
Championship with a game to
spare, beat Queens Park Rangers
1-0 at home with a second-half
header from striker Sam Vokes.

FIFA has been ordered by sports

highest court to accept Gibraltar
as a member, opening the national teams path to play in the 2018
World Cup qualifying program.
The Court of Arbitration for
Sport said Monday that it upheld
the Gibraltar soccer federations
appeal against FIFA blocking entry in 2014, but its panel of judges
could not directly grant membership. The congress of 209 FIFA
members meets next week in
Mexico City. It could also add another new European member,
Kosovo, at the meeting. Spanish
soccer leaders have opposed the
progress of Gibraltar, which borders Spain and was ceded to Britain more than 300 years ago.
Spain still disputes sovereignty.
ILLINOIS TO BEGIN PICKING
OUT NEW SPORTS MASCOT

The University of Illinois interim

chancellor says the campus will
begin the process of picking a
new mascot. Barbara Wilson
told the Academic Senate on
Monday that she would form a
committee to design a process
and set a timeline. According to
The News-Gazette in Champaign,
a new mascot would not mean
changing the Fighting Illini nickname for the sports teams.
From staff and wire reports

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SPORTS 3C

E2

TRAINER HAS TWO SHOTS AT GLORY

Derby win elusive

for Asmussen
Dan Wolken

@DanWolken
USA TODAY Sports
LOUISVILLE One showed brilliance right away, the other needed six races to break his maiden
and constantly tested the faith of
his connections. But as trainer
Steve Asmussens two entries
prepared for the Kentucky Derby
with final half-mile workouts
Monday, it seemed reasonable to
conclude that nobody will be
holding a stronger hand Saturday
than the newest member of horse
racings Hall of Fame.
Asmussen, who has won 17
training titles at Churchill Downs
but never the tracks crown jewel
race, is in the enviable position of
saddling two regally bred contenders, both coming off victories
in prestigious prep races.
Based on the way Gun Runner
and Creator have looked on the
track, it would be a mild surprise
if Asmussen didnt figure into the
finish one way or another.
Very pleased with their attitude and their works, Asmussen
said. I feel very comfortable
theyre going to handle the surface and the surroundings. You
worry about other things, but you
can check that off as not an excuse and try to move forward.
Though Asmussen concedes
that unbeaten Nyquist is the
races deserving favorite, it would
be hard to find fault with the way
either of his horses is coming into
the race, even if their paths to get
here were wildly different.

PAT MCDONOGH, THE (LOUISVILLE) COURIER-JOURNAL

Steve Asmussen is set to race two horses in the Kentucky Derby: Gun Runner and Creator.
While Gun Runner has been
considered a Derby contender
since last fall and lived up to the
hype this spring in Louisiana,
Creator was an underachiever
until he arrived in Arkansas and
began to shed immaturity that
held him back as a 2-year-old.
Creator was purchased as a
yearling for $440,000 by WinStar
Farm, and there were high hopes
attached from the beginning to
the big, good-looking gray son of
Americas leading sire, Tapit. But
like many offspring of Tapit, the
horse was so high-strung his connections wanted to bring him
along slowly and look for easier
races in the Midwest to build his
confidence rather than jump into
the rich stakes races at Saratoga

Race Course in New York. Asmussen even put him in two

maiden races on the grass so the
horse wouldnt get discouraged
by dirt getting kicked in his face.
We thought he was a Derbytype horse, WinStar head Elliott
Walden said. Steve let him come
into his own.
But Creator couldnt win. After
five starts and four second-place
finishes including a maiden
race at the Fair Grounds in February against less-than-stellar
competition Creator gave
nothing to indicate he was on
track for the Kentucky Derby.
Hes always had a lot of talent, Asmussen said. Hes a great
physical (specimen), tremendous
pedigree. Its been in him. He just

lacked focus in his races. It was a

bit frustrating. You felt like he
should have won several of the
races you were watching, but hed
just take mental lapses and not
finish up with the effort you knew
he was capable of.
Everything changed, however,
when he got to Oaklawn Park.
Creator easily broke his maiden
Feb. 27, ran a fast-closing third
despite a difficult trip in the Rebel Stakes and came from last
place to win the Grade I Arkansas
Derby with a bold move on the far
turn and a strong finishing kick.
Though he has a running style
that could make it difficult to
navigate traffic in a 20-horse
field, Creator also stands as the
likely benefactor if theres a fast

pace as opposed to his early races

in which he was trying to close
into slow fractions.
Its nice he got back on track
at Oaklawn, Walden said. The
truer run races, the faster run
races, were definitely to his liking.
You never know, but the way hes
doing, his energy level is so high.
Gun Runner, who breezed a
half-mile in an easy 50.40 seconds Monday, will attempt to win
the Kentucky Derby off a sixweek break between races after
romping in the Grade II Louisiana Derby on March 26. Only one
other horse in the last 50 years
Animal Kingdom in 2011 has
won with that much time between starts.
But preparing for Kentucky
with two races in New Orleans is
the path Asmussen preferred,
with the idea of having a fresh
horse not just for the Triple
Crown but also for the rest of the
year. Gun Runner won his first
two starts last fall and finished a
good fourth in the Kentucky
Jockey Club Stakes, one of the
top November races for 2-yearolds.
He identified himself as a
horse that could be a serious 3year-old, and obviously we were
hoping (he could contend) in Triple Crown-type races, Asmussen
said. With the brilliance he
showed from Day 1 and just pedigree-wise, we felt he was consistently going to get better with
time and age. It went exactly how
wed hoped. We feel good about
where were at today. The two
races, the timing, the spacing and
having just one move for him
from New Orleans to here has
been seamless and allowed him
to continue to develop.

Best friends also friendly foes in gym

Hernandez, Foberg aim to make Olympic team
Rachel Axon

@RachelAxon
USA TODAY Sports
HAMILTON, N. J. Once a month,
the best female gymnasts in the
country convene at the Karolyi
ranch in Texas to participate in
camps that have helped fuel the
Americans dominant run for
more than decade. Once they go
home, though, athletes such as Simone Biles or Gabby Douglas find
no peers in their gyms.
For Laurie Hernandez and Jazmyn Foberg, the competition
continues. The two first-year seniors compete together for MG
Elite, a team that with their success has taken the last two U.S.
junior titles.
With selection for the Rio
Olympics months away, coach
Maggie Haney finds herself in the
rare and enviable position of having two gymnasts in contention
to make the five-woman team.
Gone are the days when super
gyms would contribute several
athletes to the team, so Haneys
success is unique in a system that
nurtures talent development
across the country.
With Haneys guidance, Hernandez and Foberg support each
other in a way that has allowed
them both to excel at the elite
level.
When theyre both healthy
and both at their best physically
and mentally, they definitely kind

of in a nice way battle it out each

day in the gym, Haney says.
Theyre always helping each
other.
Though they find themselves
in a similar place now, theyve
taken different paths to the senior elite level. Hernandez, who
turns 16 in June, has been with
Haney since the beginning when
Haneys sister spotted Hernandez
in a class and suggested Haney
take her on.
Always an energetic kid who
loved to dance, Hernandez quickly progressed through the levels.
By the time Hernandez was 9,
when she was one of the best
gymnasts nationally in the TOPs
program, Haney knew there was
potential. She got Hernandez into
developmental camps at the
ranch when she was 10, and shes
been making the monthly trips to
Houston since.
Foberg, meanwhile, came to
MG Elite just three years ago. A
level 10 gymnast, she felt she had
maxed out at her gym but wanted
to get to the elite level. Haney was
skeptical.
I came here, Maggie, shes
like, We could try elite. Im not
sure if youre going to make it,
says Foberg, who turned 16 in
February.
Her form was sloppy, they
agreed, and her dance was not
good. Foberg lacked consistency,
pretty much a holy tenet of the
program national team coordinator Martha Karolyi has built.

ERICH SCHLEGEL, USA TODAY SPORTS

Laurie Hernandez has had a strong season with two third-place

finishes in the all-around competition in 2016.
I didnt really see the talent, to
be honest, Haney says. But she
has good legs. Shes very strong
and powerful. She can swing bars
naturally. She just kind of had to
learn, so she is now a very good
bar worker.
She was just so hungry for it.
She just worked circles around
everyone.
Both gymnasts credit Haney
with their success. A former gymnast at North Carolina State, Haney started coaching in 2000 and

started her own team, MG Elite,

in 2007.
Haney is calm but disciplined.
Things done right dont catch her
eye as much as errors, but those
are handled with equal parts
toughness and encouragement.
Maggie always just knows
what to do to put us in good
spots, so I think thats why we are
where we are, Hernandez says.
For all Haney can do to guide
her gymnasts, though, its the
competition and support from

each other that pushes them.

During a practice in March, as
Hernandez struggled, Foberg offered words of encouragement.
As Foberg dealt for several
months with torn ligaments in
her ankle, Hernandez was there
to support her.
We always give each other little tips here and there, Foberg
says. Shes like my best friend, so
shes fun to be around and we always hang out.
Adds Hernandez, I think we
motivate each other every day.
Both have been consistent over
the last year, but its a good start
to the season that could put Hernandez in position to make the
U.S. Olympic team.
Shes placed third in the allaround in the City of Jesolo Trophy in March and the Pacific Rim
Championships last month. She
didnt make it to the podium in
the latter because of the two-percountry rule, but Hernandez finished 0.1 points behind Fierce
Fiver Aly Raisman.
U.S. trials are in July. Haney
knows Karolyi has been impressed with Hernandez and Fobergs consistency, and she can
only hope what they do over the
next few months will put them in
a position to make the team.
I think you just have to prove
yourself, Haney says. As we get
to the homestretch, its really going to be your past competition
experience that will matter, for
sure, but I think whats going to
matter the most is who really
looks good in the end.

NCAA stage may bring beach volleyball boom

Justin Meyer

USA TODAY Sports

Indoor volleyball has produced

many future beach volleyball
pros, but a change by the NCAA
might make it easier for athletes
to get started in the beach game
at an earlier age.
The first NCAA beach volleyball national championship starts
Friday in Gulf Shores, Ala., with
Alabama at Birmingham hosting.
Eight teams will participate in
the double-elimination tournament that ends Sunday. Coverage
will be shown on truTV and TBS
and NCAA.com beginning Friday.
Todd Rogers, Cal Polys head
coach and a 2008 Olympic gold
medalist, says a championship
further validates the sport.
Its just further legitimization
that beach volleyball is a legit
sport, that theres tons and tons
of interest in it, he says. The
NCAA wouldnt have bothered
adding it if they didnt think it
would be successful. Im sure the
NCAA did their due diligence on
all this stuff, and they said, We

2012 PHOTO BY ANDREW WEBER, USA TODAY SPORTS

2008 Olympic gold medalist Todd Rogers says an NCAA championship for beach volleyball further legitimizes the sport.
need to get this in our fold, because this stuff is blowing up on
the Olympics level and we need
to have this for these kids to be
able to play.
In 2009 beach volleyball was
labeled an emerging sport by the
NCAA. According to the groups

website, emerging sports must

have at least 20 varsity or club
teams, data proving the sports
support and letters from 10 member institutions pledging their
commitment to the sport. Beach
volleyball has gone from emerging sport to NCAA champion-

ship-level faster than any other

sport.
Kathy DeBoer, executive director of the American Volleyball
Coaches Association, says the addition of an NCAA championship
would help promote the game to
youth.
Kids who were interested in
beach volleyball didnt have a
choice to go to college and play,
she says. They went to college
and played indoor, and in the
summer they would work on
their beach volleyball skills. Now
theres a place to develop your
skill set while youre in college.
Theres an opportunity to get a
scholarship.
Donald Sun, managing partner
of the Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP), says the
NCAA would provide a pipeline
to the pros and Olympics.
It used to be you had grassroots amateur tournaments and
you had your professional rank,
but you never had that bridge, he
says. Before youd play as a junior, and youd play all the way up
to 17 or 18, and then youd have to
decide if you should play recre-

ationally. Now in terms of developing world-class athletes, you

have everything from juniors all
the way up to the Olympics.
He says this will allow the AVP
and Olympic teams to more easily find the best players.
Instead of finding diamonds
in the rough like we have with
Kerri (Walsh Jennings) and
Misty (May-Treanor), people will
have programs that are catered to
teaching how to compete on a
global level, Sun says. We can
have hundreds of Kerris and
Mistys because all of these programs are trying to get them prepared to play professionally and
globally.
Nicole Branagh, a 2008 Olympian, says she started playing
beach volleyball after she finished
her indoor career in her late 20s.
Had this opportunity been
around when she was at the University of Minnesota, Branagh, 37,
says she would have taken it.
I think it would have been
great, and I think I would have
done it, Branagh says. It would
have been a great opportunity to
have then.

4C SPORTS

E6

MLB SCORES
East
Boston
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Toronto
New York

W
15
14
11
12
8

L
10
10
13
15
15

Pct.
.600
.583
.458
.444
.348

GB

1
/2
31/2
4
6

Strk.
W-3
L-2
L-1
L-1
L-5

Central
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Minnesota

W
18
14
13
10
8

L
8
10
12
12
18

Pct.
.692
.583
.520
.455
.308

GB

3
41/2
6
10

Strk.
W-2
W-5
L-1
L-3
W-1

West
Texas
Seattle
Oakland
Los Angeles
Houston

W
15
13
13
12
8

L
11
11
13
14
18

Pct.
.577
.542
.500
.462
.308

GB

1
2
3
7

Strk.
W-1
L-1
L-1
L-1
L-1

Last
10
8-2
4-6
5-5
4-6
3-7
Last
10
8-2
6-4
3-7
4-6
3-7
Last
10
5-5
7-3
4-6
5-5
3-7

Home
8-7
9-3
8-8
5-8
5-7

Away
7-3
5-7
3-5
7-7
3-8

Home
6-3
5-6
8-4
3-5
6-8

Away
12-5
9-4
5-8
7-7
2-10

Home
10-5
5-7
5-8
6-6
4-7

Away
5-6
8-4
8-5
6-8
4-11

POWER RANKINGS: PIRATES, TIGERS, RED SOX LEAP INTO TOP 10

Voting on a 30-29-28-etc. basis by 10 USA TODAY Sports writers and editors. First-place
votes in parentheses. Statistics through Sunday.
Team
1. Chicago Cubs (10)
2. Washington Nationals

AMERICAN LEAGUE

3. Chicago White Sox

4. New York Mets
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Baltimore Orioles
7. Texas Rangers
8. Detroit Tigers
9. Boston Red Sox
10. Kansas City Royals
11. San Francisco Giants

NATIONAL LEAGUE

12. St. Louis Cardinals

East
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Miami
Atlanta

W L Pct.
18 7 .720
16 8 .667
15 11 .577
12 12 .500
6 19 .240

GB

11/2
31/2
51/2
12

Strk.
W-4
W-1
L-1
L-1
L-1

Central
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati

W
18
15
13
10
10

L
6
11
13
15
16

Pct.
.750
.577
.500
.400
.385

GB

4
6
81/2
9

Strk.
W-1
L-2
W-1
W-2
L-1

West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Colorado
Arizona
San Diego

W
14
13
12
12
9

L
13
13
12
15
16

Pct.
.519
.500
.500
.444
.360

GB

1
/2
1
/2
2
4

Strk.
W-2
W-1
W-3
L-3
L-1

Last
10
7-3
9-1
8-2
7-3
2-8
Last
10
7-3
7-3
5-5
3-7
2-8
Last
10
7-3
3-7
4-6
3-7
3-7

Home
8-4
8-5
8-5
2-7
1-12

Away
10-3
8-3
7-6
10-5
5-7

Home
7-3
7-5
6-7
7-8
8-6

Away
11-3
8-6
7-6
3-7
2-10

Home
8-6
5-8
4-8
5-12
4-8

Away
6-7
8-5
8-4
7-3
5-8

13. Los Angeles Dodgers

14. Seattle Mariners
15. Toronto Blue Jays
16. Philadelphia Phillies
17. Arizona Diamondbacks
18. Oakland Athletics
19. Cleveland Indians
20. Tampa Bay Rays
21. Miami Marlins
22. Houston Astros
23. Los Angeles Angels

MONDAYS RESULTS

24. Colorado Rockies

American League
Texas 2, Toronto 1
Minnesota at Houston
National League
Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 1
San Francisco 9, Cinncinati 6
Interleague
Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5

25. New York Yankees

Seattle at Oakland

26. San Diego Padres

St. Louis 10, Philadelphia 3

Colorado at San Diego

27. Milwaukee Brewers

Washington 2, Kansas City 0

28. Minnesota Twins

29. Cincinnati Reds

TODAYS GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pitchers

30. Atlanta Braves

GS

2016 Statistics
Pct.
WHIP
ERA

W-L

IP

29.2
17.0

31
11

19.2
25.0

12
24

4.20
2.92

30.0
24.2

14
25

(Line: CWS -132 )

.500
1.14
1.37
.750
1.11
1.47

26.1
30.2

25
32

(Line: HOU -165 )

NA
6.00 18.00
.400
1.89
6.65

1.0
21.2

1
17

(Line: OAK -128 )

.000
1.42
4.65
.600
1.38
3.81

31.0
28.1

25
26

36.0
28.1

32
22

32.2
15.2

26
6

4.88
0.00

31.1
7.1

19
2

(Line: NYM -230 )

.000
1.07
4.26
.400
1.52
4.76

25.1
28.1

19
21

33.0
29.1

37
24

2.1
23.2

4
21

Detroit at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. ET

DET: Verlander (R)

CLE: Tomlin (R)

(Line: CLE -120 )

2-2
.500
1.31
3-0
1.000
0.94

5
3

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. ET

NYY: Severino (R)

BAL: Tillman (R)

4
5

0-3
2-1

Texas at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. ET

TEX: Perez (L)

TOR: Estrada (R)

.000
.667

(Line: BAL -135 )

1.78
6.86
1.08
3.24

(Line: TOR -165 )

1-2
.333
1.37
1-2
.333
1.34

5
4

5.46
3.18

Boston at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m. ET

BOS: Wright (R)

CWS: Quintana (L)

4
5

2-2
3-1

Minnesota at Houston, 8:10 p.m. ET

MIN: Meyer (R)
HOU: McHugh (R)

0
5

0-0
2-3

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. ET

SEA: Iwakuma (R)

OAK: Gray (R)

5
5

0-3
3-2

Chi. Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. ET

CHC: Arrieta (R)

PIT: Niese (L)

5
5

5-0
3-0

(Line: CHC -200 )

1.000 0.78
1.00
1.000 1.48
5.08

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. ET

SF: Samardzija (R)

CIN: Moscot (R)

5
3

3-1
0-2

Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m. ET

ARI: Corbin (L)

MIA: Nicolino (L)

5
1

.750
.000

(Line: MIA -115 )

1-3
.250
1.40
1-0
1.000 0.55

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. ET

ATL: Wisler (R)

NYM: Harvey (R)

4
5

(Line: SF -145 )
1.26
3.86
1.40
4.02

0-2
2-3

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. ET

PHI: Nola (R)

STL: Wacha (R)

5
5

(Line: STL -155 )

.333
0.88
3.55
.667
1.33
3.07

1-2
2-1

Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. ET

COL: Butler (R)

SD: Cashner (R)

0
5

(Line: SD -115 )
NA
0.86
3.86
.333
1.44
4.94

0-0
1-2

L.A. Dodgers at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. ET

LAD: Kazmir (L)

TB: Moore (L)

5
5

1-2
1-2

.333
.333

(Line: TB -115 )
1.40
5.76
1.03
3.66

25.0
32.0

21
35

21.1
0.0

20
0

(Line: KC -115 )
1.19
2.03
31.0
1.48
6.12
25.0

30
26

L.A. Angels at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. ET

LAA: Tropeano (R)

MIL: Guerra (R)

4
0

(Line: LAA -127 )

1.000 1.55
2.11
NA
0.00
0.00

1-0
0-0

Washington at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. ET

WSH: Roark (R)

KC: Young (R)

5
5

2-2
1-4

.500
.200

Sunday
American League
KC 4, SEA 1
HOU 2, OAK 1
LAA 9, TEX 6
DET 6, MIN 5
CWS 7, BAL 1
TOR 5, TB 1
NYY 8, BOS 7
National League
LAD 1, SD 0
COL 6, ARI 3
ATL 4, CHC 3
WAS 6, STL 1
MIL 14, MIA 5
CIN 6, PIT 5
SF 6, NYM 1
Interleague
PHI 2, CLE 1

Wednesday
American League
SEA at OAK, 3:35
DET at CLE, 6:10
NYY at BAL, 7:05
TEX at TOR, 7:07
BOS at CWS, 8:10
MIN at HOU, 8:10
National League
CHC at PIT, 12:35
SF at CIN, 12:35
ATL at NYM, 1:10
COL at SD. 3:40
ARI at MIA, 7:10
PHI at STL, 8:15
Interleague
LAA at MIL, 1:40
WAS at KC, 2:15
LAD at TB, 7:10

AL LEADERS
PITCHING
Sale, Chicago
Zimmermann, Detroit
Porcello, Boston
Stroman, Toronto
Ramirez, Tampa Bay
ERA
Zimmermann, Detroit
Wright, Boston
Hernandez, Seattle
Quintana, Chicago
STRIKEOUTS
Price, Boston
Archer, Tampa Bay
Smyly, Tampa Bay
Hill, Oakland
Sale, Chicago
SAVES
Tolleson, Texas
Kimbrel, Boston
Davis, Kansas City
Robertson, Chicago
Madson, Oakland

Thursday
American League
DET at CLE, 6:10
NYY at BAL, 7:05
TEX at TOR, 7:07
BOS at CWS, 8:10
SEA at HOU, 8:10
National League
PHI at STL, 1:45
ARI at MIA, 7:10
MIL at CIN, 7:10
WSH at CHC, 8:05
NYM at SD, 10:10
COL at SF, 10:15

0.55
1.37
1.38
1.47
49
43
41
41
38
9
8
8
8
8

PITCHING
Arrieta, Chicago
Velasquez, Philadelphia
Martinez, St. Louis
Hammel, Chicago
Cueto, San Francisco
Strasburg, Washington
ERA
Arrieta, Chicago
Hammel, Chicago
Maeda, Los Angeles
Gonzalez, Washington
Velasquez, Philadelphia
STRIKEOUTS
Kershaw, Los Angeles
Bumgarner, San Francisco
Syndergaard, New York
Cueto, San Francisco
SAVES
Jansen, Los Angeles
Familia, New York
Papelbon, Washington
Gomez, Philadelphia

Los Angeles
Milwaukee

Philadelphia 003 000 000 3

St. Louis
000 303 31X 10

NL LEADERS
6-0
5-0
5-0
4-0
4-1

Brewers 8, Angels 5

Texas
Toronto

000 321 000 6

010 010 000 2

Cardinals 10, Phillies 3

Odds provided by Pregame.com.

RESULTS, UPCOMING GAMES

Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1

Minnesota
Houston

Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Berrios 23;

96-54; Abad 4; 21-13; Fien 2; 6-5; Pressly 3;
11-7; Jepsen 5; 17-10; Keuchel 23; 97-51;
Fields 6; 16-10; Feliz 6; 29-18; Giles 3; 8-8
uUmpires HP: Layne; 1B: Wendelstedt; 2B: Barry; 3B: Gibson
uGame data T: 3:08. Att: 18,243.

INTERLEAGUE

5-0
4-1
4-1
4-0
4-1
4-0
1.00
1.24
1.41
1.42
1.44
54
45
44
41
9
8
8
8

Total Prev. Comment

300 1
Off to their best start since 1932.
289 2
Mostly took care of business in team-best 16-7
April.
A 5-2 swing through Toronto and Baltimore con277 5
firms it: This thing is real.
273 8
Michael Conforto has arrived: .342/.418/.633 (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage).
258 14
Not a bad spot: 15-10, and Andrew McCutchen
hasnt started hitting.
244 6
Earl Weaver would be proud: An AL-best 34 homers
and no sacrifice bunts.
232 9
Fun stretch ahead: 13 games against the Blue Jays,
Tigers and White Sox.
228 16
Nick Castellanos (.361/.371/.590) is making up for
Justin Uptons grim start.
218 15
David Ortiz to sign a 19-day contract for 2017 all
games against the Yankees.
210 3
Time to end the leadoff joy ride of Alcides Escobar
(.233 average, .266 on-base percentage).
200 11
Streaky offense: scored seven runs or more eight
times, one or zero runs five times.
198 7
Looking merely ordinary, for the first time since
2007.
185 4
Chase Utley, 37, is third on club with .815 OPS.
175 18
Despite a career-worst 5.0 walks per nine innings,
Felix Hernandez has a 1.38 ERA.
156 10
Drew Storen (10.13 ERA, 1.88 WHIP) cant fall much
further in pecking order.
146 25
Manager Pete Mackanin doing an excellent job in
the midst of major rebuilding.
137 12
Nick Ahmed might be the NLs best defensive shortstop and worst offensive shortstop.
129 17
Chris Bassitts likely Tommy John elbow surgery a
tough blow.
125 13
Ranked 10th in the AL in drawing walks.
110 22
After a hot start, Corey Dickerson is at .205, .275
on-base percentage and has two homers in his last
50 at-bats.
102 27
Lost amid Dee Gordons demise: a seven-game
winning streak.
85
19
Most alarming: 2-7 in the division.
83
23
Andrew Heaney is out for several more weeks after
a PRP injection.
69
20
Trevor Story and Nolan Arenado combined for 20
April home runs.
66
21
Alex Rodriguez (.203 average) says hes turning the
corner.
52
24
With five homers and a .839 OPS, Wil Myers is
showing signs of a revival.
37
28
Voted Most Likely to Get No-Hit in the Class of
2016.
30
29
Hitting starting to awaken as starting pitching goes
south.
Sometimes they blow more saves in one game than
26
26
Mariano Rivera did during entire seasons.
10
30
Still getting outhomered by 23 players.

Twins 6, Astros 2
ab r h bi bb so avg
Minnesota
5 0 0 0 0 2 .262
Santana cf
5 2 3 0 0 1 .204
Dozier 2b
Mauer 1b
3 0 0 0 1 0 .326
3 2 1 0 1 1 .261
Sano rf
Park dh
3 1 2 2 1 1 .250
4 0 1 1 0 2 .256
Escobar ss
Rosario lf
3 0 0 1 0 1 .183
1 0 0 0 1 0 .083
Murphy c
Suzuki c
2 0 0 0 0 1 .208
3 1 1 2 1 1 .371
Nunez 3b
32 6 8 6 5 10
Totals
u Batting 2B: Dozier (6); 3B: Park (1);
HR: Nunez (1); SF: Rosario (1); RBI: Escobar
(6); Nunez 2 (10); Rosario (7); Park 2 (11);
GIDP: Rosario; Sano LOB: 5.
u Fielding DP: 1.
ab r h bi bb so avg
Houston
5 0 1 0 0 1 .301
Altuve 2b
3 1 1 1 1 0 .269
Springer rf
Correa ss
2 0 0 0 2 0 .258
4 0 0 0 0 4 .241
Rasmus cf
Gattis dh
3 0 0 0 1 2 .216
4 1 1 1 0 1 .200
Tucker lf
Gonzalez 1b
4 0 0 0 0 0 .196
1 0 0 0 1 1 .180
Valbuena 3b
White ph
1 0 0 0 1 0 .235
4 0 2 0 0 2 .175
Castro c
31 2 5 2 6 11
Totals
u Batting 2B: Altuve (12); HR: Springer
(5); Tucker (3); RBI: Springer (12); Tucker (4);
GIDP: Gattis LOB: 8.
u Fielding DP: 2.
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Minnesota
51/3 3 2 2 5 8 6.75
Berrios W,1-1
11/3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Abad
1
Fien
/3 1 0 0 0 0 6.94
1 0 0 0 0 2 3.31
Pressly
Jepsen
1 1 0 0 1 0 3.86
Houston
Keuchel L,2-4
41/3 7 5 5 5 3 5.11
12/3 1 1 1 0 1 7.36
Fields
Feliz
2 0 0 0 0 4 11.05
1 0 0 0 0 2 8.18
Giles

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Philadelphia
ab r h bi bb so avg
4 1 2 0 0 0 .310
Herrera cf
Galvis ss
4 0 1 2 0 2 .237
3 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Franco 3b
4 0 0 0 0 2 .185
Howard 1b
Ruiz c
4 0 3 0 0 0 .341
Hernandez 2b
3 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Oberholtzer p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ruf ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .184
Lough lf
3 0 0 0 1 0 .281
Hellickson p
2 1 0 0 0 1 .222
Burriss 2b
2 0 1 0 0 0 .091
4 1 1 0 0 0 .189
Bourjos rf
Totals
34 3 8 3 1 6
u Batting 2B: Ruiz (3); Burriss (1); SF:
Franco (1); RBI: Galvis 2 (13); Franco (15).
u Fielding E: Bourjos (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
St. Louis
3 0 0 0 2 1 .234
Carpenter 3b
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Siegrist p
Maness p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Piscotty cf
5 1 2 1 0 0 .290
Holliday lf
4 0 1 0 0 1 .256
Oh p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tejada 3b
1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
5 0 1 1 0 2 .225
Moss rf
Molina c
5 1 2 0 0 0 .333
Adams 1b
4 2 2 1 1 1 .280
0 0 0 0 0 0 .636
Fryer c
3 2 1 1 1 0 .403
Diaz ss
4 1 1 2 0 2 .233
Wong 2b
2 1 2 3 0 0 .273
Wainwright p
2 2 2 1 0 0 .200
Grichuk ph
38 10 14 10 4 7
Totals
u Batting 2B: Piscotty (7); Wainwright
(1); HR: Adams (3); Wong (1); Diaz (5); Wainwright (1); Grichuk (4); RBI: Adams (7);
Wong 2 (4); Piscotty (16); Diaz (14); Wainwright 3 (6); Moss (16); Grichuk (13).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Philadelphia
Hellickson L,2-2 51/3 7 6 6 4 5 4.88
Oberholtzer
22/3 7 4 4 0 2 9.64
St. Louis
6 5 3 3 1 4 6.68
Wainwright
W,2-3
1 0 0 0 0 0 1.84
Oh H,4
Siegrist
1 1 0 0 0 1 2.70
Maness
1 2 0 0 0 1 5.79
WP: Siegrist. Batters faced; pitchesstrikes: Hellickson 27; 98-57; Oberholtzer
15; 48-33; Wainwright 24; 96-66; Oh 3; 11-9;
Siegrist 4; 15-9; Maness 5; 19-14
uUmpires HP: DiMuro; 1B: Blakney;
2B: Wolcott; 3B: Carlson
uGame data T: 3:01. Att: 40,438.

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ab r h bi bb so avg
Texas
4 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Odor 2b
4 1 2 1 0 0 .333
Mazara rf
Beltre 3b
4 0 0 0 0 2 .289
4 0 1 0 0 1 .208
Fielder 1b
Alberto 1b
0 0 0 0 0 0 .118
3 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Desmond lf
Moreland dh
4 0 1 0 0 0 .256
4 0 0 0 0 1 .310
Andrus ss
Nicholas c
2 1 1 1 2 0 .258
3 0 2 0 1 1 .250
DeShields Jr. cf
32 2 7 2 3 6
Totals
u Batting 2B: Fielder (4); HR: Nicholas
(2); Mazara (3); RBI: Nicholas (4); Mazara
(9); GIDP: Mazara LOB: 7.
u Fielding DP: 2.
ab r h bi bb so avg
Toronto
Saunders lf
3 0 1 1 1 2 .304
4 0 1 0 0 1 .291
Donaldson 3b
Bautista rf
4 0 0 0 0 2 .231
2 0 0 0 2 0 .235
Encarnacion dh
Tulowitzki ss
4 0 0 0 0 3 .165
3 0 2 0 1 0 .225
Smoak 1b
Barney pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
4 0 0 0 0 1 .160
Goins 2b
Pillar cf
4 1 3 0 0 0 .290
2 0 0 0 0 0 .172
Thole c
Carrera ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
1 0 0 0 0 0 .141
Martin c
32 1 7 1 4 10
Totals
u Batting 2B: Pillar (6); RBI: Saunders
(9); GIDP: Goins LOB: 8.
u Fielding PB: Thole (6); DP: 2.
Pitching
ip h r er bb so era
Texas
Griffin
6 3 1 1 2 9 2.32
1 2 0 0 0 1 3.09
Barnette W,1-1
Dyson H,8
1 1 0 0 2 0 2.25
1 1 0 0 0 0 5.40
Tolleson S,9
Toronto
Dickey
61/3 6 1 1 3 3 5.73
Floyd L,0-2
11/3 1 1 1 0 2 2.31
1
Cecil
/3 0 0 0 0 0 5.59
Storen
1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00
WP: Barnette. HBP: Desmond (by Floyd).
Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Griffin 23;
107-64; Barnette 4; 16-10; Dyson 5; 17-7; Tolleson 3; 8-6; Dickey 27; 98-66; Floyd 5; 15-10;
Cecil 1; 1-1; Storen 3; 12-8
uUmpires HP: Blaser; 1B: Holbrook;
2B: Drake; 3B: Barber
uGame data T: 2:44. Att: 25,323.

Mets 4, Braves 1
Atlanta
New York

000 000 001 1

400 000 00X 4

100 001 021 5

000 044 00X 8

ab r h bi bb so avg
Los Angeles
5 1 1 0 0 2 .282
Escobar 3b
3 1 1 0 1 0 .286
Ortega lf
Trout cf
5 2 4 3 0 0 .313
4 1 2 1 1 0 .192
Pujols 1b
Calhoun rf
4 0 1 0 1 0 .287
3 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Simmons ss
Bedrosian p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 1 1 0 0 .240
Cron ph
Achter p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .077
Choi ph
Soto c
3 0 1 0 1 2 .343
Weaver p
2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mahle p
Pennington ss
2 0 0 0 0 1 .194
4 0 0 0 0 1 .169
Giavotella 2b
Totals
37 5 11 5 4 7
u Batting 2B: Pujols (2); Escobar (8);
HR: Trout (6); S: Ortega (1); RBI: Trout 3 (18);
Cron (7); Pujols (16) LOB: 10.
u Baserunning SB: Trout (2).
u Fielding E: Ortega (1); DP: 1.
ab r h bi bb so avg
Milwaukee
4 1 0 0 1 1 .235
Presley rf
Villar ss
3 0 1 2 1 0 .263
3 1 3 1 1 0 .372
Braun lf
Flores lf
1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
4 0 2 2 0 2 .309
Lucroy c
Carter 1b
4 0 1 0 0 1 .277
4 1 1 0 0 2 .279
Nieuwenhuis cf
Hill 3b
3 2 1 0 1 1 .194
4 2 2 1 0 1 .212
Rivera 2b
Nelson p
3 1 2 1 0 1 .214
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blazek p
Walsh ph
1 0 1 0 0 0 .120
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jeffress p
34 8 14 7 4 9
Totals
u Batting 2B: Villar (6); Lucroy (5);
Braun (5); S: Villar (2); RBI: Villar 2 (6); Lucroy
2 (8); Nelson (1); Rivera (1); Braun (21);
GIDP: Nieuwenhuis LOB: 7.
u Baserunning SB: Villar (7); CS: Presley (1).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Los Angeles
5 11 7 7 2 3 5.40
Weaver L,3-1
1
Mahle
/3 1 1 1 1 1 2.16
12/3 1 0 0 0 5 1.69
Bedrosian
Achter
1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Milwaukee
Nelson W,4-2
7 4 2 2 3 6 3.05
1 4 2 2 0 0 3.75
Blazek
1 3 1 1 1 1 3.38
Jeffress
Weaver pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. WP:
Mahle. IBB: Braun (by Weaver). Batters
faced; pitches-strikes: Weaver 26; 92-58;
Mahle 3; 12-6; Bedrosian 6; 24-18; Achter 4;
16-10; Nelson 28; 94-57; Blazek 7; 27-18;
Jeffress 7; 28-18
uUmpires HP: Fagan; 1B: B. Welke;
2B: Reyburn; 3B: Basner
uGame data T: 3:30. Att: 21,352.

ab r h bi bb so avg
Atlanta
Markakis rf
4 0 1 0 0 2 .293
4 0 1 0 0 0 .230
Castro 3b
4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Freeman 1b
4 1 2 0 0 1 .283
Garcia lf
Pierzynski c
4 0 1 0 0 1 .203
Brignac 2b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Aybar ss
4 0 2 1 0 0 .178
Foltynewicz p
1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Norris p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
dArnaud ph
1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
OFlaherty p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ogando p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
K. Johnson ph
3 0 0 0 0 1 .218
Smith cf
34 1 9 1 0 8
Totals
u Batting 2B: Freeman (4); Garcia (2);
Pierzynski (2); S: Foltynewicz (1); RBI: Aybar
(2); GIDP: Castro LOB: 7.
u Fielding DP: 2.
New York
ab r h bi bb so avg
Granderson rf
4 0 1 0 0 1 .239
Wright 3b
3 1 2 1 1 0 .266
4 1 1 0 0 2 .337
Conforto lf
4 1 1 2 0 0 .289
Cespedes cf
Duda 1b
3 1 1 1 1 0 .256
Walker 2b
3 0 0 0 1 0 .305
Cabrera ss
4 0 2 0 0 0 .306
Plawecki c
2 0 0 0 2 0 .188
Colon p
3 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Familia p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
30 4 8 4 5 5
Totals
u Batting 2B: Granderson (5); Cabrera
(6); HR: Duda (5); Cespedes (8); Wright (3);
RBI: Duda (15); Cespedes 2 (25); Wright (7);
GIDP: Granderson; Walker LOB: 7.
u Baserunning SB: Walker (1).
u Fielding DP: 1.
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Atlanta
Foltynewicz L,0-1 32/3 8 4 4 2 4 9.82
21/3 0 0 0 2 0 7.92
Norris
OFlaherty
11/3 0 0 0 0 1 5.40
2
Ogando
/3 0 0 0 1 0 1.98
New York
8 7 0 0 0 7 2.56
Colon W,2-1
1 2 1 1 0 1 2.77
Familia

ab r h bi bb so avg
Washington
3 1 0 0 1 1 .184
Taylor cf
4 1 1 0 0 0 .240
Rendon 3b
Harper rf
4 0 1 0 0 2 .271
Zimmerman 1b
4 0 2 1 0 1 .234
Murphy 2b
4 0 3 1 0 0 .382
Werth lf
4 0 0 0 0 2 .203
Drew dh
3 0 0 0 0 2 .111
Heisey ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Lobaton c
3 0 1 0 1 0 .182
4 0 1 0 0 1 .192
Espinosa ss
Totals
34 2 9 2 2 10
u Batting 2B: Zimmerman 2 (5); Murphy (9); RBI: Zimmerman (8); Murphy (13);
GIDP: Taylor.
u Baserunning SB: Taylor (4); CS: Harper (2).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Kansas City
4 0 1 0 0 0 .234
Escobar ss
Cain cf
4 0 1 0 0 2 .231
Hosmer 1b
2 0 1 0 2 1 .337
K. Morales dh
4 0 1 0 0 1 .217
Gordon lf
3 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Perez c
4 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Infante 2b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Colon 3b
3 0 0 0 0 0 .188
3 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Orlando rf
31 0 5 0 2 5
Totals
u Batting 2B: Escobar (3).
u Baserunning CS: Cain (2).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Washington
Gonzalez W,2-1 6 4 0 0 2 1 1.15
Solis H,2
1 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
1
Kelley H,2
/3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
2
Perez H,4
/3 0 0 0 0 2 2.70
Papelbon S,9
1 0 0 0 0 1 2.38
Kansas City
Volquez L,3-2
72/3 7 2 2 1 7 3.38
11/3 2 0 0 1 3 3.38
Duffy

IBB: Plawecki (by Foltynewicz). Batters

faced; pitches-strikes: Foltynewicz 21; 9858; Norris 7; 28-15; OFlaherty 4; 17-11;
Ogando 3; 13-6; Colon 30; 99-77; Familia 5;
12-10
uUmpires HP: Cederstrom; 1B: Cooper; 2B: Wolf; 3B: Johnson
uGame data T: 2:31. Att: 23,847.

HBP: Gordon (by Gonzalez). Batters

faced; pitches-strikes: Gonzalez 24; 10261; Solis 3; 8-6; Kelley 2; 6-5; Perez 2; 7-6; Papelbon 3; 17-12; Volquez 29; 114-72; Duffy
7; 23-13
uUmpires HP: Gonzalez; 1B: Culbreth;
2B: Bucknor; 3B: Reynolds
uGame data T: 3:09. Att: 32,394.

Nationals 2, Royals 0
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Cincinnati
ab r h bi bb so avg
San Francisco
5 0 1 1 0 0 .242
Span cf
4 0 0 0 1 1 .252
Duffy 3b
Posey c
4 1 2 0 1 1 .294
4 2 1 0 1 2 .292
Pence rf
Belt 1b
4 2 3 1 1 0 .310
2 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Williamson lf
Blanco ph
2 1 1 1 0 0 .344
5 1 2 4 0 0 .253
Crawford ss
Tomlinson 2b
5 1 2 0 0 1 .194
2 0 1 2 0 1 .133
Cueto p
Gillaspie ph
1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lopez p
Mazzaro p
1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Osich p
Brown ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Casilla p
40 9 14 9 4 7
Totals
u Batting 2B: Pence (4); 3B: Belt (2);
HR: Crawford (3); RBI: Belt (19); Crawford 4
(10); Blanco (3); Span (13); Cueto 2 (2);
GIDP: Posey.
u Baserunning SB: Tomlinson (2).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Cincinnati
4 1 1 1 0 1 .222
Hamilton cf
3 1 2 0 1 0 .171
De Jesus ss
Votto 1b
4 1 1 3 0 1 .231
4 1 1 0 0 1 .272
Phillips 2b
Bruce rf
4 1 1 1 0 1 .256
3 0 0 0 1 1 .258
Suarez 3b
Schebler lf
4 0 1 1 0 2 .180
4 1 1 0 0 2 .298
Barnhart c
Finnegan p
1 0 0 0 0 1 .308
1 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Duvall ph
Ramirez p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hayes p
Hoover p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 1 .217
Pacheco ph
Totals
33 6 8 6 2 11
u Batting 2B: Hamilton (6); 3B: Bruce
(2); HR: Votto (3); S: Finnegan (1); RBI: Schebler (8); Votto 3 (15); Bruce (18); Hamilton
(5); GIDP: Votto.
u Baserunning SB: Schebler (1).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
San Francisco
5 7 6 6 2 8 3.61
Cueto
2
Lopez
/3 0 0 0 0 1 5.68
2
Mazzaro W,1-0
/3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
12/3 0 0 0 0 0 2.08
Osich H,4
Casilla S,5
1 0 0 0 0 2 1.86
Cincinnati
6 6 3 3 3 4 3.97
Finnegan
Ramirez L,0-2 H,1 1/3 4 4 4 0 1 6.48
Hayes BS,1
12/3 3 2 2 1 2 7.56
Hoover
1 1 0 0 0 0 13.97
Hayes pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. HBP:
Williamson (by Finnegan). Batters faced;
pitches-strikes: Cueto 24; 106-69; Lopez 2;
7-6; Mazzaro 3; 10-5; Osich 4; 13-8; Casilla
3; 11-8; Finnegan 28; 90-57; Ramirez 5; 2514; Hayes 8; 38-21; Hoover 4; 14-8
uUmpires HP: Hoye; 1B: Fairchild; 2B:
Joyce; 3B: Hudson
uGame data T: 3:17. Att: 13,829.

Cubs 7, Pirates 2
Chicago
Pittsburgh

002 040 100 7

100 010 000 2

ab r h bi bb so avg
Chicago
4 1 2 0 1 1 .357
Fowler cf
5 0 0 0 0 2 .303
La Stella 3b
Bryant lf
3 1 1 0 2 1 .289
5 2 2 1 0 0 .230
Rizzo 1b
Zobrist 2b
3 1 1 2 0 0 .253
Russell ss
4 1 1 0 0 2 .218
2 1 1 0 1 1 .367
Szczur rf
Baez 2b
2 0 2 0 0 0 .355
Ross c
4 0 1 2 1 0 .265
Hammel p
3 0 0 0 0 2 .231
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Warren p
Soler ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Grimm p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Strop p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Richard ph
Wood p
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals
37 7 11 5 5 9
u Batting 2B: Rizzo 2 (4); Bryant (7);
Fowler (11); SF: Zobrist (2); RBI: Rizzo (25);
Ross 2 (8); Zobrist 2 (12).
u Baserunning SB: Szczur (2); Russell
(1); Fowler 2 (5).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Pittsburgh
4 0 0 0 0 2 .292
Jaso 1b
4 1 1 2 0 1 .228
McCutchen cf
Freese 3b
3 0 1 0 0 1 .292
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lobstein p
Joyce ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .387
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Caminero p
3 0 1 0 0 0 .327
Marte lf
Cervelli c
3 0 0 0 1 1 .309
4 0 1 0 0 1 .312
Polanco rf
Harrison 2b
4 0 0 0 0 1 .313
3 1 3 0 1 0 .326
Mercer ss
Cole p
1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schugel p
Rogers ph
2 0 0 0 1 1 .100
32 2 7 2 3 9
Totals
u Batting 2B: Polanco (10); HR:
McCutchen (6); RBI: McCutchen 2 (12);
GIDP: Cervelli.
u Baserunning CS: Marte (2).
u Fielding E: Harrison (5); Cole (2).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
Chicago
5 5 2 2 1 3 1.24
Hammel W,4-0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Warren
Grimm
1 1 0 0 0 2 2.16
1 1 0 0 0 1 2.61
Strop
Wood
1 0 0 0 1 2 2.45
Pittsburgh
42/3 6 6 6 4 6 4.28
Cole L,2-3
1
/3 1 0 0 0 1 4.09
Schugel
Lobstein
3 3 1 1 0 1 3.60
2
/3 1 0 0 1 1 5.40
Caminero
Hammel pitched to 1 batters in the 6th. WP:
Lobstein. HBP: Marte (by Hammel). Batters
faced; pitches-strikes: Hammel 22; 89-54;
Warren 3; 9-5; Grimm 4; 16-9; Strop 3; 10-5;
Wood 4; 13-7; Cole 25; 105-61; Schugel 2;
9-6; Lobstein 13; 41-25; Caminero 5; 18-8
uUmpires HP: Diaz; 1B: May; 2B: Nelson; 3B: Eddings
uGame data T: 3:18. Att: 18,376.

SUNDAYS LATE GAME

Red Sox 8, Yankees 7
New York
Boston

003 030 010 7

103 020 20X 8

ab r h bi bb so avg
New York
4 2 2 1 0 0 .247
Ellsbury cf
Gardner lf
3 1 0 0 1 1 .243
4 2 2 4 0 0 .203
Rodriguez dh
Teixeira 1b
4 0 1 1 0 1 .225
Castro 2b
4 1 2 0 0 0 .314
Headley 3b
4 0 1 0 0 1 .156
Hicks rf
3 0 0 0 0 0 .077
McCann ph
0 0 0 0 1 0 .262
Torreyes ss
3 1 1 0 0 0 .375
Beltran ph
1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
2 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Romine c
1 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Gregorius ss
33 7 9 6 2 7
Totals
u Batting 2B: Rodriguez (3); Ellsbury 2
(6); Castro (5); HR: Rodriguez (5); S: Romine
(1); Gardner (1); RBI: Rodriguez 4 (12); Teixeira (11); Ellsbury (9); GIDP: Hicks.
u Fielding E: Hicks (1); Eovaldi (1).
ab r h bi bb so avg
Boston
5 1 1 0 0 0 .263
Betts rf
5 1 3 0 0 0 .324
Pedroia 2b
5 1 3 1 0 0 .306
Bogaerts ss
4 2 1 0 1 2 .317
Ortiz dh
4 0 1 2 0 0 .283
Ramirez 1b
4 1 2 2 0 2 .322
Shaw 3b
Holt lf
3 1 1 1 1 0 .268
4 1 1 2 0 0 .225
Vazquez c
3 0 1 0 1 0 .274
Bradley Jr. cf
37 8 14 8 3 4
Totals
u Batting 2B: Bogaerts (10); HR: Vazquez (1); Shaw (3); RBI: Vazquez 2 (2); Holt
(15); Bogaerts (11); Shaw 2 (17); Ramirez 2
(15).
u Baserunning SB: Bradley Jr. (2).
ip h r er bb so era
Pitching
New York
Eovaldi
5 10 6 6 3 3 5.46
Nova L,1-1
12/3 2 1 1 0 0 5.14
1
Betances
/3 1 1 1 0 0 3.09
1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Miller
Boston
7 8 6 6 1 3 6.14
Price W,4-0
Uehara H,8
1 1 1 1 1 2 3.97
1 0 0 0 0 2 3.75
Kimbrel S,8
Eovaldi pitched to 1 batters in the 6th. WP:
Uehara. HBP: Ellsbury (by Price). Batters
faced; pitches-strikes: Eovaldi 27; 99-61;
Nova 7; 20-14; Betances 2; 3-2; Miller 4; 1510; Price 30; 100-71; Uehara 5; 23-14; Kimbrel 3; 10-7
uUmpires HP: Porter; 1B: Tumpane;
2B: Barksdale; 3B: Iassogna
uGame data T: 3:17. Att: 34,279.

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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

BASEBALL

Pirates, Nationals
big tests for Cubs
Rangers, Blue Jays renew rivalry
Jesse Yomtov

@jesseyomtov
USA TODAY Sports

While the notion of a big series

over a 162-game season is somewhat oxymoronic especially in
May this weeks slate of major
league games provide an array
of compelling matchups. USA
TODAY Sports breaks down several of them:

Chicago Cubs
at Pittsburgh Pirates

TROY TAORMINA, USA TODAY SPORTS

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, last seasons AL rookie of the year, has seen a dip in power.

Astros say they can

turn around season
Jorge L. Ortiz

@jorgelortiz
USA TODAY Sports

After a rough West Coast

swing that saw them drop two series to division rivals, the Houston Astros have a chance to
recover with a 10-game homestand that began Monday against
the American Leagues worst
team in the 7-18 Minnesota
Twins.
Then again, the Astros, at 8-17,
were just a game better.
The bumpy start has been as
unexpected as the Astros playoff
run last season. After six consecutive losing seasons, they won
over converts by keeping a fivemonth stranglehold on first place
in the AL West before settling for
a wild-card entry into the postseason, then pushing the eventual World Series champion Kansas
City Royals to the limit in an AL
Division Series.
No less than a continuation of
such progress figured to follow,
and with emerging superstar
Carlos Correa and multitool outfielder George Springer available
for a whole season, Houston was
the preseason forecasters darling.
Predictions of a return to the
playoffs might prove accurate,
but first the Astros will have to
reverse troubling trends from a 717 April.
Houston finished the month
with the leagues worst ERA
(4.97) both the starters (5.10)
and relievers (4.75) ranked last in
that department and the
strikeout-prone offense was unable to make up for such dismal
pitching.
Hopefully this early part of
May well see a little transformation and get back to the brand of
baseball we played last year, says
staff ace Dallas Keuchel, who
watched his teammates avoid a
sweep with a 2-1 victory Sunday
against the Oakland Athletics,
closing the Astros trip at 2-4.
Doug Fister, who gave up one
hit in 623 innings in Sundays

win, says he senses the starters

are beginning to get into a groove
after holding Oakland to five runs
in 1823 innings. Yet it will take
more such performances to lift
the Astros to the break-even
mark, let alone to the divisions
upper echelon.
Keuchel, the ALs reigning Cy
Young Award winner, and Collin
McHugh combined to go 39-15
last year. Theyre both 2-3 in
2016, and Keuchels 4.41 ERA
only looks good in comparison to
McHughs 6.65.
Moreover, Houston has played
sloppily at times and has not won
as many as two games in a row.
The way the American
League is this year, if you do give
an extra out or if you do give extra bases, it comes back to bite
you, manager A.J. Hinch says.
Its been that way for us. Weve
made enough mistakes and
enough mistakes have burned us
to create an uphill battle now
to get back to where we need to
get.
Although hes 21, Correa will
be counted on to lead them back
into the winning ranks. The No. 1
overall pick in the 2012 draft
earned that kind of respect during his AL rookie of the year season in 2015, when he topped all
major league shortstops with 22
home runs in 99 games.
Correa blasted three home
runs in this seasons first two
games but has yet to go deep
since then, a stretch of 22 games.
A healthy on-base percentage
of .379 and 15 walks indicate Correa has maintained his plate discipline even as his batting
average has dipped to .264. But
he was also striking out once every 4.29 plate appearances, compared with once every 5.54 last
season.
Thats only part of the reason
the Astros are averaging just 3.75
runs a game headed into Sunday,
21st in the league.
Much of the blame lies in their
.200 batting average with runners in scoring position, second
worst in the AL, and their inability to put the ball in play (a

league-high 246 strikeouts). In

addition, the bottom of the order
has become a wasteland, with the
likes of Preston Tucker, Luis Valbuena and Jason Castro all batting below .200.
But Correa recognizes that to
whom much is given, much will
be required.
Theres a lot on my shoulders,
being the third-place hitter, and I
just focus on doing my job, says
Correa, whose nine RBI tied him
for sixth among AL shortstops.
The first month wasnt good. It
wasnt bad either, but it wasnt
what I would want.
Correa thinks the Astros need
to do a better job of picking each
other up, such as a pitcher inducing a double-play grounder after
a fielder makes an error or the offense delivering in the clutch to
bail out a pitcher having a tough
game.
We havent done that, he
says. We make an error, and everybody gets down. Or we fail to
bring in a runner in scoring position with less than two outs, and
everybody gets down. Baseball is
more than that. You have to get
through those tough moments
and help each other so we can
win.
Given the talent level on the
roster, theres every reason to believe the Astros will get on track
soon.
They certainly have an outstanding catalyst in Jose Altuve,
who has led off four games with
home runs this season.
After improving by 16 wins last
season, the Astros are not going
to let one bad month diminish
their swagger, even if their Club
Astros celebrations have been
considerably less frequent than
in 2015.
We have a good team. Were
going to hold our chests out,
Hinch says. Were going to have
to be dealt with by a lot of teams.
Certainly we havent put ourselves in a terrific position at the
end of April, but thats why its a
six-month season and not a onemonth trial.

(Monday-Wednesday)
Why it matters: In a rematch
of last seasons wild-card game,
the two teams atop the National
League Central were meeting for
the first time. The Cubs entered
with a three-game lead, and this
could be an early statement series
for either team.
Mood meter: Both teams entered hot, the Pirates having won
eight of 10 and the Cubs eight of
11. Pittsburgh was averaging seven runs per game in that stretch,
with Gregory Polanco hitting .341
with eight extra-base hits.
What to watch: Jake Arrieta
(5-0, 1.00 ERA) goes for the Cubs
on Tuesday, his last start against
Pittsburgh being an 11-strikeout
shutout in the wild-card game.

Texas Rangers
at Toronto Blue Jays

(Monday-Thursday)
Why it matters: These teams
met in a thrilling five-game
American League Division Series
last season with Toronto coming
out on top after an epic, nearly
hour-long inning of drama. Youll
remember Jose Bautistas bat flip
in Game 5, which divided a continent over the ethics and ethos of
celebration, retaliation and the
dispersal of joy. Might the Rangers retaliate? Theyll play each
other seven times in the next two
weeks, with this four-game series
kicking things off.
Mood meter: The Rangers
entered 5-5 in their last 10 but
have gotten major production
from newbie Ian Desmond (1.180
on-base-plus-slugging percentage) over that stretch. Toronto
hasnt gotten going, the teams
.230 batting average ranking 25th
in baseball, with 15 runs in its last
five games.
What to watch: Colby Lewis

(2-0, 3.19 ERA) starts for the

Rangers on Wednesday, having
struggled against this group of
hitters, who have a combined
.983 OPS against him.

Los Angeles Dodgers

at Tampa Bay Rays

(Tuesday-Wednesday)
Why it matters: The twogame series is a homecoming for
Dodgers President Andrew Friedman, who served as Rays general
manager from 2006 to 2014,
building the team into a regular
contender.
Mood meter: Los Angeles,
tied for the NL West lead entering Monday, has lost six of seven,
and Adrian Gonzalez is stuck in a
0-for-20 slump in that stretch.
Logan Forsythe has been on a
tear for the Rays, hitting .444 (20for-45) in his last 12 games. Tampa Bay is off to an 11-13 start.
What to watch: Scott Kazmir
(1-2, 5.76) starts Tuesday for the
Dodgers vs. his former team. The
32-year-old pitched well last time
out after giving up 14 earned runs
over his previous three starts.

Washington Nationals
at Chicago Cubs

(Thursday-Sunday)
Why it matters: Ranked first
and second in this weeks power
rankings, could this be a preview
of the NL Championship Series?
Its early, but the Nationals look
like the most imposing roadblock
for a Cubs team widely picked to
win the World Series. The Nationals get into the meat of things
this week, with this four-game set
at Wrigley Field coming on the
heels of three games at the Kansas City Royals.
Mood meter: It looked like
the Nationals hot start was over
when they were swept by the
Philadelphia Phillies last week,
but the NL East leaders came
back and took all three last weekend at the St. Louis Cardinals.
But Bryce Harper is 2-for-19 with
no extra-base hits over his last six
games.
What to watch: It has been
all about starting pitching, with
the Nationals (2.18) and Cubs
(2.27) rotations leading the majors in ERA. The Cubs will miss
Stephen Strasburg (4-0, 2.25
ERA) but have to deal with everyone else, including Max Scherzer
(3-1, 3.55 ERA) on Friday.

KIM KLEMENT, USA TODAY SPORTS

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson, right, helped the Blue Jays
get past the Rangers in an AL Division Series last season.

Leicester title a magical, mythical tour de force

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made. EPL teams dont restock

through a draft system if they
flounder. There are no salary caps
or other mechanisms for parity,
nor playoffs to allow a hot team to
go on a dream run with a handful
of wins. For the most part, the rich
get richer and better.
Britains bookies had priced
Leicester in the preseason at
5,000-1 odds, deemed less probable than Elvis being discovered
managing a local convenience
store or Kim Kardashian being
voted in as president.
But this was a feat of consistency rather than a freak, jackpot-hitting run. Leicester has lost three
of its 36 games all season. Late in
that spell, as things got tough and
many expected a slip, it began to
grind out narrow win after narrow
win, edging closer to the unthinkable.

For long-suffering supporters of

the team, it is a feeling that can
scarcely be imagined. This is not a
dream come true because no one
was crazy enough to dream it to
begin with. Some fans have started to call it The Sweetness of
Once, an acknowledgment that it
likely will never happen again and
how that makes this all the more
pure and perfect.
At the helm of it all was a man
universally considered to be
among the nicest in the game.
Coach Claudio Ranieri wasnt
proof nice guys finish last, he
seemed to be trying to reshape it
that they finish second. He had
done so four times, with four
clubs, in three countries.
With his previous teams, Juventus and Roma in Italy, Monaco
in France and Chelsea in England,
he was a legitimate contender
with money to spend and highly
credentialed playing resources at

his disposal. Not so here. So many

of the Leicester squad had been
derided and dismissed.
You might know some of them
by now. Jamie Vardy, the former
factory worker-turned-goal-scoring sensation. Riyad Mahrez, the
Algerian midfielder considered
too lightweight but now voted
Footballer of the Year by his peers.
NGolo Kante, who has emerged
as a transformational player, a
roving defensive midfielder with
license to snuff out danger wherever his eyes and legs took him.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel,
seemingly forever destined to live
in the shadow of his father, Peter,
one of soccers all-time great
keepers. Captain Wes Morgan,
who spent virtually his entire career outside the top league but
who, along with a tenacious back
line, canceled out the threat of all
the leagues big forwards.
All are legends now, to be forev-

er cherished in a city once known

more as a rugby town.
Never let anyone tell you that
fans are merely spectators with no
capacity to influence athletic performance. Leicesters supporters
deserve a medal in their own right,
a fact not lost on the playing staff.
Every time the team fell behind
this campaign, the squad was met
with cheers and encouragement,
not despondency. On most of
those occasions, a fight-back ensued.
Monday, it needed a different
kind of revival. Tottenham looked
to be sticking around a little longer in this title chase, leading early
on goals by Harry Kane and Son
Heung-min. Chelsea, the reigning
champion mired in a season of difficulty and rebuilding, summoned
a final effort, though, pulling a goal
back through Gary Cahill, then
equalizing, with seven minutes
left, thanks to Eden Hazard.

And as the final whistle approached at Chelseas home stadium, Stamford Bridge, the most
improbable chant of all sprung up.
Leicester! Leicester! the Chelsea
fans roared in unison. It was the
moment the former titleholder
formally passed the baton.
Now everyone, even those on
the most unheralded of teams, can
dream. Now the impossible and
unreachable suddenly appears
less so. On this night, Leicester
was cheered by its own country,
the world of soccer and the wider
community of sports. For this is
why we love sports and what they
bring, for how sometimes, when
there is just enough magic in the
air, the underdog of all underdogs
can have his day.
FOLLOW COLUMNIST
MARTIN ROGERS

@mrougersUSAT for commentary and analysis in soccer.

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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Letangs hit blemishes Penguins win

Rookie Murrays
47 saves give team
2-1 lead in series
Kevin Allen

kmallen@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports

PITTSBURGH
The Pittsburgh
Penguins left Consol Energy Center with a grind-it-out 3-2 playoff
win against the Washington Capitals on Monday but wont know
what it cost them until Tuesday
evening.
The excitement of rookie goalie Matt Murrays posting a 47save victory has to be tempered
by concern that star defenseman
Kris Letang could face a hearing
with the NHLs Department of
Player Safety because of the illegal hit he laid on Washington forward Marcus Johansson in the
first period.
No one is sure what will happen with Letang, but everyone
was sure that Murray saved the
Penguins in Game 3.
Its a culmination of things
(with Murray), Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin said.
His poise, quiet confidence, his
calmness is well beyond his
years.
At 21, hes sporting a .939 save
percentage and a goals-against
average under 2.00. Hes drawing
comparisons to the way young
Patrick Roy played for the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 or Cam
Ward played for the Carolina
Hurricanes in 2006. In both of
those situations, young goalies
led their team to a Stanley Cup.
I thought he was terrific,
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan
said. The disparity in shots was
because (the Capitals) had the
puck all night.
But Murrays performance was
overshadowed by concern about
what will happen with Letang going forward.
It will be interesting how (the
Department of Player Safety)
handles it, Washington goalie

CHARLES LECLAIRE, USA TODAY SPORTS

Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin says of 21-year-old goalie Matt Murray, right, His calmness is well beyond his years.
Braden Holtby said. If it is fair,
he wont be in the next game. But
thats out of our control.
The fairness reference is about
the fact that Washington defenseman Brooks Orpik is sitting out a
three-game suspension for an illegal hit against Pittsburgh defenseman Olli Maatta. One major
difference is that Maatta was injured to the point he couldnt play
Game 3. Johansson did return to
the game.
I didnt see him coming, Johansson said. He came from the
blind side. I just looked at it, he
obviously leaves his feet and hits
me in the head. Its the kind of
play you want out of the league.

Doesnt look good.

He said he expected Letang to
be suspended. I went through all
the concussion tests and stuff like
that. Just some issues with my
neck right now, Johansson said.
I just got hit right in the head
and a little whiplash I think.
Did you watch the hit on
video? Yes I did.
Although Letang was given a
two-minute minor for interference, the replay shows he came
up high with his shoulder. How
much of the head did he get? Did
he launch into the check? How
much after Johansson released
the puck was the hit delivered?
All of those factors will be consid-

ered by the NHL office before it

makes a decision.
Its a real physical series on
both sides, said Sullivan, who
didnt want to discuss the Letang
situation any further.
The Penguins didnt look as
sharp as they did in the first two
games in Washington. They lead
2-1 in the best-of-seven Eastern
Conference semifinal that resumes Wednesday with Game 4
in Pittsburgh.
If the NHL decides that Letang
should have a hearing, it would
probably come Tuesday afternoon and the league would rule
in the early evening. At least, that
was the timing in the Orpik case.

What makes the Letang situation more fascinating is that

Monday afternoon Capitals coach
Barry Trotz in essence accused
the NHL of giving the Penguins
preferential treatment when Orpik was suspended for three
games.
Im disappointed but not surprised (by the suspension length)
based on who were playing and
all that, Trotz said.
Asked to elaborate, he said,
Take it for whatever you want.
FOLLOW NHL COLUMNIST
KEVIN ALLEN

@ByKevinAllen for breaking

news, analysis and insight.

Loss brings lessons,

Hawks coach says
v CONTINUED FROM 1C

JASEN VINLOVE, USA TODAY SPORTS

A combination of Kryie Irving

baskets, a J.R. Smith three-pointer, free throws by Thompson and
Kevin Love and a late three-point
play by James propelled the Cavaliers to a victory that was much
harder than it should have been.
We just kept our composure,
James said. Our coach and our
coaching staff are very even keel,
and we just try to stay in the moment. We were able to do that.
It was 72-54 Cavs with 3:56 left
in the third quarter. Cleveland
was rolling as James had just
dunked on a fast break after a
Love three-pointer.
And the Hawks were struggling, shooting 32.8% from the
field, including 25% on threepointers. Kyle Korver was scoreless, and Horford, Paul Millsap
and Jeff Teague were a combined
8-for-32 from the field.

The way our guys competed

really for the whole night was
what we need, Hawks coach
Mike Budenholzer said. Going
forward, I think we can play better. From Game 1, well learn a
lot, (and) well be better going
forward on both ends.
Then the Cavs shooting
turned cold, and they were sloppy
with the basketball. But when
they needed points and stops,
they got them, leading to a 1-0 series lead. Game 2 is Wednesday
(8 p.m. ET, TNT).
Irving had 21 points for Cleveland, Love had 17 (finishing 4for-17 from the field) and 11 rebounds, and Smith had 12 points,
all on threes.
Hawks backup guard Dennis
Schroder scored a game-high 27
points. Kent Bazemore had 16
points and 12 rebounds, and Millsap had 17 points and 13 rebounds.

The Rolex 24 uses Daytona International Speedways road course; NASCAR could do the same.

Make Talladega, Daytona safer

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There would still be the big

packs and the Big One, but cars
would have less chance of reaching takeoff speeds. They still
might get upside down (that can
happen at very slow speeds depending on the angle of the
crash), but NASCAR could lower
the odds of cars flying into the
stands or catching serious airtime
like Matt Kenseth did Sunday.
Would the show really lose that
much with slower speeds? Would
there really be fewer viewers or
fans at the track? If it helps make
the sport safer, NASCAR should
give it a try.
uRun infield road courses.
The Daytona 500 is too big of
an event to change at this point.
Its the crown jewel race, and
messing with it might be the last
straw for fans.
But what if the other three restrictor-plate races became infield road course races at Daytona
and Talladega? It would be easier
to stomach one plate race per

year as opposed to four.

Daytona already has a road
course its used for the Rolex
24 and also includes part of the
big track. And Talladega used to
have a road course, so perhaps
one could be rebuilt in a style
similar to Daytonas. The Talladega camping scene might be even
better than it is now if there were
a road course race in the middle
of all the drunkenness and revelry.
Plus, road courses have been
some of NASCARs best shows
ever since double-file restarts
were implemented. They have
some of the most enjoyable racing, unexpected results and the
highest entertainment value.
What if NASCAR gave the Rolex 24 course a shot for its July
Daytona race? It would not only
be safer, but perhaps the racing
would be better than in a plate
race.
uTake the plates off and
lower the banking.
Admittedly, this idea would
probably be the most costly. If

NASCAR took the restrictor

plates off the cars, speeds would
skyrocket. The way to counteract
that would be to lower the banking in the corners so cars
wouldnt be able to run around
the track wide open.
Unrestricted engines and lower banking would make the track
like a giant Michigan International Speedway or Auto Club
Speedway maybe even a Pocono Raceway which isnt an attractive proposition for those
who like pack racing more than
the intermediate-track style of
competition.
But spreading the cars out a bit
more would be safer. Not safe
racing will never be that but
safer. And at the same time, it
might get NASCAR back to its
best side: actually racing, not just
running in a pack and waiting to
wreck.
FOLLOW REPORTER
JEFF GLUCK

@jeff_gluck for breaking news and

insight from the racetrack.

KEN BLAZE, USA TODAY SPORTS

Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, who had 21 points, grabs a loose

ball from Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha.

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5. Vanderbilt (34-10)
Points: 598. PR: 7.

6. Louisville (35-9)
Points: 592. PR: 8.

7. South Carolina
(34-9)

College baseball

1. Florida (37-7)
Points: 746 (26 first-place votes).
Previous ranking (PR): 1.

Points: 591. PR: 5.

8. Florida State (29-12)

2. Texas A&M (35-9)

Points: 558. PR: 6.

Points: 719 (4). PR: 2.

9. North Carolina State

(31-12)

3. Miami (Fla.) (33-8)

Points: 674. PR: 3.

4. Mississippi State
(30-14-1)
Points: 634. PR: 4.

Points: 515. PR: 9.

10. (tie) Texas Tech

(34-13)

17. Florida Atlantic

(30-12)

22. Michigan (29-12)

Points: 410. PR: 14.

Points: 208. PR: 17.

12. TCU (30-12)

18. North Carolina

(28-15)

23. Creighton (30-9)

Points: 404. PR: 10.

14. UC-Santa Barbara

(29-10-1)
Points: 322. PR: 19.

Points: 256. PR: 18.

Points: 66. PR: 15.

25. Minnesota (27-13)

Points: 199. PR: 22.

Points: 58. PR: Not ranked.

20. Georgia Tech

(30-14)

Dropped out: No. 23 Missouri State (28-14),

No. 24 East Carolina (27-16-1).
Others receiving votes: Southern Mississippi
(31-14) 54; Brigham Young (30-10) 51; Tulane
(28-14) 49; Michigan State (30-11) 48; Rice
(27-14) 48; North Carolina-Wilmington (31-10)
36; South Alabama (33-12) 36; Bryant (33-8) 35;
Clemson (27-15) 35; California (24-16) 31; East
Carolina (27-16-1) 23; Arizona (28-16) 22;
Washington (25-15) 21; Arizona State (26-15) 16;
Navy (37-12-1) 13; Cal State-Fullerton (27-15) 12;
Kent State (33-11) 9; Indiana (26-16) 4; Long
Beach State (26-16) 2; Missouri State (28-14) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made
up of 31 Div. I coaches. All are American Baseball
Coaches Association members.

Points: 162. PR: 25.

15. LSU (28-16)

Points: 410. PR: 12.

24. Coastal Carolina

(31-14)

19. Oklahoma State

(28-15)

Points: 345. PR: 11.

Points: 286. PR: 13.

Points: 71. PR: Not ranked.

Points: 207. PR: 20.

13. Oregon State

(28-12)

10. (tie) Mississippi

(33-12)

Points: 78. PR: 21.

21. LouisianaLafayette (29-16)

16. Virginia (30-17)

Points: 95. PR: 16.

FOR THE RECORD

NBA
Playoff Schedule
All times ET
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 1, Atlanta 0

Toronto vs. Miami

Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Antonio 1,
Oklahoma City 0

April 30: San Antonio 124, Oklahoma City

92
Monday: Oklahoma City at San Antonio
Friday: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9:30
p.m.
Sunday: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8
p.m.
x-May 10: Oklahoma City at San Antonio,
TBA
x-May 12: San Antonio at Oklahoma City,
TBA
x-May 15: Oklahoma City at San Antonio,
TBA

Golden State 1, Portland 0

May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106

Tuesday: Portland at Golden State, 10:30
p.m.
Saturday: Golden State at Portland, 8:30
p.m.
May 9: Golden State at Portland, 10:30
p.m.
x-May 11: Portland at Golden State, TBA
x-May 13: Golden State at Portland, TBA
x-May 16: Portland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Cavaliers 104, Hawks 93

ATLANTA

Bazemore 6-14 1-2 16, Millsap 6-19 5-8 17,

Horford 4-13 0-1 10, Korver 0-1 3-3 3,
Teague 2-9 3-4 8, Sefolosha 1-3 0-0 2, Scott
3-3 0-0 7, Schroder 10-20 2-2 27, Hardaway
0-4 0-0 0, Muscala 0-0 0-0 0, Patterson 1-1
0-0 3. Totals 33-87 16-21 93.

CLEVELAND

James 11-21 1-1 25, Love 4-17 6-7 17,

Thompson 3-6 2-4 8, Smith 4-8 0-2 12, Irving 8-18 2-2 21, Shumpert 1-2 0-0 2, Dellavedova 0-2 1-2 1, Frye 2-5 3-3 8, Jefferson
3-3 0-0 8, Mozgov 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-0
0-0 0, D. Jones 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-83 15-21
104.
Atlanta
19 22 29 23
93
Cleveland 31 21 23 30
104
3-Point GoalsAtlanta 11-34 (Schroder 510, Bazemore 3-10, Scott 1-1, Patterson
1-1, Teague 1-4, Horford 0-1, Korver 0-1,
Hardaway Jr. 0-2, Millsap 0-3 ), Cleveland
15-31(Smith 4-7, Love 3-9, Irving 3-5, James
2-4, Jefferson 2-2, Frye 1-3, Dellavedova
0-1). Fouled OutNone. ReboundsAtlanta 58 (Millsap 13), Cleveland 44 (Thompson
14). AssistsAtlanta 21 (Schroeder 6),
Cleveland 27 (James 9). Total FoulsAtlanta 22, Cleveland 20. A20,562.

April 28: Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT

April 30: Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1
Monday: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
Wednesday: Washington at Pittsburgh, 8
p.m.
Saturday: Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:15
p.m.
x-May 10: Washington at Pittsburgh, TBA
x-May 12: Pittsburgh at Washington, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Dallas 1, St. Louis 1

April 29: Dallas 2, St. Louis 1

May 1: St. Louis 4, Dallas 3, OT
Tuesday: Dallas at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday: Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Saturday: St. Louis at Dallas, 1 p.m.
x-May 9: Dallas at St. Louis, TBA
x-May 11: St. Louis at Dallas, TBA

San Jose 2, Nashville 0

April 29: San Jose 5, Nashville 2

May 1: San Jose 3, Nashville 2
Tuesday: San Jose at Nashville, 9 p.m.
Thursday: San Jose at Nashville, 9 p.m.
x-Saturday: Nashville at San Jose, 10 p.m.
x-May 9: San Jose at Nashville , TBA
x-May 12: Nashville at San Jose, TBA

Penguins 3, Capitals 2

Washington
0
0
2

2
Pittsburgh
2
1
0

3
First Period1, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 4,
(Daley, Sheary), 6:37. 2, Pittsburgh, Kuhnhackl 2 (Cullen, Letang), 7:37. Penalties
J.Wiliams, Was (interference), 8:35; Pouliot,
Pit (hooking), 10:08; Letang, Pit (interference), 15:41; Winnik, Was (slashing), 18:09;
Kessel, Pit (slashing), 19:22.
Second Period3, Pittsburgh, Hagelin 3
(Bonino, Kessel), 15:03. PenaltyJ.Williams,
Was (tripping), 6:30.
Third Period4, Washington, Ovechikin 4
(Niskanen, Backstrom), 8:02. 5, Washington, J.Williams 1 (Ovechikin, Carlson),
19:04. PenaltyHagelin, Pit (tripping),
13:19.
Shots on GoalWashington 14-14-2149.
Pittsburgh 8-6-923.
Power-play opportunitiesWashington x
of x; Pittsburgh x of x.
GoaliesWashington, Holtby 5-4 (20
shots-23 saves). Pittsburgh, Murray 5-1 (4749).
A18,601 (16,940). T2:37.

COLLEGES
USA Today/NFCA Division I
Softball Poll

SOCCER
Major League Soccer
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
3
2
1

L
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
6
4
2

T Pts GF GA
2 14 13 11
1 13 11
8
2 11
9
7
4 10 15 13
4 10 11 11
4 10 13 15
7 10 11 16
0
9 12 17
2
8
7 10
4
7
7
8

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Colorado
Salt Lake
FC Dallas
Los Angeles
San Jose
Sporting KC
Portland
Vancouver
Seattle
Houston

Playoff Schedule
All times ET
SECOND ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
N.Y. Islanders 1, Tampa Bay 1

April 27: N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3

April 30: Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 1
Tuesday: Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Friday: Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Sunday: NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m.
x-May 10: Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, TBA
x-May 12: NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, TBA

Tuesday: Miami at Toronto, 8 p.m.

Thursday: Miami at Toronto, 8 p.m.
Saturday: Toronto at Miami, 5 p.m.
May 9: Toronto at Miami, 8 p.m.
x-May 11: Miami at Toronto, TBA
x-May 13: Toronto at Miami, TBA
x-May 15: Miami at Toronto, TBA

W
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
1

L
2
1
3
1
2
4
3
5
4
5

T Pts GF GA
2 17 12
8
2 17 14 12
2 17 15 17
3 15 18
8
3 15 12 11
2 14 11 10
3 12 14 16
2 11 12 15
1 10
8 10
2
5 14 16

Fridays Game

New York at Orlando City, 7 p.m.

Saturdays Games

Portland at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Sporting KC at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle, 10 p.m.
New England at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m.
NY City FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.

English Premier League

GP W D L GF
x-Leicester City 36 22 11 3 64
Tottenham
36 19 13 4 67
Arsenal
36 19 10 7 59
36 19 7 10 68
Man. City
35 17 9 9 43
Man. United
West Ham
35 15 14 6 60
Southampton 36 16 9 11 53
Liverpool
35 15 10 10 59
Stoke
36 13 9 14 38
35 12 12 11 55
Chelsea
Everton
35 10 14 11 55
Watford
35 12 8 15 36
Swansea
36 11 10 15 37
West Brom
36 10 11 15 32
Bournemouth 36 11 8 17 43
Crystal Palace 36 10 9 17 36
Newcastle
36 8 9 19 39
35 7 11 17 40
Sunderland
35 8 7 20 35
Norwich
r-Aston Villa
36 3 7 26 27
x-clinched title
Home teams in CAPS
Mondays Game
CHELSEA 2, Tottenham 2
Saturdays Games
NORWICH vs. Manchester United
ASTON VILLA vs. Newcastle
BOURNEMOUTH vs. West Brom
CRYSTAL PALACE vs. Stoke

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches

Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head
coaches, one representing each conference (records through May 1):
Team
Pts
W-L
Prev
792
47-4
1
1. Florida
776
41-4
2
2. Michigan
3. Oregon
718
38-6
5
674 43-10
4
4. Alabama
661
42-5
7
5. Florida State
651
45-7
3
6. Auburn
7. Oklahoma
587
41-7
9
567
41-4
6
8. James Madison
9. La-Lafayette
541
37-7
8
529 37-12
13
10. Tennessee
471 32-11
10
11. Washington
464 40-11
11
12. Kentucky
428 40-13
12
13. LSU
379 33-13-1
15
14. UCLA
351 39-14
14
15. Georgia
322 37-12
16
16. Missouri
257 35-16
18
17. Texas A&M
225 32-17
17
18. Arizona
218
36-8
19
19. Notre Dame
209 37-9-1
20
20. Fresno State
185 43-12
21
21. Baylor
44-7
23
22. Florida Atlantic 140
118 35-12
24
23. Minnesota
24. USF
72
43-12
22
24
31-16
RV
25. UCF
Dropped Out: No. 25 Cal State Fullerton
Receiving Votes: Utah (16), Cal State Fullerton (10), Texas (7), Nebraska (5), Arizona
State (1), Long Beach State (1), Ohio State
(1).

GOLF

Sundays Games

GA
34
28
34
38
31
43
39
48
52
48
49
42
50
46
63
46
64
58
61
72

Pts
77
70
67
64
60
59
57
55
48
48
44
44
43
41
41
39
33
32
31
16

World Golf Ranking

1. Jason Day
2. Jordan Spieth
3. Rory McIlroy
4. Bubba Watson
5. Rickie Fowler
6. Henrik Stenson
7. Adam Scott
8. Dustin Johnson
9. Danny Willett
10. Justin Rose
11. Branden Grace
12. Patrick Reed
13. Louis Oosthuizen
14. Hideki Matsuyama
15. Sergio Garcia
16. Brandt Snedeker
17. Zach Johnson
18. Brooks Koepka
19. J.B. Holmes
20. Phil Mickelson
21. Charl Schwartzel
22. Kevin Kisner
23. Paul Casey
24. Byeong-Hun An
25. Jim Furyk
26. Kevin Na
29. Bill Haas
27. Jimmy Walker
29. Matt Kuchar
30. Rafa Cabrera Bello
31. Russell Knox
32. Charley Hoffman

ENG
IRL
AUS

2.99
2.95
2.90

LPGA Tour Statistics

Scoring

NHL

Monday: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93

Wednesday: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Friday: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Cleveland at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
x-May 10: Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA
x-May 12: Cleveland at Atlanta, TBA
x-May 15: Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA

Montreal
Philadelphia
Toronto FC
Orlando City
D.C. United
NY City FC
N. England
New York
Columbus
Chicago

33. Andy Sullivan

34. Shane Lowry
35. Marc Leishman

SUNDERLAND vs. Chelsea

WEST HAM vs. Swansea
LEICESTER CITY vs. Everton
Sundays Games
TOTTENHAM vs. Southampton
LIVERPOOL vs. Watford
MANCHESTER CITY vs. Arsenal

1, Lydia Ko, 69.29. 2, Ha Na Jang, 69.41. 3, In

Gee Chun, 69.84. 4, Brooke M. Henderson,
69.93. 5, Amy Yang, 70.11. 6, Haru Nomura,
70.13. 7, Sei Young Kim, 70.25. 8, Lexi
Thompson, 70.33. 9, Gerina Piller, 70.45. 10,
Minjee Lee, 70.5.

Driving Distance
Greens in Regulation Pct.

1, Ha Na Jang, 82.10%. 2, Lexi Thompson,

79.2%. 3, Anna Nordqvist, 78.8%. 4, Shanshan Feng, 75.7%. 5, Stacy Lewis, 75.5%. 6,
Karine Icher 75.1%, 7. Jessica Korda, 75.0%.
8, Catriona Matthew, 74.8%. 9 (tie), Karrie
Webb 74.1%, 10, 9 (tie), Carlota Ciganda,
74.1%.

Putting Average
Birdie Average

1, Haru Nomura, 4.33. 2, Lydia Ko, 4.29. 3,

Sei Young Kim, 4.2. 4, Brooke M. Henderson, 4.15. 5, Gerina Piller, 4.12. 6, In Gee
Chun, 4.09. 7, Ha Na Jang, 4.07. 8, Paula Reto, 4. 9, Hyo Joo Kim, 3.95. 10, Ryann
OToole, 3.94.

Eagle Average

1, Victoria Elizabeth, 0.5. 2, Lexi Thompson,

0.24. 3, Ha Na Jang, 0.19. 4, Maria McBride,
0.19. 5, Giulia Sergas, 0.19. 6, Catriona Matthew, 0.17. 7, In Gee Chun, 0.17. 8, Cyna Marie Rodriguez, 0.17. 9, Minjee Lee, 0.15. 10,
Xi Yu Lin, 0.15.

Sand Save Percentage

1, Jenny Shin, 79.07%. 2, Felicity Johnson,

71.43%. 3, SooBin Kim, 66.67%. 4, Ashleigh
Simon, 64.29%. 5, Katie Burnett, 63.33%.

Rounds Under Par

1 (tie), Ha Na Jang, .844. 1 (tie), Lydia Ko,

.844. 3, Brooke M. Henderson, .800. 4, In
Gee Chun, .792. 5, Haru Nomura, .725.

BETTING LINE
Home team in CAPS
Pregame.com Line
NBA
Tuesday

Favorite
Line O/U
Underdog
TORONTO
4
191
Miami
SAN ANTONIO 712 (20012) Oklahoma City
Portland
GOLDEN STATE 10 213

National Hockey League

Tuesday
Favorite
NY ISLANDERS
ST. LOUIS
NASHVILLE

Line Underdog
Line
-106 Tampa Bay -104
-135
Dallas
+125
+106
-116 San Jose

AUTO RACING
NASCAR Sprint Cup Points
Leaders

1. Kevin Harvick, 351

2. Kyle Busch, 342
3. Carl Edwards, 337
4. Jimmie Johnson, 329
5. Joey Logano, 316
6. Kurt Busch, 312
7. Brad Keselowski, 300
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr, 279
9. Martin Truex Jr, 274
10. Austin Dillon, 272
11. Chase Elliott, 271
12. Denny Hamlin, 269

12.05
11.26
8.97
8.04
7.56
7.47
6.91
6.62
6.28
5.70
5.44
5.24
4.92
4.54
4.20
4.17
3.99
3.86
3.86
3.81
3.75
3.59
3.50
3.47
3.43
3.21
3.18
3.17
3.15
3.13
3.11
2.04

SPORTS ON TV
Times Eastern. Programs live unless noted. Check local listings.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh or Texas

at Toronto (MLB Network, 7 p.m.)
NBA: Playoffs, second round, Eastern Conference, Miami at Toronto (TNT, 8 p.m.); Western Conference, Portland at Golden
State (TNT, 10:30 p.m.)
NHL: Stanley Cup Playoffs, second round, Eastern Conference,
Tampa Bay at New York Islanders (NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.);
Western Conference, San Jose at Nashville (USA, 9 p.m.); Dallas
at St. Louis (NBC Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.)
SOCCER: UEFA Champions League, Club Atletico de Madrid at
Bayern Munich (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.)

DEALS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers

RHP Josh Ravin 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseballs Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment
Program.

American League

SEATTLE MARINERS Sent RHP Joe Wieland outright to Tacoma (PCL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES Recalled RHP Mike Foltynewicz from Gwinnett (IL). Selected the
contracts of INF-OF Chase dArnaud, OF
Matt Tuiasosopo and INF Reid Brignac
from Gwinnett. Optioned RHP John Gant
and INF-OF Jace Peterson to Gwinnett. Designated OF Drew Stubbs for assignment.
CINCINNATI REDS Placed C Devin Mesoraco on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 28. Recalled C Ramon Cabrera
from Louisville (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES Recalled INF-OF Alex
Dickerson from El Paso (PCL). Designated
LHP Michael Kirkman for assignment.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Recalled OF
Mac Williamson from Sacramento (PCL).
Optioned LHP Steven Okert to Sacramento.

FOOTBALL
National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS Agreed to terms

with RB Jared Baker, WR Jeff Beathard, CB
Eli Bouka, LS Kameron Canaday, WR Amir
Carlisle, QB Jake Coker, OT Clay Debord, LS
Daniel Dillon, S Matthias Farley, CB Trevon
Hartfield, WR Chris King, LB Lamar Louis, OT
Givens Price, P Garrett Swanson, TE Hakeem Valles and CB Ronald Zamort.
BUFFALO BILLS Agreed to terms with LB
Bryson Albright, WR Davonte Allen, WR Gary Chambers, LS Reid Ferguson, FB Glenn
Gronkowski, C Robert Kugler, G Jamison
Lalk, DE Claudell Louis, OT Marquis Lucas,
OT Keith Lumpkin, PK Marshall Morgan, LB
Eric Striker Oklahoma, DB Julian Whigham
Syracuse and DT Justin Zimmer. Released
CB Merrill Noel, C Ronald Patrick and DE Jarius Wynn.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Terminated the
contract of LB Scott Solomon. Waived WR
Saalim Hakim.
DETROIT LIONS Exercised the fifth-year
option on the contract of DE Ezekiel Ansah.
Signed LB Zaviar Gooden.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Agreed to terms
with WRS Danny Anthrop, Marcus Leak,
MeKale McKay, Chester Rogers and Tevaun
Smith; DEs Sterling Bailey and Delvon Simmons; OL Isiah Cage, Davante Harris and
Adam Redmond; TEs Darion Griswold and
Mike Miller; DBs Daniel Davie, Stefan McClure, Christopher Milton, Darius White
and Andrew Williamson; and LBs Curt
Maggitt, Andrew Sarao and Ronald
Thompson. Waived TE Cameron Clear, LS

Forrest Hill, C-G Khaled Holmes and OT

Mitchell Van Dyk.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Exercised their fifthyear option on OT Eric Fisher.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS Exercised the fifthyear options on DT Sharrif Floyd and CB Xavier Rhodes. Agreed to terms with CB Keith
Baxter, TE Kyle Carter, DE Theiren Cockran,
LB Jake Ganus, WR Marken Michel, DE Denzell Perine, RB Jhurell Pressley, CB Eric
Rawls, RB Brandon Ross and QB Joel Stave.
NEW YORK JETS Exercised their fifth-year
option on DL Sheldon Richardson.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Released DB
Rashaan Melvin and LB James Vaughters.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS Re-signed QB
Bruce Gradkowski to a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Agreed to terms
with QB Mike Bercovici, CB Terrell Chestnut,
RB Kenneth Farrow, G Sebastian Johannson, OT Tyler Johnstone, WR Jamaal Jones,
LB Christopher Landrum, LB Tyler Marcodes, D Adrian McDonald, G-OT Mike
McQueen, LB Shaq Petteway, C Spencer
Pulley, OT Zeth Ramsey, WR Deandre
Reaves, CB Larry Scott, FB Christopher
Swain, TE Matt Weiser, WR Dominique Williams, CB Trevor Williams and DT Carlos
Wray.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Exercised the
fifth-year option on S Eric Reid.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Released CB
Chris Culliver, DL Christo Bilukidi, LB Desmond Bishop and WR LaRon Byrd. Waived
DL Anthony Johnson, DL Kamal Johnson, CB
Al Louis-Jean and LB Derrick Mathews.

HOCKEY
National Hockey League

NEW YORK RANGERS Agreed to terms

with G Antti Raanta.

COLLEGE

BIG SKY CONFERENCE Named Andrea

Williams commissioner.
ALABAMA Announced mens senior
graduate baskteball G Corban Collins has
transferred to the school from Morehead
State.
DAYTON Named Brian Walsh mens assistant director of basketball operations.
MONTANA STATE Named Kyle Brennan
athletic director.
NEW MEXICO Named Aarika Hughes
womens assistant basketball coach.

TENNIS
Mutua Madrid Open

At Madrid, Spain
Surface: Clay; Purse: Men, $5.5 million,;
Women, $6 million
Mens Singles First round: Gilles Simon
(16), France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez, Spain,
def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-6 (5),
4-6, 6-4; Milos Raonic (11), Canada, def.
Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Andrey
Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4; Richard Gasquet (10), France,
def. Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-1,
7-6 (5); Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def.
Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-1, 6-4; Lucas Pouille, France, def. David Goffin (12),
Belgium, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (7); Joao Sousa,
Portugal, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4,
6-4; Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def.
Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4;
Sam Querrey, United States, def. PierreHughes Herbert, France, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4;
David Ferrer (9), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Womens Singles Second round: Daria
Gavrilova, Australia, def. Elina Svitolina
(12), Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (4); Christina McHale,

United States, def. Karolina Pliskova (13),

Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-4; Patricia Maria
Tig, Romania, def. Sloane Stephens (16),
United States, 6-2, 6-3; Petra Kvitova (5),
Czech Republic, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia,
6-3, 6-3; Madison Keys, United States, def.
Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3;
Victoria Azarenka (4), Belarus, def. Alize
Cornet, France, 6-3, 6-2; Louisa Chirico,
United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain,
7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
Mens Doubles First round: Pablo Carreno Busta and Fernando Verdasco, Spain,
def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 6-4.
Womens Doubles First round: Andrea
Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (6), Czech
Republic, def. Kateryna Bondarenko and
Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (1); Anabel
Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Paula Badosa Gibert and
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 4-6,
6-3, 10-7; Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan,
and Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, 6-4,
6-3; Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa and
Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-0, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Liang Chen, China, 6-2, 6-4; Vania
King, United States, and Alla Kudryavtseva,
Russia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and
Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 7-5;
Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Kveta
Peschke and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 10-6.

ATP World Tour Rankings

Singles

1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 15550

2. Andy Murray, Britain, 7925
3. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 7535
4. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 6460
5. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5915
6. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 4290
7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3400
8. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3120
9. David Ferrer, Spain, 3010
10. Milos Raonic, Canada, 2740
11. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 2680
12. Richard Gasquet, France, 2635
13. David Goffin, Belgium, 2605
14. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 2480
15. Gael Monfils, France, 2460
16. John Isner, United States, 2235
17. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 2015
18. Gilles Simon, France, 1900
19. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 1840
20. Benoit Paire 1766

WTA Rankings
Singles

1. Serena Williams, United States, 8625

2. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 5775
3. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 5740
4. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 4876
5. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4530
6. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 3947
7. Simona Halep, Romania, 3660
8. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 3615
9. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3431
10. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 3340
11. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 3160
12. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3090
13. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 2993
14. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 2974
15. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 2735
16. Venus Williams, United States, 2941
17. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 2585
18. Sara Errani, Italy, 2505
19. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 2475
20. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 2420

GOLF
PGA Tour - Zurich Classic

At TPC Louisiana
Avondale, La.
Purse: $7 million
Yardage: 7,341; Par: 72
Final
(x-won on second hole of playoff)
x-Brian Stuard (500), $1,260,000 ..........64-68-69201 (-15)
Byeong-Hun An, $616,000 .....................68-68-65201 (-15)
Jamie Lovemark (245), $616,000 ..........67-66-68201 (-15)
Bobby Wyatt, $336,000...........................67-71-64202 (-14)
Jason Day (100), $255,500.....................69-68-66203 (-13)
Chris Kirk (100), $255,500.......................71-67-65203 (-13)
Jhonattan Vegas (100), $255,500.........64-69-70203 (-13)
Patton Kizzire (80), $203,000..................67-70-68205 (-11)
Bryce Molder (80), $203,000 ..................71-67-67205 (-11)
Harold Varner III (80), $203,000............69-67-69205 (-11)
Stuart Appleby (63), $154,000 ...............69-70-67206 (-10)
Charley Hoffman (63), $154,000 ...........67-73-66206 (-10)
Charles Howell III (63), $154,000 ...........67-69-70206 (-10)
Scott Stallings (63), $154,000 ................72-68-66206 (-10)
Thomas Aiken (54), $112,000 ...................68-69-70207 (-9)
Chad Collins (54), $112,000 .....................72-64-71207 (-9)
Andres Gonzales (54), $112,000..............69-71-67207 (-9)
Spencer Levin (54), $112,000....................68-70-69207 (-9)
Will Wilcox (54), $112,000........................70-69-68207 (-9)
Chesson Hadley (46), $64,909 .................71-69-68208 (-8)
Joe Affrunti (46), $64,909 ..........................69-73-66208 (-8)
Daniel Berger (46), $64,909......................71-65-72208 (-8)

Rickie Fowler (46), $64,909........................68-73-67208 (-8)

David Hearn (46), $64,909........................69-71-68208 (-8)
Marc Leishman (46), $64,909 ...................71-71-66208 (-8)
Seung-Yul Noh (46), $64,909 ....................68-69-71208 (-8)
Ryan Ruffels, $64,909 .................................70-68-70208 (-8)
John Senden (46), $64,909........................70-67-71208 (-8)
Chris Stroud (46), $64,909.........................72-66-70208 (-8)
Gary Woodland (46), $64,909 .................72-66-70208 (-8)
Erik Compton (38), $41,510.......................73-69-67209 (-7)
Lucas Glover (38), $41,510 ........................69-69-71209 (-7)
Henrik Norlander (38), $41,510................66-73-70209 (-7)
Patrick Rodgers (38), $41,510 ...................67-69-73209 (-7)
Marc Turnesa (38), $41,510.......................70-70-69209 (-7)
Tyler Aldridge (30), $28,029 ......................70-70-70210 (-6)
Adam Hadwin (30), $28,029 ....................72-69-69210 (-6)
Russell Henley (30), $28,029 .....................69-73-68210 (-6)
Billy Horschel (30), $28,029 .......................68-71-71210 (-6)
Freddie Jacobson (30), $28,029 ...............69-70-71210 (-6)
Lucas Lee (30), $28,029..............................72-68-70210 (-6)
Robert Streb (30), $28,029 ........................71-68-71210 (-6)
David Toms (30), $28,029 ..........................68-71-71210 (-6)
Derek Ernst (30), $28,029 ...........................67-70-73210 (-6)
Brian Gay (30), $28,029 ............................73-69-68210 (-6)
Nick Taylor (30), $28,029 ...........................70-72-68210 (-6)
Steve Wheatcroft (30), $28,029 ...............69-68-73210 (-6)
Blayne Barber (19), $16,968 .....................70-72-69211 (-5)
Bronson Burgoon (19), $16,968................72-69-70211 (-5)
Roberto Castro (19), $16,968....................69-72-70211 (-5)
Jamie Donaldson (19), $16,968...............73-69-69211 (-5)
Michael Kim (19), $16,968.........................74-66-71211 (-5)

Anirban Lahiri (19), $16,968 .....................72-69-70211 (-5)

Cameron Percy (19), $16,968....................68-70-73211 (-5)
Vijay Singh (19), $16,968...........................72-70-69211 (-5)
Benjamin Taylor, $16,968 ..........................70-72-69211 (-5)
Cameron Tringale (19), $16,968 ..............69-70-72211 (-5)
Aaron Baddeley (11), $15,330..................70-71-71212 (-4)
Michael Bradley (11), $15,330 ..................72-70-70212 (-4)
Danny Lee (11), $15,330 ............................68-72-72212 (-4)
Jeff Overton (11), $15,330 .........................70-70-72212 (-4)
Dicky Pride (11), $15,330............................70-70-72212 (-4)
Steve Stricker (11), $15,330 .......................70-72-70212 (-4)
Angel Cabrera (4), $14,350.......................69-73-71213 (-3)
Ken Duke (4), $14,350.................................67-75-71213 (-3)
J.J. Henry (4), $14,350 .................................67-73-73213 (-3)
Si Woo Kim (4), $14,350.............................70-72-71213 (-3)
Ben Martin (4), $14,350..............................70-71-72213 (-3)
Geoff Ogilvy (4), $14,350 ...........................67-72-74213 (-3)
Rob Oppenheim (4), $14,350 ...................70-72-71213 (-3)
Tim Wilkinson (4), $14,350........................72-69-72213 (-3)
Jonas Blixt (1), $13,230 ..............................70-69-75214 (-2)
Chad Campbell (1), $13,230.....................69-72-73214 (-2)
Robert Garrigus (1), $13,230.....................69-70-75214 (-2)
Retief Goosen (1), $13,230 ........................65-74-75214 (-2)
Morgan Hoffmann (1), $13,230...............73-69-72214 (-2)
Mark Hubbard (1), $13,230 ......................74-68-72214 (-2)
Sung Kang (1), $13,230..............................71-71-72214 (-2)
Troy Merritt (1), $13,230.............................71-71-72214 (-2)
Rhein Gibson (1), $12,530 ...........................71-71-74216 (E)
Scott Langley (1), $12,530 ...........................75-67-74216 (E)
Jon Curran (1), $12,320 ............................ 71-70-76217 (+1)

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

International League

AUS
USA
NIR
USA
USA
SWE
AUS
USA
ENG
ENG
SAF
USA
SAF
JPN
ESP
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
SAF
USA
ENG
KOR
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
ESP
SCO
USA

13. Jamie McMurray, 261

14. AJ Allmendinger, 232
15. Matt Kenseth, 231
16. Trevor Bayne, 228
17. Kasey Kahne, 224
18. Ryan Blaney, 219
19. Ryan Newman, 219
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 218
21. Paul Menard, 201
22. Kyle Larson, 197
23. Greg Biffle, 188
24. Aric Almirola, 180
25. Landon Cassill, 170

Mondays Games
Buffalo 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3
Syracuse 1, Rochester 0
Louisville 1, Norfolk 0
Pawtucket 8, Lehigh Valley 3
Toledo 6, Gwinnett 2
Charlotte 10, Columbus 4
Durham 9, Indianapolis 2
Tuesdays Games
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Buffalo, 6:05
p.m.
Rochester at Syracuse, 6:35 p.m.
Columbus at Charlotte, 7:05 p.m.
Toledo at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.
Pawtucket at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Syracuse 5, Pawtucket 4, 10 innings
Indianapolis 4, Norfolk 0
Rochester 1, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 0
Buffalo at Lehigh Valley, ppd., rain
Louisville 3, Durham 0
Toledo 7, Charlotte 1
Columbus 7, Gwinnett 5

Pacific Coast League

Mondays Games
Omaha 4, Memphis 3
Nashville 5, Iowa 1
Tacoma 6, Salt Lake 1
New Orleans at Oklahoma City
Sacramento at Albuquerque
Round Rock at Colorado Springs
Las Vegas at El Paso
Reno at Fresno
Tuesdays Games
Las Vegas at El Paso, 1:05 p.m.
Omaha at Memphis, 7:35 p.m.
Iowa at Nashville, 7:35 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8:05 p.m.
Sacramento at Albuquerque, 8:35 p.m.
Round Rock at Colorado Springs, 8:35 p.m.
Salt Lake at Tacoma, 9:05 p.m.
Reno at Fresno, 10:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Colorado Springs 4, Iowa 3, 1st game
Colorado Springs at Iowa, 2nd game, ppd.,
rain
Oklahoma City at Omaha, 1st game, ppd.,
rain
Oklahoma City at Omaha, 2nd game,
ppd., rain
Memphis at New Orleans, ppd., rain
Nashville 3, Round Rock 0
Tacoma 12, Las Vegas 1
Sacramento 16, Salt Lake 6
Reno 1, Albuquerque 0, 12 innings
El Paso 4, Fresno 3

Eastern League

Mondays Games
Reading 3, New Hampshire 2
Harrisburg 5, Hartford 4
Binghamton at Portland, ppd.
Altoona 7, Erie 4
Bowie at Richmond, ppd.
Akron 2, Trenton 1
Tuesdays Games
Reading at New Hampshire, 5:35 p.m.
Binghamton at Portland, 6 p.m.
Hartford at Harrisburg, 6:30 p.m.
Altoona at Erie, 6:35 p.m.
Bowie at Richmond, 6:35 p.m.
Trenton at Akron, 6:35 p.m.
Sundays Games
Hartford at Richmond, ppd., rain
Portland 7, Reading 6, 10 innings
Harrisburg 9, Bowie 3
New Hampshire 3, Binghamton 1
Trenton at Erie, ppd., rain
Akron 3, Altoona 2, 12 innings

Southern League

Mondays Games
Pensacola 6, Birmingham 3
Biloxi 3, Tennessee 2, 1st game
Tennessee 4, Biloxi 1, 2nd game
Mississippi 8, Jacksonville 2
Montgomery at Chattanooga
Mobile at Jackson, ppd.
Tuesdays Games
No games scheduled
Sundays Games
Tennessee at Biloxi, ppd., rain
Chattanooga 1, Montgomery 0
Jackson 6, Mobile 4
Jacksonville 3, Mississippi 1
Birmingham 6, Pensacola 4

Texas League

Mondays Games
Northwest Arkansas 9, Tulsa 3
Springfield 7, Arkansas 1
Midland 11, San Antonio 10
Corpus Christi 8, Frisco 2
Tuesdays Games
Corpus Christi at Midland, 7:30 p.m.
Springfield at Northwest Arkansas, 8:05
p.m.
Frisco at San Antonio, 8:05 p.m.
Tulsa at Arkansas, 8:10 p.m.
Sundays Games
Northwest Arkansas 7, Tulsa 5
San Antonio 5, Midland 2
Corpus Christi 4, Frisco 3
Springfield 9, Arkansas 8, 1st game
Arkansas 6, Springfield 1, 2nd game

California League

Mondays Games
Visalia at High Desert
Lake Elsinore at Modesto
Lancaster at Inland Empire
Bakersfield at Rancho Cucamonga
San Jose at Stockton
Tuesdays Games
Visalia at High Desert, 1:35 p.m.
San Jose at Stockton, 2:10 p.m.
Lancaster at Inland Empire, 10:05 p.m.
Lake Elsinore at Modesto, 10:05 p.m.
Bakersfield at Rancho Cucamonga, 10:05
p.m.
Sundays Games
Visalia 5, San Jose 4
Lake Elsinore 3, Lancaster 2
Bakersfield 6, Inland Empire 5
Stockton 3, Modesto 2
High Desert 1, Rancho Cucamonga 0

Carolina League

Mondays Games
Potomac 4, Lynchburg 2, susp. 5 innings
Frederick 11, Wilmington 2
Myrtle Beach 3, Winston-Salem 2, 11 innings
Carolina at Salem, ppd. rain
Tuesdays Games
Potomac at Lynchburg, 6:30 p.m.
Frederick at Wilmington, 6:35 p.m.
Myrtle Beach at Winston-Salem, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Salem, 7:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Wilmington at Potomac, ccd., rain
Frederick 5, Winston-Salem 2
Carolina 5, Lynchburg 4
Salem at Myrtle Beach, ppd., rain

Florida State League

Mondays Games
Lakeland 3, Daytona 2
Fort Myers 8, Palm Beach 3
Bradenton 11, St. Lucie 6
Brevard County 8, Dunedin 2
Charlotte 4, Jupiter 2
Clearwater 6, Tampa 2
Tuesdays Games
Dunedin at Brevard County, 10:35 a.m.
Daytona at Lakeland, 6 p.m.
Fort Myers at Palm Beach, 6:30 p.m.
St. Lucie at Bradenton, 6:30 p.m.
Jupiter at Charlotte, 6:35 p.m.
Tampa at Clearwater, 7 p.m.
Sundays Games
Charlotte 2, Fort Myers 1
Clearwater 4, Lakeland 2
Brevard County 4, Tampa 2
St. Lucie 5, Palm Beach 4

Jupiter 2, Bradenton 1

Midwest League

Mondays Games
Beloit 4, West Michigan 2
South Bend 3, Wisconsin 0
Great Lakes 4, Quad Cities 0
Lansing 4, Cedar Rapids 1
Kane County 3, Lake County 2
Fort Wayne 3, Clinton 2
Burlington 6, Dayton 0
Peoria 5, Bowling Green 4
Tuesdays Games
Cedar Rapids at Lansing, 10:35 a.m.
Lake County at Kane County, 1 p.m.
Beloit at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m.
Quad Cities at Great Lakes, 7:05 p.m.
Wisconsin at South Bend, 7:05 p.m.
Dayton at Burlington, 7:30 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Clinton, 7:30 p.m.
Bowling Green at Peoria, 7:30 p.m.
Sundays Games
Burlington 1, Fort Wayne 0, 1st game
Fort Wayne 3, Burlington 1, 2nd game
Beloit 4, Great Lakes 0, 1st game
Beloit 3, Great Lakes 1, 2nd game
Lake County 6, Peoria 2, 1st game
Lake County 4, Peoria 0, 2nd game
West Michigan 3, Quad Cities 2, 1st game
West Michigan at Quad Cities, 2nd game,
ccd., rain
Clinton 8, Dayton 4
Lansing 5, Wisconsin 3
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, ccd., rain
Bowling Green 11, Kane County 2

South Atlantic League

Mondays Games
Hickory 8, Lexington 4
Rome 5, Hagerstown 4, 1st game
Hagerstown 4, Rome 1, 2nd game
Greenville 5, Lakewood 3, 1st game
Lakewood 2, Greenville 1, 2nd game
Delmarva 5, Charleston, S.C. 0, 1st game
Charleston, S.C. 7, Delmarva 2, 2nd game
Asheville at West Virginia, ppd.
Augusta 2, Greensboro 0
Kannapolis 5, Columbia 0
Tuesdays Games
No games scheduled
Sundays Games
Asheville 4, West Virginia 2, 1st game
Asheville 6, West Virginia 1, 2nd game
Greenville at Lakewood, ppd., rain
Kannapolis 5, Columbia 4, 7 innings
Augusta 8, Greensboro 4
Rome at Hagerstown, ppd., rain
Charleston, S.C. at Delmarva, ppd., rain
Hickory 4, Lexington 3
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about his state-of-the-art kitchen
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to keep the series around for a
ninth season, a far greater show
of support than for the No. 2 pick,
NBCs The Mysteries of Laura,
which 38% want back.
Theres good news and bad

news about Castle: Though many

readers praised the chemistry between series stars Nathan Fillion
and Stana Katic, news surfaced in
mid-April that ABC opted not to
renew Katics contract. But the
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taken that step if it were planning
to cancel the series outright.
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Foxs The X-Files (which would
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and perennial bubble series
Nashville, which has promised to bring in new producers if the show is
renewed.
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and NBCs Undateable,
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Over the course of three solo
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movies, Tony Stark has seen some
seriously bad stuff and is OK with
being put in check. He tells the
team about a bright young man
who wanted to spend the summer building sustainable homes
in Sokovia, but we dropped a
building on him when the
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Fans drinking up
Beyoncs latest;
Prince still rules
Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY

Music fans drink of choice is

Lemonade.
Beyoncs sixth solo effort
made its debut atop the Billboard
200 album chart, selling 653,000
equivalent album units, according
to Nielsen Music. That total includes album-equivalent streaming numbers (115.2 million
streams) and track sales (907,500
downloads), in addition to pure
albums sold (485,000 copies).
The albums most-streamed
songs were led by Sorry (12.8 million), which caused a stir on social media with lyrics about
cheating. Other popular tracks
included Hold Up (11.3 million);
6 Inch, featuring The Weeknd
(10.8 million); and Dont Hurt
Yourself, with Jack White (10.1
million).
Lemonade is Beyoncs sixth
No. 1 on the album chart, arriving
three years after her previous
self-titled album debuted with
617,000 copies sold in December

JENS DIGE, EPA

Prince albums took five slots

of the top 10 on Billboards
album chart.

2013.The 12-song project was exclusive to the streaming service

Tidal for 24 hours, after which it
was made available digitally on
iTunes and Amazon. A physical
version of the album will be released Friday.
Elsewhere on the chart, Prince
continued to rule with posthumous sales, taking five slots of the
top 10. Greatest-hits album The
Very Best of Prince dropped to
No. 2 with 391,000 equivalent
units sold (216,000 pure album
sales). The late icons other top
sellers were the Purple Rain
soundtrack(150,000), The Hits/
The B-Sides (106,000), Ultimate
(40,000) and 1999 (36,000).
His songs continued to dominate the charts as well. Purple
Rain was the most downloaded
track of the week with 282,000
jumping to No. 4 on the Hot 100
as a result. Prince had six more of
the top 10 best sellers, followed
by When Doves Cry (198,000),
Little Red Corvette (161,000),
Lets Go Crazy (156,000), 1999
(147,000), Kiss (144,000) and
Raspberry Beret (127,000).

KEVIN MAZUR, WIREIMAGE

Beyonc performs during the Formation World Tour at the

Georgia Dome Sunday in Atlanta.

SAVE OUR SHOWS

SAVE OUR SHOWS 2016: YOUR PICKS

We asked you to choose which of 26 shows on the bubble between
renewal and cancellation should be saved or dropped this month and
for the 19th year, you voted. Heres what you chose.

DROP KEEP
Castle (ABC)

15%

55%

The Mysteries of Laura (NBC)

19%

38%

The X-Files (Fox)

35%

18%
Last Man Standing (ABC)

34%

21%
Nashville (ABC)

34%

23%
Limitless (CBS)

33%

16%
CSI: Cyber (CBS)

29%

25%
Criminal Minds: Beyond
Borders (CBS)

28%

22%

Sleepy Hollow (Fox)

24%

25%

Code Black (CBS)

19%

25%

20%

24%

ED ARAQUEL, FOX

Agents Scully (Gillian Anderson), Mulder (David Duchovny)

and The X-Files returned to TV this year, but will they stay?

The Catch (ABC)

TOP PICKS BY GENDER

The Grinder (Fox)

23%

21%

The Odd Couple (CBS)

21%

28%
American Crime (ABC)

15%

19%

WOMEN

MEN

Castle (ABC)

60%

The Mysteries of Laura (NBC)

The X-Files (Fox)

Nashville (ABC)

Limitless (CBS)

43%

40%

Rosewood (Fox)

19%

18%

Grandfathered (Fox)

26%

17%

Telenovela (NBC)

29%

14%

The Family (ABC)

25%

12%
12%

36%
The Real ONeals (ABC)

30%

12%

Heartbeat (NBC)

12%

Crowded (NBC)

22%

11%

The Carmichael Show (NBC)

25%

10%

42%
JOJO WHILDEN

39%

If you could kill one of these

five shows thats already (or
expected to be) renewed....

Person of Interest (CBS)

Scream Queens (Fox)

The Good Wife (CBS)

How to Get Away with

Murder (ABC)

35%

30%

Marvels Agent Carter (ABC)

21%

9%

Heroes: Reborn (NBC)

5%

Brian (Jake McDorman)

unlocks the power of the
human brain in Limitless.

47%

19%

Empire (Fox)

17%

Criminal Minds (CBS)

12%

The Blacklist (NBC)

Source USA TODAY research

JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY

25%

52%

If you could rescue one of these

five shows thats canceled (or
nearly so)....

The Muppets (ABC)

Dr. Ken (ABC)

Castle (ABC)

6%

NICOLE WILDER ABC

Mike (Tim Allen) and Vanessa

(Nancy Travis) are at home
in Last Man Standing.

Castle and The Mysteries of Laura have unique scripts, appealing

characters, both suspense and humor, plus talented actors. These
shows are good enough that I turn off Netflix or tune away from
PBS to watch them. I cannot say that anymore about most other
scripted network programs.

Margaret Zimmerman, 70, Carmel, Ind.

Rush Hour (CBS)

26%

10%

Undateable (NBC)

31%

9%

Bordertown (Fox)

22%
Source USA TODAY research
VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

2%

Nashville is Empire, but good. Ive grown up listening to rap and pop. Nashville
has turned me into a country music fan! The stories are soapy but always land
on the right side of trashy.
Gianna Shockley, 41, St. Louis

LIFE 3D

USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Conflict
on top of
conflict

On the other
side of the
superhero
divide is
Team Iron
Man: Paul
Bettany, Robert Downey
Jr. and Don
Cheadle.

v CONTINUED FROM 1D

of Ultron). If we have no boundaries, Stark figures, were just as

bad as the bad guys.
This isnt the kind of freedom
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) has
been fighting for as Captain America since World War II, and he lets
his disapproval be known: Im
not saying were perfect, he says.
But the safest hands are still our
own.
Theres a very good reason why
Civil War is in the title, says director Joe Russo, who with
brother Anthony also helmed
2014s Captain America: Winter
Soldier. Theres no misdirect going on where youre going to show
up and its a fight against a giant
space alien. Its a film about a
family at war.
Adds Anthony Russo: How do
these very powerful people
whove had an interesting, complicated, challenging road together resolve essential problems that
could tear them apart?
Where Winter Soldier was inspired by 1970s political thrillers,
the Russos pulled stylistic elements from Seven, Fargo and
even Sergio Leone Westerns for
Civil War. Yet at its core, its a
psychological thriller with a mystery surrounding the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Caps
childhood friend Bucky Barnes,
who has spent decades as a brainwashed assassin and now is a
wanted fugitive.
Steve Rogers believes his pal is
still in there somewhere, though
others around Cap arent as sure.
The extra conflict only exacerbates the escalating tensions between him and Tony and the
factions that have split the
Avengers in half: Ant-Man (Paul
Rudd) and Hawkeye (Jeremy
Renner) join Winter Soldier, Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) on
Team Cap, while Team Iron Man
includes War Machine (Don
Cheadle), Black Widow (Scarlett
Johansson), Vision (Paul Bettany), the debuting Spider-Man

On the other side, Stark has

had a tumultuous history with
the government, first announcing
himself as a superhero and then
telling Congress off when it wanted his technology. Since then,
though, he has suffered PTSD
from an extraterrestrial invasion
of New York, watched loved ones
put in danger and, with the best
of intentions, unleashed the

ZADE ROSENTHAL

MARC ROYCE FOR USA TODAY

The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Caps

childhood friend Bucky Barnes, is the
mystery man in the Avengers equation.

(Tom Holland) and Black Panther spent decades on ice before be(Chadwick Boseman), a wild card coming a modern-day Avenger.
who holds a personal vendetta Hes still looking for a sense of
against Winter Soldier.
stability, a sense of home, Evans
But even when the groups en- says. There has also been a lack of
gage each other in an action- romantic attachment for the
packed extravaganza at an airport, straitlaced hero, though that benobodys wrong here, Evans gins to change in Civil War, the
says. No ones promoting evil. No actor teases. (There is the quesones the bad guy. We just have dif- tion of his virginity as well: A
ferent ways of being the good guy, couple of people on set were like,
and that can get fiery. And thats well, maybe on the USO tour
what this movie is rife with.
some girl dragged him into a
There are so many characters broom closet or something,
running around, its hard for even Evans laughs. But I dont think
the Russos to keep
hes a one-nighttrack. (They believe
stand kind of
Civil War is a good
guy.)
precursor to the
When
it
brothers potentially
comes to the
jam-packed Avengpolitics at hand,
ers: Infinity War, a
there has to be a
two-part epic arrivgroup consening in 2018 and 19.)
sus, though it
British actress Hayhas always kind
ley Atwell, who
of screwed him,
played Peggy Carter
Evans
says.
in the two previous
This is someCaptain
thing hes seen
America
Director Joe Russo
been
movies and stars on
and
ABCs Agent Carter TV series, burned by multiple times and
shows up for a surprise visit on said: You know what, theres too
this day and genuinely throws much at stake. Ive seen aliens
Anthony Russo a bit: I was like, come from portals from another
Oh, my God, did I forget she was planet. I handle some of the most
in the movie?
powerful people in the world. I
Peggy and Bucky are the last cant hand this over. Ive seen the
vestiges of the past for Cap, who weakness of men.

Theres no
misdirect
going on. ...
Its a film
about a
family at
war.

genocidal Ultron on the world.

Hes always been a man with
the mind-set of a wounded boy
whos been given a lot of power
and toys and has to transcend
that and try to actually have a
moral psychology, Downey says.
Part of that is continually examining and re-examining.
The same goes for other heroes
such as Black Widow, who has in
previous Captain America films
sided with the star-spangled
Avenger but in Civil War agrees
with Starks logic much to the
shock of Stark.
Johanssons character continues to be her own woman even
when making the hard choices,
the actress says. She could have
her Oh, the humanity kind of
moment, watching all this crumble around her. But it doesnt
make any sense. All of a sudden
shes really needy? Theres a softness about her, but not that.
Cap has always put the community of his fellow do-gooders
in front of himself, but the Russos
even put that to a test in one crucial point in Civil War.
The nature of the character is
goodness and honesty and morality. That stuff is only valuable we
feel or maybe its just our cynical Cleveland upbringing when
its threatened, says Joe Russo,
who adds that he and his brother

thought of Cap as a Rocky Balboastyle underdog in Winter Soldier.

So is Tony Stark his Apollo
Creed now? They share a certain
panache, thats for sure, Anthony
Russo quips. His brother chimes in:
The first Infinity War is Tony
training Cap to beat Clubber Lang.
While the characters are at loggerheads and the Russos promise that the effects of Civil War
will linger into the next Avengers
project at least the actors are
all on the same page.
Its a team effort in many ways:
While filming the aforementioned
headquarters
scene,
Downey pratfalls off a couch for a
little comic relief.
And in between takes, after the
android Vision states that he has
an equation in regard to how collateral damage has increased over
the course of superheroic missions, Cheadle tests whether to
tell him, Hey, Siri, the human
beings are talking or to instead
call the synthetic hero Tootsie
Pop.
Starring in a Marvel movie
now is like joining the powerhouse Dallas Cowboys in the
1970s for Downey, though the
misconception is that the longer
youre around, the more of a veteran you are. (But) everybodys
the same on Day One, says the
actor, who by the time he finishes
doing the upcoming Spider-Man:
Homecoming and the Infinity War
films will have played Stark nine
times more than Sean Connery
starred as James Bond.
Were all performers, so were
a little cuckoo to begin with. We
need to look after each other.
Marvel president and Civil
War producer Kevin Feige remembers a time 12 years ago
when people wondered when
comic-book movies would wear
out their welcome. Now, with
Marvel movies scheduled till at
least 2019, its more about keeping them fresh for everyone, especially the actors.
If it were Put on that costume, punch, punch, duck, punch
and that was it, they would have
tired out halfway through the first
film, Feige says.
But it is the new players they
get to interact with, the new
places, the character arcs and
emotional places they get to go
that keep it fresh for the people
watching the movie and people
making the movie, Feige says.
Just clean out the damn coffee
grounds, you guys.

TELEVISION

Person
of Interest
is back for
a last lap
Jayme Deerwester
and Lorena Blas
USA TODAY

Youre being watched again.

But not for much longer.
Person of Interest returns for
its fifth and final season Tuesday
on CBS (10 ET/PT), with twiceweekly episodes due Mondays
and Tuesdays for its shortened
13-episode run.
And judging by the first two installments Blue Screen of
Death and Situation Normal,
All (Messed) Up things arent
exactly looking up for The Machine or its defenders, who use
the special computers ability to
predict (and help prevent)
crimes.
They appear to be losing the
battle against an artificial intelligence known as Samaritan that
wants to destroy them.
As last season ended, our guys
were sort of up against it with the
machines source code compressed into a briefcase, executive producer Greg Plageman
says. And so theyre headed out
into a blaze of glory, it looked like.
We thought theres really no way
we could cheat that moment. We
sort of had to pick up right where
we left off. The band has been dispersed. The Machine is down.
Theyre now living in a Samaritan
world.
All five members of the Machines squad are back: The
brains (Michael Emersons computer programmer Harold Finch
and Amy Ackers hacker, Root),
the muscle (Jim Caviezels Reese
and Sarah Shahis Shaw, both former CIA operatives) and their inside man at the NYPD, Fusco
(Kevin Chapman).
Emerson, who plays the crimefighting supercomputers architect, calls Season 5 an intersection between Harold Finchs

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growing realization of the humanity of what hes created and his

growing realization that something desperate has to happen if
Samaritan is to be stopped.
Its worth noting how computer privacy has moved from pure
sci-fi fodder to front-page news
since POI premiered in 2011. Two
years later, Edward Snowden
leaked National Security Agency
documents. And this year, Apple
and the FBI waged a high-stakes
court battle to determine whether the government can compel
tech companies to remove security features on their customers
mobile phones.
Plageman notes the shows relevance. A show that is always a
little bit ahead of technology and
some of these ethical issues that
were going to be grappling with
as a society I think that sticks
with people, he says.
Emerson says the shows prescient premise has resonated: I
think more about it, and on a
darker note than I ever wouldve
before the show. Part of what
worries me is theres little to be
done about it. Im not going to
separate myself from these devices, he says, referring to technology such as smartphones. I
dont know what to do, except to
be aware of it.
Emerson has been idle since
POI finished production last December and says he has no idea
whats next. But after spending
the past 10 years on network dramas, hes enjoying the uncertainty.
I was tired and felt a little
wrung-out. I couldnt even think
about getting right back on the
treadmill. I wouldnt mind getting back on the live-theater
stage, though in what play or
character, I dont know. But it
would be fun to do some lighter
material.

JOHN PAUL FILO, CBS

Harold Finch
(Michael
Emerson)
and John
Reese (Jim
Caviezel)
struggle to
save The
Machine.

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BOOKS

McCartney bio toasts a rock legend

Veteran
author
revisits
the
former
Beatle
with new
acclaim

Elysa Gardner
@elysagardner
USA TODAY

British writer Philip Norman,

whose comprehensive new biography, Paul McCartney: The Life,
is out Tuesday, acknowledges he
used to share the perception of
Paul as someone who was blessed
with such amazing gifts that he
must be pleased with himself.
But then Norman came to realize that the living rock legend is
also insecure. ... Hes in his 70s
now, and he still
thinks he has to prove
himself virtually every night onstage. In
McCartney
fact,
launched a new tour,
One On One, in April.
Born 10 months before McCartney, Norman, 73, was thought
to be anti-Paul for a
long time, he says. He
met McCartney, briefly, as a rock journalist covering The
Beatles in 1965.
In 1981, Norman published
Shout!
The
Beatles in Their Generation, which generated
some criticism for its
over-glorification
of
(John) Lennon and bias
against McCartney, as
Norman writes in The Life,
adding, Paul himself hated
the book, so I heard.
So imagine Normans astonishment when McCartney phoned
him personally, more than 20
years later. The author was working on another biography, John
Lennon: The Life, and had
reached out; McCartney agreed
to answer any factual questions
that arose via email. It was again
through email, about 3 years
ago, that McCartney granted
tacit approval (quoting the rock
icons message) for a book tracing
his own story.
Explaining his own change of
heart, Norman admits to ignorance on my part and perhaps a
tad of jealousy. Early in Paul
McCartney: The Life (Little,
Brown), the author refers to years

STEVE JENNINGS, GETTY IMAGES

Author Philip Norman

NINA BURKE

Id spent wishing to be him.

In its more than 800 pages,
The Life certainly dismantles the
popular myth that, as Norman
puts it, John was the avantgarde, adventurous Beatle, while
Paul was tagged as the safe, mainstream one. The shadow of that
misconception was always over
Paul, when he was actually responsible for some of The Beatles most experimental work.
Outside the studio, too,
McCartney, who had followed
contemporary art even as a boy in

working-class Liverpool, was

living in the heart of London
while John was in the suburbs. He told even John about
Timothy Leary and LSD, and
John picked up on that though
Paul was a more moderate person, John a much more addictive
personality.
Lennon was also the serially
monogamous one, quips Norman, who in the book documents
the frisky bachelorhood McCartney enjoyed before marrying
American photographer Linda
Eastman, who became his musical partner in Wings and a celebrated animal rights activist
before dying of cancer in 1998.
People didnt think this incredibly charming, good-looking
pop star wanted to settle down,
says Norman, who compares
McCartney to David Beckham
today. Paul really wanted to have
a family. The Life includes interviews with McCartneys widowed
stepmother, Angie, and stepsister,

McCartney
was actually
responsible
for some of
The Beatles
most
experimental
work.
Philip Norman

Paul McCartney performs on

the opening night of his tour
April 13 in Fresno, Calif.
Ruth, who testify to the pop stars
natural rapport with children.
(McCartney has five children, including Lindas daughter Heather,
whom he adopted.) Norman also
spoke with John Eastman, Lindas brother and the lawyer who
represented McCartney in his
1970 lawsuit against the other
Beatles and Apple Records.
McCartneys subsequent struggles for Beatles song copyrights
(which famously went to Michael
Jackson), and with second wife
Heather Mills, are also examined.
But Norman maintains that money is not what McCartney wants
in the end.
The love that comes to Paul is
so immense, from so many people, Norman says. He cant do
without it, really. And he gives
them back enormous happiness.

PRINCE, 1958-2016

NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE

ADAM BETTCHER, GETTY IMAGES

Tyka Nelson, Princes sister, leaves court Monday in Chaska,

Minn., after a hearing that lasted only minutes.

Estate hearing ends

with no will declared
Grant M. Rodgers

The Des Moines Register

CHASKA , MINN.

The first hearing

to sort out Princes estate ended
within minutes Monday, and the
judge said there is still no will.
District Court Judge Kevin
Eide formally appointed Princes
longtime bank, Bremer Trust,
National Association, as the special administrator to oversee probate on Princes estate.
All known potential heirs except one were at the hearing, but
the judge said no will has been
found or presented.
Eide said hes not ruling yet
that there is no will, just that one
has not been found yet.
None of us has a crystal ball,
Eide said of how the probate case
will work. None of us know what

claims will be made.

Tyka Nelson, Princes sole full
sister, left the courthouse but said
nothing to reporters.
Same for other potential heirs,
including half-sisters Norrine
and Sharon Nelson.
Ten lawyers representing various participants appeared in the
courtroom. The judge did not set
another hearing date.
What happens next in the effort to settle Princes murky
estate?
Now that the temporary special administrator has been appointed, the bank will be on
the hunt for Princes will, if there
is one; for his heirs, if there
are others out there who are
still unknown; and for his assets
real estate, bank accounts,
music royalties and unreleased
music.

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re:
Chapter 11
SPORTS AUTHORITY
Case No. 16-10527 (MFW)
HOLDINGS, INC., et al.,1
(Jointly Administered)
Docket Ref. No. 1351
Debtors.
NOTICE OF ENTRY OF BAR DATE ORDER ESTABLISHING
DEADLINES FOR FILING PROOFS OF CLAIM
(INCLUDING 503(B)(9) CLAIMS) AGAINST THE DEBTORS
PLEASETAKE NOTICETHAT:
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the
BankruptcyCourt)hasenteredanorder[D.I.1351](theBarDateOrder)2 establishing deadlines to file Proof of Claim for all claims (as defined below),including
claims pursuant to section 503(b)(9) (a503(b)(9) Claim) of title 11 of the United
States Code, 11 U.S.C. 101-1532 (the Bankruptcy Code) against the abovecaptioned debtors and debtors-in-possession (collectively, the Debtors) that
arosepriortoMarch2,2016(thePetitionDate).
You should not file a Proof of Claim if you do not have a claim against the
Debtors. Your receipt of this Notice does not necessarily mean that you have a
claim or that either the Debtors or the Bankruptcy Court believes that you have
aclaim.
Pursuant to the terms of the Bar Date Order,and except as otherwise provided
herein, each person or entity3 (including, without limitation, each individual,
partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, or
Governmental Unit4) that holds or asserts a claim against the Debtors (including
503(b)(9) Claims) must file a Proof of Claim with original signature, substantially conforming to the proof of claim form attached hereto,so that it is actually
received by Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (KCC), the approved Bankruptcy
Court claims and noticing agent in these chapter 11 cases (the Chapter 11
Cases),on or before the Bar Dates set forth below. Proofs of Claim must be sent
by first-class mail, overnight courier, or hand-delivery to: Sports Authority Claims
ProcessingCenter,c/oKCC,2335AlaskaAvenue,ElSegundo,CA90245.
Alternatively, Proofs of Claim may be submitted electronically through the
electronicfilingsystemavailableatwww.kccllc.net/sportsauthority.
To be properly filed, a Proof of Claim must be filed against the specific Debtor
against which the claimant holds or asserts a claim. For example, if a claimant holds or asserts a claim against Sports Authority Holdings, Inc., the Proof of
Claim must specify Sports Authority Holdings, Inc. If the claimant fails to specify
the Debtor against which its claim is asserted, the claim shall be deemed to be
asserted againstTSA Stores,Inc.and the claimant shall have no rights against any
other of the Debtors. If a claimant wishes to assert a claim against more than one
Debtor,separateProofsofClaimmustbefiledagainsteachapplicableDebtor.
Proofs of claim willbe deemed timely filed only if actuallyreceivedbyKCCon or
before the Bar Date associated with such claim. Further,except with respect to the
electronic filing system described above,KCC will not accept Proof of Claim sent by
facsimile,telecopy,e-mail,or other electronic submission,and such claims will not
bedeemedtobeproperlyortimelyfiledclaims.
General Bar Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, each person or entity
holding or asserting a claim (including a 503(b)(9) Claim) against the Debtors
that arose prior to the Petition Date must file a Proof of Claim so that it is actually
received by KCC on or before June 3,2016 at 4:00 p.m.(prevailing EasternTime)
(theGeneralBarDate).
Governmental Unit Bar Date. Each governmental unit holding or asserting a
claim against the Debtors that arose prior to the Petition Date must file a Proof of
Claim so that it is actually received by KCC on or before August 26, 2016 at 4:00
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theGeneralBarDate,theBarDates).
Amended Schedules Bar Date. If,on or after the date on which the Debtors serve
this Notice,the Debtors amend or supplementtheir schedules of assets and liabilities or statements of financial affairs (collectively, theSchedules) (a) to reduce
the undisputed, noncontingent, and liquidated amount of a claim, (b) to change
the natureorcharacterizationofaclaim,or(c)toaddanewclaimtothe Schedules,
the affected claimant is required to file a Proof of Claim or amend any previously
filed Proof of Claim in respect of the amended scheduled claim so that the Proof
of Claim is actually received by KCC on or before the laterof (i) the GeneralBar Date
or (ii) twenty (20) days after the claimant is served with notice of the applicable
amendmentorsupplementtotheSchedules.
RejectionBarDate. AProofofClaimrelatingtotheDebtorsrejectionofanexecutory contract or unexpired lease pursuant to a Court order must be filed so that it
is actually received by KCC on or before the later of (a) the General Bar Date or (b)
thirty(30)daysaftertheeffectivedateofsuchCourtorder.
For purposes of the Bar Date Order and this Notice, and pursuant to section
101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code,the termclaimmeans (a) any right to payment,
whether or not such right is reduced to judgment,liquidated,unliquidated,fixed,
contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured,
or unsecured;or (b) any right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if
such breach gives rise to a right to payment,whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment,fixed,contingent,matured,unmatured,disputed,undisputed,secured,orunsecuredasofthePetitionDate.
For purposesof the Bar DateOrder and thisNotice,a503(b)(9) Claimis a claim
for the value of any goods received by the Debtors within twenty (20) days prior to
the Petition Date in which the goods have been sold to the Debtors in the ordinary
courseoftheDebtorsbusiness.
ThefollowingpersonsandentitiesneedNOTfileaProofofClaim:
a) any person or entity that hasalreadyproperly fileda Proof of Claimagainst
the correct Debtor(s) with either KCC or the Clerk of the Court for the United States
BankruptcyCourtfortheDistrictofDelaware;
b) any person or entity (i) whose claim is listed in the Schedules or any
amendments thereto,(ii) whose claim is not described therein asdisputed,contingent,orunliquidated;(iii) who does not dispute the amount or characterization of its claim as set forth in the Schedules; and (iv) who agrees that the claim is
anobligationofthespecificDebtorthatlistedtheclaimonitsSchedules;
c) professionalsretained by the Debtorsor the Committee pursuanttoorders
of the Bankruptcy Court that assert administrative claims for fees and expenses

subject to the Bankruptcy Courts approval pursuant to sections 330, 331 and
503(b)oftheBankruptcyCode;
d) any person or entity that asserts an administrative expense claim against
the Debtors pursuant to section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that any person or entity that has a claim under section 503(b)(9) of the
Bankruptcy Code on account of prepetition goods received by the Debtors within
twenty days prior to the Petition Date must file a Proof of Claim on or before the
GeneralBarDate;
e) current officers and directors of the Debtors who assert claims for indemnification and/or contribution arising as a result of such officers or directors
prepetitionorpost-petitionservicestotheDebtors;
f) anyDebtorassertingaclaimagainstanotherDebtor;
g) any person or entity whose claim against the Debtor(s) has been allowed
byanorderoftheBankruptcyCourt,enteredonorbeforetheBarDates;
h) any person or entity who has been exempted from the requirement to file
aproofofclaimbyanotherorderenteredintheChapter11Cases;
i) any person or entity whose claim has been satisfied in full prior to the
applicableBarDate;and
j) any person or entity holding a claim payable to the Court or the United
StatesTrusteeProgrampursuantto28U.S.C.1930.
Any person or entity (including, without limitation, any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust or governmental unit) holding an interest in the Debtors (an Interest Holder), which
interest is based exclusively upon the ownership of common or preferred stock in
the corporation or warrants or rights to purchase,sell or subscribe to such a security (any such security being referred to in this Notice as anInterest), need not
file a proof of interest on or before the General Bar Date; provided, however, that
Interest Holders who wish to assert claims against the Debtors that arise out of
or relate to the ownership or purchase of an Interest,including claims arising out
of or relating to the sale,issuance,or distribution of such Interest,must file Proof
of Claim on or before the General Bar Date (or,in the case of a governmental unit,
the Governmental Bar Date), unless another exception identified in the Bar Date
Orderapplies.
ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO FILE A TIMELY PROOF
OF CLAIM IN THE FORM AND MANNER SPECIFIED BY THE BAR DATE
ORDER AND WHO FAILS TO DO SO ON OR BEFORE THE APPLICABLE BAR
DATE: (I) SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED, ESTOPPED, AND ENJOINED FROM
ASSERTING SUCH CLAIM AGAINST THE DEBTORS, THEIR ESTATES, OR
PROPERTY OF THE DEBTORS, OR THEREAFTER FILING A PROOF OF CLAIM
WITH RESPECT THERETO IN THE CHAPTER 11 CASES; (II) SHALL NOT, WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM, BE TREATED AS A CREDITOR OF THE DEBTORS
FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING UPON ANY PLAN IN THIS PROCEEDING;
AND (III) SHALL NOT RECEIVE OR BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANY PAYMENT
OR DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY FROM THE DEBTORS OR THEIR
SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,THAT A CLAIMANT SHALL BE ABLE TO VOTE UPON,AND RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER, ANY PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OR LIQUIDATION
INTHESE CHAPTER 11 CASESTOTHE EXTENT,AND IN SUCH AMOUNT,AS ANY
UNDISPUTED, NON-CONTINGENT, AND LIQUIDATED CLAIMS IDENTIFIED IN
THESCHEDULESONBEHALFOFTHECLAIMANT.
The Debtors reserve the right to (a) dispute, or to assert offsets or defenses
against, any claim filed or any claim listed or reflected in the Schedules as to
nature,amount,liability,classification,or otherwise;and (b) subsequently designate any claim as disputed,contingent,or unliquidated. Nothing contained in this
NoticeshallprecludetheDebtorsfromobjectingtoanyfiledclaimonanygrounds.
Acts or omissions of the Debtors,if any,that occurred prior to the Petition Date,
including acts or omissions related to any indemnity agreements, guarantees, or
services provided to or rendered by the Debtors, may give rise to claims against
the Debtors notwithstanding the fact that such claims (or any injuries on which
they are based) may be contingent or may not have matured or become fixed or
liquidated prior to the Petition Date. Therefore,any person or entity that holds or
asserts a claim or a potential claim against the Debtors,no matter how remote or
contingent,mustfileaProofofClaimonorbeforetheGeneralBarDate.
You may be listed as the holder of a claim against the Debtors in the Schedules,
as the same may be amended from time to time. If you hold or assert a claim
that is not listed in the Schedules or if you disagree with the amount or priority
of your claim as listed in the Schedules,or your claim is listed in the Schedules as
contingent,unliquidated,ordisputed,you must file a Proof of Claim. Copies
of the Schedules and the Bar Date Order are available for inspection during
regular business hours at the office of the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, United
States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,3rd Floor,824 Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801. In addition, copies of the Debtors Schedules and
Bar Date Order may be viewed and downloaded free of charge at KCCs dedicated
website for the Debtors Chapter 11 Cases (www.kccllc.net/sportsauthority); or
viewed and downloaded for a fee at the Bankruptcy Courts website(http://www.
deb.uscourts.gov/) by following the directions for accessing the ECF system on
suchwebsite.
Questions concerning the contents of this Bar Date Notice and requests for
Proof of Claim should be directed to KCCs toll free line at (866) 967-0490 or KCCs
international caller line at (310) 751-2690. Please note that KCCs staff is not permitted to give legal advice. You should consult your own attorney for assistance
regarding any other inquiries,such as questions concerning the completion or filingofaProofofClaim.
1
The Debtors and the last four digits of their respective taxpayer identification
numbers are as follows: Sports Authority Holdings,Inc.(9008);Slap ShotHoldings,
Corp.(8209);The Sports Authority,Inc.(2802);TSA Stores,Inc.(1120);TSA Gift Card,
Inc. (1918); TSA Ponce, Inc. (4817); and TSA Caribe, Inc. (5664). The headquarters for the above-captioned Debtors is located at 1050 West Hampden Avenue,
Englewood,Colorado80110.
2
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaningsascribedtothemintheBarDateOrder.
3
Entityhasthemeaninggiventoitinsection101(15)oftheBankruptcyCode.
4
Governmental Unit has the meaning given to it in section 101(27) of the
BankruptcyCode.

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MUSIC

A whole new stage for Steven Tyler

TOUR DATES FOR

OUT ON A LIMB

The iconic rocker turns country artist

and storyteller for an intimate summer tour
Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY

Youve never seen Steven Tyler

quite like this.
A year after launching a solo
country career, the Aerosmith
frontman is hitting the road this
summer with a new band (Nashville-based Loving Mary) and a different approach to playing live. On
his 19-city Out on a Limb tour,
which kicks off July 2 in Las Vegas,
the rock icon is trading arenas for
more intimate concert venues,
where hell rework Aerosmith classics and tell stories behind some of
the bands most beloved hits.
The idea stems from an acoustic
performance he did last fall as part
of PBSs series Front and Center.
What would I not pay to go
see (Paul) McCartney, but instead
of playing with whoever hes with
now, actually do (a show) where
he tells you what he was thinking
when he wrote Yesterday? says
Tyler, 68. Thats what Im doing.
I figured Id talk about Sweet
Emotion and Dream On and
where I was when I wrote it, and

Seasons of Wither and how I

played it.
Fans got a sneak preview of
Out on a Limb Monday in New
York, where Tyler hosted a benefit show at Lincoln Centers David
Geffen Hall for Janies Fund. Created by the singer in partnership
with Youth Villages, the initiative
offers support to young women
and girls who have been abused
or neglected. That has been important to Tyler since he wrote
Aerosmiths stirring Janies Got a
Gun, about a girl who takes revenge on her incestuous father.
When I wrote Janies Got a
Gun, I didnt really know who or
what it was it was just a phrase
off the top of my head that
worked in the particular piano
riff I was writing, Tyler says.
But soon after, I found out about
how many girls get abused in
America and around the world.
Since touring with Aerosmith
last summer, Tyler has played a
handful of one-off concerts and
festivals, and he recently bought a
home in Nashville. He has released two singles as a country
artist (Love is Your Name and

Tickets go on sale May 14

on livenation.com. The full list
of dates:
JULY
2 Las Vegas, Venetian Theatre
5 Los Angeles, Dolby Theatre
8 Seattle, Marion Oliver McCaw
Hall
10 Vancouver, Orpheum Theatre
14 San Francisco, The Masonic
20 Phoenix, Comerica Theatre
23 Denver, Ellie Caulkins Opera
House
26 Austin, Bass Concert Hall
29 Houston, Brown Theater at
Wortham Center
AUGUST
1 Dallas, Music Hall at Fair Park
13 Chicago, Chicago Theatre
17 Nashville, Andrew Jackson
Hall at TPAC
23 Washington, D.C., Warner
Theatre
29 Clearwater, Fla., Ruth Eckerd
Hall
SEPTEMBER
1 Atlanta, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
4 Boston, Citi Performing Arts
Center Wang Theatre
7 Philadelphia, Academy of
Music
10 Providence, R.I., Providence
Performing Arts Center
13 Toronto, Sony Centre for the
Performing Arts

JASON DAVIS, GETTY IMAGES, FOR PILGRIMAGE MUSIC & CULTURAL FESTIVAL

Steven Tyler joins Loving Mary onstage for the Pilgrimage

Music & Cultural Festival in September in Franklin, Tenn.
Red, White and You), and is finishing up a still-untitled album
with producer T Bone Burnett.
Its a full-on country feel, Tyler says. People ask me, Whyd
you go country? It was almost a
shoo-in. I always wanted to do
Everly Brothers.
Although the project hasnt
been embraced by everyone (including his Aerosmith bandmate
Joe Perry), Tyler says the change

of course is just what he needed

right now.
Look, I dont expect to hit like
The Beatles or be the second
coming of Aerosmith, Tyler says.
After four decades with the band,
it was time for a little break. Im
such a passionate person that if I
dont go after my muse like that,
Ill wind up on drugs again. Ill
wind up arguing with people and
just no good.

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6D LIFE

USA TODAY
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

CHAT WITH ROBERT

USA TODAYs Robert Bianco chats with
readers Mondays at 2 p.m. ET at ccchat
.usatoday.com. Read edited excerpts of
recent chats below, or tweet early questions
to @BiancoRobert and visit him live online.
My husband and I are
on the edge of our seats
Q
with The Good Wife, we are

intrigued by The Night Manager, we are happy that Big

Bang Theory has returned,
and were even liking Call the
Midwife. Are the networks
saving their best for these few
weeks before the end of the
season/end of the shows?
I agree on The Good Wife
and I strongly encourage you
to stick with The Night Manager.
It gets better with each episode. ...
As for why things are picking up,
May and the last weeks of April
traditionally offer a big programming burst. For starters,
they bring us the last of the big
sweeps periods, and while the
sweeps are less important to the

networks now and to stations in

big markets than they used to be,
they still matter for advertising
purposes in smaller markets. And
they still matter simply because
traditions die hard. May is also
when those networks announce
their new schedules and clear
out their old schedules. So yes,
if youre feeling as if were in a
busy stretch, youre right.
With the uproar about
the Castle casting
changes, I was wondering if
there was a show you enjoyed
watching that made a casting
change and you wound up
hating the show afterward?
Not to be picky, but Castle
hasnt actually made a casting change yet because, as of this
writing, it hasnt been renewed.

As for my reaction to such

changes, it varies, and usually
depends on the health of the
show. I stuck with NYPD Blue
through every cast change and lost
interest in ER when most of the
original cast cycled out. The issue

Tuesday
Where space permits, give both city/college and team name on sports listings
ABC, CMT & Hallmark--Last Man (add) Standing; Fox--Last Man (add) on Earth

for me with Castle is not so much

whether it can survive without
Stana Katic as whether its worth
renewing with or without her.
As for a cast change I hated? The
addition of Batgirl to Batman.
I will never be reconciled.

DES WILLIE, THE INK FACTORY/AMC

Jonathan Pine (Tom

Hiddleston) gets cozy with
international arms dealers
in The Night Manager.

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the all-too-brief life of one of the
most influential rock singers:
Janis Joplin. Directed by Oscar
nominee Amy Berg, this extended
TV version of the documentary
examines Joplins life through
her work, her letters and interviews with those who knew
her and those who still admire
her. Even better, it features newly
discovered audio and video of
Joplin in concert and in the
studio. Joplin would have been
73 this year, and odds are, shed
still be teaching us a thing or
two about singing.

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American Masters takes an intimate

look at the life of Janis Joplin.

NCIS
CBS, 8 ET/PT

When it comes to scoring bigname guests, its going to be hard

this week to top NCIS and its
cameo appearance by first lady
Michelle Obama. She welcomes
Gibbs to the White House in a
segment promoting her Joining
Forces initiative, which is designed to help military members
and their families.

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Reese and Finch may have some

baggage to deal with on POI.

PERSON OF INTEREST
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POI returns for its final season

with Reese and Finch trying to
rescue The Machine while Root
tries to survive an attack from
Samaritan. This series has always
been CBSs weirdest crime drama,
which is meant as a compliment.
But it does seem that the addition
of Samaritan was a bridge too far
for viewers, too many of whom
chose not to cross.

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(2016)

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ensues when a critic turns up dead.

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