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Immigration order thrills Trump Nation

Presidents supporters ing to crack down on travel into
the country from nations linked
say if he backed down, with terrorism.
they would be furious This is exactly what he prom-
ised during the campaign, said
A.D. Amar, a college professor
Rick Hampson who immigrated to the U.S. dec-
@rickhampson ades ago from India. If he did not
USA TODAY do this, I and many other of his
supporters would have been
disappointed.
The people who elected Don- That, in the Trump camp, is
ald Trump president say the furor putting it mildly.
over his executive order on immi- If Trump backed down, I
gration is nothing compared to would be furious, said Barbara
the one hed cause if he did noth- Cope, a retired hospital employee
This is exactly what he Both are members of Trump
Nation, an array of Trump vot-
promised during the ers in all 50 states whove spo-
campaign. If he did not
do this, I and many
ken periodically with the USA
TODAY Network about their
other of his supporters hopes and expectations of the
would have been new president. Although much
analysis of Trumps order has
disappointed. focused on how his election vic-
A.D. Amar, a Trump supporter who tory empowers him to make
immigrated to the U.S. from India such changes, its also true that
if he does not make them, there
who lives in Elmwood Park, N.J. will be a political price.
Id say, This is what you ran on! Trumps order prohibits en-
You lied like all the other
politicians! v STORY CONTINUES ON 2A
partment attorneys. At pre-
sent, I am not convinced that
the defense of the executive or-
der is consistent with these re-
sponsibilities nor am I
convinced that the executive
order is lawful.
Consequently, for as long as I
am the acting attorney general,
the Department of Justice will
not present arguments in de-
fense of the executive order, un-
less and until I become
convinced that it is appropriate
to do so, wrote Yates, a holdover
from the Obama administration.
Senate Democrats have ob-
jected to Sessions nomination,
and Minority Leader Charles
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approval
rating up
among
Republicans
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try by all refugees for four
months and by Syrian refugees
indefinitely, and it calls for ex-
treme vetting in the future. It
also bars any visitors for three
months from seven nations
deemed to be sources of terror-
ism, all of which have Muslim-
majority populations. Other na-
tions with Muslim majorities
whose citizens have committed
terrorist attacks, such as Saudi
Arabia, were not covered by the
order.
At least part of the backlash
against Trumps order focused on
the haste in which it was issued;
the confusion it created, especial-
ly at airports; and the impression
it gave of America turning its
back on the world.
But Gene Dunn, a longtime
Trump supporter who lives on
Long Island, decried what he
called the whining about all the
chaos being caused by the trav-
el ban. If you want chaos, he
said, watch what happens when
some ISIS maniac yells, Allah Ak-
bar! and proceeds to mow down
innocent Americans with a ma-
chine gun, bomb, big construc-
tion truck, or God forbid, one day
with WMDs.
Despite the inconvenience or
hardship caused by the order,
with something like this, theres
gonna be some toes stepped on,
said Michael McCoy, a saw mill
owner who lives outside Weaver-
ville, in the mountains of western
North Carolina. Hes one of many
registered Democrats who voted
for Trump. Now hes a registered
Republican.
Trump caught the population
off guard on this, Amar said.
People did not expect it to hap-
pen so soon.
McCoy was among those who
admitted he was confused by
what seemed like a complex is-
sue, and he expressed dismay
over the case of a South Carolina
college student who was stranded
by the order. I dont truly under-
stand international travel, be-
cause I dont do it, he said. But,
he added, the order and the proc-
ess it set in motion seems over-
complicated to me. This nation is
great at over-complicating
things.
Trump caught
the population
off guard on
this. People did
not expect it to
happen so
soon.
A.D. Amar, a Trump supporter who
immigrated to the U.S. from India
Amar, however, said there
was no way the order could
have been worded or issued that
would have placated Trumps
critics. The reaction is very
much based on the side to which
one belongs, said Amar, who
teaches business at Seton Hall
University and lives in rural War-
ren County, N.J.
And they like what theyre see-
ing. According to a Quinnipiac
Poll, although Trumps job ap-
proval among all Americans has
slumped to 36% the lowest on
comparable record since the
inauguration his stock has risen
among Republicans from 76% ap-
proval two weeks ago to 81%.
After the election, it seemed
Trump might get a pass on many
of his campaign promises. This
was because his supporters loved
him so much, because his oppo-
nents hated his proposals so
much, and because of a general
acknowledgment that Trump the
campaigner was best taken seri-
ously but not literally.
And at first the president-elect
seemed inclined to take the pass.
He said he wouldnt necessarily
build a wall along every inch of
the Mexican border; would focus
deportation efforts not on all ille-
gal immigrants, but on those with
criminal records; and try to retain
some facets of Obamacare.
Then he took office.
Only a person like Trump
could do such bold things, Amar
said. Cope knew why: Because
he has the toughest skin tough-
er than snakeskin.
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Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday on
CNN that Sessions should have to
disclose his opinion of Trumps
immigration order before the
Senate votes on his nomination.
Trump responded to Yates via
Twitter, characterizing the action
as a political move to block his
agenda.
Democrats are delaying my
cabinet picks for purely political
reasons, Trump tweeted. They
have nothing going but to ob-
struct. Now have an Obama A.G.
Trump adviser Stephen Miller
told MSNBC Monday that Yates
decision is a further demonstra-
tion of how politicized our legal
system has become, so much so
that you have people refusing to
enforce our laws. Miller said the
president clearly has the legal au-
thority to bar people from entry
into the country for national se-
curity reasons.
But former Obama Attorney
General Eric Holder tweeted late
Monday that Yates judgement
should be trusted.
Trumps executive order had
been reviewed by the Justice De-
Speed was a promise, too
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proved by the president as part of
the annual budgeting process.
And he has even created a new
form of executive order called a
National Security Presidential
Memorandum and used it to give
orders to the Pentagon and give
his political strategist a seat at the
table in National Security Coun-
cil meetings.
While Trump has signed fewer
executive orders than Obama at
this point in his presidency, he
has signed more presidential
memoranda a kind of first
cousin to executive orders that
became Obamas tool of choice as
he tried to get around a Republi-
can Congress.
Trumps party has control of
Congress. Hes just impatient.
Trump appears to be trying to
make good on every campaign
promise at once, which in itself
was one of his campaign promis-
es. In speeches last fall, he
promised to cancel every uncon-
stitutional executive action,
memorandum and order issued
by President Obama on his very
first day in office. (He didnt.)
Its not unusual for a presi-
dent to hit the ground running
and issue a lot of unilateral direc-
tives early in his term, says Wil-
liam Howell, a political science
professor at the University of
Chicago. But to see him swinging
for the fences hes just letting it
rip on all manner of policy issues
is striking.
Presidential scholars say
Trumps executive orders have
followed an escalating pattern af-
ter a change of party: Republican
presidents rescind Democratic
policies and reinstate those of the
last Republican president. Demo-
cratic presidents do the same
with Republican policies.
The Day One order on the Af-
fordable Care Act, for example,
was a one-page directive telling
federal agencies to allow more
For as long as I
am the acting
attorney
general, the
Department of
Justice will not
present
arguments in
defense of the
executive order.
Sally Yates
partment Office of Legal Counsel
before it was issued Friday. The
OLC, whose authority narrowly
addresses the form and whether
the order is properly drafted, ap-
proved the order.
But the OLC did not address
whether any policy choice em-
bodied in an executive order is
wise or just, Yates wrote. My re-
sponsibility is to ensure that the
position of the Department of
Justice is not only legally defensi-
ble, but is informed by our best
flexibility in enforcing the provi-
sions of Obamacare until Con-
gress can repeal it. But the order
contained the phrase to the
maximum extent permitted by
law, three times, suggesting its
effects are yet to be determined.
One of the most noticeable dif-
ferences is in style: While Obama
signed most of his executive or-
ders in private, Trump has signed
all of his in public, with a head-
line-generating photo opportuni-
ties intended to convey constant
presidential action.
Executive orders are generally
used to enact public policies, but
some of Trumps orders seem
to have been for more symbolic
or rhetorical purposes, says
Its not unusual for a president to
hit the ground running. ... But to
see him swinging for the fences
hes just letting it rip on all manner
of policy issues is striking.
William Howell, University of Chicago
Graham Dodds, a political scien-
tist at Concordia University in
Montreal.
And that seems to be part of
the strategy. Weve hit the
ground running at a record pace,
Trump boasted in his weekly ra-
dio address Saturday.
The White House is scheduling
executive order signing ceremon-
ies even before it knows which
order Trump is going to sign or
whether hell sign them at all.
Aboard Air Force One last Thurs-
day, press secretary Sean Spicer
said Trump would order an inves-
tigation into his spurious claims
of widespread voter fraud. That
order never came.
Executive orders are also a way
to control the narrative. Bill
Clinton did something similar
during his impeachment where
he issued a bunch of executive or-
view of what the law is after con-
sideration of all the facts.
Yates order follows a chaotic
weekend where lawyers flooded
courtrooms to try and halt the de-
portation of people who had ar-
rived after Trump signed his
executive order. A federal judge in
New York issued an emergency, na-
tionwide stay late Saturday barring
the federal government from any
more deportations.
Immigration advocacy groups
have started filing broader law-
suits challenging the overall legal-
ity of Trumps order.
A group of Michigan immi-
grants filed a suit in federal court
in Virginia on Monday challenging
the order on religious grounds.
That suit claims Trumps order
discriminates against Muslims and
violates constitutional protections
for the free exercise of religion.
A separate lawsuit filed in fed-
eral court in Seattle on Monday
claims that Trumps order vio-
lates a federal law that prohibits
discrimination against immi-
grants based on their country of
origin. That lawsuit was filed on
behalf of U.S.-based parents try-
ing to reunite with their children
ders to do things Congress likely
would have done anyway, says
Chad Murphy, a political scientist
at the University of Mary Wash-
ington in Virginia. But he
wanted to show he was busy do-
ing the peoples work while Con-
gress was wasting four years and
$40 million investigating his sex
life.
The pace of action has prompt-
ed questions about how much
agency lawyers have been in-
volved in the drafting of executive
orders, which has been standard
practice under previous presi-
dents. The order on refugee ad-
missions, for example, appeared
to include permanent legal resi-
dents green card holders
despite later clarifications from
the White House that it wasnt
the presidents intent.
Trumps orders also show that
presidential directives have be-
come political weapons as much
as they are policy and manage-
ment tools, with partisan outrage
depending on which president
was wielding the pen.
During Obamas presidency,
Trump often criticized what he
called overreaching orders. Reprint permission, copies of articles, glossy
Why is @BarackObama constant-
ly issuing executive orders that are
major power grabs of authority?
he tweeted as early as 2012.
Says Dodds, The conservatives
who criticized Bill Clintons orders
were largely silent for George W.
Bushs orders, then loudly com-
plained about Barack Obamas or-
ders, and now are mostly silent
about Donald Trumps orders.
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in Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
Matt Adams, legal director of
the Northwest Immigrant Rights
Project and one of the attorneys
in the suit, acknowledged that a
president had broad powers to
oversee the nations immigration
system. Federal law allows a
president to bar entry to any im-
migrant, or entire classes of im-
migrants, if the president deems
them detrimental to the inter-
ests of the United States.
But the lawsuit claims that
Trump overstepped his legal au-
thority by temporarily suspend-
ing all immigration from seven
entire countries. It points to the
Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1965, which forbids discrimi-
nation based on a persons na-
tionality or country of origin.
While the president has cer-
tain powers, he doesnt have pow-
er to defy this clause, Adams said.
Democrats in Congress have
offered legislation to overturn
Trumps order, but they have not
gathered any Republican support.
Democrats staged a protest on
the steps of the Supreme Court
Monday evening to rail against
the executive order.
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against one of President
Trumps most high-profile
executive orders: limits on
immigration from seven
Muslim-majority countries.
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QUEBEC MOSQUE SHOOTING Iraqi shifts
SUSPECT IS ARRAIGNED help ready
Trudeau assails
anti-Muslim
terrorist attack
Adam Kovac
Special for USA TODAY
QUEBEC CITY A man known to
express anti-immigrant and anti-
Muslim sentiments on social
media was arraigned Monday in
the deaths of six people and
wounding of 17 others at a Que-
bec City mosque a rare mass
shooting in Canada and the coun-
trys first lethal attack on a
mosque.
Quebec City police identified
the suspect as Alexandre Bisson-
nette, 27. He faces six charges of
first-degree murder and five
charges of attempted murder with
a restricted firearm, according to
Quebec City Court documents.
A second man who had been
held in custody was described as a
witness and released Monday.
Five of those injured at the
mosque were in critical condition
and 12 others suffered minor in-
juries from Sundays attack dur-
ing evening prayers, according to
the University of Quebec Hospi-
tal Center.
Police offered no motive for
the shootings, but Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau called it an act of
terror.
We condemn this terrorist at-
tack on Muslims in a center of
worship and refuge, Trudeau
said in a statement. It is heart-
wrenching to see such senseless
violence. Diversity is our
strength, and religious tolerance
is a value that we, as Canadians,
hold dear.
The assault occurred amid a
global uproar this weekend over
President Trumps temporary
ban on admitting into the United
States refugees and immigrants
from seven majority-Muslim
countries.
The National Council of Cana-
dian Muslims noted an increase
in hate crimes, with at least a doz-
IN BRIEF
CAMEL APPRECIATION DAY
A camel is covered with saffron during the Sheikh Sultan Bin
Zayed al-Nahyan camel festival Monday in Abu Dhabi. The
festival includes a camel beauty contest and auction.
ALLEGED AIRPORT GUNMAN
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
The 26-year-old man accused
of killing five people and injuring
six others in the Fort Lauderdale-
Hollywood International Airport
shooting, pleaded not guilty to
nearly two dozen federal charges
during arraignment Monday.
Esteban Santiago is charged
with five counts of causing death
at an international airport, six
counts of airport violence result-
ing in serious injury, five counts
of causing death during a violent
crime and six counts of using a
firearm during a violent crime,
according to the indictment.
If convicted, he could be sen-
tenced to life in prison or receive
the death penalty.
Alexi C. Cardona,
Naples Daily News
DELTA AIR LINES GLITCH JUST
LATEST OF AIRLINE OUTAGES
The Delta Air Lines technology
glitch that canceled hundreds of
flights Sunday and Monday was
smaller than other episodes in re-
cent months that cost airlines
tens of millions of dollars, but it
still served as a reminder of how
fragile airline computers are.
Airlines big and small have had
problems with outages in recent
years. United Airlines grounded
flights for an hour Jan. 22 and 23
E4
Sawsan Idris, right, lights candles Monday with her daughters Lara and Tamara while attending
a vigil in Moncton, New Brunswick, for victims of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque.
en mosques vandalized last year
across the country. However, no
incidents of anti-Muslim killings
had occurred until now.
It was the first mass shooting
in the country since January
2016, when a 17-year-old male in
Saskatchewan killed four people
and injured several others.
In the U.S., anti-Muslim bias
incidents spiked in the weeks af-
ter Trumps election Nov. 8 but
dropped after that, according to
two groups that monitor such in-
cidents. The Southern Poverty
Law Center counted 112 anti-
Muslim incidents starting on
Election Day.
The Quebec City mosque was
the target of a hate crime during
the Muslim holy month of Rama-
dan in June. In that incident, a
worshiper found a pigs head left
at the mosques doorstep. A note
with it said: Bon apptit, the Ca-
nadian Broadcasting Corporation
KARIM SAHIB, AFP/GETTY IMAGES
because of a technology problem
that canceled at least 200 flights.
A Southwest Airlines outage
blamed on a router in July can-
celed more than 2,000 flights and
cost an estimated $54 million.
A previous Delta outage that
involved a fire in August canceled
2,300 flights over three days and
cost the airline $150 million in
lost revenue.
Deltas latest outage Sunday
occurred about 6:30 p.m.; systems
were restored by midnight.
Still, the problem led to 170
cancellations Sunday and 110
Monday as well as numerous
delays.
Bart Jansen
BOY SCOUTS WILL ACCEPT
TRANSGENDER YOUTH
The Boy Scouts of America an-
nounced Monday that, effective
immediately, it will accept and
register transgender youth into
its organization.
The move marks a reversal of a
policy in place for a century and
is effective for both the Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts. The or-
ganization vowed to recognize
the gender a youngster lists on an
application.
The reversal comes after a
transgender child was asked to
leave his unit in New Jersey last
year.
Melanie Eversley
reported. Islam prohibits eating
pork.
An activist group Bienvenue
aux Refugies (Welcome for Refu-
gees) issued a statement that Bis-
sonnette is known for Pro-Le
Pen and anti-feminists state-
ments on social networks. Le Pen
refers to French National Front
leader Marine Le Pen, a staunch
anti-immigrant politician and top
contender in Frances presiden-
tial election this spring.
Trump called Trudeau on
Monday to express condolences.
The lights on the Eiffel Tower
will be turned off at midnight to
honor the victims, Paris Mayor
Anne Hidalgo said. She said in a
tweet Monday that the action
would send a fraternal message
to everyone in Quebec and in
Canada.
Trudeau said Muslim-Canadi-
ans are an important part of our Contributing: Oren Dorell in McLean,
national fabric, and these sense-
Trump to unveil choice for
Supreme Court on Tuesday
List of nominees
is down to three
from appeals courts
Richard Wolf
@richardjwolf
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON President Trump
said Monday he will announce his
Supreme Court choice Tuesday
night, two days earlier than
scheduled.
I have made my decision on
who I will nominate for The
United States Supreme Court,
Trump tweeted. It will be an-
nounced live on Tuesday at 8:00
P.M. (W.H.).
The long-awaited announce-
ment sets up a high-stakes battle
in the Senate, where Republicans
who hold a slim, 52-seat majority
blocked former president Barack
Obamas choice of federal appeals
court Judge Merrick Garland.
Democrats, led by Sen. Charles
Schumer of New York, have
vowed revenge for what many
consider a stolen Supreme Court
seat. Unless Trump can win over
eight of them, Republicans will
have to change the Senates rules,
eliminating the 60-vote threshold
needed to bring the nomination
to the floor. Trump endorsed
such a move last week.
The new president made his
selection from a list of 21 people,
nearly all of them federal or state
judges, put together months ago
by conservative interest groups.
By last week, three favorites had
emerged: federal appeals court
judges Neil Gorsuch of Colorado,
Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylva-
nia and the original favorite, Wil-
liam Pryor of Alabama.
The goal for Trump, his aides
and those groups has been to find
someone in their 40s or early 50s
with solidly conservative creden-
tials who can serve on the Su-
preme Court for a quarter
century or more. That makes the
selectionof more far-reaching im-
portance than any of Trumps
nominees for his Cabinet or for-
eign postings.
Trump also had said he wanted
DARREN CALABRESE, THE CANADIAN PRESS, VIA AP
less acts have no place in our
communities, cities and country.
In response to Trumps refugee
and travel ban, Trudeau posted a
message on Twitter Saturday say-
ing: To those fleeing persecution,
terror & war, Canadians will wel-
come you, regardless of your
faith. Diversity is our strength
#WelcomeToCanada.
Since Trudeaus party won
election in 2015, 39,000 Syrian
refugees have been admitted to
Canada. Trumps executive order
issued Friday bans Syrians from
entering the U.S. indefinitely.
Canadian authorities said an
increased police presence would
be put around mosques.
The New York Police Depart-
ment said it would increase pa-
trols at mosques and other places
of worship.
than two years to prepare elabo-
Va.
Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen
Breyer hold the key to the courts ideological balance.
a judge in the Scalia mold one
who follows the Constitution as
written by the nations founders
and federal laws as written by
Congress.
While he can expect little co-
operation from Democrats,
Trump reached out to both sides
last week, meeting with Senate
leaders as well as the chairman
and top Democrat on the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Some Democrats fear Trump
wants to pack the high court with
conservatives willing to roll back
precedents on issues such as
abortion, civil rights, environ-
mental protection and govern-
ment regulations.
Scalias death last Feb. 13 and
President Obamas effort to re-
place him with a moderate-to-lib-
eral judge made the Supreme
Court a prominent issue in the
presidential election between
Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Replacing Scalia will not shift
the court ideologically from
where it was a year ago, but it will
put conservatives one seat short
of a commanding majority. With
the seat filled, the longest-serving
justice, Anthony Kennedy, once
again will be the man in the mid-
dle siding with conservatives in
most cases but occasionally with
liberals on issues such as abor-
tion, affirmative action and gay
rights.
Scalias replacement wont
NEWS 3A
for drive
to oust ISIL
Quick attacks
work; tough task
in western Mosul
Jim Michaels
@jimmichaels
USA TODAY
The rout of the Islamic State
from eastern Mosul reflects im-
proved fighting by Iraqi forces
that could hasten the defeat of
the militant group in Iraq, ac-
cording to U.S. military officials.
Iraqi soldiers launched attacks
on multiple fronts simultaneous-
ly as the U.S.-led coalition sup-
porting them pounded the
militants with air and artillery
strikes.
They really upped their
game, Air Force Brig. Gen. Mat-
thew Isler, a coalition official, said
in an interview from Baghdad.
U.S. commanders expect the
success in eastern Mosul to be re-
peated as forces cross the Tigris
River into western Mosul, where
the militants remain dug in.
Still, they acknowledge that
clearing the rest of Iraqs second-
largest city the militants last
major stronghold in the country
will be difficult. The neighbor-
hoods are densely populated and
crisscrossed with narrow streets
and older buildings.
There is still a difficult fight
ahead, Army Maj. Gen. Joe Mar-
tin, a coalition commander in
Baghdad, told Pentagon report-
ers. He said that he was confident
Iraqi forces would prevail.
The United Nations estimates
there are 750,000 civilians re-
maining in the citys west side,
which makes airstrikes difficult.
Plus the militants have had more
rate defenses.
EVAN VUCCI, AP
change the direction of the court
initially.
What could change in the short
term is the courts occasional
willingness to step into disputes
conservatives feel are better left
to the states. That could spell
doom for some of Obamas forays
into areas such as health care, im-
migration and environmental
protection.
Trump whittled his list down
to three in recent days:
uNeil Gorsuch, Colorado,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th
Circuit. At 49 the youngest of the
group, Gorsuch is the most natu-
ral replacement among them for
Scalia. He is a strict adherent of
originalism. He also has much of
Scalias flair as a writer.
uThomas Hardiman, Penn-
sylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 3rd Circuit. A dark horse
among the finalists, Hardiman,
51, isnt unfamiliar to Trump. He
sits on the same U.S. Court of Ap-
peals for the 3rd Circuit as the
presidents sister, Maryanne
Trump Barry.
uWilliam Pryor, Alabama,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
Circuit. Hes been the conserva-
tives justice-in-waiting for years.
But Pryor is controversial: He
once criticized the Supreme
Courts 1973 decision in Roe v.
Wade, which legalized abortion,
as the worst abomination of con-
stitutional law in our history.
4A NEWS
STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Montgomery: Ala-
bama Corrections Commissioner
Jeff Dunn says the risk in the
states crowded prisons is grow-
ing each day. Dunn addressed a
panel of state lawmakers last
week in an effort to build support
for an $800 million prison con-
struction bond issue. Gov. Robert
Bentley has proposed three new
mega-prisons.
ALASKA Juneau: Sarah Palins
political action committee is
shutting down. Sarah PAC has no
cash left and no debts.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Phoenix Sky
Harbor International Airport is
getting the green light to allow
concessionaires to operate food
trucks at 11 possible locations
around the 3,000-acre airport to
serve thousands of employees
and customers who dont have
access to terminal service.
ARKANSAS Clarksville: An
Arkansas judge was arrested after
police say he drove through a
DWI checkpoint in Johnson
County and had to be chased
down. The Arkansas Democrat-
Gazette reports that Judge Wil-
liam Pearson was pursued about
a mile and a half.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco:
Inspectors say the sinking Mil-
lennium Tower in San Francisco
is safe to occupy, despite strain on
its foundation and electrical
systems. The San Francisco
Chronicle reports no evidence of
life-safety concerns.
COLORADO Denver: The Veter-
ans Affairs Department says
President Trumps hiring freeze
wont apply to a new VA medical
center under construction out-
side Denver, The Denver Post
reports.
CONNECTICUT Windsor Locks:
Ultra-low-cost Spirit Airlines will
operate routes starting in April to
Florida from Bradley Interna-
tional Airport. Gov. Dannel Mal-
loy and officials from the
Connecticut Airport Authority
last week announced nonstop
service to several destinations.
DELAWARE Wilmington: The
Anti-Defamation League is cre-
ating a law enforcement award in
memory of former Delaware
Attorney General Beau Biden,
The News Journal of Wilmington
reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: An
electrical contractor at the
Trump International Hotel in
Washington has sued a company
owned by President Trump for
more than $2 million. AES Elec-
trical says it wasnt fully paid.
FLORIDA Tallahassee: Gov. Rick
Scott is threatening that Florida
ports could lose state money if
they do business with Cuba. Scott
said via Twitter that hell propose
restricting money for ports that
trade with Havana.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Supporters
of casino gambling hope a new
approach will legalize the indus-
try in Georgia. Two facilities
dubbed resort destinations are
proposed in state legislation. The
state would tax 20% of gambling
revenue.
HAWAII Lihue: Kauais first
stand-alone post office building
that opened nearly 80 years ago is
facing closure, The Garden
Island reports.
IDAHO Idaho: The
director of the
Idaho Depart-
ment of Fish and
Game says the
agencys financial
situation remains
difficult. License,
tag and permit
fees havent in-
creased in roughly
13 years.
ILLINOIS Cham-
paign: Two Cham-
HIGHLIGHT: FLORIDA
DNA lets sharks take a bite out of cancer
Jim Waymer
Florida Today
A new study of shark DNA
shows unique evolutionary
changes in immunity genes
may explain how sharks open
wounds heal so fast and why
the oceans top predator rarely
gets cancer.
Research scientists at Nova
Southeastern University and
Cornell University probed the
genetics of great white and
great hammerhead sharks to
learn why shark wounds heal
rapidly and why sharks are so
resistant to cancer.
Immune systems, fine-tuned
over 400 million years of evolu-
tion, heal open wounds on
sharks and rays within hours.
Scientists suspect this amazing
ability also may help sharks and
rays fend off cancer.
The study, recently pub-
lished in the journal BMC Ge-
nomics, provides the first
evidence that some shark and
ray immunity genes have un-
dergone evolutionary changes
possibly tied to these novel im-
mune system abilities, the re-
searchers said.
The immune system of
sharks and rays has been bat-
tle-tested and evolved over
hundreds of millions of years,
said Mahmood Shivji, director
of NSUs Save Our Seas Shark
paign high schools created
archery programs after the suc-
cess of the sport at Jefferson
Middle School, The News-Gazette
reports.
INDIANA Cayuga: A wind-
whipped fire destroyed the
grandstands at the Vermillion
County Fairgrounds in Cayuga.
No one was hurt, WTHI-TV re-
ports.
IOWA Fort Madison: The PAW
Animal Shelter in Fort Madison
is trying to protect 37 unvaccinat-
ed dogs from an outbreak of
parvovirus. The Hawk Eye reports
that the unvaccinated dogs were
brought in after their owner died.
KANSAS Hutchinson: The
Cosmosphere museum in Hutch-
inson has opened an exhibit to
honor the 50th anniversary of the
fatal Apollo 1 test mission that
killed three astronauts, The
Hutchinson News reports.
KENTUCKY Lexington: The
Kentucky Horse Park is planning
a year-long celebration to observe
the 100th birthday of the great
thoroughbred Man o War. An
exhibit will open at the Lexington
attraction March 29. Man o War
is considered one of the greatest
racehorses of all time, winning 20
of 21 races.
LOUISIANA Pointe-a-la-
Hache: A groundbreaking cere-
mony was held last week for a
new government complex in
Plaquemines Parish. The old
courthouse was burned down in
2002 by a man trying to destroy
evidence in pending criminal
cases.
MAINE Waterville: Police say a
dozen Colby College students
received summonses last week
after officers responded to a re-
port of people smashing beer
bottles on a Waterville street, The
Morning Sentinel reports.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Mary-
land lawmakers may allow termi-
nally ill patients to end their lives
by self-ingesting prescribed
drugs. Under proposed legisla-
tion, a primary physician would
prescribe only after a consulting
physician confirms that the ill
person has six months or fewer to
live, among other conditions.
MASSACHUSETTS Cam-
bridge: The agency
that oversees Harvard
Universitys
largest-in-
the-nation
$36 billion endow-
ment is cutting half its
staff as it tries to boost
lagging investment
returns.
MICHIGAN Lansing: A bar
opening in Lansing will be
named for an elephant that was
gunned down 53 years ago. The
A new study examining the genetics of sharks, including the
great white shark, may help scientists understand what
makes these ocean predators resistant to cancer.
Research Center and Guy Har-
vey Research Institute in Fort
Lauderdale.
Two shark genes especially
stood out, the researchers said.
Both genes have counterparts
in humans, where their overex-
pression is linked with cancers.
But in sharks, natural selection
has modified the two genes into
tumor preventives.
One gene codes for a protein
that in humans helps inhibit an
essential natural process called
programmed cell death.
At certain times, some cells
have to stop dividing and die.
Thats a good thing, Shivji said.
But overexpression of the gene
Lansing State Journal reports
that Rajjee was killed by police
after getting spooked during a
circus performance.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Minneso-
ta poultry farmers are cautiously
watching the spread of bird flu in
Europe and Asia. Minnesota
Public Radio reports that spring
waterfowl migration could bring
it here.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Mis-
sissippi lawmakers are consider-
ing ways to stop pokey drivers
from clogging the left lane. Pro-
posed legislation would set a fine
of $5 to $50 for people who im-
pede other traffic.
MISSOURI Maryville: A federal
lawsuit says Maryville police
punched and electroshocked an
autistic man after he stopped in a
yard to tie his shoe. The Kansas
City Star reports that Christo-
pher Kramer was tackled by local
officers when he ran after the
homeowner called out to him.
Kramer was later released and
not charged.
MONTANA Helena: Montanas
publicly run psychiatric hospital
in Warm Springs was close to
losing an agreement with Medi-
care and Medicaid because of
serious staff shortages and the
facilitys physical environment,
but federal officials changed their
minds after the problems were
addressed.
NEBRASKA Norfolk: A natural
resources district has provided
final approval to a plan to stabi-
lize the banks of the Elkhorn
River at Norfolk. The project has
an estimated $750,000 cost.
NEVADA Las Vegas: A state
legislator will introduce a bill this
session that would give local
governments the authority to
issue public marijuana-use per-
mits for carnivals, bars, or even
designated pot-friendly streets or
sidewalks, the Las Vegas Review-
Journal reports. Possession was
legalized in November but the
drug can be used only inside
private homes.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Epping: A
Burger King manager and em-
ployee in New Hampshire were
arrested on drug charges after
authorities were tipped off that
drive-thru customers asked for
Nasty Boy
and extra
crispy fries to
get marijuana
with their
meal. NH1
reports that
the arrests
came in a sting
operation by
Epping police.
NEW JERSEY Pennsauken:
National rowing regattas will
return to the Cooper River fol-
ANDREW BRANDY CASAGRANDE, AP
inhibits normal programmed
cell death, setting the stage for
cancer. Research has shown
that compounds from shark tis-
sues can inhibit growth of new
blood vessels on tumors.
Several studies have dem-
onstrated anti-tumor proper-
ties of shark-derived com-
pounds in lab studies, said Shiv-
ji, who co-led this research with
Michael Stanhope, a Cornell
scientist. Its intriguing that
we are now seeing evidence of
evolutionary adaptation in
these specific shark immunity
genes, which just happen also
to be involved in promoting
cancer in humans.
lowing a $12 million dredging
project. The course has been
dormant since 2015 because of
sediment buildup.
NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: A
Feb. 10 groundbreaking is sched-
uled for a Veterans Affairs Com-
munity Based Outpatient Clinic,
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports.
NEW YORK Rochester: An
ex-convict with a history of men-
tal illness was sentenced to 20
years in prison for plotting a New
Years Eve machete attack at a
New York restaurant in the name
of the Islamic State group. Eman-
uel Lutchman pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to provide support to
a terrorist organization.
NORTH CAROLINA Newport:
The Carteret County Sheriffs
Office says a woman narrowly
escaped being carjacked one
night after spotting what she
thought was a child sitting in the
road. It turned out to be a dummy
dressed like a child.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A
man has to pay $3,000 restitution
and a $500 fine after federal
prosecutors say he illegally killed
two elk in Theodore Roosevelt
National Park.
OHIO Akron: Another lawsuit
seeks damages in the deadly 2015
crash of a corporate jet into an
Ohio apartment building. The
Akron Beacon Journal reports
that investigators say pilot error
caused the crash.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
Officials say construction of the
American Indian Cultural Center
& Museum in Oklahoma City
may resume as soon as this fall.
The Oklahoman reports that
work came to a halt five years ago
due to insufficient funding.
OREGON Salem: U.S. Forest
Service money that rural counties
used to keep services afloat after
environmental rules curtailed
logging nearly 30 years ago is
drying up. Oregons payments
will be cut 90%, The Salem States-
man Journal reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg:
The operations of Pennsylvanias
14 state-owned universities are
under review in light of falling
enrollment and financial chal-
lenges. The review could result in
the merger or
closure of some
campuses.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence: A
Rhode Island
court has or-
dered a scra-
pyard to remove
remnants of a
Russian submarine that rests in
the Providence River. The sub
was used in the 2002 Harrison
Ford movie K-19: The Wid-
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
owmaker. It sank during a nor-
easter in 2007.
SOUTH CAROLINA York: A
Confederate flag and portraits of
two Confederate generals wont
return to the York County court-
room when renovations are com-
pleted soon, clerk David
Hamilton tells The Herald of
Rock Hill. Hamilton says the flag
and portraits of Robert E. Lee
and Stonewall Jackson may be
donated to a museum.
SOUTH DAKOTA Spearfish:
Opposition to a proposed state
park in Spearfish Canyon re-
mains strong even after South
Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard
said no entrance fees would be
charged. Most opponents ob-
jected to the land swap that
would make the park possible,
The Rapid City Journal reports.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: Two
dozen volunteer fire departments
that fought deadly wildfires in the
Gatlinburg area have received
$98,000 in grants. The East Ten-
nessee Foundation says the
Neighbor to Neighbor Disaster
Relief Fund accepts gifts from
citizens who want to help the
region in times of disaster. The
Nov. 28 fire killed 14 people.
TEXAS Austin: A University of
Texas study estimates that the
state has some 313,000 victims of
human trafficking whove been
forced into prostitution or labor.
Authorities say Texas is a hub for
human trafficking in the United
States.
UTAH Provo: An Air Force
ROTC detachment at Brigham
Young University may move
several miles away to state-run
Utah Valley University because
the units non-Mormon com-
mander isnt willing to abide by
BYUs honor code, which includes
prohibitions against alcohol,
drugs, coffee and other activities.
VERMONT Burlington: A good
Samaritan left hand-knit scarves
at a Burlington park for those in
need. The scarves have tags stat-
ing, I am not lost. I was hand-
made for you. If you are cold and
need me, please take me, The
Burlington Free Press reports.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Virginia
lawmakers are considering a bill
that would allow home-schooled
students to participate in high
school sports. The Virginia High
School League prohibits home-
schoolers from participating after
the eighth grade. Gov. Terry
McAuliffe has vetoed previous
bills to allow home-schoolers to
play.
WASHINGTON Olympia: Tina
Podlodowski was elected the next
chair of Washingtons Democratic
Party. The former Seattle City
Council member ousted Jaxon
Ravens, who was criticized by
some in the party for lackluster
results last November.
WEST VIRGINIA Huntington:
The city of Huntington has laid
off nearly 7% of its workforce.
Mayor Steve Williams says bud-
get cuts total $2.6 million. Those
laid off include 11 police officers
and seven firefighters, nearly all
of whom were recently hired.
Williams also ordered a hiring
freeze.
WISCONSIN Madison: New
federal data shows that union
membership in Wisconsin has
declined nearly 40% since legisla-
tion was passed that gutted col-
lective bargaining for public
workers. In 2016, 219,000 public
and private workers were union
members. Thats down by 136,000
members since 2010.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Wyo-
mings congressional delegation
is seeking to expand water stor-
age at Fontenelle Reservoir, say-
ing that would benefit farmers
and ranchers and help boost the
local economy.
Compiled from staff and wire reports.
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present because of it.
Whether its a 40-year-old
hijabi woman like my mother or a
15-year-old high school student
like myself, any Muslim American
can share her experience with
veiled Islamophobia since 9/11.
This ban lifts the veil. Sadly, weve
learned to cope. Not with vio-
lence or anger, but with love.
Muslims across the U.S. have
given everything they have for
this country whether in the
medical field or in military ser-
vice. Nearly 6,000 U.S. service-
members self-identify as
Muslims, because Prophet Mo-
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Its a good measure to keep
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to be here. How can that not
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@roth12_colleen Ideologies aside,
DeVos is not qualified
It is only temporary. Time to
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@princesslucymoo culum. DeVos has never worked
Oppose 41% in public education or even at-
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from countries that havent
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are the foundation of our introduced as not being part of
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in a terrorist attack, it should Labeling anyone who has worked
of error is 3.3 percentage points.
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but I will defend them, while also
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fighting to make them better.
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That belief of mine is enough to
worried. They just realized we to determine their potential child with an education.
make me detest making Betsy
have incompetents running the for radical ideology.
DeVos the next secretary of Edu- Jillian Medugno
country. Today its banning green
card holders with Ph.D.s and jobs
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Americans billions, President with IDEA she replied, I think
mention how few people came to @sagestats
that is a matter thats best left to be qualified for the position
Trump should use that money to President Trumps inauguration or based on her lack of experience,
repair Americas aging infrastruc- we are all in for trouble! the states. Later, she backtracked
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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
OPINION
TODAYS DEBATE TRADEMARKS
Our view
Whats in a name?
A First Amendment right
When Simon Tam founded his
rock band and named it The
Slants, the Asian-American musi-
cian was trying to re-appropri-
ate an ethnic slur and turn it
into something positive.
Many people may find the
name offensive, and they have
plenty of options. They can vote
with their feet and deny The
Slants an audience. Or launch a
boycott. Or go to appearances and
protest. Thats the beauty of the
First Amendments guarantee of
freedom of speech. The antidote
to speech you find offensive is
more speech.
But what the federal govern-
ment did in 2011, when it found
the bands name disparaging, is Band founder Simon Tam at
offensive to this constitutional
guarantee. The U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office denied Tam
trademark protection, citing a
law that bars the government
from approving trademarks that
may disparage ... persons, living
or dead, institutions, beliefs or
national symbols.
A trademark is a valuable com-
modity, giving the holder the ex-
clusive right to use the name and
legal power to sue others who in-
fringe on that right. So Tam chal-
lenged the decision. And this
month, after a long trip through
the lower courts, the case landed
at the Supreme Court, which will
likely decide the case this spring.
No matter what the Patent and
Trademark Office thinks of the
Max Boot
M IGNORES THE
y family arrived in
the United States in
1976, when I was 7,
as Jewish refugees
from the Soviet Union. I might
well not be here, enjoying the
greatness of America, if Donald
Trump had been president back
then. And I would definitely not
be writing these words on a Mac-
Book because the genius behind
Apple computers, Steve Jobs, was
born to a Syrian immigrant
father.
At the end of his very first week
in office, Trump signed a sweep-
ing executive order that bans all
refugees from coming here for
120 days while vetting proce-
dures, already tough, are tough-
ened even further.
He also imposed a 90-day sus-
pension on all visitors, not just
refugees, from seven Muslim
countries Iran, Iraq, Libya, So-
malia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
along with an indefinite ban on
refugees from Syria.
BORN IN THE USA
The ostensible justification for
this xenophobic edict is to protect
us from terrorists. Yet of the 89
individuals who have been impli-
cated in terrorist plots against the
U.S. since 2001, the only ones
who might have been affected by
this ban were three Somali Amer-
icans who did not succeed in kill-
ing anyone. The Orlando and Fort
Hood shooters, along with one of
the San Bernardino shooters,
were all born in the USA.
Of the killers from abroad, all
came from countries not on
Trumps target list. The 9/11 hi-
jackers hailed from Egypt, Leba-
non, Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates. The second San
Bernardino killer, Tashfeen Ma-
lik, was born in Pakistan and
came here from Saudi Arabia.
Perhaps its just a coincidence
that the Trump Organization
does business in many of the
Muslim countries whose citizens
are still allowed to come here,
such as the UAE, Indonesia and
Turkey, but not in the seven
countries whose passport-hold-
ers are barred. Maybe Trump is
still allowing travel from most
Muslim nations on the sensible
grounds of avoiding a diplomatic
crisis with allies and trading
partners.
Or it could be that he felt com-
pelled to limit the scope of the
edict to avoid a domestic political
backlash over instituting a Mus-
lim ban which is what Trump
had initially proposed in 2015 and
what his adviser, Rudy Giuliani,
says he is now trying to achieve
through the back door. Whatever
YUYA MATSUDA
other trademarks, some far more
the Supreme Court.
name, government bureaucrats
shouldnt be in the business of
deciding what is and isnt dispar-
aging to some group, or of pro-
tecting certain groups from
getting their feelings hurt.
Popular, inoffensive speech sel-
dom needs protection. The beau-
ty of the First Amendment in a
free society is that it protects un-
popular or offensive speech, par-
ticularly from government
regulation. The Supreme Court
has said as much many times over
many years.
At the recent oral arguments,
the government maintained that
a trademark denial does not re-
strict free speech. The Slants can
TRUMP ORDER
REAL DANGER
Xenophobic edict doesnt address our
vulnerability to radicalized Americans
Demonstrators gather at Kennedy International Airport in
New York on Saturday after passengers were detained.
the presidents reasoning, it sim-
ply underscores that his order is
arbitrary and irrational.
The biggest danger we now
face is no longer from foreign ter-
rorists because border security
measures have been greatly
strengthened since 9/11. We still
remain vulnerable, however, to
U.S. citizens who have been radi-
calized from afar. To the extent
that this executive order is per-
ceived as a reflection of Islamo-
phobia a perception that
Trump feeds by saying he will
give favoritism in refugee admis-
sions to Christians it will likely
galvanize more homegrown ter-
rorists. It is, in short, the best
New Years present that the Is-
lamic State and al-Qaeda terror-
ist groups could have received.
RAMPANT CONFUSION
If this executive order does not
stop actual attackers, who is af-
fected? Given the slapdash way it
was crafted and implemented,
there has been rampant confu-
sion over that very question.
Would permanent residents
born in one of the seven verboten
countries be forbidden re-entry?
What about dual nationals, such
as British Iraqis or Canadian
Iranians?
Customs and Border Protec-
tion agents at various airports,
uncertain about how to enforce
still use the name. It merely
places a reasonable limit on ac-
cess to a government program,
Deputy Solicitor General Mal-
colm Stewart said.
Several justices didnt buy that
defense. Justice Ruth Bader Gins-
burg questioned the laws vague-
ness and inconsistent application,
pointing out that the patent office
had both approved and rejected
trademarks for the term hebe.
Other trademarks, surely offen-
sive to some, have been approved,
including Yellowman, Retardipe-
dia and Crippled Old Biker Bas-
tards. Its all too arbitrary to pass
constitutional muster.
The courts decision will affect
controversial. In 2015, a federal
trial judge in Washington upheld
the patent offices cancellation of
the trademark of the Washington
Redskins football team. An ap-
peal is pending.
Native Americans and many
others find the teams name de-
plorable, including Tam and The
Slants, whose website says red-
skin represents a long history of
oppression. They can loudly pro-
test, just as others can celebrate
the name all without govern-
ment interference.
And thats just the point. When
the government denies a valuable
benefit based on its arbitrary de-
termination of offensiveness, ev-
eryone loses a cherished
constitutional guarantee.
CRAIG RUTTLE, AP
the order, detained two disabled
Iranian green card holders, ages
88 and 83 (maybe they were hid-
ing bombs in their wheelchairs?);
a Sudanese graduate student at
Stanford who had graduated from
Harvard and lived in the USA
since 1993; and an Iraqi refugee
who had risked his life for 10
years working for U.S. forces in
Iraq. An award-winning Clemson
University engineer and a scien-
tist heading to Harvard to do tu-
berculosis research, both from
Iran, were not allowed to board
planes for America.
Luckily, several federal judges
have blocked various parts of
Trumps order, pending a fuller
hearing on its constitutionality.
Unfortunately, the president re-
tains wide discretion to deter-
mine who is allowed to enter this
country. Thus Trump may well
prevail in this legal fight.
If so, it will represent a stun-
ning repudiation of all that Amer-
ica has stood for as a haven for
refugees from all over the world
including my family. Far from
keeping our country safe, Trump
is increasing our insecurity by
losing sight of what made Ameri-
ca great in the first place.
Max Boot, a member of USA
TODAYs Board of Contributors, is
a senior fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations.
Opposing view
Deny registration
of hateful names
Cecelia Chang and
Robert S. Chang
Preventing officially sanc-
tioned disparagement is not a
quirk of trademark law. In
many contexts, the government
has recognized the harm of dis-
paraging names and has acted
to disassociate itself from those
names and labels.
Nigger Lake, N.Y. Chinks
Peak, Idaho. Squaw Tit, Nev.
These places were among thou-
sands in the United States with
racially derogatory names. The
government has intervened
and changed many such names
on federal maps and roadway
signs. Locals remain free to call
places whatever they want. But
in many cases, the federal gov-
ernment has refused to sanc-
tion and further these private
acts of disparagement.
Eradicating government
support for racial disparage-
ment is about more than hurt
feelings. If the term slants term. But we agree that the
was spray-painted on an Asian-
American students locker, or a
Native American center was
vandalized with redskins
graffiti, we would expect au-
thorities to investigate the po-
tential hate crime. Federal laws
target the use of racially
charged terms at individuals
and groups.
Moment of truth for
the pro-life movement
Steve Deace
President Trump is set to un-
veil tonight his pick to fill the Su-
preme Court seat left vacant for
almost year since the sudden
death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
When he does so, we are going to
learn a lot about either Trumps
commitment to keeping his
promises, or the conservative
movements commitment to
principle.
Trumps vow to appoint pro-
life justices is perhaps the most
important promise for him to
keep. President Clintons voters
once chose to overlook his prob-
lematic peccadilloes because, Its
the economy, stupid. Trumps
conservative base did the same
last year, also because of a pre-
eminent concern.
This time, the defining issue
was the Supreme Court. Accord-
ing to exit polls, one in five voters
named Supreme Court appoint-
ments as the most important fac-
tor in their vote. Trump won
them by a whopping 15 points.
On top of that, Trump is filling
the sizable shoes of Scalia, per-
haps the most revered conserva-
tive judge of his time. So
replacing him with anything less
than a Scalia, even if it would un-
doubtedly be an upgrade over
anyone named by a President
Hillary Clinton, is a loss leader
for conservatives. Coming off the
clumsy rollout of his immigration
executive orders, the last thing
Trump needs is to make a stealth
pick that instead of uniting con-
servatives causes them to turn on
each other.
Thats what happened when
President George W. Bush named
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Now, the Supreme Court is
considering whether we should
open federal trademark protec-
tion to the same terms pro-
viding government support for
derogatory epithets we con-
demn elsewhere. But there is
no First Amendment right to
compel government aid for dis-
paraging private speech. The
Supreme Court has recognized
limits to free expression, par-
ticularly in commercial speech.
When a football team calls
itself the Redskins, or a base-
ball team adopts Chief Wahoo
as its mascot, or even when Si-
mon Tam chooses The Slants
as his bands name, none is a
First Amendment hero. They
are businesses using those
names for commercial profit.
The First Amendment protects
their right to do so, but it does
not require the government to
support their efforts.
Our organizations may dis-
agree on whether The Slants is
disparaging or whether Asian
Americans have reclaimed the
federal government should be
able to deny registration of dis-
paraging trademarks.
Cecelia Chang is director of
litigation for Asian Americans
Advancing Justice. Robert S.
Chang (no relation) is executive
director of the Fred T. Koremat-
su Center.
Harriet Miers, whose views on
abortion were not clear. Should it
happen again, this is when the in-
tegrity of the conservative move-
ment will be tested.
Someone like Thomas Hardi-
man, who is one of the leading
names being considered accord-
ing to media speculation, is basi-
cally a blank slate when it comes
to the pro-life issue. If Trump se-
lects Hardiman, the conservative
movement must immediately
commit to fully vetting his pro-
life views publicly before spend-
ing an iota of its political capital
in an effort to place him on the
highest court. And if Hardiman
comes up short, the movement
must refuse him as it once re-
fused Miers.
The fear isnt so much that
someone like a Hardiman would
be a disaster for conservatives as
David Souter was, but that hed be
a stealth candidate who disap-
points us at key times like Chief
Justice John Roberts. For as an-
gry as conservatives were at
President Obama for using Oba-
macares birth control provisions
as a means to fight nuns in feder-
al court, we should keep in mind
that if Roberts hadnt legislated
from the bench not once but
twice to save Obamacare, in 2012
and 2015, that argument never
would have happened.
Though the execution has been
erratic, President Trump has ac-
tually done a decent job attempt-
ing to keep his promises. Lets
hope this continues tonight. If it
doesnt, lets hope the conserva-
tive movement keeps its promis-
es to hold him accountable.
Steve Deace is a nationally syn-
dicated conservative talk radio
host.
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Demonstrators gather Monday outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto to protest President Trumps executive order on immigration.
OPPOSITION GROUPS LOOK
TO LEVERAGE THEIR ANGER
Organizers say
the ultimate goal
is mass resistance
John Bacon
@jmbacon
USA TODAY
The protests that swept the na-
tion in answer to President
Trumps executive order on Mus-
lim travel have encouraged advo-
cacy groups to press their case on
other issues.
Trumps executive order,
signed Friday, suspended entry of
refugees to the U.S. for 120 days,
halts admission of refugees from
Syria indefinitely and bars entry
for three months to residents
from the predominantly Muslim
countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, So-
malia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The edict prompted scores of
weekend rallies across the nation.
A few events even lingered into
the workweek: More than 100
people gathered in Staunton, Va.,
for a peaceful protest. Dozens ral-
lied at the Springfield office of
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., to protest
Blunts support of the order.
White House defends Bannons
role on National Security Council
Spicer says his
inclusion shows
transparency
Donovan Slack
@donovanslack
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON The White House
on Monday continued to defend
President Trumps decision to in-
clude his chief strategist, Stephen
Bannon, as part of the National
Security Council, while seeming
to make attendance at council
meetings optional for the director
of national intelligence and chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Press secretary Sean Spicer
cast criticism of the move as
much ado about nothing and said
Obama political adviser David
Axelrod and press secretary Rob-
ert Gibbs also attended NSC
meetings.
Bannon is specifically included
as a member of the NSC, while
Axelrod and Gibbs were not. Spic-
er said during his Monday brief-
ing that Bannons inclusion was
an example of transparency.
Spicer tried to highlight the
similarities between Trumps di-
rective and those issued by for-
mer presidents Obama and
George W. Bush. However, while
Trump included Bannon on the
principals committee, the Cab- NSC meetings. In some cases,
inet-level senior inter-agency fo-
rum for considering policy issues
that affect the national security
interests of the United States,
the director of national intelli-
gence and chairman of the Joint
Chiefs were listed as optional
Protests spread Monday to Springfield, Mo., where dozens
gathered outside the office of Republican Sen. Roy Blunt.
MoveOn.org, which champions
a long list of liberal issues, said
Monday that it was encouraged
by Americas gorgeous showing
of our resilience, strength and
solidarity during the protests.
Our overarching goal is clear: We
must help grow a mass, accessible
opposition or resistance
movement to challenge Trumps
agenda ... and prepare to retake
power in the 2017, 2018 and 2020
elections, the group said in a
statement on its website.
President Trump congratulates his senior counselor Stephen
Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff Jan. 22.
members of that committee.
Obama listed those two offi-
cials as regular members of that
committee.
Trumps directive does mirror
George W. Bushs from 2001,
which said the director of the CIA
(before the creation of the na-
tional intelligence director post)
and the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs should attend committee
meetings when issues pertaining
to their responsibilities and ex-
pertise are to be discussed.
Spicer said that Trump has tre-
mendous respect for the chairman
of the Joint Chiefs and director of
national intelligence and that they
are always welcome to attend
and departments. Every admini-
however, he said their attendance
might not be necessary, for exam-
ple in the case of discussing a
threat from a pandemic flu.
We recognize that certain
homeland security issues may not
be military issues, Spicer said.
ANDREW JANSEN, (SPRINGFIELD, MO.) NEWS-LEADER
Trump was unyielding Monday
in his position that his immigra-
tion order was for the good of the
country. There is nothing nice
about searching for terrorists be-
fore they can enter our country,
he tweeted.
Trumps position is a concern
to the Council on American-Is-
lamic Relations. CAIR has seen a
big spike in donations, interest
and feedback since the executive
order was announced, spokesman
Ibrahim Hooper said Monday.
MANDEL NGAN, AFP/GETTY IMAGES
The appointment
of Mr. Bannon is
something which
is a radical
departure from
any National
Security Council in
history.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
The National Security Council
was established in 1947 to advise
the president and present view-
points and policies from across
the military and federal agencies
ground in geopolitical affairs, and
stration typically issues a direc-
tive laying out the organization of
the council.
But critics of Trumps direc-
tive, issued in a memorandum
Saturday, say they are worried
about the inclusion of Bannon, a
FRANK GUNN, AP
Millions of Americans are
very concerned about the direc-
tion he is taking our country,
CAIR executive director Nihad
Awad said.
On Tuesday, the San Diego
CAIR chapter will unveil a Fo-
rum on Religious Freedom. The
objective is to create a broad co-
alition dedicated to challenging
Islamophobia and the systemic
attempt to marginalize the Amer-
ican Muslim community, the
group says.
The American Civil Liberties
Union, which led the legal charge
against Trumps immigration or-
der, said Sunday that it had re-
ceived more than 350,000 online
donations totaling more than
$24 million over the weekend.
Donations were still rolling in
Monday. The non-profit organi-
zations membership has bal-
looned to more than 1 million,
doubling since the election, exec-
utive director Anthony Romero
says: This is merely the first skir-
mish in a long battle to vigorously
defend the Bill of Rights from the
authoritarian designs of the
Trump administration.
Contributing: Alia Dastagir, USA
TODAY; Brad Zinn, (Staunton, Va.)
News Leader; Harrison Keegan,
(Springfield, Mo.) News-Leader
former Breitbart News editor.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
praised many of Trumps national
security picks, including Defense
Secretary Jim Mattis, Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly
and national security adviser Mi-
chael Flynn. But he said Sunday
that Trumps reorganization of
the council is of concern.
I am worried about the Na-
tional Security Council. Who are
the members of it and who are
the permanent members? The
appointment of Mr. Bannon is
something which is a radical de-
parture from any National Secu-
rity Council in history, McCain
said on Face the Nation on CBS.
Democrats offered much
harsher criticism. House Minor-
ity Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-
Md., called Bannons inclusion an
outrageous, incompetent move
that sends the message that ide-
ology and partisan politics will be
injected into the process of deci-
sion-making over questions of
national security.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said
it is dangerous and unprece-
dented. He must be removed.
President George W. Bush spe-
cifically excluded his chief politi-
cal adviser Karl Rove from
council meetings, but Spicer said
on MSNBC that Bannon isnt
playing Karl Roves part in the
Trump administration.
Steve has an extensive mili-
tary background, extensive back-
ministrations.
the assumption that hes playing
the same role as Karl Rove is just
not accurate, Spicer said on
MSNBC.
Contributing: Gregory Korte and David
Jackson
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
Rollback
of rules
to be
massive
Order targets federal
regulations placed
on small businesses
Gregory Korte
@gregorykorte
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON President Trump
promised a massive rollback of
federal regulations on small busi-
nesses Monday, signing an execu-
tive action that he said would
knock out two regulations for
every new regulation adopted by
federal agencies.
The order greatly strengthens
the presidents hand in oversee-
ing agency regulations, putting a
limit on each agencys regulatory
ability through the annual budget
process. And it requires that the
costs of any new regulations be
balanced through the repeal of at
least two old regulations.
Well be reducing them big
league and their damaging effects
on our small businesses, our
economy, our entrepreneurial
spirit, Trump said before signing
the order. So the American
Dream is back, and we are going
to create an environment in small
business like we havent had in
many, many decades.
The White House has kept a
tight grip on agency regulations
since at least the Carter admini-
stration, and changes in regula-
tory policy are a routine part of
every presidential transition. But
Trumps executive action seems
to go even further than the usual
changes to the cost-benefit analy-
sis of new regulations. Trump
himself called it the largest cut
by far, in terms of regulation, in
history.
The executive order, titled,
There will be
normalized
control where you
can open your
business and
expand your
business.
President Trump
Reducing Regulation and Con-
trolling Regulatory Costs, leaves
many of the details of the two-
for-one mechanism up to the di-
rector of the White House Office
of Management and Budget, and
allows Congress to make excep-
tions.
But the order will likely result
in a continuation of the regula-
tory freeze the Trump White
House instituted on his first day
in office.
Under the Administrative Pro-
cedures Act, the repeal of old reg-
ulations requires the same
bureaucratic process as the adop-
tion of new regulations, with
agency analysis, legal review pub-
lic notice and comment.
Because the order ties the reg-
ulatory cycle to the fiscal year,
agencies would have to repeal old
regulations by Sept. 30 in order to
adopt any new regulations.
The order applies to all execu-
tive agencies, including those re-
sponsible for overseeing banking,
pensions, the environment,
health, transportation and work-
place safety.
If you have a regulation you
want, No. 1, were probably not
going to approve it, Trump said.
He said the new regulatory pol-
icy was specifically targeted at
small businesses. There will be
regulation, there will be control,
but there will be normalized con-
trol where you can open your
business and expand your busi-
ness, Trump said.
The signing of the regulatory
order followed a meeting with
small-business owners in the
White House on Monday morn-
ing. He said the federal regula-
tions had grown over both
Republican and Democratic ad-
This isnt a knock on Presi-
dent Obama. Its a knock on many
presidents who have preceded
me, he said. It got particularly
bad in the last eight years.
Contributing: David Jackson
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about $9.4 billion, now ranges Fifty-nine percent say
from $6.8 billion to $7.4 billion. theyre very or somewhat pre-
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is July 31. Rite Aid shares plum-
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steadily since 2010, when the and didnt feel they wanted to
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larly among African-American out of work and U.S. stocks
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of those jobs have been recov-
ered, and 7 million more have
publican lawmakers insist that been added.
rules and regulations and costs The 4.7% unemployment
to comply with them includ- rate is less than half the 10%
ing licensing requirements, in- peak in 2009. And the Dow
Jones industrial average hit a
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Trump targets high-techs
H-1B work-visa hiring tool
Marco della Cava,
Elizabeth Weise
and Jon Swartz
@marcodellacava; @eweise; @jswartz
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO President
Trumps relationship with Silicon
Valley has always been volatile at
best, but it seems things soon
may get even more contentious.
Administration officials have
drafted a new executive order
aimed at overhauling, among oth-
er things, the H-1B work-visa pro-
gram that technology companies
have long relied on to bring top
foreign engineering talent to
their U.S.-based locations.
In his news briefing Monday,
White House press secretary
Sean Spicer said the possible ex-
ecutive order on work visas is
part of a larger immigration ef-
fort and stems from an overall
need to look at all of these
measures.
The order, which has yet to
come into effect, arrives on the
heels of Fridays controversial im-
migration ban targeting seven
majority-Muslim countries that
sparked protests at airports
around the country.
That ban, which the White
House modified Sunday to not af-
fect green card holders, roiled
tech leaders who almost univer-
sally denounced the move.
The CEOs of Microsoft, Apple,
Netflix, Uber, Airbnb and Tesla
Motors noted the policy was af-
fecting their own employees
working here legally, and would
jeopardize their competitive
quest for talent.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was
among the first to condemn the
order, noting that it immediately
stranded nearly 200 of his em-
ployees abroad.
Biz debate
reignited
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said for months that they will
have his ear.
Surrounded by small-business
owners, Trump signed an execu-
tive order Monday that will re-
quire agencies cut two existing
regulations for every new rule in-
troduced. The order also sets a
cap on the cost of new
regulations.
An unelected fourth branch of
government the regulatory
branch is holding our small-
business sector back while im-
posing unnecessary costs on larg-
er companies too, U.S. Chamber
of Commerce CEO Thomas Do-
nohue said in a speech earlier this
month.
Several studies have sought to
calculate the financial cost of reg-
ulatory compliance. Federal regu-
lations cost small firms fewer
than 50 employees $11,724 per
employee, according to a 2014
study by the National Association
of Manufacturers.
Still, empirical evidence that
regulations inhibit business cre-
ation is difficult to find, says Wes
David Sine, professor of entrepre-
neurship at Cornell University.
The rebounding but sluggish
numbers posted in years after
2008 also underscores the lack of
capital available for entrepre-
neurs, says Aaron Klein, policy
director of the Center on Regula-
tion and Markets at the Brook-
ings Institution.
Most say they need to save more to retire
v CONTINUED FROM 1B
squeezing many workers. Many
of those laid off are in part-time
or lower-level positions, or drift-
ing in and out of the labor force.
Many depleted their nest eggs to
pay living expenses while they
were sidelined. Wage growth for
most U.S. workers has been mea-
ger until recently.
All of that has taken a toll.
Twenty-seven percent of the 45-
to 65-year-olds surveyed have no
retirement savings or invest-
ments and another 22% have less
than $100,000. About 14% have at
least $500,000 and 5% have $1
million or more.
By contrast, nearly 50% believe
theyll need at least $500,000 to
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during Google I/O 2016.
(This executive order
would) create a
similar chaos to the
travel ban.
Sam Adair, immigration lawyer
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky of-
fered free housing to anyone dis-
placed by the ban, while Netflix
CEO Reed Hastings said in a
Facebook post that it was time to
link arms together to protect
American values of freedom and
opportunity.
This new executive order,
which was first reported by
Bloomberg, takes aim at both
H-1B visas, which are capped at
65,000 a year and are set aside for
so-called specialty positions, as
well as visas used for temporary
agricultural workers, summer
student workers and intracompa-
ny transfers.
Tech-sector stocks were down
1% on Mondays news.
The order is aimed at ensuring
Some companies stay quiet on ban
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grant spending, some U.S. corpo-
rations decried the immigration
blockade.
Karen Eng, CEO of Schaum-
berg, Ill.-based engineering con-
sultancy CSMI, said she fears that
her customers, such as Kraft,
General Mills and Nestle, could
scale back foreign investment
plans.
It could have a big effect on
my business if they choose not to
expand their capabilities over-
seas, she said.
Technology companies with
professionals and customers who
could be affected by the ban
swiftly denounced the policy, in-
cluding Google, Facebook, Apple,
Microsoft, Yelp, Tesla and Airbnb.
Ride-hailing firm Lyft donated
$1 million to the American Civil
Liberties Union, which is battling
the ban, after rival Uber came un-
der scrutiny for what critics said
was an insensitive response.
Uber later issued a statement
assailing the policy and pledged a
$3 million legal defense fund for
immigrant Uber drivers caught
outside the United States.
Other global companies with
professionals spread out among
dozens of countries reacted gin-
gerly, with some declining to
comment altogether, others ex-
pressing mild concern and only a
few outright criticizing the
action.
Ford, for example, broke the si-
lence among the major U.S. auto-
makers by assailing Trumps
action, even as the U.S. auto in-
be comfortable and about a quar-
ter say theyll need at least $1
million.
Rheaume says theres no one-
size-fits-all benchmark for a re-
tirement fund despite the oft-
cited $1 million standard add-
ing it depends on the retirees
lifestyle and spending patterns.
Still, he says, the number of aging
Americans with less than
$100,000 is very concerning.
Not surprisingly, theres a stark
contrast between lower- and
higher-income workers. Of those
earning $50,000 or more, 84%
have retirement savings, com-
pared to 45% of those with lower
salaries, the survey shows.
Many people are aware theyre
falling short, with 77% strongly or
JUSTIN SULLIVAN, GETTY IMAGES
that officials administer our laws
in a manner that prioritizes the
interests of American workers
and to the maximum degree
possible the jobs, wages and
well-being of those workers, ac-
cording to a copy of the docu-
ment provided to USA TODAY.
This executive order would
create a similar chaos to the
travel ban, says immigration
lawyer Sam Adair.
It would be incredibly disrup-
tive to what is a natural part of
the recruitment process for the
tech industry, universities, hospi-
tals and biotech, he says.
That process begins April 1,
when the annual application
process for H-1B visas starts.
But Stephen Yale-Loehr, a pro-
fessor of law at Cornell Univer-
sity and expert on immigration
law, cautions that the order is
only a draft and that it does not
set out specific changes to the
H-1B visa program, only suggests
that it be examined with the
Its one thing for our
president to be
tone-deaf, but our
corporate leaders
cant do the same.
Aaron Kwittken, CEO of Kwittken
dustry remains nervous about
getting on Trumps bad side as
the president weighs a border tax.
Respect for all people is a core
value of Ford Motor Company,
and we are proud of the rich di-
versity of our company here at
home and around the world. That
is why we do not support this pol-
icy or any other that goes against
our values as a company, Ford
CEO Mark Fields and Executive
Chairman Bill Ford told employ-
ees in an email.
General Motors sent an email
to its employees on Sunday, ob-
tained by the Detroit Free Press,
about the travel and immigration
policy.
Please know that, per our nor-
mal business practices, if any GM
employee traveling back to the
U.S. with a visa encounters diffi-
culties, GM will provide the em-
ployee and his/her family with
support, John Quattrone, Gener-
al Motors senior vice president
of global human resources, said in
the memo.
Some corporations with sig-
nificant operations in the Middle
East had nothing to say.
Representatives from oil giants
Exxon Mobil and BP, for instance,
declined to comment about the
ban.
somewhat agreeing theyll need
to save more to afford the retire-
ment they want. So how can their
seemingly inadequate savings
and worries be squared with their
overall confidence in their belief
theyre on track?
While the economic recovery
and market rally have left many
people better off, I think (many
others) are kidding themselves,
Rheaume says. Weve had seven
years of a pretty good economy
and market, and people are feel-
ing good. But he adds, Are they
doing the math?
Donald St. Clair, a certified fi-
nancial planner at St. Clair Fi-
nancial, says, Theres a certain
amount of dissonance ... People
are suffering. People are behind.
thought of whats best for Ameri-
can workers.
While there have been calls to
set a specific wage for H1-B work-
ers so that they do not undercut
U.S. workers, its not something
the president can do unilaterally,
Yale-Loehr says.
Current H-1B regulations re-
quire that those granted the visa
have at least a bachelors degree
and must be paid the prevailing
wage.
There have been allegations
that foreigner workers are com-
ing in at lower wages, if theyre
doing that that is violating the
current statue, he says.
H-1B visas are used by tech
companies, by hospitals looking
to hire doctors, especially in med-
ically underserved areas, and by
school districts looking to hire
language teachers when U.S.
teachers are not available.
Technology companies are in
an ongoing struggle to hire com-
puter-science professionals to
power their companies.
Executives often claim that
they must look overseas because
there is a shortage of home-
grown math and science
graduates.
Critics charge that tech firms
lack diversity because they reflex-
ively look to hire white and Asian
males and overlook a growing
pipeline of women and people of
color who are developing pro-
gramming skills.
Foreign tech workers could
find employment in other coun-
tries with more attractive immi-
gration laws and compete against
us, says Mark Koestler, business
immigration partner at Kramer
Levin. If we turn away profes-
sionals who seek H-1B status, we
will lose many future entrepre-
neurs who will create future jobs
for Americans in the United
States.
Companies that employ large
numbers of immigrants, such as
meatpacking companies like JBS
and Tyson Foods and car rental
companies such as Budget, Hertz
and Enterprise, also declined to
comment.
Others were low-key. Cargill,
which employs many immigrants
in its meat and poultry plants,
said it is working with its travel
and security partners to deter-
mine what the action means for
its workers.
Its not surprising that compa-
nies are cautious of opening up a
Pandoras box by taking up the is-
sue when they apparently could
be a tweet away from annoying
the administration, said Jennifer
Walske, a professor in the school
of management at the University
of San Francisco.
In the end, companies need to
look at the fundamentals, what
their business stands for and
where their customers are, said
Melissa Arnoff, chair of corporate
communication at Levick Strate-
gic Communications.
Others see the need for compa-
nies to speak up and speak out.
Its one thing for our presi-
dent to be tone-deaf, but our cor-
porate leaders cant do the same,
said Aaron Kwittken, CEO of
Kwittken, a New York-based cor-
porate brand reputation agency.
I dont think companies can
stay silent. I think youre actually
going to see true leaders and
leadership emerge from corpo-
rate America, because their met-
tle is being tested like never
before, he said.
They know they dont have
enough. But they dont know how
to deal with it.
Susan Farrow, 60, a part-time
medical writer in Chattanooga,
Tenn., says shes somewhat pre-
pared for retirement. Farrow
and her husband, Doug, a life in-
surance salesman, are paid about
$90,000 from their jobs and her
disability income. (People on dis-
ability can earn a limited amount go on an expensive vacation.
of income.) And theyve put about
$275,000 to $300,000 in annu-
ities and 401(k) plans for retire-
ment. That should generate
$15,000 to $20,000 a year to sup-
plement an estimated $30,000 or
so in Social Security when they
hang it up within five years.
Their retirement income will
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
Stocks sink
as border
angst
escalates
Dow suffers worst
loss of 17 amid
immigration uproar
Adam Shell
@adamshell
USA TODAY
The Trump Trade might not
be invincible after all.
On Monday, Wall Street started
to account for political and policy
risk for the first time in the
Trump era, with the Dow suffer-
ing its biggest point drop since
the election amid fallout stem-
ming from President Trumps or-
der to clamp down on
immigration from seven Middle
East countries with Muslim-ma-
jority populations.
This is not a positive story for
the markets, says Gregory Val-
liere, chief global strategist at Ho-
rizon Investments.
Since Trumps Nov. 8 election,
Wall Street has been driving
stocks higher on Trumps busi-
ness-focused agenda, which in-
clude cutting corporate taxes,
slashing regulations and ramping
up fiscal spending.
But Mondays trading action
signals that investors are con-
cerned about some of Trumps
other policies, which include his
views on immigration and a pro-
tectionist stance on global trade.
The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age, which was down nearly 224
points at its session low Monday,
closed down 122.65 points, or
0.6%, to 19,971.13. It was the blue-
chip stock gauges worst point
loss of 2017 and its biggest since a
200.38-point fall on Oct. 11.
This is not a positive
story for the
markets.
Gregory Valliere, Horizon Investments
Other major U.S. stock indexes
also fell but finished the day off
their lows. The Standard & Poors
500 fell 0.6% to 2280.90 and the
Nasdaq lost 0.8%.
The lousy start to the week
comes after the Dow topped
20,000 for the first time last
Wednesday. The sell-off also oc-
curred ahead of a busy week of
earnings results from corporate
America, the Federal Reserves
first policy meeting of 2017 and
the final look at the employment
market in 2016 when the Decem-
ber jobs report is released Friday.
Much of the angst on Wall
Street comes from Trumps exec-
utive order signed Friday that
placed a 90-day ban on travel to
the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria,
Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and
Yemen. It also imposed a 120-day
suspension of the U.S. refugee
program and blocked Syrians
from entry indefinitely. The move
triggered protests and confusion
at U.S. airports over the weekend.
Trumps travel ban also caused
a sharp spike in market uncer-
tainty, as investors tried to handi-
cap the fallout of a less-open U.S.
border on key sectors of the econ-
omy, such as technology.
We are not saying all this divi-
siveness will cause problems for
the market; we are just saying it is
something to watch, says Gary
Kaltbaum, president of Kaltbaum
Capital Management.
In Europe, Germanys DAX fell
1.1%, while the CAC 40 in France
shed 1.1%.
Contributing: Associated Press
be less but when you think of ex-
penses you have when youre
working (such as clothing and
gasoline), thatll be different, Su-
san says.
After Doug was out of work for
several months last year, It was
pretty scary, Susan says. Now,
Its all about retirement, she
adds. Its not like were looking
at life like lets get a new car or
Heres proof many Americans
know they need to do more to
catch up: While 43% plan to re-
tire by age 65, a roughly equal
share say theyll wait until 66 or
older. If you looked at that in
2000, a lot more people were
thinking of retiring earlier than
60, St. Clair says.
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 MONEY 3B

Tech workers fear Trumps travel ban

Protesters claim now the United States.
The possible overhaul of H-1B
isnt the time to be visas should elicit another wave
shy and reserved of protests. Immigrants have
built some of the crown jewels of
Silicon Valley, and alienating im-
Jon Swartz migrants will not serve our coun-
@jswartz try positively, says Raj Mamodia,
USA TODAY an Indian immigrant who is CEO
at data-analytics firm Brillio.
The human toll of Trumps
SAN FRANCISCO When Mahboud controversial order was outlined
Zabetian got word that a presi- in an email sent to Stanford Uni-
dential ban on immigrants from versity administrators obtained
seven majority-Muslim countries by USA TODAY: A graduate stu-
had gone into effect this past dent at the university, returning
weekend, his reaction was from a research trip to Sudan,
immediate. was detained for several hours
Were on a slippery slope, Saturday and handcuffed briefly
warns Zabetian, a senior software at JFK International Airport.
engineer at YouTube who is a Clemson University graduate
naturalized U.S. citizen. He came Nazanin Zinouri said she was de-
to this country in 1983 as a 16- tained at Dubai International Air-
year-old Iranian refugee seeking port after visiting family in
political asylum. Tehran, only to be asked by TSA
We need to stop this (travel agents to deplane a Washington,
ban) before it escalates, he says. D.C.-bound flight.
Were not far from talk of intern- JOSHUA LOTT, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

ment camps, I fear. Its not a time
to be shy and reserved.
Protesters in countless U.S. cit-
ies agreed, staging demonstra-
tions that continued Monday.
Recently, Trump administration
officials said the ban would be
amended to not impact those
holding green cards from the af-
fected countries.
That concession did nothing to
allay the fears of another foreign-
born engineer.
For the first time, the U.S. is
not home anymore, Ali Khodaei
said in a LinkedIn post, com-
menting on a travel restriction on
countries that include Iran. I felt
scared, I felt confused, I felt lone-
ly. My friends and family are
scared and helpless.
Khodaei, an Iranian American
who has worked as an engineer
and scientist at Microsoft and is
now senior product manager at
LinkedIn, could not be reached
for further comment.
But others took to the Internet
to express their frustration and
fear.
I believe that with this execu-
tive order (on immigration), our
president has reverted to the
short game, Dara Khosrowshahi,
an Iranian refugee who is CEO of
online travel service Expedia, told
Demonstrators rail against President Trumps ban at Chicago OHare International Airport on
Saturday. The order halted those from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the USA.
JON SWARTZ FOR USA TODAY
A demonstrator at the San
Francisco airport Sunday.
employees in an internal email
first reported by GeekWire.
The U.S. may be ever-so-
slightly less dangerous as a place
to live, but it will certainly be
seen as a smaller nation, one that
is inward-looking vs. forward
thinking, reactionary vs. vision-
ary, he said.
The concerns of Zabetian,
Khodaei and Khosrowshahi and
others deepened Monday, with a
Bloomberg report that the Trump
administration is preparing an
executive order that would take a
sledgehammer to work-visa
programs that supply tech com-
panies with tens of thousands of
workers annually.
The expected order which
would require companies to hire
Americans first could force Ap-
ple, Amazon, Google and other
tech companies to overhaul how
they recruit skilled labor. Tech gi-
ants have leaned on the H-1B pro-
gram, they say, because of a
shortage of highly-skilled work-
ers in the U.S.
To disrupt a key element of the
recruitment process would cre-
ate a similar chaos to the travel
ban for tech as well as universi-
ties, hospitals and biotech, says
immigration lawyer Sam Adair.
Applications for such visas this
year begin April 1.
In his daily briefing with re-
porters, White House Press Sec-
retary Sean Spicer on Monday
said an action on H-1B is part of
a larger immigration effort.
A FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP
The summit that then-President-
elect Donald Trump hosted last
month with a dozen tech execu-
tives seems like a distant
memory.
Trump deemed it a productive
meeting but the travel ban
prompted overt condemnation
from tech executives at Google,
Apple, Microsoft, Airbnb and
more. Google co-founder Sergey
Brin, who is Russian, was at a
protest at San Francisco Interna-
tional Airport Saturday night.
LinkedIn said it was hastening
previous plans to expand its refu-
gee program to include refugees
already residing in the U.S. And
Box CEO Aaron Levie is helping
organize an anti-immigration-
ban project.
The reaction for many is par-
ticularly visceral in the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area, where the tech
industry is front and center, a
large slice of the regions work-
force is foreign-born and compa-
ny founders were immigrants or
the children of them Steve Jobs
was the son of a Syrian
immigrant.
On Sunday, LinkedIn said it
was hastening previous plans to
expand its refugee program to in-
clude refugees already residing in
I GOT DEPORTED
Yes after almost 7 years of living
(in) the United States, I got de-
ported, Zinouri said on
Facebook.
The fear is real, says Venky Ga-
nesan, managing director of Men-
lo Ventures, a venture-capital
firm in Silicon Valley. The accu-
mulation of a travel ban and po-
tential executive order on work
visas undercuts the $3.5 trillion
tech industry that employs more
than 15 million in the U.S., or
8.4% of total U.S. employment.
This countrys best days are
about arms wide open to immi-
grants, she says.
LinkedIn product manager
Khodaei is still holding out hope
that the country and the citizens
that welcomed him many years
ago will help once again in a time
of need.
In the last 12 years, I saw
nothing but kindness, and class
from people of this country,
Khodaei wrote in his post. I am
asking my non-Iranian friends to
stand with us. We need to know
that you still want us in this
country. I refuse to believe that
Americans are in favor of this law,
and I refuse to believe they want
my friends and family out of this
country.

Federal Reserve to meet #AdMeter

for first time in Trump era

IM JUST HERE
Adam Shell
@adamshell
USA TODAY
FOR THE COMMERCIALS.
The Federal Reserve kicks off
its two-day meeting on interest
rates Tuesday its first gathering
since President Trump took of-
fice but Wall Street isnt ex-
pecting the U.S. central bank to
raise rates again after Decembers
hike as it awaits more details on
fiscal spending and tax changes
promised by the nations 45th ANDREW GOMBERT, EPA

president. U.S. Federal

At its last meeting of 2016 in
mid-December, the Fed, led by
Chair Janet Yellen, increased its
key interest rate for the first time
in a year, boosting it a quarter
point to a range of 0.50% to
0.75%. The Fed also signaled that
it is forecasting three more quar-
ter-point hikes in 2017 amid an
improving economy, a nation
nearing full employment and an
expected tick up in inflation near
its 2% mandate.
The first Fed meeting since
Trumps inauguration takes on
added meaning given the presi-
dents criticism of both the Fed
and Yellen during his campaign.
Trump accused Yellen of using
politics to guide her decisions on
rates, claiming she was purposely
keeping rates low to make Presi-
dent Obama look good and help
Democratic presidential hopeful
Hillary Clinton win the White
House. Trump also said he would
likely replace Yellen when her ap-
pointment as Fed chair expires in
February 2018.
Yellen has steadfastly denied
the Fed is playing politics with
monetary policy and has steered
clear of a public fight with the
president. Thats not expected to
change, said Mark Hamrick, sen-
ior economic analyst and Wash-
ington bureau chief at
Bankrate.com.
Yellen and the Fed will con-
tinue to stay as far away from pol-
itics as they can, Hamrick told
USA TODAY.
On the subject of interest rates,
the odds of the Fed hiking rates
are virtually nil, according to fu-
Reserve tures markets, which are pricing
Chair Janet in just a 4% chance of a quarter-
Yellen is re- point hike Wednesday. You have
flected in a to go out to the Feds third meet-
traders ing of the year in early May be-
screen on the fore Wall Street prices in a real
floor of the chance of a hike, with current
New York odds roughly 1 in 3 closer to mid-
Stock Ex- year, according to the CME
change. Group.
I dont expect them to hike,
but they will set themselves up
for future hikes later in the year,
said Eric Stein, co-director of
global income at money-manage-
ment firm Eaton Vance, noting
that the Fed will not be releasing
fresh upcoming economic projec-
tions nor will Yellen be holding a
news conference with reporters
at this weeks meeting.
The Fed is in wait-and-see
mode, said Brent Schutte, chief
investment strategist at North-
western Mutual Wealth Manage-
ment.
The Fed While Wall Street will be seek-
is in wait- ing hints about the number of
and-see Fed hikes this year and the timing
mode. of the first increase, dont expect
a definitive statement, Schutte
Brent Schutte, added.
Northwestern And maybe the guac.
Mutual Wealth The Fed is in no hurry to tele-
Management graph their next move, Schutte Register now and vote for your favorite
said. Super Bowl commercials starting Feb 1.
The economic picture hasnt
changed much since the Feds last admeter.usatoday.com
meeting in mid-December, said
Hamrick, citing another reason
why Wall Street expects the Fed
to stand pat on rates at this
meeting.
How Trump reacts to the Feds
policy statement will be closely
watched by Wall Street.
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What to watch STORY STOCKS

Price: $5.72 Days high: $5.93 Low: $5.70 4-WEEK TREND
Fear returns after Trump border flap Rite Aid $10
spend big on infrastructure. The drugstore chains stock price plunged after Wal-
Adam Shell The narrative Monday is Change greens Boots Alliance entered into a new agreement
@adamshell Trumps immigration moves may -$1.21 to take over. The original term was to pay $9 per $5.72
share when the deal was announced in October $4
USA TODAY cost him some time and effort, % chg Jan. 3 Jan. 30
and that he wont be able to push 2015. The deal has been cut to no more than $7 now.
-17.4%
ahead with corporate tax reform
Fear, which has been absent on and other more market-positive
Wall Street since President policies, says Bill Stone, chief in- Price: $45.49 Days high: $47.25 Low: $42.51 4-WEEK TREND
Trump was elected, made a vestment strategist at PNC Asset
comeback Monday. Management Group. Tempur Sealy $80
The cause of the market jitters As stocks went down, a Wall The mattress makers shares gapped down premar-
was an executive order signed Street fear gauge shot up. Change ket after Mattress Firm, a key retailer, moved to ter-
Friday by Trump designed to The VIX, a measure of future -$17.70 minate its supply contract. It said it received verbal $45.49
close the U.S. border to folks from volatility expectations, jumped % chg notice from the retailer last week about significant $40
Syria indefinitely as well as a tem- more than 12% to 11.88 Monday. -28.0% changes on supply agreements and couldnt agree. Jan. 3 Jan. 30
porary ban on refugees and citi- On Friday, it hit an intraday low
zens of seven Middle East of 10.30 near the record low of
countries with Muslim-dominat- 9.31 from 1993. (The VIXs intra- Price: $19.45 Days high: $19.50 Low: $19.35 4-WEEK TREND
ed populaces. The backlash to the day high was nearly 90 during the
border flap caused uncertainty 2008 financial crisis.) Since Elec- Ixia $20
about many of Trumps policies tion Day, the level of complacen- The network hardware company saw its shares $19.45
to shoot up, offsetting what had cy on Wall Street had declined. Change jumping to its highest since 2013 after it said its be-
been more bullish narratives The fear level was nearly cut in $1.25 ing bought by Keysight Technologies for about $1.6
about Trumps business-friendly half from Nov. 8 to its Jan. 27 low. billion. The $19.65 per-share offer is at a preimum of $15
% chg
plans to cut corporate taxes, re- Is fear back for good? Stay 6.9% about 8% of its Fridays close. Jan. 3 Jan. 30
duce business regulations and tuned.

MAJOR INDEXES DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS 19,971.13

DOW S&P
20,000
DJIA SPX
-122.65 JONES -13.79 500
INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE STANDARD & POOR'S
CHANGE: -.6% CLOSE: 19,971.13 CHANGE: -.6% CLOSE: 2,280.90
YTD: +208.53 PREV. CLOSE: 20,093.78 YTD: +42.07 PREV. CLOSE: 2,294.69
YTD % CHG: +1.1% RANGE: 19,870.39-20,028.62 YTD % CHG: +1.9% RANGE: 2,268.04-2,286.01

COMP NASDAQ RUT RUSSELL 17,500

Aug. Jan.
-47.07 COMPOSITE
-18.37 RUSSELL 2000 INDEX
5,613.71
NASDAQ COMPOSITE STANDARD & POORS 500 2,280.90
5,600 2,300
CHANGE: -.8% CLOSE: 5,613.71 CHANGE: -1.3% CLOSE: 1,352.33
YTD: +230.59 PREV. CLOSE: 5,660.78 YTD: -4.80 PREV. CLOSE: 1,370.70
YTD % CHG: +4.3% RANGE: 5,578.76-5,636.09 YTD % CHG: -.4% RANGE: 1,342.65-1,369.49

S&P 500S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS YTD

GAINERS Company (ticker symbol) Price $ Chg % Chg % Chg

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) 151.32 +6.87 +4.8 +4.1

Announces dividend and increases buyback. 5,000 2,050
Aug. Jan. Aug. Jan.
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) 228.18 +5.83 +2.6 -.1
AP
Seen most profitable despite credit costs.
TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS MARKET PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR
Whirlpool (WHR) 174.91 +4.06 +2.4 -3.8 Fund, ranked by size NAV Chg. 4wk 1 YTD 1
PERFORMANCE
Vanguard 500Adml 210.66 -1.27 +2.0% +2.0%
Secures renewal with Meritage Homes. Vanguard TotStIAdm 57.14 -0.39 +1.9% +1.9% SECTOR DAILY YTD
Vanguard InstIdxI 207.87 -1.25 +2.0% +2.0%
Dollar General (DG) 72.00 +1.69 +2.4 -2.8 Vanguard TotStIdx 57.11 -0.39 +1.9% +1.9%
Energy -1.8% 20.8%
Makes up loss on misleading shareholders. Vanguard InstPlus 207.89 -1.24 +2.0% +2.0%
Vanguard TotIntl 15.27 -0.11 +3.7% +3.7%
Vanguard TotStIIns 57.15 -0.39 +1.9% +1.9% Industrials -0.9% 20.6%
PVH (PVH) 92.28 +1.98 +2.2 +2.3 Vanguard WelltnAdm 68.13 -0.35 +1.0% +1.0%
Makes up some loss on border tax anxiety. American Funds GrthAmA m 44.00 -0.36 +4.7% +4.7%
American Funds IncAmerA m 21.95 -0.12 +1.3% +1.3% Materials -1.0% 20.4%
1 CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) 48.69 +.95 +2.0 -16.7
Climbs on positive company note. 00,000.00 Technology -0.8% 17.5%
TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
ETF, ranked by volume Ticker Close Chg. % Chg %YTD
Nordstrom (JWN) 43.70 +.87 +2.0 -8.8 Utilities 0.1% 11.9%
Fund manager buys, added to growth fund. 0,000.00
SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr
Barc iPath Vix ST
SPY
VXX
227.55
19.50
-1.42
+0.53
-0.6%
+2.8%
+1.8%
-23.6%
Dirx Jr GoldMin Bull JNUG 8.31 -0.06 -0.7% +48.9%

Hanesbrands (HBI) 23.33 +.45 +2.0 +8.2 SPDR Financial XLF 23.46 -0.19 -0.8% +0.9% Consumer discret. -0.1% 8.7%
CS VelSh 3xInvrsNGs DGAZ 4.02 +0.45 +12.6% +32.7%
Reverses early loss as added to mid-cap fund. Dir Dly Gold Bull3x NUGT 10.14 -0.06 -0.6% +32.7%
iShares Rus 2000 IWM 134.29 -1.90 -1.4% -0.4% Consumer staples -0.1% 3.7%
Kohls (KSS) 39.71 +.71 +1.8 -19.6 iShs Emerg Mkts
VanE Vect Gld Miners
EEM
GDX
37.27
23.15
-0.20
-0.07
-0.5%
-0.3%
+6.5%
+10.7%
Catches second wind and rebounds from years low. ProShs Ultra VIX ST UVXY 25.20 +1.37 +5.7% unch. Telcom -0.5% 2.4%
Tesoro (TSO) 83.41 +1.39 +1.7 -4.6 INTEREST RATES MORTGAGE RATES
Positive note on Western Refining Logistics deal. Financials -0.8% -1.6%
Type Close 6 mo ago Type Close 6 mo ago
Prime lending 3.75% 3.50% 30 yr. fixed 4.05% 3.38%
YTD
LOSERS Company (ticker symbol) Price $ Chg % Chg % Chg
Federal funds 0.66% 0.40% 15 yr. fixed 3.20% 2.66% Health care -0.5% -3.6%
3 mo. T-bill 0.51% 0.25% 1 yr. ARM 3.10% 2.82%
5 yr. T-note 1.95% 1.02% 5/1 ARM 3.22% 2.87%
Transocean (RIG) 13.85 -1.05 -7.0 -6.0 10 yr. T-note 2.49% 1.45% SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM CBOE VOLATILITY INDEX
Dips as oil prices fall. Measures expected market volatility
COMMODITIES based on S&P 500 index options pricing:
Range Resources (RRC) 33.34 -2.37 -6.6 -3.0 Commodities Close Prev. Chg. % Chg. % YTD
Retreats from months high as oils dip. Cattle (lb.) 1.16 1.18 -0.02 -1.8% -2.4% 20
Corn (bushel)
Gold (troy oz.)
3.58 3.63
1,193.20 1,188.40
-0.05
+4.80
-1.3%
+0.4%
+1.6%
+3.8% 11.88
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) 6.46 -.46 -6.6 -8.0 Hogs, lean (lb.) .67 .67 unch. +0.3% +1.4%
10 30
Natural Gas (Btu.) 3.23 3.39 -0.16 -3.7% -13.2%
Weak oil, trailing sector. Oil, heating (gal.) 1.61 1.62 -0.01 -0.8% -5.7%
Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 52.63 53.17 -0.54 -1.0% -2.0%
Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) 21.26 -1.29 -5.7 -9.0 Silver (troy oz.) 17.12 17.10 +0.02 +0.1% +7.4%
Hits Januarys low in lagging sector. Soybeans (bushel) 10.23 10.49 -0.26 -2.5% +2.6%
Wheat (bushel) 4.14 4.21 -0.07 -1.6% +1.5%

Murphy Oil (MUR) 28.41 -1.57 -5.2 -8.7 0 40

Dips along with peers in suffering sector. FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Currency per dollar Close Prev. 6 mo. ago Yr. ago
+1.30 (+12.3%)
British pound .8011 .7964 .7553 .7021
Marathon Oil (MRO) 16.53 -.88 -5.1 -4.5 Canadian dollar 1.3119 1.3134 1.3043 1.4005 S&P 500 P/E RATIO
Falls early on weak oil, weak sector. Chinese yuan 6.8780 6.8780 6.6353 6.5756 The price-to-earnings ratio, based on
Euro .9351 .9348 .8945 .9234
Japanese yen 113.67 115.09 102.03 121.10 trailing 12-month operating earnings:
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) 53.66 -2.47 -4.4 -4.2 Mexican peso 20.7690 20.9090 18.7650 18.1648
Falls on draft H-1B work-visa order. 15
20.96
American Airlines Group (AAL) 44.90 -2.05 -4.4 -3.8 FOREIGN MARKETS
Country Close Prev. Change %Chg. YTD %
7.5 22.5
Shares dip on travel ban. Frankfurt 11,681.89 11,814.27 -132.38 -1.1% +1.8%
Hong Kong 23,360.78 23,374.17 -13.39 -0.1% +6.2%
Delta Air Lines (DAL) 47.67 -2.03 -4.1 -3.1 Japan (Nikkei) 19,368.85 19,467.40 -98.55 -0.5% +1.3%
Dips along with peers on travel ban. London 7,118.48 7,184.49 -66.01 -0.9% -0.3%
Mexico City 47,091.82 47,421.12 -329.30 -0.7% +3.2%
SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Newfield Exploration (NFX) 40.12 -1.66 -4.0 -.9 0 30
Hits 2017 low in trailing sector. IN-DEPTH MARKETS COVERAGE
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Apples iPhone sales machine gets humming again

Jon Swartz
@jswartz
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO Apple expects to
ring in the new year with a holiday
of iPhone 7 riches, breaking a
nearly yearlong funk.
After three straight quarters of
declining iPhone shipments,
which contributed to its first fis-
cal-year sales drop in more than a
decade, Apple is expected to see
sales edge up 1.5% to $77.1 billion
from $75.9 billion a year ago, ac-
cording to S&P Global Market In-
telligence. Some analysts, such as
UBS Steven Milunovich, forecast
Apple sales near the high end of
its own guidance of $76 billion to
$78 billion. Earnings per share
are expected to drop to $3.22
from $3.28.
Somewhere in Silicon Valley,
Apple execs may be able to exhale.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based
company reports results for its
fiscal first quarter, its strongest
seasonally, on Tuesday after the
market closes. Sales of iPhone,
Apples top-selling product, as
usual will be closely watched. Fi-
KYLE LOONEY, REVIEWED.COM
nancial data and research firm
Factset estimates that Apple sold
78 million, up from 74.8 million
in the same quarter a year ago.
A bang-up quarter would be a
welcome respite against a back- among the top five PC makers
drop of flagging iPhone and desk- and the first decline by Apple
top sales last year. But it could be since 2012, according to market
short-lived amid saturated smart- researcher IDC.
phone and PC markets worldwide. Apple shares have risen 10%
Barclays analyst Mark Mosko- since the election, contributing to
witz doesnt expect Apple shares the Dow Jones industrial aver-
to rise much this year because ages rise over 20,000, and theyre
more consumers are mixing up 25% in the past year. That
down for iPhone 6s in lieu of compares to a 12-month rise of
iPhone 7. Hes also concerned 23% for the Nasdaq composite.
about a potential trade war with Earlier this month, Apple CEO
China and Apples business Tim Cook and other Apple execu-
prospects in India. tives took 2016 pay cuts after the
Shipments for Apples iMacs company was tripped up by lower
and MacBooks last year plunged revenue because of weaker
9.8% from 2015, the largest drop iPhone sales.
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TECH
A robotic
barista is now
serving
really fast
Small Jon Swartz
-sized @jswartz
cafe can USA TODAY

churn out
120 SAN FRANCISCO Something fu-
turistic is brewing in a shopping
drinks an complex here.
hour and The first robotic barista in
the U.S., nicknamed Gor-
seven don, started serving up to
types of 120 coffee drinks an hour
Monday ironically, just
java several thousand feet away
from a Starbucks in the
same complex.
A lot of us spend a lot
of time in line waiting for
coffee, says Henry Hu,
CEO of Cafe X Technologies,
the local start-up that created
the robot. And we decided to
Weve do something about it.
created a For about a year, the firm built
a toll-booth-sized Cafe X with a
specialty sleek industrial design. The auto-
... that mated cafe offers seven drinks
moves like espresso and cafe latte for
cups $2.25 to $2.95 per 8-ounce cup.
An app allows for mobile orders.
quickly. (A quick sample of drinks, each
Henry Hu, flavored with hazelnut, caramel
CEO of Cafe X or vanilla, can attest to quality.
Technologies The robotic arm moved a cup be-
tween several stations from
beans freshly ground to the pour-
ing of coffee).
Three nearby order stands of-
fer basic options drink, flavor
and intensity of flavor. After cus-
tomers enter a mobile number to
get a four-digit code and pay, they
are texted when the drink is
ready. The process typically takes
a few minutes. The robot has
been programmed to toss a drink
and make another, if necessary.
JON SWARTZ FOR USA TODAY
The first robotic barista
opened in San Francisco on
Monday.
The Cafe X is part of a growing
fleet of robots designed to serve
the public in service industries
such as food delivery, retail, call
centers and education. Robotics
rapid leap out of the R&D lab and
into our homes and stores has
come at an awkward time for the
industry, coinciding with an elec-
tion won partially on President
Trumps calls to force a renais-
sance in U.S. manufacturing jobs.
Many economists and tech-
nologists see advances in automa-
tion as more damaging to U.S.
factory jobs than trade pacts, and
some have warned about the
steep losses to jobs from
robotics.
But theres still a lot of
hope, at least among tech-
nologists, that the coming
wave of robots will bring
about more jobs.
Were an inflection point
where technology will get smart-
er and smarter, and adapt to peo-
ple for years, it was just the
opposite, says Paul Daugherty,
chief technology & innovation of-
ficer at Accenture.
He points to examples where
advances in robotics, artificial in-
telligence and virtual reality are
starting to grow more visible in
peoples everyday lives. DoorDash
just announced a partnership to
test robot delivery in Redwood
City, Calif. Hanson Robotics,
meanwhile, has developed a min-
iature humanoid robot named
Professor Einstein that teaches
children science and math.
The vending booth is Cafe Xs
second in operation. A model
nicknamed Malcolm is in Hong
Kong. A third, Francisco, is not
in use but headed to an unnamed
tech company in Silicon Valley.
Cafe X plans to own and operate
CAFE X FOR USA TODAY
an undisclosed number of ma- Cafe Xs ro-
chines at heavy foot-traffic loca- botic barista.
tions such as shopping malls,
airports and metro stations in the
U.S.
To ensure taste quality, Cafe X
is partnering with three popular
local roasters: Peets Coffee &
Tea, AKA Coffee and Verve Coffee
Roasters. Coffee beans are man-
ually replaced daily.
We think weve created a spe-
cialty cafe experience that moves
cups quickly, says Hu, who over-
sees a 12-person company that
has landed $5 million in funding
from the likes of Khosla Ventures,
the Thiel Foundation and Silicon
Valley Bank.
While that may make some re-
tail workers nervous, most baris-
tas are safe for now.
Starbucks, with more than
25,000 stores, has no plans for ro-
botic baristas. It stresses a per-
son-to-person connection
between its service partners
(reps) and customers, according
to company policy.
Follow USA TODAY San Francisco
Bureau Chief Jon Swartz @jswartz on
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Legal Notice

TV shows roar into If You Bought Packaged Ice From a Retailer

Your Rights May Be Affected by a Class Action Settlement

overdrive on Snapchat
Jefferson Graham
@jeffersongraham
USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES Snapchat was
once a place for teens to send
photos and videos that would dis-
appear within 10 seconds. Now
its featuring TV shows like youve
never seen before.
Snapchat, the popular commu-
nications app whose parent Snap
is set to go public in March with a
$25 billion IPO, is ambitiously ex-
panding beyond photos and
videos that disappear within 10
seconds. The company is bank-
rolling the production of original
shows for the platform, from
the likes of Disneys ABC, NBC-
Universal and Turner networks,
which includes TBS and Adult
Swim.
And like Snapchat, they are de-
signed for short attention spans.
The shows zip along at a fast
pace, with lots of graphics, head-
lines and upbeat music they go
so quickly they almost make TV
seem slothful.
Its yet one more way Snap is
trying to keep its 150 million dai-
ly users engaged. Some 60% of
Snapchats users are aged 13-34,
according to Comscore, a demo-
graphic thats highly sought by
advertisers. Even before the ad-
vent of Snapchat shows and its
Discover platform, users flocked
to Snapchat after school and dur-
ing the evenings to tell and watch
their own Stories annotated
snippets of their day creating a
vibrant, though short-lived enter-
tainment platform that rivaled
prime-time television and more
established social networks, Face-
book and Twitter.
The Snapchat Discover plat-
form, which debuted in January
2015, is a way for users to watch
short, flashy original content
from publishers such as Cosmo-
politan, People magazine and
BuzzFeed.
Now come the shows. The
new ABC Watch Party: The Bach-
SNAPCHAT
Snapchats Watch Party: The
Bachelor offers regular folks
chiming in about last nights
episode of the ABC reality
series.
elor series, which runs on Tues-
days, is two programs at once. Its
produced in vertical video, like
holding a phone upright, with
clips from the previous nights
episode of the dating reality se-
ries The Bachelor on the bottom
of the screen. On top: a trio of
fans on top sitting around the
couch offering their opinions of
the show.
Watch Party moves along at a
Snapchat-like fast-forward speed,
and before you know it, youve
watched two commercials and
the show, and its all over. Like the
photos and videos that get
snapped and shared on Snapchat,
the Watch Party episode disap-
pears within 24 hours. Theres no
archive of past episodes available
for viewing online, as with other
mediums.
Snapchat also produces the
Good Luck, America show with
Peter Hamby, a veteran CNN
journalist who brings news and
commentary to the Snapchat au-
dience. When he interviewed
President Obama, Jeb Bush and
Bernie Sanders, for instance, they
didnt sit down, but instead stood
up to talk which again, looks
better on a vertical screen.
Good Luck is expected back on
the air in February, along with
new shows from Turner and
NBCs Saturday Night Live later
in the year.
Other shows include a new
take on The Voice, NBCs reality
competition, featuring the judges
commenting on submissions
from Snapchatters, E! Entertain-
ment Televisions Rundown, ce-
lebrity news recap and Fallon,
featuring Jimmy Fallon from the
Tonight Show doing skits for the
Snapchat audience. So far only
one episode of Fallon has aired,
featuring Justin Timberlake.
The current roster has three
programs: The NFL Show, featur-
ing clips and highlights, on Mon-
days, Watch Party on Tuesdays
and the Rundown on Thursdays.
In the Discover tab are dozens
of zippy short-form entertain-
ment content. The Latino-
themed YouTube network MiTu
this week showed off a tortilla
toaster, NFL Films ran football
highlights, BuzzFeed did a piece
on the 25 Biggest Lies You Were
Told during Childhood, while
the Tastemade network showed
off how to add peanut butter to
Oreo cookies.
The new Snapchat shows
arent to be confused with Snap-
chats Our Stories, which are cu-
rated videos from Snapchat
editors that theme submitted
Snaps, with headlines and fast-
paced editing. And these, in turn,
are separate from a users Snap-
chat Story, which can only be
viewed by his or her Snapchat
friends.
A Friday Our Stories, show-
cased snaps from the March for
Life, demonstrations in Wash-
ington, D.C., with headlines and
closed captions.
Its the way Snapchat does it,
says Jordan Lam, 20, from Los
Angeles. Its very cohesive and
everything is just a swipe away.
A class action lawsuit claims that several
companies who make and distribute
packaged ice (Defendants) conspired
to fix and raise prices. Packaged Ice is
ice packaged in bags as well as ice sold
in blocks. Defendants deny that they did
anything wrong. This notice is about a
Settlement with one of the Defendants,
The Home City Ice Company (HCI).
Defendants Reddy Ice Corporation,
Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc., Arctic
Glacier Income Fund, Arctic Glacier
Inc., and Arctic Glacier International
Inc. previously agreed to settlements
as part of their bankruptcy proceedings.
These settlements also resolved claims
against these defendants current and
former officers and directors (some were
defendants in separate lawsuits).
Whos Included?
There are two Classes in this Settlement.
You may be in one or both Classes. If
you bought Packaged Ice made by any
of the Defendants (or their subsidiaries
or related companies) from a retailer
anywhere in the U.S. from January 1,
2001 through March 6, 2008 (the Class
Period), you are in Class 1. You are also
in Class 2 if your purchase(s) were in
any of the following states (the Class
2 States):
Arizona, Arkansas, California,
District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and/or
Wyoming.
You are not included in either class if
you only bought Packaged Ice directly
from a Defendant or other manufacturer
of Packaged Ice. You are included if you
bought Packaged Ice made by any of the
Defendants from any other company
such as a supermarket, grocery store,
convenience store, gas station, etc.
What Does The Settlement Provide?
HCI has agreed to pay $2.7 million
into a Fund, and will be prohibited
from engaging in certain types of
anticompetitive conduct explained
in greater detail in the Settlement
Agreement. The HCI Settlement
Agreement is available at www.
HomeCityIceSettlement.com or by
calling the toll-free number below.
What Can You Get?
Eligible Class 2 members may receive
cash for their purchase of Defendants
Packaged Ice during the Class Period:
For more information, a claim form, or instructions
about how to object or exclude:
Call 1-800-589-3985 Visit www.HomeCityIceSettlement.com
$6 for the purchase of 1 to 6 bags or
blocks; $12 for the purchase of 7 or
more bags or blocks; and for eligible
Class 2 members who purchased more
than 12 bags or blocks and who submit
proof of purchase, may receive $12 plus
$2 for each bag or block purchased
in excess of 12. One claim and one
payment per household. If there is not
enough money in the Fund to pay all
claims after deduction for attorneys
fees and expenses, payment amounts
will be reduced proportionally. Any
money that may be left after claims
are paid and expenses and attorneys
fees are deducted may be distributed
by increasing payment amounts
proportionally or extending the claims
filing deadline and advertising to attract
more claims. Any unclaimed money
left may also be donated to one or more
charities proposed by the parties and
approved by the Court.
How to Get a Payment
To get money, you must submit
a claim form online at www.
HomeCityIceSettlement.com or by
mail by May 17, 2017. Claim forms
can be obtained online at www.
HomeCityIceSettlement.com or by
writing to Home City Ice Settlement,
P.O. Box 1884, Faribault, MN 55021.
Your Other Rights
If you do nothing, you will be bound
by the Courts decisions in this case.
Members of Classes 1 and 2 give up their
right to sue HCI (and related parties) for
an injunction. If you are included in Class
2 and want to keep your right to sue HCI
(and related parties) for damages from
purchases in any of the Class 2 States,
you must exclude yourself from Class
2 by May 17, 2017 (see below). If you
exclude yourself from Class 2, you will
not receive any money from the Fund.
You cannot exclude yourself from Class
1. If you are a member of either Class,
you may object to this Settlement and/
or request for fees and expenses by May
17, 2017 (see below).
The Court will hold a hearing on July 11,
2017 to consider whether to approve this
Settlement, the claims process, and Class
Counsels request of attorneys fees of
up to $900,000 and their expenses (both
payable from the Fund). The website and
toll-free number below have instructions
on how to: exclude yourself from Class
2, object, appear at the hearing, claim a
payment, and get court documents. Court
documents are also available for free on
the website. The Court has appointed
attorneys to represent the Classes. If you
wish, you may hire your own attorney at
your own cost.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017

Despite Tillersons support, Nissan workers

slim chance for carbon tax
Bill Loveless
@bill_loveless
Special for USA TODAY
ENERGY With the Trump
administration
poised to reverse U.S.
policies on climate
change, the head of a
major oil and natural gas compa-
ny is calling again for govern-
ments around the world to put a
price on carbon emissions once
and for all.
BP CEO Bob Dudley reiterated
his companys longstanding posi-
tion in releasing its annual report
on global energy trends.
In BP, we continue to believe
that carbon pricing has an impor-
tant part to play as it provides in-
centives for everyone
producers and consumers alike
to play their part, Dudley said at
a news conference in London last
week.
The BP Energy Outlook 2035
offers some good news regarding
carbon emissions, projecting an-
nual growth of 0.6% per year
from 2015 to 2035, compared to
2.1% per year over the last two
decades. Give credit to gains in
renewable energy, natural gas and
energy efficiency for that
improvement.
But the report goes on to say
that even at that lower annual
growth rate, total carbon emis-
sions from energy use are likely
to increase by 13% from 2015 to
2035, a stark contrast with the
30% reduction in emissions that
the International Energy Agency
suggests is necessary to meet
goals set in the 2015 Paris climate
agreement.
That, according to Dudley,
flags up the need for further pol-
icy action.
As a matter of policy, BP
doesnt express a preference be-
tween the two leading options for
pricing emissions: a carbon tax,
versions of which have been
adopted in Australia, Ireland,
Sweden and other countries, or a
cap-and-trade program, which
China says it will apply to electric
power and other industries.
Our view is that putting a
price on carbon will reduce emis-
sions at a larger scale and at a
lower cost than alternative policy
measures, by reducing the de-
mand for carbon-intensive prod-
Our ucts, BP says on its website.
view is We consider that this is fair
that
as long as the carbon price im-
pacts all (greenhouse-gas) emit-
putting a ters equally and we are keen to
price on compete on this level playing
carbon field, the company adds.
will
The message is a familiar one
for BP and major oil companies
reduce among them ExxonMobil, Royal
emis- Dutch Shell and the Norwegian
sions. company Statoil who favor car-
bon pricing as a means of ad-
BP website dressing climate change.
statement ExxonMobil, the U.S.-based oil
giant whose acknowledgement of
climate change has been called
late and lacking by some states
and environmentalists, says a car-
bon tax is the most efficient
means of reflecting the cost of
carbon in all economic decisions.
In fact, former ExxonMobil
CEO Rex Tillerson, President
Trumps choice for U.S. secretary
of State, acknowledged at his re-
cent Senate confirmation hearing
that a carbon tax could replace
the hodgepodge of approaches
by federal and state governments
to reduce emissions.
Tillersons remarks at the Jan.
11 hearing brought to mind a
speech he gave in 2009, when he
CHARLIE RIEDEL, AP
began to promote the idea of a
revenue-neutral carbon tax,
with the proceeds returned to
taxpayers through reductions in
other levies.
Such a fee, he told The Eco-
nomic Club in Washington, can
be predictable, transparent, and
comparatively simple to under-
stand and implement.
As a businessman, I have to
take a deep breath every time I
speak about this, because its hard
for me to speak favorably about
any new tax, Tillerson admitted.
I hope you see it shows how seri-
ous we are about this issue.
But enacting a carbon price re-
mains as unlikely as ever in
Washington, where Trump is
considering reversing the Obama
administrations commitment to
the 2015 Paris climate agreement
and most Republican lawmakers
have signed a pledge to oppose
tax increases.
That sentiment was evident
last week at an American Enter-
prise Institute seminar examin-
ing the pros and cons of a carbon
tax, where AEI and Heritage
Foundation analysts disputed the
widespread view of scientists that
human-induced global warming
puts the world at risk of an envi-
ronmental catastrophe.
David Kreutzer, a senior re-
search fellow in energy econom-
ics and climate change at the
Heritage Foundation, an influen-
tial think tank for the Trump ad-
ministration, called a carbon tax
a costly non-solution to an un-
likely problem.
push to unionize
Mississippi plant
Protesters
Lizzie Alfs
Nashvillle Tennessean say safety
conditions
NASHVILLE Ernest Whitfield, a
arent up
13-year employee at a Nissan as- to par
sembly plant in Canton, Miss., at auto
wants the Japanese automaker to
treat its employees with dignity factory
and allow workers to unionize. in Canton
Whitfield, a press operator,
stood alongside roughly 70 pro-
testers at Nashvilles Coleman
Park last week, just across the
street from the Action Nissan
dealership on Thompson Lane in
Nashville and 15 miles north of
the companys North American
headquarters in Franklin, Tenn.
Protesters held signs that read,
Workers rights are civil rights
and Hey Nissan. Stop threaten-
ing your workers in Mississippi.
Passing cars on Thompson Lane
honked in support of the protest.
Workers are mistreated inside
the (Canton) plant. Were spoken Its just a
to disrespectfully by manage- lack of
ment, Whitfield said in an inter-
view with The Tennessean. As far dignity
as the safety conditions, they were
arent up to par. ... Its just a lack having to
of dignity were having to deal deal
with, and were told were un-
grateful when we say we want to with.
unionize. Ernest Whitfield,
Nissan, in response, issued a 13-year Nissan
statement saying it respects employee
workers.
Nissans history reflects that
we truly value our employees and
respect their right to decide who
should represent them. Nissan
Canton and Smyrna employees
enjoy good, stable, safe jobs with
some of the highest wages and
strongest benefits in Mississippi
and Tennessee. The allegations
being made by the union against
Nissan are completely unfound-
ed, the statement said.
The Nashville protest comes
after years of efforts by the Unit-
ed Auto Workers to unionize
workers at the Canton plant,
which employs roughly 5,000
workers. The plant produces
eight vehicle models.

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Original Hamilton cast members (from left) Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-
Manuel Miranda and Ariana DeBose take a bow.

Hamilton Ponzi suspect

linked to ticket reseller
Kevin McCoy
@kmccoynyc
USA TODAY
A New York City businessman
charged with raising $81 million
in a Ponzi scheme based on
claims of reselling tickets to the
Broadway blockbuster Hamilton
had ties to a company that part-
ners with major ticket exchanges
and sports teams.
Joseph Meli, 42, allegedly told
investors he had an agreement
with the producer to buy 35,000
tickets to acclaimed rap and hip-
hop musical about Alexander
Hamilton and the American Rev-
olution, according to a Securities
and Exchange Commission civil
complaint filed Friday.
Meli, co-defendant Matthew
Harriton and three of their com-
panies are also accused of telling
the unwitting clients their invest-
ments would also include a con-
cert by popular British singer and
songwriter Adele, the complaint
charged.
A $105 million private stock
offering filed with the SEC in Sep-
tember by DTI Management list-
ed Meli as a director of the ticket
reselling company, which part-
ners with Ticketmaster, StubHub,
SeatGeek and other major ticket
exchanges and sports teams, in-
cluding the NBAs Cleveland
Cavaliers.
DTI has not been contacted
by any government officials and
there is no allegation that we had
any knowledge or involvement in
the activities at issue, Montieth
Illingworth, a company spokes-
man, said Monday, adding that
Meli was suspended over the
weekend.
DTI had no role with Mr. Meli
in these other businesses, nor did
LARRY NEUMEISTER, AP
any employee of the company,
Joseph Meli said Illingworth. Our association
leaves federal with Mr. Meli is recent and his
court in New role was narrow and limited and
York after he he did not bring any business to
was freed on the company in the four months
$1 million he worked with us.
bail in the Promising to resell the seats at
alleged Ponzi a profit, Meli and Harriton alleg-
scheme. edly lured roughly 125 investors
in 13 states with written contracts
that promised full repayment of
initial principal plus a 10% annu-
alized profit. Federal investiga-
tors said the promises were fake.
Meli and Harriton instead alleg-
edly used funds from new inves-
tors to repay earlier ones, and
also diverted money to jewelry
purchases, Atlantic City casino
payments and other personal
expenses.
Federal prosecutors in New
York City filed related criminal
charges of conspiracy and securi-
ties fraud against Meli and Steven
Simmons, though Simmons was
not accused of being part of the
alleged Hamilton portion of the
investment scam.
Meli and Simmons were re-
leased after arraignments on re-
spective $1 million bail packages
secured by personal property.
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Event sure to deliver new No. 1
a large dose
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and aid last unbeaten
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FIRST WORD
SUE OGROCKI, AP

League
says no
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IS A MULTIBILLION-
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GROUND, LEAVING CON-
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Super
FROM BROADCASTERS TO
INFORM THEIR DECISIONS.
Brent Musburger, on his new
venture as chairman of the
Vegas Stats & Information

Network (VSiN), a new stream-
ing network dedicated to sports
gambling announced Monday.
Musburger, 77, whose network
broadcasting career had him
on the national stage since
1975, calls his final event for
ESPN on Tuesday, a Georgia at
Kentucky mens basketball
game.
TWEET OF THE DAY
@TerrellePryor
No time to take off ....Im
chasing greatness and cats
are trying to stop me...
Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor,
as he participates in offseason
workouts.
MAGIC NUMBER
20
Minutes of wind through a
home turbine needed to power
a TV for the duration of the
Super Bowl, according to the
Super Renew-a-Bowl graphic by
KDM Engineering, an engineer-
ing consulting firm in Chicago.
Three hours of peak sunshine
on a solar panel is another
form that also would work.
Earl Campbell won the 1977 Heisman Trophy at Texas and is a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Game took its
toll, but he raps
NFL as too soft
Josh Peter
@joshpeter11
USA TODAY Sports
AUSTIN Earl Campbell, one of
the most celebrated football he-
roes in Texas, leaned on a metal
walker and shuffled to the front
of his office last week to greet
visitors.
He said he has had both
knees replaced and had four
back surgeries and battled sub-
stance abuse since his playing
career ended three decades ago.
Among the most punishing run-
ners in NFL history, Campbell,
61, wants people who consider
him a living legend to know he
is, indeed, still living.
I havent gone nowhere yet,
said Campbell, who starred for
the Houston Oilers, earned in-
duction into the Pro Football
Hall of Fame in 1991 and about
a decade ago spent 45 days in a
rehab facility for abuse of pain-
killers and alcohol.
He is proud of his recovery
sober for almost nine years, he
1980 PHOTO BY DARRYL NORENBERG, USA TODAY SPORTS
Campbell played eight seasons in the NFL, most with the
Oilers, rushing for 9,407 yards with a physical style.
reported and for helping
Houston secure the right to
host Super Bowl LI on Sunday
at NRG Stadium. But he ex-
pressed little enthusiasm for
watching the New England Pa-
triots play the Atlanta Falcons.
In fact, Campbell compared
current play in the NFL to pro-
fessional wrestling.
ERICH SCHLEGEL, USA TODAY SPORTS
And we all know now that
were grown men that wres-
tlings fake, Campbell told USA
TODAY Sports. Well, football is
not played like it was when I
played.
It was real football when
Jack Tatum (a Hall of Fame
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@Schrotenboer
USA TODAY Sports
HOUSTON A 30-second com-
mercial that was scheduled to
air during the first quarter of
the Super Bowl has been reject-
ed by the NFL amid questions
from USA TODAY Sports about
how the advertisement squares
with the leagues policy regard-
ing banned substances.
The ad is for the nutrition
and dietary supplement retailer
GNC, which has more than
6,500 locations in the USA. The
company announced the com-
mercial Dec. 20, celebrating
that for the first time in the
companys history, it will adver-
tise in the Super Bowl.
The content of the ad isnt
controversial. What made it
problematic is GNC is listed un-
der prohibited companies on
a memo from the NFL and the
players union a warning for
NFL players not to endorse or
have a business relationship
with it because it has been as-
sociated with the production,
manufacture or distribution of
NFL banned substances.
USA TODAY Sports contact-
ed the players union about the
ad Thursday. In response,
George Atallah, the unions as-
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safety for the Oakland Raiders) and I hit
each other on the 2-yard line and I backed
into the end zone. And after the game I said,
Hey, thats the best I had, and he said,
Thats the best I had, too, Campbell. I
mean, that was real football. But now
Shaking his head at the excuses he hears
from contemporary NFL players, Campbell
said, I cant play because Ive got a hang-
nail on my toe. I cant play because I didnt
get a pedicure this week. I dont play be-
cause my head hurt.
That wouldnt have got the job done
back in my day.
That disdain is one reason Campbell
spends Sundays as he does.
A lot of people would think on Sundays,
with football going on, Id be watching foot-
ball, right? he said. But my wife and I
watch golf.
Id give anything to be able to hit a 9-
iron, added Campbell, whose physical
problems prevent him from playing golf. I
know everything about golf. I know all
about Tiger (Woods), I know all about Bub-
ba Watson and I know all about Jason Day.
I mean, Im really in on it.
But his Saturdays are reserved exclusive-
ly for college football, and Campbell kicks
off in the morning with ESPNs College Ga-
meDay on the television and then hunkers
down.
I come out of my man cave at about 1 in
the morning, he said, and inevitably he
emerges from the cave without having seen
a running back whose style resembled his.
A bruising runner, Campbell rushed for
4,443 yards and 40 touchdowns at the Uni-
versity of Texas and capped his four-year
college career by winning the 1977 Heisman
Trophy. During his NFL career that includ-
ed 612 years with the Oilers and 112 years
with the New Orleans Saints, he rushed for
9,407 yards and 74 touchdowns, was named
NFL MVP in 1979 and made the all-pro
first team three times.
He said the only player in recent years
who has impressed him is Marshawn
Lynch, the powerful running back who
played nine years in the NFL and was with
the Seattle Seahawks when he abruptly re-
tired after the 2015 season.
I think he had two or three more good
years in him, said Campbell, who assured
that he had nothing left when he retired in
1986 at 31.
Campbell said that he made the decision
after a preseason game when his feet were
so sore that he had to crawl his way to
the bathroom.
And I said, Oh, hell, I dont like it no
more, Campbell recalled.
RITE OF PASSAGE
Tracing his legendary toughness to growing
up on a ranch in Tyler, Campbell offered
snapshots of his rise to stardom.
His father died when he was in the fifth
grade, leaving Campbell to work in the rose
fields to help his mother pay the bills for
seven boys and four girls. Campbell said he
often went without socks.
Envisioning a life of poverty in the rose
fields, Campbell said, at 15 he vowed to
carve out a more luxurious life through
football. As a high school junior, he was
playing linebacker.
I was the black Dick Butkus, he said.
That was my hero, Dick Butkus.
But in his senior season, the team need-
ed a running back. Soon Campbell was
plowing over linebackers in a sport he sug-
gests is a rite of passage in this state.
When you are born in Texas, you are go-
ing to play some football, he said. People
in Texas love their football players. And any
dad have a son, he might not directly push
A framed
No. 20
University
of Texas
jersey
adorns a
wall at
Earl
Camp-
bells
home in
Austin. He
won the
1977 Heis-
man Tro-
phy in his
senior
season
with the
Long-
horns.
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him into football, but hes going to try to of the Falcons. They have younger players.
sneak it in there somehow. They want it. I dont think Brady wants it as
Though research shows football-related bad as he did that second one and that third
concussions lead to brain trauma known as one.
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Asked for the favorite memories of his
Campbell questioned how safety concerns career, Campbell shot back, Which one?
are being addressed. He works with his two grown sons on
Its great that theyre teaching guys business ventures that include Earl Camp-
about the CTE and the tackling and all bell Meat Products, which his son Tyler said
that, he said. But to play football youve sold more than 14 million pounds of sau-
got to be pretty physical. Sometimes I think sage last year.
a lot of guys are getting hurt in the game of Another priority is developing a non-
football now because theyre trying to re- profit venture called Project Rose, which
member how not to tackle someone. will focus on research related to spine and
Like myself, if I were playing football, joint issues that would benefit people such
heck, I would get more 15-yard penalties as Campbell.
than anybody cause I play football with my After his football career, Campbell said,
whole body. he discovered he suffered from a narrowing
of the spine that contributed to his four
TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS back surgeries.
Expressing regret that he failed to lead the I think if Id gotten a real physical like
Oilers to a Super Bowl despite three playoff they do now, CAT scans and everything,
appearances, Campbell predicted the Fal- probably I wouldnt have been able to play,
cons will get their first Super Bowl title he said, adding he has no regrets about par-
Sunday by upsetting Tom Brady and the Pa- ticipating in a sport that has contributed to
triots, winners of four Super Bowls since his using a walker and abusing painkillers.
the 2001 season. Im pretty happy. It dont take that much
Theyre the better team, Campbell said to make a guy who dont wear socks happy.
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Pioli, who was once Dimitroffs boss with

the Patriots and now works for him as as-
sistant general manager. He also happens
to be one of Dimitroffs closest friends.
Pioli, 51, formerly the Patriots personnel
director, left New England a year after Di-
mitroff to become general manager of the
Kansas City Chiefs. It didnt pan out. Pioli
was fired after the 2012 season.
Yet they converged again. Pioli and Di-
mitroff were with the Patriots when they
won back-to-back Super Bowls following
the 2003 and 2004 seasons and for the
near-perfect campaign in 2007, when a
16-0 regular season was followed by a Su- BRETT DAVIS, USA TODAY SPORTS

per Bowl loss. Pioli goes back to the begin-
ning of Belichicks tenure with the Patriots,
following him to New England from the
New York Jets after previously working for
him with the Cleveland Browns.
Dimitroff still talks to Belichick ran-
domly, he says, and not merely for routine
NFL business. He picks Belichicks brain
for perspective on league matters and
opinions on assorted topics.
I always learn something from our in-
teractions, he said.
That is an extension of the foundation
he received from the Patriots for his role
with Atlanta which years ago was one of
the elements that piqued Falcons owner
Arthur Blanks interest.
For me, it was taking a lot of the philos-
ophies in New England that Bill and Scott
put in place and meshing that with what
was congruent to my personality, Dimi-
troff said.
But after a pair of disappointing seasons
following an NFC Championship Game
loss in 2012, the Falcons altered their ar-
rangement in 2015, hiring head coach Dan
Quinn and giving him final authority over
personnel decisions. Such power for a first-
time coach is rare, and from the outside it
could be viewed as a basis for dissent. But
Dimitroff echoes Quinn in maintaining
that the authority for roster moves has not
been an issue.
This is a partnership, Dimitroff said.
He insists major roster decisions have
been made with collective brainstorming,
adding, If it gets to the point where you
say, I have final say, youre in dire straits.
Time will tell whether the authority is-
sue evolves into a point of friction, which
has occurred many times across the NFL.
Dimitroff thinks he and Quinn are a philo-
sophical match because the types of play-
ers the coach wants speedy and
explosive ones is consistent with Dimi-
troffs ideals.
Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff, center,
with owner Arthur Blank and quarter-
back Matt Ryan, has long dreamed of
facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
When Quinn expounded on his beliefs
during the interview process, Dimitroff
said, It was music to my ears.
And Quinn is fortunate to have the type
of resources presented with a Dimitroff-
Pioli bond that spans decades.
Go back to 1993, when Pioli was a pro
personnel assistant for Belichicks Browns.
Dimitroff, whose father, Tom Sr., worked
as a scout for Cleveland, took a job on the
grounds crew while angling to get his
scouting career on track.
He recalls routinely dropping into Piolis
office grungy, wearing rain gear and
smelling like I had just spent a few weeks
in Europe, he said.
Hed look at me and shake his head,
Dimitroff recalled of those old film ses-
sions with Pioli. Im like, This is what my
life is going to be?
In subsequent years, their bond would
be strengthened by work and friendship.
Pioli was in Dimitroffs wedding party and
a pallbearer at his fathers funeral. In 2014,
with Pioli working in broadcasting, Dimi-
troff lured him to Atlanta.
Theyve talked about what it would be
like to face the Patriots in a Super Bowl.
Now theyll find out and whether it will
be even more special to win a champion-
ship at New Englands expense.
Anytime youre playing a team that you
learned so much from, Dimitroff said, it
would be very special to show our best on
the field.
Spoken like a true (ex-) Patriot.
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NFL
Is there divine interest in sports?
Faithful say yes,
and God has
Super Bowl pick
Religion News Service
Does God have his eye on the
gridiron? Will he cheer for either
the Atlanta Falcons or the New
England Patriots in Super Bowl
LI on Sunday?
One-quarter of all Americans
believe he does and will, accord-
ing to a new survey released
Monday by the Public Religion
Research Institute.
Thats slightly less than the
number 28% who believe
The Almighty had a major role
in placing Donald Trump in the
White House, the same study
shows. Another 13% say God
played a minor role a backup
quarterback, if you will in the
results of the 2016 presidential
election.
For people who believe this, it
is deeply felt that God is alive in
the world and plays a role in all
aspects of human affairs, even
sports and elections, said Dan
Cox, director of research at PRRI.
If you are an enthusiastic fan,
why would God be absent from
the pitch?
The findings closely mirror the
results of previous PRRI surveys
with some of the same questions.
In 2013 27% of Americans said
they believed God was involved in
sports outcomes, and in 2015 that
number was 26%.
Not everyone thinks God is a
sports fan. Almost three-quarters
of Americans 73% say God
Animal Planets Puppy Bowl was filmed in October in New
York and will be aired Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Puppy Bowl aids
animal welfare
Martin Rogers
@mrogersUSAT
USA TODAY Sports
HOUSTON It is not easy staying
humble when youre guaranteed
to become one of the stars of
Super Bowl Sunday, your ex-
ploits broadcast for a national
audience in the millions and
adoring fans fawning over your
every move.
But Duke, a 6-month-old
Labrador retriever mix, does a
pretty good job of not letting the
attention go to his head.
He got the superstar treat-
ment at the Puppy Bowl,
Dukes owner, Pam Reynolds of
Houston, told USA TODAY
Sports. But he is still pretty shy.
It hasnt gone to his head too
much.
Duke was one of the pups in-
vited to take part in this years
Puppy Bowl, which will be
broadcast on Animal Planet at 3
p.m. ET Sunday and, if past edi-
tions are any indication, could
command a viewership in ex-
cess of 10 million. The game
was actually filmed in October,
and Duke was driven from
Houston to New York for the
occasion, with Team Ruff and
Team Fluff squaring off for the
right to hoist the Petco Lom-
barky Trophy.
Yet for all the cuteness and
personality of the dogs, the
event provides a real boost to
some of the animal shelters and
rescue centers involved in the
event, such as Citizens for Ani-
mal Protection in Katy, Texas,
where Reynolds adopted Duke.
E2
Displays of religion, such as the postgame prayer circle, didnt bother survey respondents.
doesnt follow sports, and many
of these beliefs break down along
denominational lines:
uWhite evangelicals and non-
white Protestants are more likely
to see God behind the lines on a
field of play, with more than one-
third (36%) and four in 10 (41%),
respectively, saying God involves
himself in the outcome of sports.
uOnly one quarter of all white
mainline Protestants and Catho-
lics think God concerns himself
with sports 25% each.
uAmericans with no religious
affiliation nones are the
least likely to say God gives a hoot
ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY SPORTS
It is exciting for all of us and
the puppies involved, but we are
really hoping for a big response
in real terms, said JoAnne
Jackson, the centers director of
operations. There are a lot of
animals that need a home, so
having the Super Bowl come
here, and having Duke in the
Puppy Bowl, is huge for us.
Jackson estimates that up to
100,000 dogs in the greater
Houston area are left in need of
a home each year, mainly
through abandonment, the
death of their owner or other
factors.
Her organization will bring
several adoptable puppies to
join other similar programs in
Root Square, at the heart of the
Super Bowl entertainment sec-
tor, during the week leading up
to the big game and the big-
gest game in the canine world.
The Puppy Bowl has taken on
a life of its own since it began in
2005 and, along with elaborate
commercials, eating to excess
and oh yes football, has be-
come an integral part of the
game-day experience for
millions.
The pets played around in a
specially constructed stadium,
with points scored any time a
dog carried one of the many
sports-themed toys into the end
zone.
The score is a closely guarded
secret, especially with a Puppy
Bowl fantasy game (yes, really)
having sprung up, and adorable
entertainment is guaranteed.
We are all ready to watch on
Sunday, Reynolds said. We get
to say we live with one of the
stars of Super Bowl Sunday.
about sports, with just 9%
agreeing.
But the study found something
different when it asked about the
role God plays in the career of
faithful athletes people such as
tennis champions Venus and Se-
rena Williams, who are Jehovahs
Witnesses, or Olympic champion
Simone Biles, a Catholic, or Seat-
tle Seahawks quarterback and
evangelical Christian Russell Wil-
son, who once said he and then-
girlfriend Ciara, the singer, were
dating Jesus way abstaining
from premarital sex.
Asked whether God rewards
Texans latest to miss chance
to play Super Bowl at home
Martin Rogers
@mrogersUSAT
USA TODAY Sports
HOUSTON Poor old Brock Os-
weiler. The Houston Texans
much-maligned quarterback
caught the brunt of the heat for
the teams failure to go deep in
this seasons playoffs, and he car-
ried his $72 million contract like
a ball and chain.
But did he really stand a
chance?
For the superstitious or those
with a fondness for precedent,
the Texans had no more than a
snowballs shot in a Houston
summer of going to the Super
Bowl, because the big game was
coming to them or their home-
town at least.
And for all of Osweilers errant
throws and the gnawing frustra-
tion of the teams loyal fans, the
Texans actually fared far better
than most host franchises during
a half-century of these big games.
Not only has no team made it
to a Super Bowl in their own sta-
dium, but the awarding of the
game to a particular location has
either coincided with (or contrib-
uted to) so many drastic plunges
in fortune that talk of a curse has
taken on a life of its own.
Wed like to break that rec-
ord, Texans owner Bob McNair
crowed just less than a year ago.
That would be wonderful and
anything is possible.
Back then it did indeed seem at
least somewhat feasible the trend
could be thwarted.
Houstons defense was and is
among the best in football,
thoughts of a run to the postsea-
son were aided by the flimsy stan-
dard of the AFC South, and, hey,
it was the middle of February, so
every fan, owner, player and mas-
cot were full of hope.
Fast-forward, and Houstons
campaign was yet another busted
flush, having squeaked into the
playoffs despite Osweiler implod-
ing, before beating a depleted
Oakland Raiders team, then fall-
ing to the New England Patriots.
It is good to get into the play-
offs, but you want to be playing in
the Super Bowl, Texans defen-
sive end Christian Covington
said. Thats what youre striving
for. We would have loved to be
doing that for our ourselves and
our fans. It is a tough road; its not
easy.
2012 PHOTO BY JOE CAMPOREALE, USA TODAY SPORTS
them with good health and suc-
cess, almost half of respondents
49% agreed. Another 47%
disagreed.
Again, the responses broke
down along denominational lines.
About two-thirds of non-white
Protestants and white evangeli-
cals say they believe God rewards
faithful athletes (65% and 62%,
respectively), while almost half of
Catholics (48%) agreed, followed
by 29% of nones.
These numbers are much high-
er than those who believe God di-
rects the outcomes of games.
Why?
Brock Osweiler and the Texans fell two wins short of being the
first team to play in the Super Bowl in their home stadium.
Overall, teams
hosting the Super
Bowl in their own
venues are
296-413-2
though the Los
Angeles Rams
and San Francisco
49ers played in
their own market.
Not easy indeed. Forget pres-
sure; perhaps there is a funky
cosmic alignment at play. Teams
with seemingly far greater pros-
pects than this seasons Texans
have fallen farther and harder. In
fact, the Texans became the first
host team to reach the divisional
round since the Miami Dolphins
in 1998.
That same season the Atlanta
Falcons reached the Super Bowl
after compiling a 14-2 regular-
season record, but a year later,
with the big game heading for the
Georgia Dome, they collapsed to
5-11.
The season before the New Or-
leans Superdome hosted the Su-
per Bowl in February 2013, the
Saints went 13-3 and would have
likely been a favorite to make it
back to the championship game.
But then the murky mess of
Bountygate became public
knowledge, Sean Payton was sus-
pended and the team went 7-9.
The hard-luck stories are
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If people believe in a personal
relationship with God, it is not
such a big step for them to say
God rewards people who are
faithful, Cox said. For athletes,
the rewards would be good health
and success.
But Lee DelleMonache, direc-
tor of the Institute of Sport, Spiri-
tuality and Character Develop-
ment at Neumann University,
cautions against a downside of
such a belief.
Athletes are not handed
losses, injuries or illnesses, she
said in an email. In fact, it sad-
dens me that there are people
who feel loss, injury, or illness is a
punishment or the result of not
having a strong faith life.
And remember back in 2012
when people got all worked up
about quarterback Tim Tebow
dropping to one knee and praying
in the end zone? The survey
found that nearly half of all
Americans approve of athletes
making public displays of reli-
gion, while only 4% said they dis-
approved. The rest 47% said
they dont much care.
Theres a flip side to believing
God gives a holy hoot about
sports teams. The study also
found that 20% of sports fans be-
lieve their teams have been
cursed at some point thats
down from 25% when research-
ers asked the question in early
2016.
Could that drop have to do
with the fact that the Chicago
Cubs broke a 108-year drought
after the curse of the billy goat
with their win against the Cleve-
land Indians in the 2016 World
Series?
Its fun to think about, Cox
said, but all we can do is spec-
ulate.
GREG M. COOPER, USA TODAY SPORTS
seemingly endless.
The Indianapolis Colts inter-
rupted a long streak of success
with a 2-14 season during their
citys Super Bowl year, as quarter-
back Peyton Manning sat it out
because of a neck injury. When
MetLife Stadium hosted in 2014,
neither of the New York teams
came close, the Giants beginning
with a dismal 0-6 record.
San Diego had plenty of pain in
its time before the Chargers
moved to Los Angeles, seeing an
AFC West rival take part in the
Super Bowl on each of the three
occasions it hosted.
Overall, teams hosting in their
own venues have managed a 296-
413-2 record though the Los
Angeles Rams and the San Fran-
cisco 49ers both played in their
own market.
The Rams defeat in Super
Bowl XIV was at the Rose Bowl,
and the San Francisco 49ers Su-
per Bowl XIX triumph came at
Stanford Stadium.
Maybe it was written in the
stars, Texans fan Brian Richards
told USA TODAY Sports. Or
maybe we just werent good
enough.
Maybe both.
Perhaps the Minnesota Vikings
will have more luck when Minne-
apolis welcomes the football
world to the Land of a 10,000
Lakes a year from now.
Although, with the news that
quarterback Teddy Bridgewater
might be out for another year, it
seems the curse, for now, is alive
and well.
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NFL
Patriots Hogan takes odd path to Super Bowl
Ex-lacrosse star
played one year
of college football
Lorenzo Reyes
@LorenzoGReyes
USA TODAY Sports
FOXBOROUGH , MASS . The la-
crosse star-turned-wide receiver
was making his first start on de-
fense. Word spread that injuries
hampered the Monmouth sec-
ondary, so the quarterback at Du-
quesne figured he might as well
go after Chris Hogan at corner-
back.
It was the first series of the
game, Monmouths fourth of the
2010 season. The quarterback
threw the ball Hogans way. Inter-
ception.
Monmouth coach Kevin Call-
ahan just shook his head.
As hes walking off the field, I
looked at him and said, Hey, great
job, Callahan told USA TODAY
Sports in a phone interview.
Hogan, as Callahan recalled,
shot back, I told you I could do
this.
The fifth-year senior intercept-
ed another pass in the game and
scored on a 41-yard touchdown
reception.
That was nearly seven years
ago. Now, Hogan is the deep-
threat receiver for the New Eng-
land Patriots, who will face the At-
lanta Falcons on Sunday in
Houston in Super Bowl LI.
At Monmouth, Hogan caught
only 12 passes for 147 yards.
Three of those grabs, however,
were for touchdowns. He also
made eight starts at cornerback
and tied for the team lead with
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sistant executive director, said
the union wrote the NFL a letter
voicing its concerns about the ad
and the conflict it posed.
In effect, the GNC ad created
an awkward situation in which
the NFLs premier event would
include advertising from a com-
pany the league has banned its
players from promoting.
NFL spokesman Brian Mc-
Carthy told USA TODAY Sports
on Monday, We have told Fox it
may not air in Super Bowl or any
NFL programming.
Fox, which is broadcasting the
Super Bowl, declined to com-
ment, saying it does not discuss
what advertising is in the game.
A 30-second commercial during
the Super Bowl this year costs
about $5 million.
GNC told USA TODAY Sports
it was blindsided by the rejec-
tion Monday after negotiating a
deal with Fox last month.
We sent the spot to Fox on
Thursday one last time, and they
cleared it, said Jeff Hennion,
GNCs executive vice president,
chief marketing and e-com-
merce officer. Then Friday eve-
ning they called and said the
NFL had an issue with the logo.
We spent the weekend working
through alternatives.
And then at 1 oclock (Mon-
day) we were notified by Fox
that the NFL had rejected us,
our commercial, and rejected us
as an advertiser in the Super
Bowl. And that was the first we
had heard there was any concern
with GNCs participation.
Hennion said products sold at
GNC contain only two sub-
stances banned by the NFL:
DHEA, an anabolic agent, and
the stimulant synephrine. Thats
out of more than 100 banned
substances listed by the NFL.
The NFL works with the net-
work broadcasting the game and
has advertising guidelines on
what products and businesses
are allowed to advertise during
their broadcasts. For example,
the league forbids ads for gam-
bling, tobacco products and es-
tablishments featuring nude
performers.
The companys ad planned for
the Super Bowl did not refer-
ence specific products and in-
stead had a motivational theme
about having the courage to
change.
Dont ever let anyone tell you
you cant change, says a prelim-
inary cut of the ad.
The problem for GNC is that
After five nondescript NFL seasons, Chris Hogan emerged as a big contributor for the Patriots.
three interceptions while adding
28 tackles and six passes de-
fended.
What makes Hogans rise even
more remarkable is that he played
lacrosse at Penn State for four
seasons before opting to transfer
to Monmouth for his final year of
athletic eligibility to play football.
Hogan caught 38 passes for 680
yards and four touchdowns for
New England this season. He led
all receivers in the AFC in yards
per catch (17.9). Hes coming off a
breakout performance in the AFC
Championship Game in which he
hauled in nine passes for 180
yards a Patriots playoff record
and two touchdowns.
Now, Hogan is one of the play-
ers who is buzzing.
NFL Players Association assistant executive director George
Atallah says his group raised concerns over a GNC ad.
it is listed on the NFL and NFL
Players Associations prohibited
list for a reason.
The fact that we sell those
apparently have us still on a list
where the NFL is uncomfortable
with us advertising in games,
Hennion said.
GNC has faced legal trouble
recently. In December, the fed-
eral government announced it
had reached a settlement in
which GNC would pay the gov-
ernment $2.25 million after an
investigation revealed that
GNCs practices related to en-
suring the legality of products
on its shelves were lacking.
According to the government,
GNC engaged in acts and omis-
sions that allowed a misbranded
supplement to be sold at GNC
locations nationwide in 2013, a
product that was manufactured
at Dallas-based USP Labs.
The company said it had re-
lied on USP Labs representa-
tions about the products and
removed the product from its
shelves years ago.
In 2015, the Oregon attorney
general also filed a lawsuit
against GNC, accusing the com-
pany of selling supplements con-
taining the illegal ingredients
picamilon and BMPEA. The
company said the claims were
without merit and that it had re-
moved from sale all products
containing those ingredients.
In recent years, some NFL
players have been suspended by
the league after testing positive
for banned substances they say
came from products purchased
at GNC.
The substances are generally
considered performance en-
Its fun to be a part of this,
Hogan said recently in the Patri-
ots locker room. Seeing everyone
here, this media, its a neat experi-
ence for me. I think I do a pretty
good job of not letting things dis-
tract me from what I want to do
and what I want to accomplish as
a football player. This is a dream
come true. Were playing in the
Super Bowl. So theres nothing
thats really going to distract me
from putting the work in this
week.
After going undrafted, Hogan
spent time with the San Francisco
49ers, New York Giants and Mi-
ami Dolphins, but only during the
offseason or as a practice squad
member. He then latched on with
the Buffalo Bills for four years
KIRBY LEE, USA TODAY SPORTS
hancing. In 2013, the agent
for then-Minnesota Vikings
tackle DeMarcus Love told USA
TODAY Sports that his client in-
advertently took a banned sub-
stance that was in a product
purchased there. The same year,
then-Washington Redskins de-
fensive lineman Jarvis Jenkins
was suspended for four games
and gave the same reason.
GNC recently has tried to re-
boot its brand and had planned
the Super Bowl ad as part of that
effort.
The decision to make the
substantial investment in Super
Bowl advertising and promo-
tions reflects our commitment
to raise awareness of the One
New GNC and invite consumers
back into our stores, said Bob
Moran, GNCs interim CEO, in a
December statement announc-
ing the Super Bowl ad.
The ad buy made sense for a
company trying to boost its im-
age.
Pieter Cohen, a supplements
expert and assistant professor at
Harvard Medical School, noted
the league allows beer commer-
cials and said, GNC has every
right to try to get a Super Bowl
pitch and try to rebrand.
But he told USA TODAY
Sports this case would have
raised questions for the NFL.
What message are they send-
ing? Cohen said. If theyre tell-
ing their athletes to avoid
certain shops but are using their
platform to get those same
shops into the mind of the
young consumer, thats a great
question for the NFL.
Contributing: Erik Brady
JAMES LANG, USA TODAY SPORTS
three on the active roster in a
secondary role. The Patriots
signed Hogan to an offer sheet
this offseason, and the Bills de-
clined to match it.
Hogan had a standout junior la-
crosse season with the Nittany Li-
ons as a midfielder, leading the
team with 29 goals en route to a
first-team all-Eastern College
Athletic Conference selection.
While at his locker, Hogan re-
peatedly had to answer the same
question about his college days,
but Patriots coach Bill Belichick
expressed doubt about Hogans
time as a lacrosse player translat-
ing to the NFL because of the var-
iance in skill sets used in each
sport.
Id say the one thing that Chris
kicks started
something new
Martin Rogers
@mrogersUSAT
USA TODAY Sports
HOUSTON This years Super Bowl
features two dynamic and de-
structive offenses. Even so, it is
likely that punters Ryan Allen of
the New England Patriots and
Matt Bosher of the Atlanta Fal-
cons will at least see some action
at NRG Stadium on Sunday.
And when they do, they will be
following a tactical tradition that
can be traced to one of the stars
of the first Super Bowl 50 years
ago.
Donny Andersons primary job,
both as a college standout with
Texas Tech and with the Green
Bay Packers, was as a hard-charg-
ing halfback, but it was in his
makeshift role with the punt
team that he would have a long-
lasting effect on the sport.
Punting back then was all
about distance, Anderson told
USA TODAY Sports at the Touch-
down Club of Houstons Super
Alumni Luncheon on Monday.
The idea was just to smash it as
far as it could go. But we decided
to try something a little differ-
ent.
While at college, Anderson had
been encouraged by coach J.T.
King to experiment with punting
the ball high in the air, to enable
the covering unit to get downfield
and prevent long returns.
After being drafted by the
Packers, Anderson soon was en-
listed by legendary coach Vince
Lombardi to try what was then a
revolutionary idea.
Anderson made his first punts
against the Chicago Bears, who
had future Hall of Famer Gale
Sayers as a returner. Anderson
sent three left-footed kicks soar-
ing into the sky, two of which Say-
ers dropped, setting up a Green
Bay touchdown and a field goal.
On the third, Sayers, probably
wisely, called for a fair catch.
And thus the concept of hang
time in professional football was
born: The idea that the paucity of
the return, rather than the length
of the initial kick, is of greater
importance.
In 1967, Anderson punted 63
times, with 13 returned for a total
of 22 yards. Before long, the NFL
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
does well that maybe is related to
lacrosse is just his conditioning,
Belichick, who was captain of his
college lacrosse team, told report-
ers in a conference call. Hes in
good condition. He runs a lot of
deep routes, but he has real good
stamina and he can keep going.
Thats probably something that
carried over there, but the skills
are pretty different.
In his senior season at Penn
State, former coach Glenn Thiel
appointed Hogan as a captain and
moved him to defensive midfield.
In lacrosse, he was the excep-
tion, Thiel told USA TODAY
Sports in a phone conversation.
Hes big, strong, fast, athletic.
Thats the kind of guy you look for
when youre recruiting midfield-
ers. It was a small mans game, but
it has changed. He intimidated
people because he was tough and
rough and fast.
In his new role, Hogan suc-
ceeded almost immediately. It
just so happened that one of the
Patriots most explosive offensive
threats previously excelled at
stopping his opponents.
Thats probably the strongest
skill he had, Thiel added. He
could play one-on-one defense
and handle anybody in the open
field.
Hogan has demonstrated excel-
lent speed and acceleration in his
brief time with New England. For
a Patriots franchise seeking its
fifth Lombardi Trophy of the
Belichick era, he could play an in-
strumental role despite his un-
common career trajectory.
I think maybe the fact that he
only played one year of college
football has improved his ceiling,
Callahan said. When he left
Monmouth, his best football was
in front of him. I think that still
may be the case now.
NFL FILE PHOTO VIA AP
Donny Anderson, right, was
the first punter to focus on
hang time instead of distance.
changed its coverage rules to al-
low for more returning oppor-
tunities.
After the first game when I
punted, a reporter asked Vince if
he would go back to the regular
punter because I had only punted
for an average of 38 yards, An-
derson said. Vince gave him this
kind of look out of the side of his
face and stared at him. Didnt
you see what happened? We
scored twice. Who cares how far
it went?
Before long other people were
taking notice, and then everyone
was doing it.
Anderson played a pivotal role
in Super Bowl I, as the Packers
claimed the championship by
comfortably beating the Kansas
City Chiefs 35-10.
In the second half, Anderson
ran the ball before colliding with
Chiefs defensive back and future
Hollywood actor Fred William-
son, knocking him out. As Wil-
liamson had spent much of the
week leading up to the game
boasting of the hard hits that he
would deliver, the incident
caused much mirth among the
Packers. Receiver Max McGee,
who scored two touchdowns just
hours after getting drunk and
breaking curfew, quipped that
Anderson must have hit (Wil-
liamson) with his wallet, a refer-
ence to the lucrative contract
worth $600,000 Anderson signed
coming out of college.
Fifty years on, recalling the
game still gives Anderson reason
to smile.
It is a special memory, but we
had no idea back then how big it
would become, he said. It was
fun and competitive then; now it
feels like it is on a different plan-
et.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
SOME QBS PASS ON EARLY ENROLLMENT
Top recruit had no
choice at Stanford;
other reasons vary
Josh Barnett
@ByJoshBarnett
USA TODAY Sports
Davis Mills started playing
football when he was in sixth
grade, and it didnt take long to
determine he had a knack for
passing the ball. After perfor-
mances at youth camps, he hired
a private quarterback coach, and
the push was on to become an
elite recruit.
Mills has worked on his tech-
nique with hours of footwork
drills and three- and five-step
drops, but with college on the ho-
rizon, he wanted to continue to
develop another skill that might
be harder to teach.
Mills, ranked as the nations
No. 1 quarterback recruit, was
nominated for a program that in-
structs students in Gwinnett
County (Ga.) on leadership skills
and then has them share those
skills with their fellow students.
I really wanted to grow into
my role as one of the main team
leaders, he said. Being chosen
for the leadership class really
helped in guiding my team, but it
was more than sports. It was
about school and life and being a
successful person and motivating
others.
Mills threw for more than
2,700 yards with 34 touchdowns
and one interception in 271 at-
tempts in leading Greater Atlanta
Christian to the Georgia AAA title
game last fall. After injuring a
knee in August, Mills was project-
ed to miss as much as three
months. A month later, he was
back on the field.
Mills took a blow to the knee in
the state final and opted not to
play in the U.S. Army All-Ameri-
can Bowl as a precaution.
Mills will have to wait to show
his skills, grit and leadership at
the college level. He is committed
to Stanford, which does not ac-
cept early enrollees, so he wont
arrive until the summer.
Kelly takes blame, promises
improvement at Notre Dame
Laken Litman
@LakenLitman
USA TODAY Sports
SOUTH BEND, IND. Polished and
prepared, Brian Kelly stepped up
to the podium and glanced
around the crowded room. In his
first news conference since Notre
Dames season-ending loss to
Southern California in Novem-
ber, one of the most scrutinized
coaches in college football was
about to talk.
The purpose of Mondays ses-
sion was to introduce the seven
new coaches Kelly had recently
hired. After going 4-8 in 2016, he
guaranteed coaching changes and
delivered. But thats not all he dis-
cussed over 40 minutes.
On the night Notre Dames sea-
son officially ended at Los Ange-
les Memorial Coliseum after a
45-27 loss to Southern California,
gossip swirled that Kelly was ei-
ther going to be fired or leave. He
told reporters at the time that he
would absolutely be back in 2017.
Athletics director Jack Swarbrick
U.S. Figure Skating backtracks on Russia ban
At his sports recent national
championships, U.S. Figure Skat-
ing President Sam Auxier issued a
surprising but admirable shot
across the bow at Russias mas-
sive, state-sponsored doping ma-
chine when he said Russia does
not belong in the 2018 Winter
Olympic Games.
Unfortunately, U.S. Figure
Skating is trying to take it all
back.
In a Jan. 26 letter to the Inter-
national Skating Union obtained
by USA TODAY Sports, Auxier
and USFS executive director Da-
vid Raith labeled Auxiers state-
ment his personal opinions,
adding, These opinions were
Auxiers own and not the official
position of U.S. Figure Skating.
And what is the official posi-
E4
Stanford doesnt accept early enrollees, so quarterback recruit
Davis Mills wont be on campus until the summer.
Of the top 10 pro-style quarter-
back recruits in the class of 2017,
Mills is one of five who is not al-
ready on a college campus. Of the
top 10 dual-threat quarterbacks,
only three are not enrolled early.
The reasons vary: Some high
schools wont allow it, and some
players decide its better to finish
high school on the traditional
timetable.
Michigan quarterback commit
Dylan McCaffrey said he and his
family decided for him not to en-
roll early after a long talk.
We were willing to and decid-
ed not to, he said. We talked
with Coach (Jim) Harbaugh and
Coach (Jedd Fisch, the former
Michigan quarterbacks coach
who is now UCLA offensive coor-
dinator), and they said to do what
we thought was right and that I
should get bigger, faster and
had said the same thing earlier in
the season.
At this point, fans were ruth-
less and restless. A group took out
full-page ads in newspapers call-
ing for Kelly and Swarbrick to be
fired, outlining reasons it be-
lieved the program failed under
the duos leadership. Despite vo-
cal and public criticism, Kellys
job was never in question.
Kelly said Monday with
Swarbrick sitting in the back of
the room that he and the ath-
letics director did not discuss his
job after the USC game.
We didnt, Kelly said. We Despite the staff overhaul, which
didnt discuss my job as much as
we discussed a blueprint for what
we needed to do to be successful.
That was the discussion. It was,
All right, what do we need to do?
What are the decisions that need
to be made? What are the tough
decisions that need to be made to
ensure success?
We didnt sit around talking
about what we didnt do. We
spent all of our time thinking
about what we needed to do to be
successful, and thats when you
know you have great leaders. And
Christine Brennan
cbrennan@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports
tion of the organization?
U.S. Figure Skatings position
is to await the IOC (International
Olympic Committee) and ISUs
decision on this matter, and U.S.
Figure Skating will abide by the
findings.
The letter went on to say that
USFS fully supports clean sport
and for all athletes to compete on
a level playing field.
This month at the 2017 U.S.
SPORTS 5C
USA TODAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
COMPOSITE TEAM FOOTBALL
RECRUITING RANKINGS
Here are the latest USA TODAY High School Sports Composite Team
Football Recruiting Rankings for the Class of 2017 through Sundays
commitments.
The composite represents an average of the rankings by the four
major recruiting services: 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout. All rank-
ings went to top 50, except ESPN, which is top 40. Teams not ranked
in ESPNs top 40 received a 41; teams not ranked in the other rank-
ings received a 51.
Team 247 ESPN Rivals Scout Avg.
1. Alabama 1 1 1 1 1
2. Georgia 3 3 3 2 2.75
2. Ohio State 2 2 2 5 2.75
4. Michigan 4 4 4 3 3.75
5. Oklahoma 7 6 5 4 5.5
6. Florida State 5 5 6 8 6
7. LSU 6 7 7 6 6.5
8. Texas A&M 9 8 8 7 8
9. Southern California 8 12 9 12 10.25
10. Auburn 10 9 15 9 10.75
11. Tennessee 13 10 10 11 11
12. Notre Dame 11 14 14 14 13.25
13. Miami (Fla.) 14 13 11 17 13.75
14. Maryland 16 18 13 10 14.25
15. Penn State 15 15 12 16 14.5
16. Clemson 12 11 17 20 15
17. Florida 20 20 18 18 19
18. Virginia Tech 19 26 21 13 19.75
19. UCLA 18 19 22 21 20
20. Nebraska 21 25 20 15 20.25
21. Stanford 17 17 24 25 20.75
22. South Carolina 23 16 16 29 21
23. Washington 22 21 28 24 23.75
24. Oregon 24 34 19 22 24.75
TROY WAYRYNEN, USA TODAY SPORTS 25. North Carolina 25 24 26 28 25.75
25. Arkansas 29 22 25 27 25.75
stronger and they were looking Asked if Tagovailoas early ar- summer. K.J. Costello would have
forward to having me. rival at Alabama gives him an ad- been the only healthy quarter-
Alabama and LSU each have vantage, Jones said, Not too back on campus this spring had
two highly touted quarterback much. Its good hes there early. Burns not decided to return.
recruits. Alabama has No. 1 dual- Tua is a great kid and Im looking In terms of competing for a
threat quarterback Tua Tagovai- forward to competing with him. starting job, its definitely a disad-
loa from Saint Louis (Honolulu) I knew going into my decision vantage of not being able to go
and Mac Jones, the No. 12 pro- that Jalen was going to be the guy. early and learn the system and
style quarterback from The Im sticking with my decision. get comfortable, said Barton
Bolles School (Jacksonville). Ta- Im looking forward to having Simmons, the national recruiting
govailoa is on campus; Jones is him as my mentor for the first director for 247Sports. But for
not. Both could end up sitting for couple of years. Im looking for- Davis, as physically competent
a few years behind Jalen Hurts, ward to competing and putting and capable as he is, theres a cou-
who started as a freshman. my head down and getting to ple of guys there already that will
LSU has two four-stars in No. 6 work. have a say in who the starting
pro-style passer Myles Brennan For Mills, there was no choice quarterback is.
from St. Stanislaus (Bay City, because of Stanford rules. Senior The track record that Stan-
Miss.) and Lowell Narcisse, the Ryan Burns decision to return to ford has with producing and de-
No. 9 dual-threat quarterback the Cardinal for a fifth year rather veloping quarterback will make
from Saint James (La.). Brennan than transfer bolsters the depth up for the extra semester at an-
is not on campus because his high chart. Keller Chryst, who re- other place. Davis comes in about
school does not allow early grad- placed Burns midway through as polished and sharp as it gets.
uation; Narcisse is in Baton the season, has a knee injury and Hes ahead of the curve from even
Rouge. likely wont be ready until the the elite guys.
didnt waste time on discussions
that were not tangible or specific
to how do we get better.
Over the last two months, Kel-
ly hired new coordinators for the
offense (Chip Long) and the de-
fense (Mike Elko), as well as a
new strength and conditioning
coach (Matt Balis). Each position
is augmented by more assistants,
which Kelly proudly saluted MATT CASHORE, USA TODAY SPORTS
Monday. Brian Kelly had won at least eight games in each of his first six
About those three aforemen- seasons at Notre Dame before slipping to 4-8 in 2016.
tioned jobs in particular, Kelly
said, We didnt settle (for) any- countless storms of criticism. but easily taught, Kelly said.
thing but the best candidates. In additions to last years dis- Its only January. Spring foot-
appointing final record, the ball doesnt start for several more
he promised on that rainy night NCAA released findings that a weeks, and the season, of course,
in Los Angeles, he acknowledged former Notre Dame student will not begin until Sept. 2. But
ultimate change starts at the top. trainer violated rules when she Kelly, entering his eighth season
Listen, I know Im going to be helped football players commit in South Bend, has made sweep-
reminded of the past, Kelly said. academic fraud, Kelly said he had ing changes.
But if I answer this question one no culpability. Absolutely none, With all this change, how will
last time, which I will, I think that he said. Kelly ensure he does a better job
there are, in my mind, as I reflect Kelly survived 2016 and now of leading the team?
(on last year), there are no bad has a mostly new coaching staff in Well, he said. I think theres
football teams. Theres just poorly tow. Long will be in charge of a number of things. We could
led football teams. And I think I play-calling something fans spend hours on that. That youll
led this team poorly. And I think openly grieved about on social see moving forward.
thats probably what I learned media, critiquing Kellys game-
more than anything else. time decisions. And Elko will run Litman writes for The Indianapolis
Kelly has made it through a defense thats hard to decipher, Star, part of the USA TODAY Network.
championships in Kansas City, The president of the German fired off a letter to the ISU on
Mo., Auxier became one of the Olympic Committee also has Jan. 25, also obtained by USA
rare international sports leaders, called for Russia to be banned TODAY Sports, that mischarac-
and the first U.S. national govern- from the 2018 and 2020 Olympic terized Auxiers comments in or-
ing body official, to have the cour- Games if Russian sports leaders der to launch into a predictable
age to say Russia does not belong are found to have known about defense of Russian figure skating.
in the Pyeongchang Olympic the state-sponsored doping. The USFS letter pulled no
Games. It will surprise no one to find punches on Gailhaguets self-
I dont think they should be out that there are political forces serving insertion into the Auxier
able to, Auxier said. I mean, its at work in international figure story, calling it a disservice to all
state sponsored, it was ... a huge skating, so it wasnt long before ISU members.
program, well-coordinated, to one of the most notorious scoun- With this kind of preamble, the
cheat, and they should pay a pret- drels in the history of the sport 2018 Olympic figure skating com-
ty stiff penalty. I think the only Frances Didier Gailhaguet, the petition cant get here fast
way the IOC and the ISU main- mastermind of the 2002 Olympic enough.
tain any level of integrity is to pairs judging scandal piped up
take a strong stand and weigh a about Auxiers comments.
strong penalty for those actions. Long since returned from a
With those remarks, Auxier three-year expulsion for forcing FOLLOW COLUMNIST
joined the national anti-doping the French judge to cheat in a CHRISTINE BRENNAN
organizations of 19 countries in deal with the Russians at the Salt @cbrennansports to keep up with
calling for Russias banishment. Lake City Games, Gailhaguet the latest sports issues.
6C SPORTS
Illinois State driven to reach NCAAs
Scott Gleeson
@scottmgleeson
USA TODAY Sports
Illinois State coach Dan Muller
is candid in his belief that his
mens basketball team has an ob-
vious it factor this season.
The Redbirds (18-4, 10-0) are
off to their best start in Missouri
Valley Conference play and lead
the league standings for the first
time since Muller was lacing it up
for his alma mater as a two-time
MVC defensive player of the year.
The fifth-year coach also isnt
shy in his confidence with this
group, which is playing with a
swagger and togetherness remi-
niscent of Illinois States last
NCAA tournament team in
1998 with Muller as the star.
In pondering what makes his
team click, Muller starts by men-
tioning his three veteran play-
makers point guard Paris Lee,
leading scorer Deontae Hawkins
and forward MiKyle McIntosh.
He also points out the teams
depth and experience, with his
first recruiting class now seniors.
And he raves about an elite de-
fense that ranks 12th nationally
in points allowed.
But the answer isnt really
about basketball. The Redbirds
have a guardian angel this season.
If we make it (to the NCAAs),
Torreys still a part of this, Mull-
er says.
Torrey Ward, who was Illinois
States associate head coach, was
one of seven passengers killed in
a plane crash April 7, 2015. The
group, which also included depu-
ty athletics director Aaron
Leetch, was returning from the
1. Gonzaga (22-0)
Points: 785 (24 first-place votes).
Previous ranking: 3. Upcoming
games: Thursday at Brigham
Young (ESPN2, 11) and Saturday
vs. Santa Clara (ESPNU, 10).
2. Kansas (19-2)
Points: 749 (7). Previous rank-
ing: 1. Upcoming games:
Wednesday vs. No. 3 Baylor
(ESPN2, 9) and Saturday vs. Iowa
State (ESPN, 2).
3. Baylor (20-1)
Points: 720. Previous ranking:
5. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day at No. 2 Kansas (ESPN2, 9)
and Saturday vs. Kansas State
(ESPNews, 3).
4. Villanova (20-2)
Points: 719 (1). Previous rank-
ing: 2. Upcoming games:
Wednesday at Providence (FS1,
7) and Saturday vs. St. Johns
(CBSSN, 8).
5. Arizona (20-2)
Points: 672. Previous ranking:
IN BRIEF
USOC WANTS TO ENSURE
FOREIGNERS CAN COMPETE
The U.S. Olympic Committee said
its working with the government
to ensure that athletes and sports
officials from all countries can
travel to the USA for competition.
In a statement Monday attribut-
ed to USOC chairman Larry
Probst and CEO Scott Black-
mun, four days after President
Trump issued an executive order
barring citizens from seven Mus-
lim-majority countries from en-
tering the country, the governing
body said the Olympic movement
was founded upon notions of di-
versity and inclusion, of opportu-
nity and overcoming adversity.
The USA is bidding for the right
to host the 2024 Summer Olym-
pics with Paris and Budapest,
Hungary, also in the running.
Trumps travel ban has led to
concern about what impact it will
have on the Los Angeles bid. The
IOC will vote Sept. 13 on the host
city for 2024. IOC member Rich-
ard Peterkin of St. Lucia took to
Twitter to criticize the order.
Trumps Executive Order on im-
migration is totally contrary to
Olympic ideals, Peterkin wrote.
U.S. WRESTLERS WILL ATTEND
WORLD MEET IN IRAN
U.S. wrestlers will travel for a
competition in Iran as scheduled,
despite an immigration order put
in place by President Trump
Final Four in Indianapolis. The
tragedy is not forgotten: The
locker room features a mural of
Ward on the wall and a Redbird
7 logo on the carpet. That logo,
which commemorates the seven
lost, also is on patches on the
players jerseys.
Theres not a day that goes by
where I dont think about those
guys on the plane, Muller says.
We wouldnt be here right now if
it werent for Torrey. He recruited
half the dudes on the roster.
Lee is among the players most
affected. He and his teammates
wear Working for Ward and
T Ward bracelets around cam-
pus. During the national anthem
on game days, several players
point to the sky for Ward. And
9. Upcoming games: Thursday
at Oregon State (ESPN2, 9) and
Saturday at No. 13 Oregon
(ESPN, 4)
6. Kentucky (17-4)
Points: 583. Previous ranking:
4. Upcoming games: Tuesday
vs. Georgia (ESPN, 9) and Sat-
urday at No. 23 Florida (ESPN,
8:15).
7. Louisville (18-4)
Points: 525. Previous ranking:
14. Upcoming game: Saturday
at Boston College.
8. UCLA (19-3)
Points: 518. Previous ranking: 7.
Upcoming games: Wednesday
at Washington State (Pac-12, 9)
and Saturday at Washington
(Pac-12, 10:30).
9. Wisconsin (18-3)
Points: 509. Previous ranking:
15. Upcoming games: Tuesday
at Illinois (BTN, 9) and Sunday vs.
Indiana (CBS, 1).
10. North Carolina
(19-4)
Points: 499. Previous ranking:
6. Upcoming games: Tuesday
vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN2, 7) and
Saturday vs. No. 18 Notre Dame
(ESPN, 6).
U.S. wrestlers competed in the Wrestling World Cup in 2013 in Tehran and
finished in third place.
that has raised questions about
travel to seven Muslim-majority
countries. USA Wrestling will
send a delegation to Iran to com-
pete in a world dual competition
Feb. 16-17, the national governing
body announced Monday. The
delegation will include 13 ath-
letes, two coaches and support
staff. This tour continues a long
history of goodwill and coopera-
tion between the United States
and Iran through wrestling,
which is an impressive example
of diplomacy between the people
of these nations through sport.
This is an important interna-
tional competition, and we look
Lee wears Jordan sneakers that
were previously Wards, given to
him by Wards mother, Janice.
Since he started wearing the
shoes at the start of conference
play, the team hasnt lost.
We always talk about memo-
ries, how (Ward) wouldve acted
in a certain situation, how funny
he was, Lee says.
The players and coaching staff
dont bury their pain. They wear
it and promote Wards legacy in
the process. They talk about their
motivating force often.
Likewise, Muller says, the team
doesnt shy away from talking
about the elephant in the room.
That would be their goal of reach-
ing the NCAA tournament.
Muller arrived at Illinois State
11. Virginia (16-4)
Points: 470. Previous ranking:
13. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day vs. Virginia Tech and Sat-
urday at Syracuse (ESPN2, 12).
12. West Virginia (17-4)
Points: 457. Previous ranking:
18. Upcoming games: Tuesday
at Iowa State (ESPN2, 9) and
Saturday vs. Oklahoma State
(ESPNU, 5).
13. Oregon (19-3)
Points: 451. Previous ranking:
10. Upcoming games: Thursday
vs. Arizona State (FS1, 11) and
Saturday vs. No. 5 Arizona
(ESPN, 4).
14. Cincinnati (19-2)
Points: 360. Previous ranking:
19. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day at Tulsa (CBSSN, 9) and
Saturday vs. Connecticut (ESPN2,
4).
15. Butler (18-4)
Points: 328. Previous ranking:
11. Upcoming game: Tuesday vs.
No. 22 Creighton (FS1, 7).
16. Florida State (18-4)
Points: 321. Previous ranking:
8. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day at Miami (Fla.) and Sunday
vs. Clemson (ESPNU, 12:30).
AP FILE PHOTO BY AHMAD HALABISAZ
forward to competing against the
Worlds best wrestling teams,
Rich Bender, USA Wrestling ex-
ecutive director, said in a state-
ment. Officials in Iran responded
Saturday to Trumps ban by
suggesting the country would
limit issuing visas to Americans.
LIONS RB FARR HAD CTE
Mel Farrs family revealed that
the late Detroit Lions running
back had Stage 3 CTE at the time
of his 2015 death. The disease,
short for chronic traumatic en-
cephalopathy, is believed to be
linked to repeated hits to the
head. The family members spoke
SEAN POKORNY,
USA TODAY SPORTS
Point
guard
Paris Lee
(1) has
helped
Illinois
State to an
18-4 start
that in-
cludes a
10-0 mark
in Mis-
souri Val-
ley Con-
ference
games.
in 2012 with an obvious mission:
Get the Redbirds back to the Big
Dance. He knows the fan base is
starving and how close the pro-
gram has been to eclipsing the
MVCs longest NCAA tourney
drought of 18 years; theyve
played in four of the last nine
MVC tournament finals.
Of this years team, Muller
says: I think we can play with
anyone in the country. ... I think
were one of the best, if not the
best, midmajors in the country.
Yet as confident as he and his
players are, Muller knows one
bad week can be the difference
between the NCAA tournament
and the National Invitation Tour-
nament. Illinois States creden-
tials a Ratings Percentage
17. Maryland (19-2)
Points: 253. Previous ranking:
23. Upcoming games: Tuesday
at Ohio State (ESPN, 7) and
Saturday vs. No. 24 Purdue
(ESPN, 12).
18. Notre Dame (17-6)
Points: 228. Previous ranking:
12. Mondays result: Lost to
No. 21 Duke 84-74. Upcoming
game: Saturday at No. 10 North
Carolina (ESPN, 6).
19. Saint Marys (19-2)
Points: 214. Previous ranking:
21. Upcoming games: Thursday
at Pacific (ESPNU, 11) and Sat-
urday at San Diego.
20. South Carolina
(17-4)
Points: 191. Previous ranking:
24. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day at LSU (SEC, 9) and Saturday
vs. Georgia (ESPN2, 2).
21. Duke (17-5)
Points: 165. Previous ranking:
17. Mondays result: Beat No. 18
Notre Dame 84-74. Upcoming
game: Saturday vs. Pittsburgh
(CBS, 1).
22. Creighton (19-3)
Points: 159. Previous ranking:
to ESPNs Outside the Lines. I
cried, Monet Bartell, Farrs
daughter, said of learning the
postmortem diagnosis. It was a
twofold cry, though. It was a cry
of joy that, finding out that my fa-
ther was so far along with CTE,
that he still maintained his integ-
rity. He still maintained being
that superstar that everybody
knew. Im thankful that my dad
didnt get to Stage 4, because we
all know what Stage 4 looks like.
... Football players are these big,
macho guys, and theyre not go-
ing to tell you that theyre hurt-
ing. I hurt not knowing how my
daddy suffered.
REPORT: NHLS ISLANDERS
MIGHT BE OUT OF BARCLAYS
The New York Islanders stay in
Brooklyn could be short-lived.
Bloomberg reported Monday that
Barclays Center, the arena the
Isles have called home since 2015,
will terminate the lease after the
2018-19 season. A spokesperson
for Barclays Center declined to
comment when reached by USA
TODAY Sports; the team couldnt
be reached. The Islanders tenure
in Brooklyn has been rocky from
the start. Most of the players re-
mained on Long Island, where
the team played since its incep-
tion in 1972, causing a difficult
commute via Long Island Rail-
road.
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
E2
Index of 34 but no top-60 non-
conference wins might perhaps
pass a blind rsum test. But its
never that simple.
Should the Redbirds not claim
the MVCs automatic bid by win-
ning the league tournament in
St. Louis, USA TODAY Sports
bracketologist Shelby Mast
thinks they have a decent shot at
landing an at-large bid a rare
occurrence for midmajors only
if they win at Wichita State on
Saturday and dont suffer a bad
loss. If they lose to a bad team,
theyre out, Mast says.
Since taking over first place in
the MVC with a convincing 76-62
victory Jan. 14 against the confer-
ences most successful program,
Wichita State, Lee says the Red-
birds have had a constant target
on their back.
When youre No. 1 in the con-
ference, youre getting everyones
best shot, he says. Theyre
throwing haymakers at us. I
think, so far, weve responded the
right way. The key has been on
defense. We take pride in our
defense and let it start our of-
fense. We arent afraid to call
each other out if one of us gets
beat.
That defensive accountability
and high standard is part of the
culture Muller, who spent 12 sea-
sons under Kevin Stallings at
Vanderbilt, brought to the pro-
gram. But the 40-year-old coach
credits his personal relationships
with players as a major compo-
nent to the programs success.
And he learned that from Ward.
The tragedy helped me grow
as a coach and a man, Muller
says. For the older guys, weve
been through it together. Thats
why we keep it close to us.
16. Upcoming games: Tuesday
at No. 15 Butler (FS1, 7) and Sat-
urday vs. No. 25 Xavier (Fox, 3).
23. Florida (16-5)
Points: 137. Previous ranking:
25. Upcoming games: Thursday
vs. Missouri (ESPN2, 7) and Sat-
urday vs. No. 6 Kentucky (ESPN,
8:15).
24. Purdue (17-5)
Points: 106. Previous ranking:
20. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day vs. Northwestern (BTN, 8:30)
and Saturday at No. 17 Mary-
land (ESPN, 12).
25. Xavier (15-6)
Points: 97. Previous ranking:
22. Upcoming games: Wednes-
day vs. Seton Hall (FS1, 9) and
Saturday at No. 22 Creighton
(Fox, 3).
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Northwestern (18-4) 73;
Southern
Methodist
(18-4) 33;
Southern
California
(18-4) 24;
Miami (Fla.)
(14-6) 19;
Middle Ten-
nessee (19-3) 9; North Carolina-Wilmington
(20-3) 8; New Mexico State (20-2) 7; Indiana
(14-8) 3; Nevada (18-4) 3; Wichita State (19-4) 3;
Akron (18-3) 1; Kansas State (15-6) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made
up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions.
All are members of the National Association of
Basketball Coaches.
SAN DIEGO GROUP
WANTS MLS TEAM
Major League Soccer officially
has another city seeking an ex-
pansion franchise. MLS Commis-
sioner Don Garber accepted a
San Diego investor groups appli-
cation on the flight deck of the
USS Midway Museum. With the
NFLs Chargers relocating to the
Los Angeles area and leaving the
166-acre Qualcomm Stadium site
vacant, FS Investors has pro-
posed remaking the area into a
sports-entertainment district
that would include a 30,000-seat
stadium for an MLS team and
San Diego States football pro-
gram.
EX-COWBOY APPLIES
TO INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Former Dallas Cowboys defen-
sive end Greg Hardy has sub-
mitted an application to play in
an independent football league in
April, a person with knowledge of
the situation tells the Associated
Press. The person spoke on con-
dition of anonymity because he
wasnt authorized to discuss the
application. Hardys agent, Drew
Rosenhaus, didnt immediately
return a message. Hardy didnt
play last season after a tumultu-
ous 2015 with the Cowboys be-
cause of his domestic violence
case in North Carolina.
From staff and wire reports
USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 E6 SPORTS 7C
FOR THE RECORD
NFL ramento 31 (Lawson 11), Philadelphia 32
(McConnell 11). Total FoulsSacramento
SC State 77, Howard 68
Texas State 68, Appalachian St. 55
3. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 5695
4. Milos Raonic, Canada, 4930
28, Philadelphia 18. A15,840 (20,328). William & Mary 108, Drexel 85 5. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 4830
All Times ET Heat 104, Nets 96 MIDWEST 6. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 4385
Duke 84, Notre Dame 74 7. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 3560
Pro Bowl BROOKLYN 8. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 3505
Sunday, Jan. 29 Booker 5-9 3-5 13, Lopez 5-17 4-6 14, Din- AP Womens Top 25 9. Gael Monfils, France, 3445
At Orlando, Fla. widdie 3-7 4-4 10, Bogdanovic 6-13 3-3 16, The top 25 teams in The Associated Press 10. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 3260
AFC 20, NFC 13 Foye 2-7 0-0 5, Hamilton 4-5 0-0 9, White- womens college basketball poll, with first- 11. David Goffin, Belgium, 2930
Super Bowl head 6-12 0-0 13, Kilpatrick 3-6 2-2 8, Hol- place votes in parentheses, records 12. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 2790
lis-Jefferson 1-3 2-2 4, LeVert 2-8 0-0 4. To- through Jan. 29, total points based on 25 13. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 2765
Sunday, tals 37-87 18-22 96. points for a first-place vote through one 14. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 2685 Boys basketball
At Houston MIAMI
Atlanta vs. New England, 6:30 p.m. (Fox) Babbitt 1-2 0-0 3, Whiteside 6-10 0-0 12,
point for a 25th-place vote and last weeks
ranking:
15. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 2415
16. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 2350 1. Nathan Hale, Seattle (18-0)
Dragic 6-13 7-11 20, Waiters 7-18 2-4 19, Record Pts Prv 17. Lucas Pouille, France, 2131 Previous ranking (PR): 1. Result: Michael Porter Jr. had 25 points in a 100-57 win at Ballard
Sundays Pro Bowl 1. UConn (33) 20-0 825 1
McGruder 5-9 0-0 13, White 2-4 2-2 7, 18. Richard Gasquet, France, 1975 (Seattle).
AFC 20, NFC 13 J.Johnson 6-11 3-4 17, Reed 3-3 0-0 6, El- 2. Baylor 21-1 789 2 19. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 1875
3. Maryland 21-1 748 3
AFC
NFC
0 14
0 7
3
0
3 20
6 13
lington 2-5 0-0 4, T.Johnson 1-7 1-2 3. Totals
39-82 15-23 104. 4. South Carolina 18-1 737 5
20. Jack Sock, United States, 1855
21. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 1745 2. Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth, Calif. (19-1)
Brooklyn 32 20 25 19 96 5. Miss. State 21-1 689 4 22. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 1735
First Quarter 6. Florida State 20-2 663 6 23. John Isner, United States, 1715 PR: 2. Result: Marvin Bagley III had 35 points in a 124-94 win at Cathedral (Los Angeles).
None. AFC 0, NFC 0. Miami 28 28 28 20 104 24. Gilles Simon, France, 1495
7. Notre Dame 20-3 591 8
Second Quarter 3-Point GoalsBrooklyn 4-26 (Hamilton
AFCWalker 26 pass from Smith (Tucker 1-2, Whitehead 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-4, Foye
8. Stanford
9. Louisville
19-3 580
20-4 543
10
9
25. David Ferrer, Spain, 1470
3. La Lumiere, La Porte, Ind. (20-1)
kick) 14:52. Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 2:09. 1-5, Hollis-Jefferson 0-1, Booker 0-1, Kilpat- 10. Washington 20-3 522 7 PR: 3. Result: Brian Bowen had 28 points in a 104-43 defeat of Lighthouse Christian (Anti-
AFC 7, NFC 0.
NFC Baldwin 47 pass from Brees (Prater
rick 0-2, LeVert 0-2, Lopez 0-6), Miami 11-26
(Waiters 3-6, McGruder 3-6, J.Johnson 2-3,
11. Oregon State 20-2 520 11 SOCCER och, Tenn.).
12. Texas 16-4 467 12
kick) 6:26. Drive: 4 plays, 58 yards, 1:31. AFC Dragic 1-2, Babbitt 1-2, White 1-3, Ellington
7, NFC 7 0-2, T.Johnson 0-2). Fouled OutWhite-
13. UCLA 17-4 442 13 4. Memphis East, Memphis (20-3)
AFCKelce 23 pass from Dalton (Tucker side. ReboundsBrooklyn 53 (Hollis-Jeffer-
14. Ohio State 19-5 399 15 All Times ET
kick) 1:40. Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards :50. AFC 15. Duke 18-4 384 14 English Premier League PR: 4. Result: Alex Lomax had 19 points in a 96-56 defeat of Hamilton (Memphis).
son 11), Miami 34 (Whiteside 9). Assists 16. Miami 16-5 320 17
14, NFC 7 Brooklyn 16 (Whitehead 5), Miami 22 GP W D L GF GA Pts
17. DePaul 18-5 235 21
Third Quarter (Waiters 9). Total FoulsBrooklyn 23, Mi-
AFCFG Tucker 38 7:29. Drive: 10 plays, 55 ami 18. A19,600 (19,600). 18. Oklahoma
19. N.C. State
16-6 199
16-6 177
20
18
Chelsea
Arsenal
22 18
22 14
1
5
3
3
47
50
15
23
55
47 5. Chino Hills, Calif. (23-0)
yards, 7:31. AFC 17, NFC 7. Tottenham 22 13 7 2 45 16 46 PR: 5. Result: LiAngelo Ball had 33 points in a 106-80 defeat of No. 16 Wasatch Academy
Celtics 113, Pistons 109 20. South Florida 17-3 168 23
Fourth Quarter DETROIT 21. Green Bay 19-2 164 24
Liverpool 22 13 6 3 51 27 45 (Mount Pleasant, Utah).
AFCFG Tucker 31 14:12. Drive: 15 plays, 61 Man. City 22 13 4 5 43 28 43
Morris 6-16 0-0 13, Leuer 1-5 4-4 6, Drum- 22. West Virginia 16-6 114 22
yards, 7:22. AFC 20, NFC 7.
NFCFG Prater 42 9:31, Drive: 9 plays, 51 mond 12-19 4-7 28, R.Jackson 4-12 4-6 12, 23. Arizona State 14-7 113 16
Man. United
Everton
22 11
22 10
8
6
3
6
33
33
21
23
41
36 6. IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. (22-1)
Caldwell-Pope 5-16 6-8 18, Harris 7-14 1-2 24. Syracuse 15-7 109 West Bromwich 22 9 5 8 30 28 32
yards, 4:43. AFC 20, NFC 10. 25. Kentucky 15-6 74 PR: 7. Result: Silvio De Sousa had 20 points in an 81-71 defeat of Village Christian Academy
NFCFG Prater 46 4:29. Drive: 9 plays, 48 15, S.Johnson 2-7 1-2 5, Bullock 0-1 0-0 0, Stoke 22 7 7 8 28 34 28 (Fayetteville, N.C.).
yards, 3:21. AFC 20, NFC 13. Udrih 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 6-7 0-0 12. Totals 43- Others receiving votes: Kansas State 49, West Ham 22 8 4 10 29 36 28
97 20-29 109. Michigan 32, Tennessee 25, Virginia Tech
A60,834.
BOSTON 21, Drake 6, Harvard 6, Northwestern 3,
Southampton 22 7
Bournemouth 22 7
6
5
9
10
22
32
26
39
27
26 7. Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev. (21-3)
AFC NFC Temple 3, Texas A&M 3, Creighton 2, Ore- Burnley 22 8 2 12 24 33 26
Brown 2-6 0-0 4, Crowder 6-12 5-8 21, Jere-
FIRST DOWNS 14 21 gon 2, Northern Colorado 1. Watford 22 6 6 10 25 38 24 PR: 8. Result: Reggie Chaney had 21 points in a 119-78 defeat of Planet Athlete (Phoenix).
bko 1-2 0-0 3, Horford 6-10 0-0 13, Thomas
Rushing 2 2 11-23 15-15 41, Green 1-5 2-2 4, A.Johnson Leicester 22 5 6 11 24 37 21
Major Womens Scores
Passing
Penalty
11
1
17
2
2-5 0-0 4, Olynyk 2-3 1-2 5, Smart 3-13 5-6
13, Rozier 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 36-82 28-33 EAST
Middlesbrough 22 4
Swansea 22 5
8
3
10
14
18
26
25
51
20
18 8. Oak Hill, Mouth of Wilson, Va. (24-3)
113. Bryant 50, Fairleigh Dickinson 48 Crystal Palace 22 4 4 14 30 41 16 PR: 9. Result: Billy Preston had 19 points and 12 rebounds in a 79-54 defeat of A.C. Flora
THIRD DOWN EFF 5-14 5-13 Detroit 25 21 24 39 109 Delaware St. 55, NC Central 51 Hull 22 4 4 14 20 47 16 (Columbia, S.C.).
FOURTH DOWN EFF 1-1 0-2 LIU Brooklyn 68, CCSU 62 Sunderland 22 4 3 15 20 42 15
Boston 26 28 25 34 113 Manhattan 57, St. Peters 44
TOTAL NET YARDS 241 353
3-Point GoalsDetroit 3-27 (Caldwell- Mount St. Marys 61, Sacred Heart 59
Home teams in CAPS
Tuesdays Games
9. Montverde Academy, Montverde, Fla. (20-3)
Total Plays 58 69 Pope 2-7, Morris 1-7, Leuer 0-2, R.Jackson Robert Morris 70, St. Francis (Pa.) 68
Watford vs. ARSENAL, 2:45 p.m. PR: 6. Result: Lost 57-48 to then-unranked Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) in the champi-
Avg Gain 4.2 5.1 0-3, Harris 0-4, S.Johnson 0-4), Boston 13- Savannah St. 59, Md.-Eastern Shore 58 onship game of the Montverde Invitational.
32 (Crowder 4-6, Thomas 4-11, Smart 2-3, Wagner 58, St. Francis Brooklyn 45 West Bromwich Albion vs. MIDDLES-
NET YARDS RUSHING 31 45 BROUGH, 2:45 p.m.
Rushes 19 15
Jerebko 1-2, Rozier 1-2, Horford 1-3, Olynyk SOUTH Southampton vs. SWANSEA, 2:45 p.m. 10. Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif. (23-1)
0-1, Green 0-1, A.Johnson 0-1, Brown 0-2). Ark.-Pine Bluff 78, Jackson St. 71
Avg per rush 1.6 3 Fouled OutR.Jackson. ReboundsDe- Tottenham vs. SUNDERLAND, 2:45 p.m.
Florida A&M 61, Morgan St. 26 Leicester vs. BURNLEY, 2:45 p.m.
NET YARDS PASSING 210 308 troit 51 (Drummond 22), Boston 44 (Jere- PR: 10. Result: Spencer Freedman had 15 points in a 79-53 defeat of Servite (Anaheim).
Grambling St. 88, MVSU 67 Crystal Palace vs. BOURNEMOUTH, 2:45
Sacked-Yds lost 7-30 2-14 bko 10). AssistsDetroit 18 (R.Jackson 6), Hampton 78, Coppin St. 54
Boston 23 (Thomas, Smart 8). Total Fouls p.m.
Gross-Yds passing 240 322 Detroit 23, Boston 18.
Howard 75, SC State 57
Norfolk St. 69, NC A&T 53
Chelsea vs. LIVERPOOL, 3 p.m. 11. Shadow Mountain, Phoenix (20-0)
Completed-Att. 24-32 31-52 Tennessee 76, South Carolina 74 Wednesdays Games
Had Intercepted 1 2 Timberwolves 111, Magic 105 Manchester City vs. WEST HAM, 2:45 p.m. PR: 13. Result: Jaelen House had 23 points in a 93-33 defeat of Thunderbird (Phoenix).
(OT) MIDWEST Everton vs. STOKE, 3 p.m.
Yards-Pass Play 5.4 5.7 Missouri 73, Kentucky 67
ORLANDO Hull vs. MANCHESTER UNITED, 3 p.m.
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 0-0-0 0-0-0
Gordon 4-11 3-3 12, Ibaka 7-16 0-0 17, Vu- SOUTHWEST 12. Hamilton Heights Christian, Chattanooga,
Alabama St. 75, Prairie View 61
PUNTS-Avg.
Punts blocked.
4-48.3
0
4-46
0
cevic 5-15 3-6 13, Watson 6-10 5-5 18, Pay-
ton 9-17 1-2 21, Rudez 0-1 0-0 0, Green 4-6 Texas Southern 60, Alabama A&M 51 DEALS Tenn. (23-5)
FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0 1-1 10, Fournier 4-11 0-0 9, Biyombo 0-0 0-2 PR: 14. Result: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points in an 84-72 defeat of Southwest
Christian Academy (Little Rock).
TOTAL RETURN YARD- 135 12 0, Augustin 2-9 0-0 5. Totals 41-96 13-19
105. COLLEGE SOFTBALL BASEBALL
AGE
Punt Returns 3-49 3-6 MINNESOTA Major League Baseball
MLB Announced St. Louis will forfeit its
13. Newton, Covington, Ga. (23-0)
Wiggins 10-21 6-8 27, Towns 8-18 6-7 23, USA Today/NFCA Division I
Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Dieng 2-7 0-0 5, Rubio 7-16 2-4 22, LaVine second-round (No. 56) and compensation PR: 15. Result: Won 79-64 at Rockdale County (Conyers) as J.D. Notae had 23 points.
Interceptions 2-86 1-6 3-9 4-5 11, Muhammad 4-10 0-0 10, Bjelica Top 25 Preseason Coaches Poll round B (No. 75) draft picks to Houston and
3-4 1-2 7, Aldrich 1-2 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, W-L Pts Prv pay Houston $2 million for hacking Astros.
PENALTIES-Yds 4-26 5-25
FUMBLES-Lost 4-1 0-0
Dunn 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 40-92 19-26 111. 1. Oklahoma (32) 57-8 800 1 Placed Christopher Correa on the perma-
nently ineligible list.
14. Bishop Montgomery, Torrance, Calif. (20-2)
Orlando 23 28 28 19 7 105 2. Auburn 58-12 745 2
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:25 28:35 American League PR: 17. Result: Ethan Thompson had 26 points and six assists in a 79-55 defeat of Fairfax
Minnesota 26 26 28 18 13 111 3. Florida State 55-10 683 4
(Los Angeles).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 3-Point GoalsOrlando 10-35 (Ibaka 3-7,
4. Florida 56-7 671 8 BOSTON RED SOX Named Spencer Bin-
RUSHINGAFC, Ajayi 7-18, Murray 5-8, 4. LSU 52-18 671 3 gol baseball research & development ana-
Juszczyk 3-8, Dalton 2-(minus 1), Rivers 2-
Payton 2-5, Green 1-2, Watson 1-3, Four-
nier 1-4, Gordon 1-5, Augustin 1-5, Rudez
6. Michigan 52-7 655 5 lyst; Fred Hubert senior baseball systems 15. Imhotep Charter, Philadelphia (18-2)
(minus 2). NFC, Howard 5-21, Elliott 8-20, 7. Alabama 51-14 653 6 developer; Patrick McLaughlin minor
0-1, Vucevic 0-3), Minnesota 12-29 (Rubio league video/Florida baseball operations PR: Not ranked. Result: Won the Montverde Invitational, as David Scott had 17 points in a
Tolbert 1-3, Collins 1-1. 6-9, Muhammad 2-5, Towns 1-2, Dieng 1-2, 8. UCLA 40-16-1 534 9 57-48 defeat of then-No. 6 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.).
PASSINGAFC, Smith 6-8-0-74, Dalton 10- 9. Oregon 48-10 484 10 assistant; and J.T. Watkins advance scout-
Wiggins 1-3, LaVine 1-6, Dunn 0-2). Fouled ing assistant.
12-1-100, Rivers 7-11-0-59, Colquitt 1-1-0-7. 10. Arizona
NFC, Prescott 7-13-0-52, Brees 10-19-1-
OutRubio. ReboundsOrlando 48 (Vu-
cevic 11), Minnesota 51 (Dieng 14). As- 11. La-Lafayette
40-21 466
46-9 444
14
12 TAMPA BAY RAYS Signed OF Colby Ras- 16. Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah
112, Cousins 14-20-1-158.
RECEIVINGAFC, Hilton 5-58, Juszczyk 5-
sistsOrlando 22 (Vucevic 5), Minnesota 12. Georgia
13. Washington
46-20 435
39-15 430
7
13
mus to a one-year contract. Released OF
Jason Coats. (18-3)
29 (Rubio 8). Total FoulsOrlando 25, Min-
43, Ajayi 5-14, Kelce 3-36, Thomas 2-37, nesota 20. TechnicalsAugustin. 14. J. Madison 50-6 418 11 BASKETBALL PR: 16. Result: Lost 106-80 to No. 5 Chino Hills, Calif.
Walker 2-35, Hill 1-9, Sanders 1-8. NFC, A11,124 (19,356). 15. Tennessee 43-16 331 17 NBA
Beckham 6-93, Bryant 5-59, Graham 5-29, 16. Minnesota 43-14 295 20 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Signed G Toney
Sproles 4-28, Baldwin 3-67, Olsen 2-26, 17. Missouri 42-16 271 15 Douglas to a 10-day contract. Waived F 17. Klein Forest, Houston (25-0)
Howard 2-12, Tolbert 2-5, Elliott 1-2, Patter-
son 1-1.
NHL 18. Utah 36-21 266 16 Troy Williams.
PUNT RETURNSAFC, Hill 3-16. NFC, Harris
19. Texas A&M 39-20 258 19 Womens National Basketball PR: 19. Result: Cedrick Alley and Taj Simmons each had 17 points in a 67-34 defeat of Klein.
20. Kentucky 46-14 250 18 Association
3-2.
All Times ET 21. Baylor 45-14 171 21
KICKOFF RETURNSAFC, None. NFC, None.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKSAFC, Alexander EASTERN CONFERENCE 22. Notre Dame 43-13 121 23
NEW YORK LIBERTY Acquired C Kia
Vaughn and G Bria Hartley from Washing- 18. McEachern, Powder Springs, Ga. (21-0)
7-1-0, Brown 7-0-0, Alexander 5-1-0, Casey Atlantic Division 23. Fla. Atlantic 51-9 87 24 ton and traded C Carolyn Swords to Seat-
24. Fresno State 42-12-1 65 22 tle. Washington received Seattles first- PR: 21: Result: Alex OConnell had 25 points in an 83-58 win at Milton.
5-1-0, Harris 3-0-0, Hayward 3-0-0, Miller GP W L OT Pts GF GA
3-1-0, Miller 3-1-.5, Talib 3-0-0, Shazier 2- 25. South Florida 45-16 47 25 round (No. 6) draft pick in the three-team
Montreal 50 29 14 7 65 150 125
2-0, Weddle 2-0-0, Atkins 1-2-1.5, Nelson 1-
0-0, Stewart 1-0-0, Gilmore 0-0-0, Orakpo
Ottawa 47 26 15 6 58 127 123
Records are final from 2016.
Receiving Votes: Oregon State (23), Okla-
trade.
HOCKEY 19. Moeller, Cincinnati (17-0)
Boston 52 25 21 6 56 131 135 homa State (22), Texas (17), South Carolina
0-1-0. NFC, Griffen 8-0-3, Smith 5-0-0, Toronto 47 23 15 9 55 145 133 (13), Ole Miss (12), Nebraska (12), UCF (10),
National Hockey League PR: 22. Result: Miles McBride had 12 points in a 60-34 win at Wilmington.
Wagner 4-0-0, Wright 4-0-0, Bennett 3-1-2, Florida 50 21 19 10 52 116 137 NEW JERSEY DEVILS Recalled D Seth Hel-
Davis 3-3-0, McCoy 3-3-1, Peterson 3-0-0, Tulsa (7), California (6), Cal State Fullerton
Tampa Bay 50 22 22 6 50 136 146 geson, D Steven Santini and D Karl Stollery
Avril 2-0-1, Barr 2-1-0, Cox 2-1-0, Joseph 2-
1-0, Lee 1-0-0, Sherman 0-0-0.
Buffalo 48 20 19 9 49 118 136
(5), Arizona State (3), Northwestern (3),
North Carolina (2), Ohio State (2), BYU (1),
from Albany (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Recalled D Jake
20. Paul VI, Fairfax, Va. (18-2)
Detroit 49 20 20 9 49 123 144 USC Upstate (1).
INTERCEPTIONSAFC, Alexander 1-20, Gil- Dotchin from Syracuse (AHL). PR: 25. Result: Brandon Slater had 20 points in a 73-67 win at Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.).
more 1-0. NFC, Sherman 1-6. Metropolitan Division The USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll
WASHINGTON CAPITALS Recalled D
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone. GP W L OT Pts GF GA is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head
Christian Djoos and F Chandler Stephen-
OFFICIALSReferee Jerome Boger, Ump
Carl Paganelli, HL Greg Bradley, LJ Tom Sy-
Washington 49
Columbus 48
33
32
10 6 72 160 106
12 4 68 160 114
coaches, one representing each conference.
son from Hershey (AHL). 21. Jonesboro, Ark. (20-0)
monette, FJ James Coleman, SJ Bob Wag- COLLEGE
Pittsburgh 48 30 13 5 65 172 141
goner, BJ Greg Meyer, Replay Al Hynes. N.Y. Rangers 49 31 17 1 63 167 129 TENNIS STANFORD Named Kevin Hambly direc-
tor of womens volleyball.
PR: 23. Result: Desi Sills had 31 points in a 92-63 defeat of Forrest City.
Phildelphia 50 25 19 6 56 140 155
NBA
N.Y. Islnders 47 21 17 9 51 136 136
WTA Taiwan Open 22. Union, Tulsa (16-0)
Carolina
New Jersey 50
48 21
20
20 7 49 126 140
21 9 49 113 144 In Taipei City, Taiwan GOLF
Surface: Hard. PR: 24. Result: Mo Garcia had 23 points in a 79-57 defeat of Sapulpa.
All Times ET WESTERN CONFERENCE Singles First round: Shelby Rogers (7),
Central Division PGA Tour Schedule
EASTERN CONFERENCE
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
United States, def. Lee Ya-hsuan, Taiwan,
6-3, 6-4; Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Nicole Jan. 5-8 SBS Tournament of Champions 23. Gonzaga, Washington, D.C. (17-3)
Atlantic Division Gibbs, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Katerina (Justin Thomas) PR: Not ranked. Result: Chris Lykes had 11 points in a 71-41 defeat of Archbishop Carroll
W L Pct GB Minnesota 48 32 11 5 69 160 109 Jan. 12-15 Sony Open, Waialae CC, Ho-
Chicago 51 30 16 5 65 142 132 Siniakova (5), Czech Republic, def. Galina (Washington, D.C.).
Boston 30 18 .625 Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; nolulu (Justin Thomas)
Toronto 29 19 .604 1 Nashville 49 24 17 8 56 138 130 Jan. 19-22 CareerBuilder Challenge
New York 21 28 .429 912 St. Louis
Dallas
49
50
24
20
20 5 53 138 152
20 10 50 135 157
Anastasija Sevastova (4), Latvia, def. Miyu
Kato, Japan, 6-0, 6-4; Risa Ozaki, Japan, (Hudson Swafford) 24. The Patrick School, Hillside, N.J. (14-3)
Philadelphia 18 29 .383 1112 def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 7-6 (3), 3-2, Jan. 26-29 Farmers Insurance Open (Jon PR: Not ranked. Result: Nick Richards had 22 points in a 71-47 defeat of Blair Academy
Brooklyn 9 39 .188 21 Winnipeg 52 23 25 4 50 150 161 Rahm)
Colorado 46 13 31 2 28 93 156 retired; Misaki Doi (6), Japan, def. Nao Hibi- (Blairstown).
Southeast Division no, Japan, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Mandy Minella, Feb. 2-5 Waste Management Phoenix
Pacific Division Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course),
Atlanta
W
28
L
20
Pct GB
.583 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Luxembourg, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia,
1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Scottsdale, Ariz. 25. Edwardsville, Ill. (18-1)
Washington 27 20 .574 1
2 San Jose 50 31 17 2 64 135 116 Doubles First round: Lee Ya-hsuan, Tai- Feb. 9-12 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am,
Pebble Beach; Spyglass Hill, Monterey Pen- PR: Not ranked. Result: Avenged only loss with a 76-49 defeat of Belleville West (Belleville)
Charlotte 23 25 .479 5 Edmonton 51 28 15 8 64 152 132 wan, and Peangtarn Plipuech, Thailand, as Mark Smith had 23 points.
Miami 19 30 .388 912 Anaheim 51 27 15 9 63 133 129 def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and insula CC, Pebble Beach, Calif.
Feb. 16-19 Genesis Open, Riviera CC, Los Dropped out: No. 11 DeMatha Catholic, Hyattsville, Md.; No. 12 Simeon, Chicago; No. 18
Orlando 19 31 .380 10 Calgary 52 25 24 3 53 134 149 Aleksandra Krunic (3), Serbia, 6-4, 0-6, Sunrise Christian, Wichita; No. 20 Mount St. Joseph, Baltimore.
10-8; Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Nicole Angeles
Central Division Los Angeles 49 24 21 4 52 123 121
Melichar, United Staets, def. Akiko Omae, Feb. 23-26 Honda Classic, PGA National The Super 25 rankings are compiled by USA TODAY Sports Jim Halley, based on results,
W L Pct GB Vancouver 50 23 21 6 52 119 140 tradition, quality of players and strength of schedule. The regional rankings are available
Arizona 48 16 26 6 38 108 152 Japan, and Zhu Lin, China, 7-5, 6-2. (Champion GC), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Cleveland 32 15 .681 March 2-5 WGC-Mexico Championship, at usatodayhss.com. Results through Sunday. Next rankings Feb. 7.
Indiana 25 22 .532 7 Sundays Games WTA St. Petersburg Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico City
Chicago 24 25 .490 9 All-Star Game: Central 3, Pacific 10
Milwaukee 21 26 .447 11 All-Star Game: Atlantic 6, Metropolitan 10
Ladies Trophy March 9-12 Valsapr Champion, Innis-
In St. Petersburg, Russia brook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor,
Detroit 21 27 .438 1212 All-Star Final: Metropolitan 4, Pacific 3 Fla.
Surface: Hard-Indoor; Purse: $776,000
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Mondays Games
No Games Scheduled
Singles First round: Annika Beck, Germa-
ny, def. Kiki Bertens (7), Netherlands, 7-5,
PGA Tour Statistics SPORTS ON TV
W L Pct GB Tuesdays Games 3-6, 6-4; Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, def. FedExCup Season Points Times Eastern. Programs live unless noted. Check local listings.
San Antonio 36 11 .766 Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-4; 1, Justin Thomas, 1,614.478. 2, Hideki Mat-
Houston 35 16 .686 3 Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, def. Anna Kalin- suyama, 1,197.139. 3, Pat Perez, 857.616. 4,
Memphis 28 21 .571 9 Nashville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. skaya, Russia, 6-4, 7-5. Brendan Steele, 781.142. 5, Mackenzie COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: Iowa at Rutgers (Big Ten Network,
Hughes, 648.011. 6, Jon Rahm, 624.500. 7,
New Orleans 19 29 .396 1712 Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Doubles First round: Darija Jurak, Croa-
Hudson Swafford, 610.343. 8, Charles
7 p.m.); George Washington at Rhode Island (CBS Sports Net-
Dallas 18 30 .375 1812 Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. tia, and Xenia Knoll (2), Switzerland, def. Ly-
Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. udmyla and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-3, Howell III, 584.125. 9, Rod Pampling, work, 7 p.m.); Maryland at Ohio State (ESPN, 7 p.m.); Pittsburgh at
Northwest Division 4-6, 10-6. 559.822. 10, Cody Gribble, 480.800. North Carolina (ESPN2, 7 p.m.); Wake Forest at Boston College
W L Pct GB Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Utah 30 19 .612 New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Scoring Average (ESPNU, 7 p.m.); Creighton at Butler (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.); Missis-
Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m. WTA Ranking 1, Justin Rose, 68.201. 2, Justin Thomas,
Oklahoma City 28 20 .583 112 sippi State at Mississippi (SEC Network, 7 p.m.); Temple at Tulane
Denver 21 25 .457 712 Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Singles 68.785. 3, Hideki Matsuyama, 69.132. 4, Bill
Portland 21 28 .429 9 Minnesota at Edmonton, 9 p.m. 1. Serena Williams, United States, 7080 Haas, 69.149. 5, Jordan Spieth, 69.282. 6, (ESPNews, 8 p.m.); Wisconsin at Illinois (Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.);
Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m. 2. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 8875 Francesco Molinari, 69.340. 7, Marc Leish-
Minnesota 19 29 .396 1012
Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 3. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 4970 man, 69.555. 8, Jim Furyk, 69.681. 9, Andres Dayton at Fordham (CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.); Georgia at Ken-
Pacific Division Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 4. Simona Halep, Romania, 5073 Romero, 69.702. 10, Luke List, 69.716. tucky (ESPN, 9 p.m.); West Virginia at Iowa State (ESPN2, 9 p.m.);
W L Pct GB Driving Distance
Golden State 41 7 .854
5. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 4865 Vanderbilt at Texas A&M (ESPNU, 9 p.m.); Georgetown at DePaul
6. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 5625 1, Dustin Johnson, 318.7. 2, Luke List, 316.6.
L.A. Clippers 30 18 .625 11 COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 4420 3, Smylie Kaufman, 315.4. 4, Grayson Mur-
(Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.); Tennessee at Auburn (SEC Network, 9 p.m.);
Sacramento
Phoenix
19
15
29
32
.396 22
.319 2512
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3745 ray, 314.6. 5, Justin Rose, 314.0. 6, Brandon Wyoming at San Diego State (CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.)
9. Madison Keys, United States, 4137 Hagy, 312.7. 7, Hideto Tanihara, 312.6. 8, NBA: Oklahoma City at San Antonio (NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.)
L.A. Lakers 16 34 .320 26 AP Mens Top 25 10. Johanna Konta, Britain, 4055 Trey Mullinax, 310.4. 9 (tie), Ryan Brehm
Mondays Games The top 25 teams in The Associated Press 11. Venus Williams, United States, 2240 and Justin Thomas, 308.5. SOCCER: English Premier League, Chelsea at Liverpool (NBC
Philadelphia 122, Sacramento 119 college basketball poll, with first-place 12. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 3485
Driving Accuracy Percentage Sports Network, 3 p.m.)
Miami 104, Brooklyn 96 votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 13. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 2895
1, Young-han Song, 83.93%. 2, Jim Furyk,
Boston 113, Detroit 109 29, total points based on 25 points for a 14. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 2985
78.57%. 3, Francesco Molinari, 76.34%. 4,
Minnesota 111, Orlando 105, OT first-place vote through one point for a 15. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 2347
Brian Stuard, 76.01%. 5, William McGirt,
Dallas 104, Cleveland 97 25th-place vote and last weeks ranking: 16. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 2229
75.62%. 6, Scott Langley, 75.00%. 7 , Jason
Memphis at Phoenix Record Pts Prv 17. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 2295
Dufner, 74.31%. 8, Soren Kjeldsen, 73.38%.
Tuesdays Games 1. Gonzaga (46) 22-0 1594 3 18. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 2175
9, Colt Knost, 72.73%. 10, Jim Herman,
2. Baylor (6) 20-1 1504 5 19. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 2591 5. Nelly Korda 1 $52,350 BALL ST 3 Toledo
New Orleans at Toronto, 7 p.m. 72.54%. 5. Pornanong Phatlum 1 $52,350 BUTLER 6 Creighton
New York at Washington, 7 p.m. 3. Kansas (9) 19-2 1503 2 20. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 2136
4. Villanova (4) 20-2 1479 1 21. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 2090 Greens in Regulation Pct. 7. Austin Ernst 1 $39,437 BUFFALO 512 Cent. Michigan
Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m. 1, Jordan Spieth, 84.72%. 2, Rafa Cabrera 8. Laetitia Beck 1 $34,551 MISSISSIPPI 412 Mississippi St
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. 5. Arizona 20-2 1387 7 22. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia,
2040 Bello, 80.56%. 3, Jason Day, 79.63%. 4, Ser- 9. Hyo Joo Kim 1 $29,665 E. MICHIGAN 7 Kent St
Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m. 6. Louisville 18-4 1237 13 BO GREEN 5 Miami (Ohio)
7. West Virginia 17-4 1101 18 23. Sam Stosur, Australia, 2016 gio Garcia, 78.47%. 5, Jim Herman, 78.06%. 9. Laura Escallon 1 $29,665
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. 6, John Merrick, 77.78%. 7, Kyle Stanley, 11. Mariajo Uribe 1 $25,302 RUTGERS OFF Iowa
8. Kentucky 17-4 1083 4 24. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 1956
Wednesdays Games 25. Caroline Garcia, France, 1885 77.27%. 8, William McGirt, 77.12%. 9, Justin 11. Simin Feng 1 $25,302 N CAROLINA 18 Pittsburgh
Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m. 9. Virginia 16-4 1061 12 Rose, 77.08%. 10, Russell Knox, 76.94%. Wake Forest 512 BOSTON CO
10. Wisconsin 18-3 1058 15
13. Mel Reid 1 $21,544
Minnesota at Cleveland, 7 p.m. WTA Schedule Total Driving 13. Marina Alex 1 $21,544 OHIO STATE 2 Maryland
Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. 11. UCLA 19-3 993 8 RHODE ISLAND 1112 G Washington
12. N. Carolina 19-4 965 9 H-hard, RC-red clay, 1, Davis Love III, 52. 2, Kyle Stanley, 67. 3, Bil- 13. Xi Yu Lin 1 $21,544
Temple 8 TULANE
New Orleans at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 16. Sandra Gal
New York at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. 13. Oregon 19-3 863 10 GC-green clay ly Horschel, 85. 4, Hudson Swafford, 87. 5, 1 $17,450
MISSOURI ST 212 Loy Chicago
14. Cincinnati 19-2 756 19 O-outdoor, I-indoor Greg Owen, 92. 6, Brendan Steele, 98. 7 16. Jessica Korda 1 $17,450
Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (tie), Lucas Glover and James Hahn, 99. 9, 16. Moriya Jutanugarn 1 $17,450 Davidson 2 ST. JOSEPHS
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 15. Florida State 18-4 727 6 Jan. 1-7 Brisbane International (Karolina
Hideki Matsuyama, 100. 10, Bubba Wat- Akron 3 N. ILLINOIS
16. Butler 18-4 717 11 Pliskova) 16. Katie Burnett 1 $17,450
L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. son, 103. KENTUCKY 16 Georgia
17. Maryland 19-2 518 22 Jan. 1-7 Shenzhen Open (Katerina Sinia- 16. Megan Khang 1 $17,450
Memphis at Denver, 9 p.m. AUBURN 1 Tennessee
Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. 18. Saint Marys 19-2 409 21 kova) Birdie Average 21. Katherine Perry 1 $14,937
TEXAS A&M OFF Vanderbilt
Chicago at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. 19. S. Carolina 17-4 384 23 Jan. 2-7 ASB Classic (Lauren Davis) 1, Jordan Spieth, 6.25. 2, Justin Thomas, 21. Brooke Henderson 1 $14,937
Dayton 10 FORDHAM
Charlotte at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. 20. Notre Dame 17-5 363 14 Jan. 8-13 Apia International (Johanna 6.00. 3, Anirban Lahiri, 5.39. 4, Adam Scott, 21. Wei-Ling Hsu 1 $14,937 West Virginia 212 IOWA ST
21. Duke 16-5 339 17 Konta) 5.38. 5, Hideki Matsuyama, 5.35. 6, Russell 24. Gaby Lopez 1 $12,364 Wisconsin 612 ILLINOIS
76ers 122, Kings 119 22. Creighton 19-3 307 16 Jan. 8-14 Hobart International (Elise Mer- Knox, 5.10. 7 (tie), Justin Rose and Scott 24. Maude Leblanc 1 $12,364 Georgetown 7 DEPAUL
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23. Purdue 17-5 264 20 Greg Owen, 4.83.
Cousins 11-16 20-22 46, Koufos 3-4 0-0 6, 24. Florida 16-5 213 25 Jan. 16-29 Australian Open (Serena Wil- 24. Jacqui Concolino 1 $12,364 SAN DIEGO ST 9 Wyoming
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1-2 7, Cauley-Stein 8-10 1-2 17, Lawson 2-5 Southern Cal 29, Wichita State 8, Akron 5,
0-0 4, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-74 24- Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Taiwan Open, Taipei City, and Aaron Wise, 60.0. Favorite Line Underdog Line
Middle Tennessee 5, VCU 3, Illinois State 2,
29 119. HO Sand Save Percentage NY RANGERS OFF Columbus OFF
PHILADELPHIA
New Mexico State 2, Virginia Tech 2, Iowa
State 1, Utah 1.
Feb. 11-12 Fed Cup first round 1, Louis Oosthuizen, 87.50%. 2, Luke Don- ODDS PITTSBURGH OFF Nashville OFF
Covington 8-16 3-3 23, Ilyasova 3-8 3-4 10, Feb. 13-18 Qatar Total Open, Doha, HO ald, 80.00%. 3, Adam Hadwin, 78.38%. 4, NY ISLANDERS OFF Washington OFF
Okafor 5-11 5-6 15, McConnell 4-8 1-1 9, Major Mens Scores Feb. 19-25 Dubai Duty Free Champion- Adam Scott, 76.92%. 5, Gary Woodland, CAROLINA -133 Philadelphia +123
Stauskas 6-10 0-0 16, Noel 5-5 2-4 12, Saric EAST ship, HO 76.19%. 6 (tie), Brendan Steele and Hideki Pregame.com Line DETROIT -129 New Jersey +119
8-11 0-0 17, Rodriguez 2-5 0-0 5, Luwawu- Feb. 20-26 Hungarian Ladies Open, Bu- Matsuyama, 76.00%. NBA TAMPA BAY OFF Boston OFF
Boston U. 76, Lehigh 59 dapest, HI
Cabarrot 0-2 0-0 0, Henderson 4-7 7-8 15. All-Around Ranking MONTREAL OFF Buffalo OFF
Kennesaw St. 54, NJIT 53 Feb. 27-March 4 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Tuesday FLORIDA -105 Ottawa -105
Totals 45-83 21-26 122. Monmouth (NJ) 83, Marist 71 1, Hideki Matsuyama, 190. 2, Justin Thom- Favorite Line O/U Underdog
Sacramento 35 20 30 34 119 Acapulco, HO ST. LOUIS -139 Winnipeg +129
Rider 72, Canisius 66 as, 224. 3, Russell Knox, 311. 4, Francesco WASHINGTON 8 (21512) New York
Feb. 27-March 5 Alya Malaysian Open, DALLAS -111 Toronto +101
Philadelphia 21 27 42 32 122 Savannah St. 85, Md.-Eastern Shore 82 Molinari, 321. 5, Keegan Bradley, 342. 6, TORONTO 7 2 (215)
1
New Orleans
Kuala Lumpur, HO EDMONTON OFF Minnesota OFF
Siena 84, Quinnipiac 75 Pat Perez, 355. 7, Jordan Spieth, 412. 8, Luke HOUSTON 11 224 Sacramento
3-Point GoalsSacramento 13-29 (Cous- March 8-19 BNP Paribas Open, Indian ARIZONA OFF Los Angeles OFF
SOUTH List, 413. 9, Zach Johnson, 426. 10, Sean SAN ANTONIO 9 (211) Oklahoma City
ins 4-6, Barnes 4-7, Tolliver 2-3, Afflalo 2-7, Wells, Calif., HO ANAHEIM -275 Colorado +245
Coastal Carolina 72, Texas-Arlington 70 OHair, 439. PORTLAND 3 214 Charlotte
Temple 1-3, Richardson 0-1, Lawson 0-1, March 21-April 2 Miami Open, Key Bis- SAN JOSE OFF Chicago OFF
Florida Gulf Coast 74, North Florida 59 LA LAKERS OFF OFF Denver
Collison 0-1), Philadelphia 11-31 (Stauskas
Hampton 77, Coppin St. 65
cayne, Fla., HO LPGA Money Leaders NFL
4-6, Covington 4-11, Rodriguez 1-3, Saric ATP World Tour Ranking 1. Brittany Lincicome 1 $210,000 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
1-3, Ilyasova 1-5, Henderson 0-1, Luwawu- Jacksonville 89, Stetson 86
Singles 2. Lexi Thompson 1 $127,489 Super Bowl - Sunday
Cabarrot 0-2). Fouled OutCousins. Re- Lipscomb 92, SC-Upstate 80 3. Stacy Lewis 1 $92,484
Tuesday Favorite Line O/U Underdog
Louisiana-Monroe 68, UALR 52 1. Andy Murray, Britain, 11540 Favorite Line Underdog New England 3 58 Atlanta
boundsSacramento 33 (Cousins 15), Phil- 2. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 9825 4. Gerina Piller 1 $71,544
adelphia 29 (Covington 10). AssistsSac- Mercer 62, W. Carolina 47 Ohio 312 W. MICHIGAN
Norfolk St. 83, NC A&T 69
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USA TODAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017

Cardinals receive fitting punishment

Evidence shows
lone tamperer
Bob Nightengale
bnighten@usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports
The St. Louis Cardinals long-
awaited punishment Monday for
their computer hacking scandal
cant possibly be judged by its
monetary value or even the loss
of valuable draft picks.
Their $2 million fine wont
even buy you a utility infielder
these days.
And the Cardinals forfeiture of
their top two picks in the June
draft were only the 56th and 75th
picks, already having sacrificed
their first-round pick with the
signing of free agent center field-
er Dexter Fowler. The two picks,
more important, will cost them
$1.853 million in slot money they
no longer can spend in the draft.
It all now goes to the Houston
Astros, victims of the 2-year
computer espionage by the Car-
dinals former scouting director,
Chris Correa.
No matter, the Cardinals, who
wont have a draft pick until the
94th selection and will be limited
to $2.072 million in slot money,
will survive.
And still thrive.
Their stadium will be packed
again almost every night with a
sea of red, and theyll be in the
playoff hunt all season like they
are always are, with 12 playoff ap-
pearances, two World Series titles
and four National League pen-
nants since 2000.
Chris Correa, who is in prison, cost the Cardinals $2 million
and two draft picks because of his hacking of the Astros.
The real collateral damage in
the strongest punishment im-
posed against a team in Major
League Baseball history is the
Cardinals pristine reputation.
Yet unlike the New England
Patriots and quarterback Tom
Brady, no Cardinals player was
suspended. No federal appeals
court is needed. The Cardinals
can operate their franchise like
always.
The only real villain in this
scandal is Correa, who hacked
into the Astros internal comput-
er database at least 48 times over
2 years.
Correa joins Pete Rose in infa-
my and is banned for life from
baseball.
Considering Correa is serving
46 months in federal prison after
pleading guilty last year to five
counts of unauthorized access to
a protected computer, he didnt
BOB LEVEY, AP
need his masters degree to figure
out he was never going to work in
baseball again.
He might never need a com-
puter again, considering the re-
strictions hell face for any future
job employment.
Still, skeptics want to know
whether its actually possible that
Correa acted alone when he ac-
cessed the Astros proprietary in-
formation with such frequency
and didnt tell a soul in the Cardi-
nals organization.
Despite years of work from the
federal governments investiga-
tion, along with MLB investiga-
tors, no one found evidence of
any accomplices. Correa refused
to cooperate with MLB, but un-
sealed court records showed that
Correa kept his intrusions a se-
cret from his colleagues.
Considering Correas harsh
punishment, which includes pay-
ing the Astros $279,038.65 in res-
titution, wouldnt he have
coughed up some names to light-
en his own sentence?
If Correa had accomplices in
this scandal and didnt squeal,
this is baseballs greatest act of
courage and friendship since
Greg Anderson, the former train-
er who refused to testify against
Barry Bonds in the Bay Area Lab-
oratory Co-operative scandal.
So barring Correa changing his
tune and singing while sitting in
his prison cell, we have to believe
no one else was involved in the
scandal.
If there were any evidence
or even strong suspicions there
was knowledge of Correas dirty
work among St. Louis employees
Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt
would be holding a job fair this
weekend at Busch Stadium.
We respect the Commission-
ers decision and appreciate that
there is now a final resolution to
this matter, DeWitt said in a
statement. Commissioner Man-
freds findings are fully consistent
with our own investigations con-
clusion that this activity was iso-
lated to a single individual.
Does DeWitt, a confidant of
Manfred who led the MLB com-
missioner search committee to
find a replacement for Bud Selig,
perhaps get the benefit of the
doubt?
Sure. DeWitt and his family
have one of the finest reputations
in the sport, running perhaps
baseballs model franchise. He
has earned that trust.
If Manfred believed there was
more than one person involved in
this cyber espionage in which
the federal government discov-
ered that Correa had unfettered
access to the email account for
Sig Mejdal, who leads the teams
baseball analytics department
he would have made the Cardi-
nals forfeit their No. 1 pick every
year until the town ran out of
toasted ravioli. He could have en-
sured enough damage that the
Cardinals would have to wait 108
years themselves for their next
World Series title.
Really, as much as the Cardi-
nals rivals would have loved to
have seen a stiffer penalty, this
was appropriate, particularly giv-
en the Astros are the benefi-
ciaries.
The Astros not only get the
Cardinals forfeited draft picks,
but they get the $2 million that
must be paid within 30 days.
If nothing else, the federal gov-
ernment and MLBs punishment
should scare the daylights out of
any front office executive, com-
puter analyst or even summer in-
tern from daring to hack into
another teams database.
This unprecedented award by
the Commissioners office, Man-
fred said in the statement detail-
ing his ruling, sends a clear
message of the severity of these
actions.
It certainly reverberated
throughout the offices on 700
Clark St. in St. Louis.
This has been a long and chal-
lenging process for all of us, Car-
dinals GM John Mozeliak said in
a statement, especially those
within our baseball operations
department. We have learned a
great deal along the way, and we
have taken additional steps to en-
sure that something like this
doesnt ever happen again.
It was a message that needed
no password.
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BOB NIGHTENGALE
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Spains Rahm sees

game translate well
Steve DiMeglio
@Steve_DiMeglio
USA TODAY Sports

SCOTTSDALE , ARIZ . Born in a lit-

tle town in Spain, Jon Rahm
quickly fell in love with golf and
grew up idolizing Seve Balleste-
ros, Jose Maria Olazabal, Miguel ORLANDO JORGE RAMIREZ, USA TODAY SPORTS

Angel Jimenez and Sergio Garcia. I am really pleased with the way that Im swinging the club,
When Rahm ventured for the and I feel really good, Phil Mickelson said.
first time to the USA in 2012 to

Mickelson sees
play collegiately at Arizona State,
speaking little English but pos-
sessing big dreams, Tim and Phil
Mickelson became instrumental

plenty of positives
figures the former as a friend,
mentor and coach for the Sun
Devils team and the latter a wel-
coming sort Rahm faced on the
golf course on occasion and because my touch is starting to
hoped to join on the PGA Tour. Steve DiMeglio come around a little bit, he said
During Rahms time at ASU, @steve_dimeglio after the Farmers, adding it was
when his game spoke volumes USA TODAY Sports a good steppingstone to the rest
but he was often lost in linguistic of the season.
translation and overwhelmed in a The sensitivity to shot-mak-
new world, two other voices SCOTTSDALE , ARIZ . Phil Mick- ing, chipping, putting on Tour-
emerged as he grew as a man and ORLANDO JORGE RAMIREZ, USA TODAY SPORTS
elson is feeling better these days. caliber greens and rough and
as a player. Moved to break down Jon Rahm celebrates after making a putt for eagle on the 18th Sounding pretty good, too. things that you cant replicate at
the language barrier as quickly as hole to cap his victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open. Two weeks ago, he didnt your home course is getting
possible while taking on a chal- know what to expect when he sharper because I did play these
lenging course load and keeping Having to do burpees sped up ing on the last hole from 60 feet, stepped to the first tee in the last two weeks.
his powerful game on track, the process, too. Rahm explained to win by three. Hes 46th in the first round of the CareerBuilder Hell play the next three
Rahm turned to rappers Eminem that whenever he spoke in Span- official world golf rankings. Challenge in the desert of weeks, too, heading to the AT&T
and Kendrick Lamar. ish at ASU he was forced to do ex- The victory earned him a two- Southern California, his lack of Pebble Beach Pro-Am next week
The cadence of rap appealed to ercises where he would drop to year exemption on the Tour and practice and curtailed workout and the Genesis Open at Riviera
the latest winner on the PGA the floor and do push-ups, other- trips to the Masters, The Players regimen after two sports hernia Country Club north of Los An-
Tour as he memorized tracks, es- wise known as burpees. Championship, the PGA Champi- surgeries late last year leading to geles the week after that. He
pecially two of his favorite songs So you say a sentence that has onship and other big events. But the unknown. hasnt played at Riviera since
Eminems Love the Way You 10 words, youre making 10 bur- his first trip will be a short trek It was unusual to hear forever 2013.
Lie and Lamars Swimming Pools. pees, Rahm said. And theyre from San Diego to his old stomp- optimistic Mickelson speak in Mickelson, ranked No. 20 in
not easy, theyre ing grounds in the Phoenix area. such tones. Then he started hit- the world, hasnt added to his 42
Memorizing rap songs tiring.
Rahm, 22, has
Hell make his second start in
the Waste Management Phoenix
ting shots and changed his tune.
Now, after two impressive starts
PGA Tour wins since capturing
his fifth major title in the 2013
in English helped me no problems con- Open starting Thursday at TPC the last two weeks, the big hit- British Open. At 46, he knows
out a lot to pronounce and versing these days
as hes proved to
Scottsdale. His first start as an
amateur in 2015 went well as
ting lefty is expecting big things
this week in the Waste Manage-
time is not on his side, but he in-
sisted hes in better shape these
actually understand what be a fast learner. he captivated the hundreds of ment Phoenix Open at TPC days than he was 10 years ago.
was going on and keeping fort And with his com-
and confi-
thousands of onlookers with his
head-spinning power, playful in-
Scottsdale and then beyond.
He won this event in 1996,
And hes thrilled with the results
from his work with swing coach
up with people in dence level teraction with the galleries and 2005 and 2013. Andrew Getson.
conversation. ascending at ASU,
his golf game grew
easygoing ways. Playing in his
second PGA Tour event, he was in
Mickelson said he didnt ex-
pect to reach 100% until this
I am really pleased with
the way that Im swinging the
Jon Rahm and he was the the mix to become the first ama- week, yet my game came club and I feel really good,
top-ranked ama- teur to win on Tour since Phil around quicker than I thought it Mickelson said. This is the best
Memorizing rap songs in Eng- teur in the world for 60 weeks. Mickelson did so in the 1991 would and I felt the best place to Ive swung in a while, and Im
lish helped me out a lot to pro- It didnt take him long to go to Northern Telecom Open in Tuc- sharpen it and to see where I excited about these upcoming
nounce and actually understand the next level on the Tour, either. son. Rahm closed with a 68 to fin- was at was to play last week and events. And hopefully Ill put it
what was going on and keeping In his 12th start as a profes- ish in a tie for fifth. this week. all together. ...
up with people in conversation, sional, the soft-spoken but ag- I have never been so happy on He finished in a tie for 21st in Currently Im probably 75,
Rahm said after his breakthrough gressive Rahm broke from a a golf course in my life, he said. the CareerBuilder and tied for 80% of where I was before (the
win Sunday in the Farmers Insur- logjam Sunday on the South Rahm said the same thing Sun- 14th in the Farmers Insurance surgeries), and its slowly com-
ance Open at Torrey Pines in San Course at Torrey Pines with a day in San Diego. Open, breaking par in six of ing back. Im now six weeks re-
Diego. You can look (those birdie and two eagles in his last In perfect English. With a big eight rounds. moved, so I should be pretty
songs) up. Theyre good. six holes, the second eagle com- smile. Im really glad I did (play), much 100% here fairly quickly.
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LIFELINE
MAKING WAVES
Chew on this: Saman-
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President
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HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
GOOD DAY
EVAN RACHEL WOOD
Talk about a showstopper.
Wood sparked engagement
rumors when she hit Sundays
Screen Actors Guild Awards
wearing a non-traditional
engagement ring. On Monday,
one of Woods representatives,
Amanda Silverman, confirmed
that Wood and boyfriend and
bandmate Zach Villa are
engaged.
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THEY SAID WHAT?
THE STARS BEST QUOTES
This film reminds us that we
have been through harder,
more difficult times. And we
got through it back then,
during segregation. And we
can get through it now.
Janelle Mone to USA
TODAY about Hidden Figures
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A model
pop star
Singer and social
media phenom
Jake Miller and
his Millertary are
gearing up for a
new tour 4D
MAX VADUKUL
LA LA LAND
PROS: The musical has
drawn widespread criti-
cal acclaim, the Oscars
adore movies about the
movie business, and it
tied with All About Eve
and Titanic for the most
nominations ever and
both of those won best
picture.
CONS: Braveheart is the
only movie since 1995 to
have won best picture
and been left out of the
Screen Actors Guild
best-cast category, as La
La Land was. Also, hav-
ing spent most of awards
season as the darling,
theres a chance it might
have peaked too early.
DALE ROBINETTE
MOVIES
WHOLL WIN?
ANALYZING OSCARS BEST-PICTURE RACE
D oes La La Land
have enough
musical chutzpah
to take the Academy
Awards big prize? Or
might newly crowned
Screen Actors Guild
winner Hidden Figures
be primed to upset in a
diverse slate of best-
picture contenders?
Voters have their ballots
and nine quality films to
choose from in the cate- JAN THIJS DAVID LEE MARK ROGERS
gory, the winner of which
will be named Feb. 26 at ARRIVAL FENCES HACKSAW RIDGE
the 89th Oscars (ABC, PROS: Although Amy Adams PROS: Denzel Washingtons PROS: Gripping World War
was snubbed for best actress, adaptation of the August Wilson II tales have been Oscar
7 p.m. ET/4 PT). Here, her powerful performance play has acting talent in its favor, favorites before (see: Saving
USA TODAYs Brian fuels this thought-provoking and the Academy of Motion Private Ryan) and this one
Truitt breaks down what exploration that garnered Picture Arts and Sciences likes its has some momentum with
each contender has going eight nominations (tied with period pieces. six nominations.
for (and against) it: Moonlight for second-most CONS: The stage-like production CONS: Its religious vibe
in the entire field). lets its players shine, though it might not sit well with all
CONS: No sci-fi movie has lacks a certain cinematic quality voters. And it remains to be
ever won best picture, so that other contenders have. seen whether polarizing
history isnt on its side. Plus, director Mel Gibson really is
it hasnt been a front-runner out of the industry doghouse
at any point this awards a decade after his anti-
season. Semitic rant and subsequent
public fall from grace.
LOREY SEBASTIAN
Energizing
HELL OR HIGH WATER sleep for a
PROS: The noir Western has won huge support from
critics but even more impressively has managed to main-
tain momentum since its summer release.
restored you
CONS: Only four Westerns have won best picture since the
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HIDDEN
FIGURES
PROS: Arguably, no
other film is coming on
like the 1960s Space
Race drama, with a
strong January box
office ($104 million and
counting). The story of
unsung heroes in a
period in American
history that a lot of
folks probably remem-
ber fondly snagged a
win for best ensemble
at the SAGs. (Fun fact:
Actors comprise the
largest branch of
Academy voters.)
CONS: The films late
surge, much like that of
American Sniper in
2015, might be a little
too late in a tough field.

HOPPER STONE

MANCHESTER
BY THE SEA
PROS: Strong acting and
filmmaking across the
board are in its favor,
including acting nomi-
nations for Casey Affleck
and Michelle Williams,
MARK ROGERS and tear-jerking family DAVID BORNFRIEND
drama always plays well
LION in this category. MOONLIGHT
CONS: Controversy
PROS: The journey of an Indian PROS: Barry Jenkins character
boy to Tasmania and then back as around Affleck is start- study of a gay black man tied with
an adult is an unbelievable true ing to bubble up because Arrival for the second-most
story that has an emotional of past sexual harass- nominations (eight), the subject
resonance. ment claims. Plus, the matter is timely, and Moonlight
movie might be too seems to have just as passionate a
CONS: It was an outside much of a downer amid
contender to join the race in the fan base as La La Land.
a slate of quite a few
first place and hasnt been a real feel-good favorites. CONS: It has the lowest box office
player this awards season. ($17.8 million) of any best-picture
nominee, and having strong word
CLAIRE FOLGER of mouth might not be enough to
best formidable competition.

Trayvon Martins parents honor his Enduring Life

They examine the
death, and trial, that
ignited the nation
The world will never know who
Trayvon Martin the unarmed
17-year-old fatally shot in Florida
by neighborhood
BOOK watch coordinator
REVIEW George Zimmerman
JALEESA M.
JONES on Feb. 26, 2012
could have grown up
to be.
In a way, we never knew who
he was. His humanity was lost,
broken down into school records,
headlines and 140 characters in
the ensuing media scrutiny and
trial of Zimmer-
man for his role
in the alterca-
tion that ended
in Trayvons
death.
In Rest in
Power: The En-
during Life of
Trayvon Martin
ADRIAN FREEMAN
(Spiegel & Grau,
Tracy Martin, 331 pp.,
Trayvons eeeg
father. out of
four),
Trayvons parents, Sybrina
Fulton and Tracy Martin,
gather the pieces and at-
tempt to present the whole
of who their son was when CLIFF OWEN AP

he was just a boy before he
became a martyr and before
his death sparked the Black
Lives Matter movement.
He was a boy who fell in
love with aviation and
dreamed of flying beyond the
world he knew. A boy trying to
find his place in a society that
already viewed him as a man.
But as much as the book is
about Trayvons life, its also a
meditation on the criminal justice
system that his parents believe
did not do him justice.
In Fulton and Martins words,
it was Trayvon their Tray,
who called his mom Cupcake
and counted everyone he met as a
friend who was put on trial. In
alternating chapters, the parents
detail how their sons non-violent
infractions were examined under
a microscope while Zimmermans
previous run-ins with the law
were, in their view, glossed over.
(Zimmerman was arrested in
AP
Trayvon
Martin was 17 April 2012 after nationwide pro-
when he was tests and charged with second-
killed in 2012. degree murder. At his trial, Zim-
merman said he felt threatened
by the teen, whom he had fol-
lowed in his car and then on foot.
He was later acquitted.)
The divorced couple tunnel
Sybrina Ful- that prosecutors neglected to ask
ton, left, the right questions and present
mother of more character witnesses to hu-
Trayvon Mar- manize Trayvon in the eyes of the
tin, and Gwen jury.
Carr, mother But while Rest in Power la-
of Eric Gar- ments the pitfalls of the case and
ner, at a rally the state of racial justice, Fulton
in Washing- and Martin also offer a glint of
ton to honor hope in the rallies for justice,
Martin Lu- the support that extended from
ther King Jr. Hollywood to the White House
Jan. 14. and the birth of the Black Lives
Left, partici- Matter movement, which
pants in a Los brought together people who un-
Angeles MLK derstood that, no, Trayvon wasnt
march carry an angel because he was a human
a photo of being.
2014 PHOTO BY DAVID MCNEW, GETTY IMAGES
Trayvon. Rest in Power stands as a re-
into how the prosecution was minder not only of Trayvons
barred from using the phrase ra- life and death but of the vulnera-
cial profiling and how cultural bility of black lives in a country
differences and linguistic racism that still needs to be reminded
hurt the credibility of the prose- they matter. It also offers a prayer
cutions key witness, Trayvons that someday, as Fulton writes,
friend Rachel Jeantel. the killing will stop and the
Later, Fulton and Martin write healing will begin.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 LIFE 3D
AWARDS SEASON

WHAT THE
SAG AWARDS
PORTEND FOR
THE OSCARS
Brian Truitt
@briantruitt
USA TODAY

With the Screen Actors Guild

Awards over and the Oscars less
than a month away, a few catego-
ries are clearer while others are
getting a lot more interesting.
Best picture might not be an easy
win for La La Land, best actor
now has a pair of favorites, and
Viola Davis seems untouchable.
The actors had their say, but
well see where the rest of the HOPPER STONE

vote lands when the 89th Acad-

emy Awards show airs Feb. 26
(ABC, 7 p.m. ET/4 PT). SAGs are
often a good predictor for the Os-
cars because actors make up the
largest branch of the voting body.
So whos a contender and whos Johnson (Ta-
a pretender coming out of Sun-
days SAG ceremony?
HIDDEN FIGURES (Octavia
COULD GIVE LA LA LAND Spencer)
A RUN FOR BEST PICTURE.
When Oscar nominations were
announced, everybody was
singing the same tune: La
La Land is going to clean
up. But with La La miss-
ing from the SAG field
for outstanding ensem-
ble, the Space Race dra-
ma rocketed past
Moonlight and Manches-
ter by the Sea as a poten-
tial threat.
In Figures favor, four of
the past six SAG winners have
gone on to take best picture, and
Braveheart is the only movie to
win best picture without a SAG
cast nomination since the latter
awards were founded in 1995.
And while Hidden Figures is
Hidden no probably still an upset pick, vot- win with a SAG lead-actress tro- ter now for Ali than they were,
more: Mary ers may veer more toward a film phy. Fellow Globe winner Isabelle though Hell or High Waters Jeff
Jackson (Ja- about unsung civil rights hero- Huppert (Elle) and Natalie Port- Bridges is lurking as a dark horse.
nelle Mone), ines than a candy-colored musi- man (Jackie) are also in the hunt,
Katherine cal love story, given the countrys but SAG has long been a JUST GIVE VIOLA HER
political climate. good predictor for this OSCAR ALREADY,
raji P. Hen- category, with only PEOPLE.
son), Dorothy LOOK OUT, CASEY: one winner (Viola Viola Davis
Vaughan HERE COMES DENZEL. Davis in 2012) in looks fairly
Manchester by the Sea star Casey the past seven unstoppable
Affleck, who had been a clear fa- years not taking for best sup-
vorite for best actor, just got some an Academy porting ac-
serious competition in Fences Award, too. tress. Like
Denzel Washington, who beat Brie Larson,
him for the SAG lead-actor MOONLIGHTS Leonardo
award. While Affleck deals ALI SHINES AS DiCaprio and
with past sexual harass- SUPPORTING Matthew
ment allegations, Wash- ACTOR TO BEAT. McConaughey
ingtons new addition to What was the big- in recent
his trophy case gives him gest scramble of all years, the
momentum in this two- looks a smidge DAVID LEE
Fences actress
horse race. History is also clearer after Maher- Viola Davis (with Denzel has run rough-
on Washingtons side, with shala Alis win for Washington) looks primed shod through
the last 12 SAG winners Moonlight. A strong for her first Oscar win. awards season
snagging Oscar. candidate from the and seems des-
start of awards season, Ali got tined to receive her first Academy
EMMA STONE BREAKS FROM beat by Nocturnal Animals Aaron Award for a universally beloved
LIONSGATE
THE BEST-ACTRESS PACK. Taylor-Johnson at the Globes. performance.
Emma Stone Amid a crowded field, La La Taylor-Johnson didnt even get As if she needed the extra help,
looks like a Lands Emma Stone put some an Oscar nod, although his co- the past seven supporting SAG
shoo-in for space between herself and others star Michael Shannon did. honorees took home the golden
La La Land. by following up a Golden Globe The odds are considerably bet- guy as well.

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MUSIC

Rising pop star Jake Miller

talks music, modeling
and social media
He Maeve McDermott
doesnt @maeve_mcdermott
have a USATODAY

full-length
record Hes performed alongside mu-
sics biggest names at Jingle Ball,
yet, but recruited Simone Biles for music
hes videos, opened for Fifth Harmo-
ny and built a fan army the
headed Millertary around his light-
out on hearted pop songs and Wilhelmi-
na Models-approved looks. Are
tour you attuned to Jake Miller yet?
Feb. 7 The 24-year-old singers path
to success is emblematic of young
pop stars today, building his
name with a string of EPs while
amassing staggering numbers of
social media followers. And as in-
dustry friends such as Charlie
Puth and Meghan Trainor
have translated their star
power and years of work PHOTOS BY MAX VADUKUL

into chart-topping
songs, Miller seems to
be on the precipice of
the next level of fame.
Before Miller em-
barks on his Overnight
tour, which kicks off Feb.
7 in Orlando, learn more
about the singer with a gi-
ant year ahead.
HES PART OF A RISING
CLASS OF YOUNG STARS.
Miller performed at Madison
Square Garden for the first time
in December, singing with DNCE
at Z-100s Jingle Ball. But hes no
stranger to the other rising talent
he shared the stage with that eve-
ning. Just from being in the in-
dustry for a few years now, Ive
become closer with a lot of peo-
ple, even people that I used to lis-
ten to and look up to, he says.
HE OPENED FOR LONGTIME
FRIENDS FIFTH HARMONY.
From growing up in the same city
to rising through the industry
ranks together, Miller has noth-
ing but glowing things to say
about Fifth Harmony,
who invited him on tour
with them last year.
I grew up in the same
city as two of the girls in
Fifth Harmony (Lauren
Jauregui and since-departed
member Camila Cabello also
grew up in the Miami area), we
were MTV Artists to Watch
together, so it was before either of
Im us had any major success. Obvi-
ously, theyre just on another lev-
slightly el, so Im really proud of them.
addicted
to social AND HE HELPED SIMONE BILES
media. ... BREAK INTO ACTING.
How exactly did Miller strike up
When I an unlikely friendship with the
wake up Olympic gymnast? One of my
in the fans tagged me in a tweet from Si-
morning, mone Biles from two years ago,
like, Jake Miller is hot, he says.
I check Fast-forward to 2016, when Biles
every became a household name for her
account. performances in Rio, and a Miller
fan dredged up her tweet.
I just gave her my number, we
started talking and when she
got back from Rio I asked if she
wanted to be in the Overnight
music video. She had never been
in a music video before, she was
just as excited as I was. It was a
very organic, authentic thing.
HES A MODEL, THOUGH HES
YET TO BOOK A MAJOR JOB.
Miller signed with Wilhelmina
last year, though hes less focused
on modeling than his music. Its
really not something I have the
biggest passion for; music is my
baby, he says. Id always had an
interest in it, so when I moved to
Los Angeles I had a few meetings
with a few different agencies.
But keeping up the physique
he shows off on Instagram isnt
easy when hes on tour. Theres
almost never a gym around, he
says, so you have to rely on pull-
ups and push-ups and running. ...
But my rule is when Im home, I
try to work out every single day,
so I can eat anything I want.
BUT HIS REAL CALLING CARD?
THE MILLERTARY.
Without a full-length record, Mil-
ler has built an online following
of more than 1 million Instagram
followers and 665,000 Twitter
fans. He considers managing his
social media accounts an essen-
tial part of his job.
Im slightly addicted to social
media. ... When I wake up in the
morning, I check every account,
first my texts and my email, then I
go to Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat,
my Spotify stats, he explains.
Miller offered a quick class in
online etiquette; he uses Insta-
gram to reach the most people,
and Snapchat to share his day-to-
day life with his fans.
I want to make the fans feel
like friends; I dont want to feel
just like some abstract person,
he says, referencing a favorite
rapper whose lack of engagement
taught him what not to do. One
of my favorite artists is Eminem,
but I never see any pictures of
him in the media, I never see him
interacting with fans if I was to
get a tweet back from him, I
would be the happiest person in
the world.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Star gets
into rhythm
of Patti
Cake$
Aussie
Patrick Ryan
actress USA TODAY
Danielle
Macdonald PARK CITY, UTAH Sundance Film
wins over Festival has officially welcomed
audiences its new It girl.
Danielle Macdonald, 25, was
as New met with a thunderous standing
Jersey ovation last week when she
teen with walked onstage after the world
premiere of coming-of-age dra-
rap dreams medy Patti Cake$, in which the
Australian actress plays a blue-
collar New Jersey teen with hip-
hop aspirations. The scrappy
underdog story already has
been scooped up by Fox
Searchlight for $9.5 mil-
lion after a fierce bidding
war, thanks in no small
part to Macdonalds mag-
netism in the titular role.
Nicknamed Patti
Cakes by her ailing
grandmother (Cathy
Moriarty) and Killa P SUNDANCE INSTITUTE

by her supportive pal

(Siddharth Dhananjay),
Patricia (Macdonald)
dreams of becoming a rap
megastar but sheepishly
confines her crude bars to
the pages of her journal. It
doesnt help that her domineer-
ing, alcoholic mother (Bridget
Everett) mocks her musical am-
bitions at every turn, forcing Pat-
ti to pick up bartending and
catering gigs to make ends meet.
But things start looking up
when Patti meets enigmatic mu-
sician Basterd, the Antichrist
(Mamoudou Athie), who lays
down unusual beats for her to
spit over and joins her hip-hop
collective PBNJ. The supergroup
releases a mix tape and plays a di-
sastrous first gig at a strip club,
but eventually finds its voice at a
talent show for industry honchos.
Casting the character of Patti,
I really wanted an actress, first-
time writer/director Geremy Jas-
per said during an audience Q&A.
I didnt want to do an 8 Mile
thing where I got a rapper and
then tried to turn them into an
actress. When producers handed
him a picture of Macdonald, I
just said, Thats the girl. Thats
the image I had in my brain.
Macdonald, who recently ap-
peared in American Horror Story:
Roanoke, had no prior musical ex-
Danielle perience and trained for two
Macdonald years to learn how to rap. Grow-
at the ing up, I didnt have a huge
Sundance (knowledge) of it, she said. But
premiere its funny, when we started work-
of Patti ing on this project, they would al-
Cake$. ways be playing songs and Id be
like, Oh, I know all of this. I just
NICHOLAS HUNT,
GETTY IMAGES
didnt really know the world or
who was rapping, but I really
learnt. I now have an even bigger
appreciation for (the genre). Patti is
Jasper has been an avid rap fan my alter
since he was a kid in New Jersey,
where the film is set. In many ego.
ways, Patti is my alter ego, he She just
said. She just popped in my popped
brain one day and was sort of a in my
valentine to the big, strong wom-
en that I grew up with. I thought brain one
shed make an amazing, different day and
and subversive kind of rapper in was sort
this day and age. of a
He developed Patti Cake$ in
screenwriting and directing labs at valentine
the Sundance Institute and says to the
the script went through 10 wildly big,
different iterations over the years.
Coming from a music video back-
strong
ground, you just throw out the women
craziest ideas, Jasper said. Early that I
versions took place in a casino grew up
and there was a heist and it was so with.
ludicrous. It was an Oceans
Twelve kind of thing. Geremy Jasper
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Is The Blood of Emmett Till still on societys hands?
murky, involve Emmetts encoun- In past years, that would have took his nephew away to die.
Gene Seymour ter with a white woman, Carolyn been the end of the story. But, as Both men were found not
Special for USA TODAY Bryant, 21, who with her hus- Tyson recounts, applying diligent guilty. That result, Tyson notes,
band, Roy, ran a grocery store research, scrupulous perspective generated added momentum for
where Emmett had gone Aug. 27 and a vigorous aptitude for weav- the surging civil rights move-
More than 60 years have to buy gum. Emmett allegedly ing public and intimate details, ment. Young black people such as
passed since the events chroni- flirted with her or somehow vio- Emmett Tills murder became a Julian Bond, Joyce Ladner and
cled in Timothy B. Tysons The lated rigidly enforced codes of ra- story the nation couldnt avoid. others born around the same
Blood of Emmett Till cial interaction then enforced in This was in large part because of time as Emmett were galvanized
BOOK (Simon & Schuster, the Deep South. his mother, Mamie Elizabeth Till- into action. (Ladner calls them
REVIEW 304 pp., eeeg out There seems no doubt now, as Mobley, who demanded that her the Emmett Till generation.)
of four). Yet they was widely reported at the time, sons swollen, battered corpse be Decades later, Emmett Tills
never lose their ca- that Emmett released a photographed in an open casket. name was again invoked as a bat-
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some of those whove heard this Bryant and his half writes, would never have be- young black men. As far as Tyson
story have learned anything from brother J.W. Milam come a watershed historical mo- is concerned, America is still kill-
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to be told over and over. burst into the home strength to make her private grief through bludgeons and bullets,
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Chicago who was visiting rela- Tallahatchie River. ing car. Three days and watched as Mose Wright cou- interview with the author said,
tives in Mississippi in summer The incident that set off this later, the boys body surfaced in rageously identified both as the Nothing that boy did could ever
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