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Oktibbeha
property owners, ‘Mother and child’
not renters, will be Sheep and two lambs complete Columbus funeral
billed for garbage
collection
home’s annual Nativity scene
Roberson: Change will
give owners chance
to ‘stay on top’ of bills
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com

OKTIBBEHA
COUNTY — Oktib-
beha supervisors
voted unanimously
Monday to bill prop-
erty owners instead
of tenants for house-
to-house garbage col-
Howard
lection services, and
they also voted to re-
quest a full list of ad-
dresses in the coun-
ty that will be billed
starting January 1.
The supervisors
previously debated
billing methods for
garbage collection Roberson
services in the board’s October
and November meetings. Current- Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
ly, Golden Triangle Waste Services Emily, a sheep belonging to Gail Ford of Macon, poses for a photo with one of her lambs in the Nativity scene out-
charges the county $62,000, or side Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home on Second Avenue North Monday. Emily and her lambs, C.D. and Tyler,
$8.12 per house. Starting Jan. 1, are the most recent live animals to accompany the Nativity set in its 52-year history.
GTWS will charge upward of an
additional $14,600 per month to ‘We start getting
account for 1,800 more residences
in the county. Any residence with calls right after
water and electricity in the county
generates a garbage bill. Thanksgiving. People
The board’s decision to bill prop-
erty owners should address the want to know when the
problem of renters not paying their
garbage bills, District 3 Supervisor sheep are coming.’
Marvell Howard said. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral
“The county’s offering the ser- Home’s Floyd McIntyre
vice and picking up the garbage,
By Slim Smith
but we’re asking everybody to do
ssmith@cdispatch.com
their part, because if you don’t,

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we’re going to have to raise garbage
bill fees to cover this cost,” he said.
“But if everybody would pay their
garbage bill, we won’t even have to
consider that.”
GTWS formed in 1997 to pro-
vide garbage pickup for Oktibbeha,
Lowndes and Webster counties,
and supervisors from the three
counties serve on the GTWS board.
Howard and District 5 Supervisor
Joe Williams represent Oktibbeha
County on the board, which will
meet Thursday and vote to autho-
rize the billing of additional resi-
dences.
The responsibility of picking
up garbage cans has fallen to the
supervisors, who previously con-
sidered splitting from GTWS but
decided to stick with it. District 1
Supervisor John Montgomery said
he continues to have misgivings
about the county’s participation in
See Supervisors, 3A
or 52 years
now, the Nativi-
ty scene on the
front lawn of Me-
morial Gunter Peel
Funeral Home has
been a Christmas
tradition, possibly
the longest uninter- McIntyre
rupted tradition in town.
The scene consists of plaster
cast Mary and Joseph and Baby
Jesus, the latter securely fastened
to the manger, a response to an
irreverent goat who had the habit
of carrying around the babe in his
mouth one year. No offense to the
familiar characters, but it is the live
animals that draw visitors to the
scene.
“We start getting calls right
after Thanksgiving,” said Floyd
McIntyre, who’s been with the
funeral home on Second Avenue
North since 1988. “People want to
know when the sheep are coming.”
It’s a traditional Nativity scene
with no apparent effort to make it
“bigger and better” each passing
year.
Even so, this year’s scene may
have outdone itself.
There’s not just one “mother and
child” in the scene, but two this
year, according to Gail Ford, who
has supplied the animals for the
scene for close to 25 years.
“This year, we sent Emily and
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
her two lambs, Tyler and C.D.,”
Ford said. “Emily lambed (the term
used when sheep give birth) in Oc-
tober. Emily was in the scene last
year and did fine, so we decided to
send her back this year, this time
with her babies.”
Tyler is the smaller of the lambs,
for those who want to be on a first-
name basis as they visit.
“We always put up the scene
first, then bring in the animals a lit-
tle later,” McIntyre said. “They got
here last Thursday and they’ll stay
until shortly after Christmas.”
See Nativity, 6A

Minimal damage reported in Lowndes, Oktibbeha counties from weather

Schools, universities closed early Monday due Management Agency Director
Cindy Lawrence said the only
or rain in the Columbus area.
In Oktibbeha County, Emer-
sissippi State University, Mis-
sissippi University for Women
to predictions of severe storms, tornadoes damage reported in Lowndes
County was flooded apartment
gency Management Agency Di-
rector Kristen Campanella said
and East Mississippi Com-
munity College had all closed
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT there was little damage report- buildings in the Holly Hills area no damage was reported to her their offices on campus by 2:30
ed in Lowndes or Oktibbeha off Highway 45 North. There office at all. p.m. due to the threat of severe
Despite predictions of severe counties Monday night. have been no other reports of Area public schools dis- weather. All schools are back to
storms and possibly tornadoes, Lowndes County Emergency damage to buildings from wind missed students early and Mis- their normal schedules today.

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Dems lay out case for Wednesday

Trump impeachment vote
Report: ‘Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated
that he will remain a threat to national security and the
Constitution if allowed to remain in office’
By LISA MASCARO
and MARY CLARE JALONICK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
House Democrats laid out
their impeachment case
against President Don-
ald Trump on Monday, a
sweeping report accusing
him of betraying the na-
tion and deserving to be
ousted, as key lawmakers Trump
began to signal where they stand ahead
of this week’s landmark votes.
What Democrats once hoped would be
a bipartisan act — only the third time in
U.S. history the House will be voting to
impeach a president — is now on track to
be a starkly partisan roll call Wednesday.
No Republicans are breaking with the
president, and almost all Democrats are
expected to approve the charges against
him.
A raucous town hall Monday in the De-
troit suburbs put on display the nation’s
wrenching debate over the unconvention-
al president and the prospect of removing
him from office. Freshman Democratic
Rep. Elissa Slotkin was both heckled and
celebrated as she announced her sup-
port for impeachment.
“There’s certainly a lot of controversy
about this,” Slotkin acknowledged to the
crowd of 400. “But there just has to be a
moment where you use the letter of the
law for what it’s intended.”
Trump faces two articles of impeach-
ment brought by Democrats. They say
he abused the power of his office by pres-
suring Ukraine to investigate Democratic
rival Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election
and obstructed Congress by aggressively
trying to block the House investigation
from its oversight duties as part of the
nation’s system of checks and balances.
The president “betrayed the Nation by
abusing his high office to enlist a foreign
power in corrupting democratic elec-
tions,” says the 650-page report from the
House Judiciary Committee. He withheld
military aid from the ally as leverage,
the report says, and “Trump, by such
conduct, has demonstrated that he will
remain a threat to national security and
the Constitution if allowed to remain in
office.”

$1.4T spending package

full of unrelated provisions
Legislation would forestall a
government shutdown this weekend
By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — by a $1.4 trillion spending
House leaders on Monday
unveiled a $1.4 trillion gov-
ernment-wide spending
package that’s carrying an
unusually large load of un-
related provisions catch-
ing a ride on the last train
out of Congress this year.
A House vote is slated
for Tuesday on the sprawl-
ing package, some 2,313
pages long, as lawmakers
wrap up reams of unfin-
ished work — and vote
on impeaching President
Donald Trump.
The legislation would
forestall a government
shutdown this weekend
and give Trump steady
funding for his U.S.-Mexi-
co border fence. The year-
end package is anchored
measure that caps a diffi-
cult, months-long battle
over spending priorities.
The mammoth mea-
sure takes a split-the-dif-
ferences approach that’s a
product of divided power
in Washington, offering
lawmakers of all stripes
plenty to vote for — and
against. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was
a driving force, along with
administration pragma-
tists such as Treasury Sec-
retary Steven Mnuchin,
who negotiated the sum-
mertime budget deal that
it implements.
Trump hasn’t said for
sure that he’ll sign the
measure. He invariably
has second thoughts,
but he’s not interested
in another government
shutdown and has always
bowed to Pelosi and Sen-
ate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, R-Ky., when
they’ve teamed up on com-
promise spending packag-
es.
Retired coal miners
and labor union oppo-
nents of Obama-era taxes
on high-cost health plans
came away with big wins
in weekend negotiations
by top congressional lead-
ers and the Trump White
House. The bill would also
increase the age nation-
wide for purchasing tobac-
co products from 18 to 21,
and offers business-friend-
ly provisions on export
financing, flood insurance
and immigrant workers.

Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day

By ALEX VEIGA
and STAN CHOE
AP Business Writers
Stocks closed broadly
higher on Wall Street Mon-
day, extending the mar-
ket’s gains from last week
and sending the major in-
dexes to record highs.
The S&P 500 and Nas-
daq notched all-time highs
for the third straight trad-
ing day. The Dow Jones In-
dustrial Average bested its
last record high set in late
November.
Surprisingly strong
economic reports out of
China helped drive the
rally. Growth in factory
activity and retail sales in
the world’s second-largest
economy both beat ana-
lysts’ expectations for last
month.
The economic reports
gave investors more rea-
son for encouragement.
The market got a big
confidence boost late last
week after the United
States and China reached
a long-awaited “Phase 1”
trade deal. The trade pact
removed some of the un-
certainty that’s hung over
businesses and investors.
“What’s important
about it is that we’re not
witnessing an accelera-
tion in the trade war,” said
Quincy Krosby, chief mar-
ket strategist at Prudential
Financial.
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Mississippi man freed months 3 dead as suspected

after court rules racial bias twisters, other storms
Curtis Flowers ordered to wear an electronic
monitor while waiting for the district attorney’s
office to decide whether to try him a seventh time
for Winona quadruple slaying or drop the charges
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE — A Mississippi
man whose murder conviction was
overturned by the U.S. Supreme
Court for racial bias was released
from custody Monday for the first
time in 22 years.
Curtis Flowers walked out of the
regional jail in the central town of
Louisville hours after a judge set
his bond at $250,000. A person who
wanted to remain anonymous post-
ed $25,000, the 10 percent needed
to secure Flowers’ release, said his
attorney Rob McDuff.
At the bond hearing earlier
Monday in the city of Winona, Cir-
cuit Judge Joseph Loper ordered
Flowers to wear an electronic mon-
itor while waiting for the district at-
torney’s office to decide whether to
try him a seventh time or drop the
charges. Flowers also must check
in once a week with a court clerk,
McDuff said. He said attorneys
would file papers asking the judge
to dismiss the charges.
Flowers was accompanied from
the jail Monday by his attorneys
and two sisters, Priscilla Ward and
Charita Baskin. The siblings said
they were going home to fry some
fish for dinner and hang out togeth-
er.
“It’s been rough,” Flowers said.
“Taking it one day at a time, keep-
ing God first — that’s how I got
through it.”
When asked another question,
Flowers sighed, smiled and tossed
his hands in the air.
“I’m so excited right now, I can’t
even think straight,” he said with a
laugh.
Flowers was convicted four
times in connection with a qua-
druple slaying in Winona in 1996:
twice for individual slayings and
twice for all four killings. Two oth-
er trials involving all four deaths
ended in mistrials.
Each of the convictions was
overturned, but Flowers has re-
mained in jail because the original
murder indictment is still active.
During his sixth trial in 2010,
Flowers was sentenced to death.
The U.S. Supreme Court over-
turned that conviction in June, find-
ing that prosecutors had shown an
unconstitutional pattern of exclud-
ing African American jurors in the
trials of Flowers, who is black.
After the Supreme Court ruling,
Flowers was moved off death row at
the Mississippi State Penitentiary
at Parchman and taken to the Lou-
isville jail.
During the bond hearing, Loper
said it was “troubling” that prose-
cutors had not responded to a pre-
vious defense motion to drop the
charges against Flowers. He said
if prosecutors do not respond, “the
state will reap the whirlwind” from
him.
Assistant District Attorney Wil-
liam Hopper left the hearing with-
out speaking to news reporters. He
declined to comment when asked if
the district attorney’s office would
try Flowers again.
batter the South
Storms prompted many tornado
watches and warnings Monday
By STACEY PLAISANCE and JAY REEVES
The Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, La. — Three people are con-
firmed dead and a dozen more injured as a pow-
erful storm front packing suspected tornadoes
smashed into buildings, downed trees and left
a trail of destruction around the Deep South on
Monday, authorities said.
One person was reported killed in a suspect-
ed tornado strike on a Louisiana home, and two
others were reported dead after another storm hit
around a community about 55 miles west of the
north Alabama city of Huntsville.
“The cat flew,” said Tonia Tyler of Pineville,
Louisiana. “It picked the cat up, and the cat flew
— my cat — it flew across the yard. And I knew
right there, I said ‘Oh God, we’re not going to
make it.’”
The two people killed in Alabama were a hus-
band and wife, Lawrence County Coroner Scott
Norwood said. The injured people included a
7-year-old-child who was taken to a hospital in
Birmingham, authorities said.
The area was filled with debris and downed
trees when first responders arrived.
“It was total chaos,” Norwood told reporters.
“We had to make due the best we could.”
The storms prompted numerous tornado
watches and warnings Monday. Some cities
opened shelters as a cold front collided with
warmer air over northern Gulf Coast states and

Man sentenced for role in Mississippi 6-year-old’s slaying temperatures were expected to plunge.

A jury earlier this year found Kingston Frazier.

Dwan Wakefield guilty of being an
accessory after the fact to murder,
kidnapping and vehicle theft
The Associated Press
CANTON — A judge
has sentenced a man con-
victed of involvement in
the 2017 slaying of a Mis-
sissippi 6-year-old to 40
years in prison.
The Clarion Ledger
reports that Dwan Wake-
field apologized to the
boy’s mother during a
sentencing hearing on
Monday before Madison
County Circuit Judge
Steve Ratcliff.
A jury earlier this year
found Wakefield guilty of
being an accessory after
the fact to murder, kid-
napping and vehicle theft
in the 2017 slaying of
Prosecutors said a
then-17-year-old Wake-
field was on the phone
with the convicted mur-
derer, Byron McBride,
when McBride said a
child was in the car he’d
stolen from a grocery
store parking lot in Jack-
son.
Wakefield has said he
told McBride, who was
then 19, to drop the child
off at a convenience store
or some other public loca-
tion.
McBride shot Kings-
ton Frazier to death that
night.
Wakefield said Mon-
day he should have made
a better decision and
called authorities.
McBride pleaded
guilty to capital murder
and was sentenced to life
in prison without parole
earlier this year
A third defendant,
D’Allen Washington,
pleaded guilty in 2018 to
accessory after the fact
to kidnapping and was
sentenced to 15 years in
prison.

Supervisors
Continued from Page 1A
GTWS, since its contract
includes picking up and
delivering garbage cans
and replacing and fixing
broken ones.
“If we as county super-
visors don’t go out and fix
these cans,
they’ll nev-
er get fixed,
so I would
a p p re c i at e
the organi-
zation that
we contract
out our gar- Montgomery
bage pickup
to maintain, replace and
fix these garbage cans,”
Montgomery said.
Public input
The board decided in
November to hold a pub-
lic hearing at Monday’s
meeting to allow county
residents to bring forward
any concerns about gar-
bage billing and to mail
out notices to property
owners to inform them
of the potential change
of billing from renter to
property owners. Some
residents still said they
felt they were not ade-
quately informed.
Cayla Clayton, the
executive manager for
Chesteen Properties, said
she felt “backed up into a
corner,” since Chesteen
will now be billed for 77
properties, and most of
the tenants live in subsi-
dized housing.
“As far as the notice
getting to me and the
way I thought it read, I’m
supposed to give enough
notice to these folks, and
I felt like I was not given
enough notice or enough
instruction,” Clayton said.
County administrator
Emily Garrard said trying
to get renters to pay gar-
bage bills has been “quite
a headache for the coun-
ty,” and county waste-
water district employee
Dwight Price said the
county should have been
using deed records to
determine who is respon-
sible for the properties
where those renters live.
A few people said they
have family members liv-
ing in separate structures
on their property, and
Garrard said they will not
have to pay the entire bill
at once in that case. Prop-
erty owners who have
second homes in Oktib-
beha County and live else-
where will still have to pay
their garbage bills if the
residence has water and
electricity, Garrard said.
The board agreed with
District 4 Supervisor
Bricklee Miller’s sugges-
tion to ask GTWS for a
full list of all the address-
es that will be billed for
garbage collection in or-
der to notify all property
owners before Jan. 1. The
switch from billing rent-
ers to owners should keep
the latter informed about
what they owe, board at-
torney Rob Roberson said.
“A lot of times, these
property owners are not
even aware that the bill’s
not being paid until it’s
gotten well overdue,” he
said. “This will at least
give them an opportunity
to stay on top of this a lot
better than they were be-
fore.”

Around the state

More cases of deadly
deer disease found in
Mississippi
JACKSON — At least
two more cases of chron-
ic wasting disease have
been found in Mississippi
deer.
Two of the cases have
been confirmed and an-
other 10 cases that tested
positive are in the process
of being confirmed, ac-
cording to Russ Walsh,
the chief of staff for Mis-
Prior to Mississippi’s to become listless and
2019 deer season, the lose weight, among oth-
state had 19 confirmed er symptoms. Tennessee
cases of the deadly neu- has seen 148 confirmed
rological disease that cases of the disease since
causes infected animals its deer season started.
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Tues. Wed.
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Opinion
4A Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Lights are still a fun way to say ‘Merry Christmas’
T
raditions emerge and fall away,
often for no apparent reason.
That’s true with Christmas
traditions, too. Although there are
many enduring elements that make
up our Christmas celebrations every
year, some evolve and some are
replaced with others that themselves
become traditions.
Christmas carolers may be a rare
sight these days, but there’s an Elf of
a Shelf in homes from one end of town
to the other.
There is one tradition that seems
to find itself “betwixt and between,”
as old-timers used to say. It’s the
tradition of decorating our homes
with colorful exterior lights. Every
year, sometime after Thanksgiving
— and lately sometimes before —
home-owners dutifully drag their lad-
Other Editors
Don’t let fraud
damage holiday
charity giving
In 2018, Americans donated $427.71
billion in charitable giving. Fraser Institute,
based in Canada, indicates that Missis-
sippians gave an average of 1.67% of their
incomes to charity each year, ranking the
state 10th among 64 states and provinces.
Mississippians display their generous
hearts through their charitable giving, but
thieves sometimes take advantage of these
soft spots in a variety of holiday scams.
Those donated dollars make attractive
marks for the dishonest, according to
Mississippi State University — Extension
Service family resource management.
Their agents stress that consumers need
to be especially careful about charity tricks
and cheats during the holiday season and
encourage doing research before giving.
Anyone can put on a Santa suit or make a
phony charity call. Don’t succumb to pres-
sure, so take your time. If you receive a call,
request information by mail, and if you re-
ceive mail solicitations, check to determine
if the group is real and how much of your
donation actually goes to the charity. The
Better Business Bureau holds the standard
that at least 65 percent of income should be
spent on the charitable activity.
Law enforcement agencies throughout
Northeast Mississippi keep a close eye on
scams, especially during the holiday season
and can be a good resource when checking
on solicitations.
Often groups will identify themselves
with a name that closely resembles a well-
known, reputable organization. Others will
thank you for a pledge — one you probably
didn’t make — and offer to arrange an
immediate donation collection.
When selecting a charity to support this
year, remember the following:
n Get the name of the person calling and
the exact name of the charity. With so many
charities in existence, mistaken identity is a
common problem and sometimes intention-
ally done for confusion.
n Resist pressure to give on the spot,
whether from a telemarketer or door-
to-door solicitor. A responsible charity
respects your right to make a thoughtful
decision.
n Press for specifics. If the charity says
it’s helping the homeless, for example, ask
how and where it’s working. The caller
should be able to tell you the organization’s
purpose, whether contributions to it are tax
deductible, how a gift will be used and how
much of it will go to the charity’s program.
n Check websites for basics. A chari-
ty’s mission, program and finances should
be available on its site. If not, check for a
report at www.give.org.
n Never give your credit card number
or other personal financial information to
unknown callers.
n Always get receipts especially for cash
contributions. These are important for tax
deductions and provide a tracking mecha-
nism for donations.
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s
office oversees the registration of charities
in Mississippi and all charitable organiza-
tions are required to register with the SOS’s
Office and renew yearly at http://www.sos.
ms.gov/charities
Mississippians give to charities to make
a difference. It’s important to do due dili-
gence to ensure your hard-earned chari-
table contributions are spent in the most
effective way possible this holiday season.
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ders out of the garage and hang lights the back of the family car and tour decorate their home exteriors, makes
along roof lines, eaves and doorposts the neighborhoods, a trip that elicited the impact of those who do all the
to signal the arrival of the season for “oohs” and “ahhs” and “Look at that more spectacular. These displays are
both their own enjoyment and that of one!” responses for those home-own- spread by word of mouth and continue
their neighbors. ers who have outdone themselves. to draw visitors.
While trees decorated with can- It was just one of those little events For those of us who grew up watch-
dles originated in 17th century Ger- that enhanced the spirit of the season. ing lights from the backseat of the
many, Christmas lights as we know Today, though, its not uncommon family sedan, we thank those who not
them were pioneered by none other to drive the length of a neighborhood only have preserved the tradition but
than Thomas Edison’s company. Ac- street without encountering a single have elevated it and, we might add, at
cording to a Smithsonian Magazine stand of lights. no small expense.
article, 80 red, white and blue bulbs The tradition has not disappeared We can still tour the lights,
were placed on a tree in the window of entirely, however. There are, fortu- although the distance between the
Edison’s shop in 1884. nately, still those who take the time displays is seemingly longer.
Those bulbs have given way to to decorate. Some are modest in scale For those holiday efforts, we say
smaller LED lights. and others are grand. The grand dis- “thank you” and, while we are at it,
For earlier generations, it seemed plays go all-out: jaw dropping displays “Merry Christmas!”
almost every home was festooned of lights, sometimes blinking lights If you know of an exceptionally
with lights of all colors and it became synched to music, blow-up displays good display of Christmas decora-
an annual tradition. Parents would and all sorts of other flourishes. tions, please tell us about it by email-
pile their pajama-clad progenies into In a way, the fact that fewer people ing voice@cdispatch.com.
Cartoonist View
State of nation
Was Boris Johnson’s win bad for
Democrats? Not quite
Right-leaning opinions It was not buying into before the election. In speaking
have declared British any vague promises to of Corbyn two years ago, Sanders
Prime Minister Boris replace the National told the Guardian, “I think he is
Johnson’s trouncing of Health Service with, to doing quite well. ... I have been very
Labour leader Jeremy quote candidate Trump, impressed by the campaign that he
Corbyn a favorable por- “something terrific.” has been running.”
tent for President Donald On the contrary, Meanwhile, Bernie’s sidekick,
J. Trump in 2020. Not Johnson campaigned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had
so fast. Other readings fervently for strength- been working her Twitter fingers
of the British election ening the United posting support for the Labour
results see the very Kingdom’s socialist Party leader. After taking office last
opposite. health care system. By year, she famously spent 45 minutes
For starters, Corbyn Froma Harrop contrast, Trump has on the phone seeking wisdom from
was a despised figure been doing his darnd- her hero Corbyn.
including within his est to dismantle our One imagines that James Down-
own party. Trump is, let us say, also market-oriented Affordable Care ie, now digital opinions editor at
less than universally loved. Even a Act. To see how little middle- and The Washington Post, wishes he
strong economy hasn’t lifted his ap- working-class Americans care to hadn’t written a piece in 2017 titled
proval ratings above the disapproval lose their health care security, con- “Jeremy Corbyn’s Success Is a Mod-
ones, which, according to reputable sult the results of the 2018 midterm el for American Progressives.”
polls, remain quite high. elections. Some on the left have respond-
Although Johnson, a populist It’s a safe bet that before the 2020 ed to the bad news Corbyn brings
Conservative, had often been election, Trump will conjure up their candidates with a non sequi-
likened to Trump — and Trump some bold-sounding plan purport- tur. According to Politico, they’re
backed him — Johnson made the ing to ensure that everyone has complaining that Democratic
point of not getting near the toxic affordable health coverage — with moderates “had never been held
American during his recent trip to every intention of dropping it should accountable for Hillary Clinton’s
Britain. he win. One suspects that a good 2016 loss.” They should recall that,
Johnson was selling a unique po- number of his voters who have tak- in fact, Clinton beat Trump by
litical product: separating the Unit- en a chance on him before will not nearly 3 million votes — despite
ed Kingdom from Europe. Trump’s take the bait this time. the left’s demonization of her, its
passion is separating Americans There is another way Labour’s talking points picked up by Trump
from one another: whites from non- drubbing could work in the Demo- and his Russians. The undemocratic
whites, the educated from the less crats’ favor. It should drain support Electoral College elected Trump,
so, American soldiers from their from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth not American voters.
officers. Warren, the two hard-left candi- The hope is that Democratic
It’s true that Britons living in the dates, who’d surely lose to Trump. caucusgoers and primary voters are
rust belt north fled their Labour The Sanders cult now argues that reading the signposts. And if Repub-
Party home to vote for the Con- the U.K. results augur no such licans want to see Johnson’s win as
servatives. Likewise, Trump won thing. Sanders has little to do with good tidings for Trump’s reelection,
in 2016 because several thousand Corbyn, they insist. Democrats should not stop them.
struggling American workers With impeccable timing, Sand- Froma Harrop, a syndicated
switched their votes to Republican. ers’ organizing director, Claire columnist, writes for the Providence
But, again, the British working Sandberg, tweeted the campaign’s (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
class was voting to complete Brexit. endorsement of Corbyn the night address is fharrop@gmail.com.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Tuesday, December 17, 2019 5a

Hallmark’s flip-flop on same-sex ads backfires

‘These are difficult issues to navigate but when you’re going be better off in the end.”
The Hallmark Channel,
wonder aloud whether their
wedding would be going more
to make a call one way or another, make sure you understand the owned by Hallmark Cards Inc.,
is Crown Media Family Net-
smoothly if they had used a wed-
ding-planning site like Zola. The
ramifications. You only want to pull the Band-Aid off once.’ works’ flagship cable channel. lighthearted ad ends with the
Allen Adamson, co-founder of the marketing consultancy Metaforce It is known for family-friend- two brides sharing a quick kiss
ly programming, particularly on the altar.
By MAE ANDERSON happy, but flip-flopping doesn’t group didn’t want shown on made-for-TV Christmas-themed In an interview over the week-
AP Business Writer help,” said Allen Adamson, Hallmark. movies. end, Hallmark spokeswoman
co-founder of the marketing “For Zola, this is Christmas That reputation prompted
NEW YORK — The Hall- Molly Biwer said the company
consultancy Metaforce. “These times 100,” said Laura Ries, Hallmark to pull four Zola ads
mark Channel’s decision to pull, felt “it was in the best interest of
are difficult issues to navigate president of marketing firm Ries with same-sex couples after get-
then reinstate a commercial that ting a complaint from a conser- the brand to pull them and not
but when you’re going to make and Ries. “Nobody ever heard of
featured a same-sex couple kiss- vative group with a stated mis- continue to generate controver-
a call one way or another, make Zola, and now everybody knows
ing shows how controversy can sure you understand the ramifi- it and loves it.” sion to “fight against indecency.” sy.”
generate more publicity than cations. You only want to pull the Paul Argenti, Dartmouth Hallmark allowed two ads with Instead, Hallmark faced criti-
simply ignoring it. Band-Aid off once.” College professor of corporate opposite-sex couples from Zola, cism on Twitter from celebrities,
The company also didn’t help The debacle ultimately made communication, added that the though Zola pulled those after including Ellen DeGeneres and
matters by reversing its decision a winner out of Zola, the wed- debacle “shows you if you know the same-sex ads were nixed. William Shatner. “Isn’t it almost
following the backlash. ding-planning website whose who you are, what you’re doing In one of the pulled ads, two 2020? What are you thinking?”
“It’s hard to keep everyone ads a conservative advocacy and stand by your beliefs, you’ll brides stand at the altar and DeGeneres tweeted.

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with the Rev. Eric Ross
officiating. Burial will
Helen Hardy
ton, Christopher Shel- Columbus. Glenn Rickman
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Stephen Shelton. COLUMBUS — 63, died Dec. 15, 2019, Helen Perry Hardy, age 94,
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in charge of arrange- arrangements.
ments. Helen was born February 27, 1925, in Colum-
Mr. Slayton was bus, MS, to the late Emmett Mabry and Kath-
born Dec. 22, 1965, erine Egger Perry. She attended S.D. Lee High
in Moulton, Alabama, School in Columbus and graduated in the Class
to the late Docia Bea of 1942. After attending Mississippi State Col-
Wilkerson and William lege for Women (now Mississippi University for
Clyde Slayton. Women), she married James Scott Hardy and
In addition to his lived in Columbus, Huntington, West Virginia,
parents, he was pre- Greenwood, MS, Jackson, MS, and Memphis,
ceded in death by his TN, before retiring with Jim to Columbus. Hel-
brother, Alvin Lynn en was a homemaker, taking care of Jim and her
Slayton; and sister, three children, and, in later years, taught kinder-

follow at Memorial
Garden Cemetery.
Visitation is one hour
prior to services at the
funeral home. Calvert
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Pettit was born
Dec. 25, 1953, in West
Point, to the late Jesse
James and Erlene Wray
Pettit. He was formerly
employed as a mechan-
ic with Quality Auto
and a member of First
Christian Church in
West Point.
In addition to his
parents, he was preced-
ed in death by his son,
Justin Pettit.
He is survived by
his daughter, Christy
Kimbrell of Mayhew;
son, Brad Pettit of West
Point; sister, Caroline
Rogers of Huntsville,
Alabama; and four
grandchildren.
Memorials may be
made to the Wounded
Warrior Project, P.O.
Box 758516, Topeka,
KS 66675 or to the
First Christian Church,
P.O. Box 208, West
Point, MS 39773.
Carolyn Bowling.
He is survived by
his brothers, John
“Buddy” Slayton of
Columbus, Charles
Slayton, Wayne Slay-
ton and Jack Moody;
and sister, Elesia Rein-
hardt.
Memorials may be
made to Columbus
Lowndes Humane
Society, P.O. Box 85,
Columbus, MS 39703.
Mildred Hand
COLUMBUS — Mil-
dred Dianne Hand, 58,
died Dec. 15, 2019, at
Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital-Golden Triangle.
Services are at 11
a.m. today at Lowndes
Funeral Home, with
Grant Mitchell officiat-
ing. Burial will follow
at Pleasant Hill Ceme-
tery. Visitation is one
hour prior to services
at the funeral home.
Lowndes Funeral
Home of Columbus is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Hand was born
Aug. 25, 1961, in Co-
lumbus, to Betty Tuck-
Pat Robertson
Paul Armstrong “Pat” Robertson, age 78, died
Thursday, December 12, 2019, at his residence in
Columbus.
A memorial service will be held Friday, De-
cember 20, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Stateline Baptist
Church. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home &
Crematory, 2nd Ave. N. location, is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Robertson was born on April 17, 1941, in
Columbus, to the late Paul Armstrong and Be-
atrice Wilson Robertson Jr. He was a Baptist and
attended Stateline Baptist Church. He was a re-
tired police officer for the City of Columbus and
was the owner/operator of Robertson’s Wrecker
Service and Robertson’s Auto Repair.
Survivors include his children, Sherri Lan-
caster, (John), Columbus, MS, Paula Gaughan,
(James), Hattiesburg, MS, Carl Armstrong Rob-
ertson, Lansing, MI, John Mark Robertson, (Hol-
ly) Daphne, AL, Chelsey Robertson, Columbus,
MS, Macey Robertson, Columbus, MS, Justina
Robertson, Columbus, MS, and Chloe Harper,
Columbus, MS; sister, Lucille Curtis, (Buck),
Beaverton, AL; brothers, John Wilson Robert-
son, Trinity, TX, and Timothy B. Robertson, Ha-
leyville, AL; 8 grandchildren; and 3 great-grand-
children.
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garten in Memphis at Ridgeway Baptist Church
for several years.
While in Columbus, Helen was a longtime
member of First Baptist Church and actively in-
volved in the Women’s Missionary Society. She
was also a loyal volunteer to the Stephen D. Lee
Home as the docent coordinator and was active
in serving as a hostess during the annual Co-
lumbus Pilgrimage. Helen was also a member of
the Pioneer Society of Columbus and Lowndes
County, Mississippi, Bernard Romans Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution, and
the Cherokee Garden Club.
In addition to her parents and husband, Helen
was predeceased by her son, James Scott Hardy
Jr.; and brothers, Emmett M. Perry Jr. and Har-
old Perry.
Helen is survived by her daughter, Kay Har-
dy Walker (Rob) of Decatur, AL; son, Kirk David
Hardy (Vicki) of Columbus, MS; grandchildren,
Julia Walker Slack (Tyler) of Knoxville, TN, Sar-
ah Katharine Walker of Charlotte, NC, David
Hardy of Madison, MS, Natalie Hardy of Austin,
TX, and William Hardy of Columbus, MS; and
great-grandchildren, John Tyler Slack, Walker
Slack and Mary Helen Slack of Knoxville, TN
Memorials may be made to First Baptist
Church or the Stephen D. Lee Home in Colum-
bus or the charity of the donor’s choice.
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
903 College Street • Columbus, MS
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Health
Health tip
n Take care of your relationships: Social
relationships are incredibly important not only for your
mental well-being but also your physical health. Studies
show that people who have close friends and family are
healthier and live much longer than those who do not.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

It’s the season to reap the
health benefits of giving
and receiving
When athletes like LeBron
James, J.J. Watts and Serena Wil-
liams open their hearts and wal-
lets, many people benefit, including
the superstars. As LeBron told kids
at a new public school he launched
in his hometown of Akron, Ohio:
“This is my way of saying ‘thank
you’ to you guys, because I know
exactly what you guys are going
through. This is my gift to you.”
Clearly it’s a gift to the kids, and it
gives a lot to LeBron, too.
That’s because giving and
receiving change your mindset and
your body, improving your health
and happiness.
Receiving a gift offers bene-
fits both physical and emotional.
Supportive ties help people recover
from cardiac problems, fuel hope
and ease distress.
As for giving — well, the
rewards are real. The Cleveland
Clinic says they include lower
blood pressure, increased self-es-
teem, less depression, greater
happiness and a longer life! One
University of California, Berkeley,
study found that when folks 55+
volunteered for two or more organi-
zations, they were 44 percent less
likely to die over a five-year period
than those who didn’t volunteer
— and it wasn’t because they were
healthier to begin with! If that’s not
incentive enough, according to the
UC’s Greater Good Science Center,
acting generously
activates the same
reward pathway as
sex and food!
So, volunteer
to serve a holiday
meal to those in
need, give time
and or money to
charities you be-
lieve in, and make
a pledge to do more
Drs. Oz and Roizen
for others (and for
yourself) in the
New Year. Cheers!
Re-evaluate your drinking habits
Hallmark Christmas movies are
full of sentimentality that appeals
to some family members, but not
everyone. So how do you per-
suade your spouse to sit through
the made-for-TV film “A Royal
Christmas”? The solution posed by
one Texas woman: The Hallmark
Christmas Movie Drinking Game.
The rules are simple. You take a
drink when you hear a reference
to a dead relative, if a main charac-
ter’s name is related to Christmas
(Nick, Holly, etc.), or mistletoe
appears on the screen, etc. You get
the drift.
Clearly, ‘tis the season for exces- alcohol-free days.
sive drinking. Americans double
their intake from Thanksgiving
to New Year’s, and that’s a major
health hazard, upping the risk for
breast and other cancers and liver
damage.
The facts: Evidence that moder-
ate alcohol con-
sumption is heart-
healthy isn’t rock
solid, and hardly
anyone knows
what “moderate”
means. Think
your 6-ounce
glass of whisky is
one drink? Think
again; it counts as
four!
Plus, what may
be harmless for
you can change as your health
changes and you age. Taking a
beta blocker or nitrates for high
blood pressure or an alpha blocker
for enlarged prostate? Mixing it
with alcohol can cause perilously
low blood pressure. If you’re over
65, you don’t metabolize alcohol
as efficiently as before. Your blood
alcohol level increases more dra-
matically, making you vulnerable
to falls.
The smart moves: If you
don’t give up alcohol, make wine
spritzers; drink a glass of water
between servings of alcohol; only
drink with food; set a limit of two
drinks on any day; and establish
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

Judges nixes lawsuit about toxic mold at Mississippi airbase

Judge: Family failed to establish
through expert medical witnesses
that their illnesses were specifically
caused by the housing’s mold
The Associated Press
GULFPORT — A fed-
eral judge has dismissed
a lawsuit by a military
family who says they were
sickened by toxic mold at
an air force base in Mis-
sissippi.
U.S. District Judge
Louis Guirola Jr.’s ruling
dismissed one of 14 law-
suits filed against Hunt
Southern Group and Hunt
MH Property Manage-
ment, the owner and prop-
erty manager of housing
at the Keesler Air Force
in Biloxi, The Sun Herald
reports.
The family failed to
establish through expert
medical witnesses that
their illnesses were spe-
cifically caused by the
housing’s mold, he noted,
adding that experts only
said that mold could gen-
erally cause the family’s
illnesses. The family has
complained of chest pain,
rhinitis, fatigue, head-
aches, rashes, dermati-
tis, vomiting and more.
Court-ordered medical
examinations concluded
mold exposure wasn’t be-
hind the family’s sickness.
cases have been stayed
pending the appeal’s
State Republican Sen.
Roger Wicker recently
outcome, Attorney Billy
Guice said.
said that moisture and
mold were reported in 91
percent of Keesler hous-
ing built after Hurricane
Katrina, according to
the newspaper. He said
at a recent Armed Ser-
vices Committee hear-
ing the mold was caused
by improperly installed
air conditioning systems
and ductwork. Secretary
of the Air Force Barba-
ra Barrett said then that
she’ll work with the Sen-
ate committee to fix the
issues.
The law firm Rushing
& Guice of Ocean Springs
represents the 14 families
and has appealed Guiro-
la’s ruling. The other 13

Nativity
Continued from Page 1A
Throughout the Christmas season,
visitors stop to take in the scene, pet
the animals and sometimes offer them
treats, which they happily nibble.
Ford, who with her husband operates
a small goat and sheep ranch in Macon,
has about 30 goats and sheep.
From that group, she chooses for
the Nativity scene the animals who are
most familiar with humans, most often
those who’ve been bottled fed. Although
sheep are generally nurturing moms,
they sometimes reject their newborn
after birthing.
It’s a situation that Ford is dealing
with now, in fact.
“I’m bottle-feeding three lambs that
were born just last week,” she said.
“During the lambing, the third lamb
was a breach birth and we had to help
deliver her. It was a lot of trauma for the
mama and after it was over, I guess she
decided she didn’t want to have any-
thing to do with them.”
Ford is keeping the lambs in her
house (“we have them in diapers,” she
said) and expects to ween them when
they are about eight weeks old. Normal-
ly, lambs will nurse until they are about
a year old and stop only when the mama
refuses to nurse.
Emily was one of those bottle-fed
lambs, but her children won’t be, thank-
fully.
“She’s a very good mama,” Ford said.
Emily has also proven to be an excel-
lent Nativity scene character.
“She’s very vocal,” Ford said. “People
like that.”
Hopefully, there will be no drama
associated with the scene this year,
which was not the case one year not
long after Ford began providing the
animals, something that is still a topic of
conversation today.
“We sent a goat and two sheep up
there that year and somehow, the sheep
got out,” Ford said. “I heard it was a
roundup for a while there.”
McIntyre certainly remembers it.
“When they got out, they were going
down Second Avenue,” he said. “We saw
them and started chasing them down
the street. They went right at some
point, crossed Main Street and they
headed east on College Street. We were
all chasing them like a bunch of fools.
We couldn’t catch them. We finally got
them back only because they stopped to
graze in a empty lot behind a store.”
The funeral home erected a larger,
more secure enclosure after the escape
and have had no other escape attempts
since.
That means Emily, Tyler and C.D.,
will be “in” the scene, without creating
one.
“I’m too old to chase sheep,” McIn-
tyre said.

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Andra Espinoza-Hunter was among the few bright spots for Mississippi State on Monday at Louisiana, tying Jordan Danberry for the team lead with 12 points.
Bulldogs earn win over Louisiana despite sluggish road performance
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
As the shrieks and
cheers of schoolchildren
enveloped the airspace at
the Cajundome Monday,
Mississippi State (9-2)
slogged to a 64-48 ear-
ly-morning win over Lou-
isiana (6-3) in Lafayette.
Tipping off at 11 a.m.
as part of Education
Day, the Bulldogs sleep-
walked through much of
Monday’s contest as they
recorded a season-high
25 turnovers, 12 of which
came in the game’s open-
ing 20 minutes.
“I thought we came in
at 9 a.m. and shot, and I
NFL
Brees sets TD mark as Saints crush Colts Southern Miss can’t pull off
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS—
Drew Brees trotted
along the sideline hold-
ing his helmet and a Hall
of Fame-bound ball in his
left hand while using his
right hand to wave and
blow kisses to an adoring
Superdome crowd.
Another milestone,
another memory, for an
undersized and once un-
derestimated player who
has broken just about
every significant record
a quarterback can break
— and doesn’t look any-
where near done at age
40.
Brees became the
NFL’s all-time leader
in touchdown passes,
throwing for four scores
to lead the New Orleans
Saints to a 34-7 victory
over the Indianapolis
Colts on Monday night.
“It was special, every-
thing about the night,”
Brees said. “It just kind
of makes your whole
life and career flash be-
fore your eyes, because
I never thought I’d have
a chance to be part of
something like this.”
The scoring strike
that broke Peyton Man-
ning’s record of 539 ca-
reer touchdown passes
came in the third quar-
ter, when Brees hit tight
end Josh Hill for a 5-yard
score. Brees’ next pass
in the game was the
541st scoring toss of his
career, a 28-yarder to re-
serve QB and utility play-
was feeling really good,”
coach Vic Schaefer said.
“We’re a much better
shooting team than we
are shooting it right now
for whatever reason.”
As the Bulldogs
looked discombobulated
on the offensive end, it
was a rough afternoon for
sophomore stalwart Jes-
sika Carter. Carter, who
entered the contest aver-
aging 14.7 points and 11
rebounds, recorded just
a single shot in the first
quarter and failed to re-
cord a rebound until the
8:22 mark in the second
frame.
“She’s not getting a
lot of one-on-one stuff,”
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees reacts af-
ter a touchdown throw in the third quarter against the
Indianapolis Colts at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome
on Monday in New Orleans.
er Taysom Hill that put
the Saints up 34-0.
“He’s done that to a lot
of defenses,” Colts coach
Frank Reich said. “When
he gets like that. I don’t
know that anybody can
stop him.”
Now in his 19th sea-
son, the 6-foot Brees
— a 2001 second-round
draft choice — came
into the game already
holding NFL records
for completions with
6,792 and yards passing
with 72,577. He built on
those numbers while
also setting a record for
completion percentage
in a game. He completed
29 of 30 passes — 96.7%
— for 307 yards before
being relieved by Teddy
Bridgewater in the fourth
quarter. That broke the
mark Philip Rivers had
held since completing 28
of 29 (96.6%) against Ari-
zona last season.
MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Schaefer said. “She’s get-
ting a lot of crowd on her,
and we need her to be
better. We need to have
an inside game. We’ve
got some size, and those
kids have got to be better
down there.”
With Carter strug-
gling to find her footing,
senior guard Jordan Dan-
berry and junior forward
Chloe Bibby picked up
the slack on the boards,
finishing the afternoon
with 10 and 12, respec-
tively.
“I thought those kids
rebounded it extremely
well, and we certainly
needed that,” Schaefer
said.
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“He had a hot hand,
obviously,” Saints coach
Sean Payton said. “Guys
were making plays, but
that’s awfully difficult to
do.”
The victory kept the
Saints (11-3), who’d al-
ready won the NFC
South, in the running
with Seattle (11-3), San
Francisco (11-3) and
Green Bay (11-3) for one
of the top two seeds in
the NFC playoffs.
“There’s a lot at stake
right now relative to
these games when you
look at the top of the
NFC,” Payton said. “It’s
about winning and win-
ning and winning and
trying to give yourself
the best chance in the
postseason.”
The Colts (6-8) were
eliminated from playoff
contention after losing
their fourth straight and
sixth out of seven.
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Offensively, junior Schaefer said. “She drib-
guard Andra Espino- bled it as far up the floor
za-Hunter was among as she could; she didn’t
the few bright spots on settle for a halfcourt
a day the Bulldogs shot shot — she went and got
a meager 30.3 percent it over probably two or
from the field in the three steps, and it was
game’s opening half. probably still a 38-footer.
Though she finished Give that kid credit, and
3 of 9 on the afternoon, it was a big shot.”
Espinoza-Hunter had 12 Picking up where she
points to tie Danberry left off just before the
for the team lead, and buzzer, Espinoza-Hunt-
her running 3-pointer er added her final five
from the scorer’s table points of the contest in
put the Bulldogs ahead the third quarter as the
30-25 heading into the Bulldogs outscored the
break. Ragin’ Cajuns 16-11 on
“That just goes to 7-of-12 shooting in the
show you (that) you play frame.
it out — you go get the Now sitting at 9-2, the
best shot you can get,” Bulldogs will head to Las
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
They were also left
struggled to explain
their lack of competi-
upset of No. 24 Texas Tech
tiveness in a game they
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
needed to win.
“I wish I knew all the LUBBOCK, Texas
answers,” Colts lineback- — Texas Tech is back in
er Darius Leonard said. the AP Top 25 after the
“I hate losing more than
school’s first-ever win
I love winning.” over a No. 1 team.
Jacoby Brissett strug-
The 24th-ranked Red
gled at times with accu- Raiders did just enough
racy and finished 18 of
to stay there against a
34 for 165 yards against team that had already
a Saints defense looking
been blown out twice by
for redemption after al-
ranked opponents this
lowing 48 points in a loss season.
to the 49ers a week ear-
Terrence Shannon Jr.
lier. scored 18 points and Tex-
Meanwhile, Colts de- as Tech rallied in the sec-
fenders had no answer ond half for a 71-65 victo-
for Michael Thomas, ry over Southern Miss on
who caught 12 passes Monday night.
for 128 yards, including Davide Moretti scored
a 15-yard touchdown. 17 points and hit a punc-
Thomas’ eighth game tuating 3-pointer on an
this season with at least otherwise rough shoot-
10 catches give him 133 ing night as the Red Raid-
for the season, which is ers (7-3) extended the
also the fourth-highest nation’s second-longest
single-season total in active home nonconfer-
NFL history. ence winning streak to 52
With four more catch- games.
es, Thomas will pass “I think a lot of times
Antonio Brown and Julio when we sit around and
Jones for second most in feel sorry for ourselves.
a season. He needs 11 We’re disrespecting the
to eclipse Marvin Harri- opponent,” coach Chris
son’s record of 143 from Beard said. “They played
2002. harder than us in a lot of
Tre’Quan Smith stretches of the game and
caught a 21-yard touch- we don’t really say that
down pass for New Orle- about our team as much
ans. but that’s exactly what
Jordan Wilkins scored happened.”
the Colts’ lone TD on a Texas Tech, which lost
1-yard run in the fourth to Virginia in overtime
quarter. in the national champi-
See BREES, 3B onship game last season,
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SECTION
Abby Hunt/MSU Athletics
Vegas later this week for
the Duel in the Desert
tournament. MSU will
open the competition
against a South Florida
team that has been in
and out of the Associated
Press Top 25 this season
before facing either Vir-
ginia or host UNLV.
MSU’s contest against
USF is set to tip at 6 p.m.
Thursday at the Cox Pa-
vilion.
“A lot of second-year,
first-year players,”
Schaefer said. “At the
end of the day — second-
and first-year players —
you’re going to have a lot
of days like this.”
had dropped from 12th all
the way out of the Top 25
with two straight losses,
then lost again at DePaul.
The Red Raiders re-
turned to the poll follow-
ing a two-week absence
with a 70-57 victory over
then-No. 1 Louisville at
Madison Square Garden
in New York last Tuesday.
But the Golden Eagles
(3-9) led well into the sec-
ond half and were within
two points in the final
three minutes despite
playing without leading
scorer Boban Jacdonmi
and two other players
who have started this
season.
“We’re a team in tran-
sition,” coach Jay Ladner
said. “I thought it was
good for our young play-
ers. I am in no way happy
that we lost and not tak-
ing any type of solace,
any type of moral victory
and our players aren’t ei-
ther.”
Texas Tech was also
short-handed in its fourth
straight game without
freshman Jahmi’us Ram-
sey. The team’s leading
scorer has been sidelined
by a hamstring injury.
LaDavius Draine
scored 21 points and
Gabe Watson added 20
in Southern Miss’ eighth
consecutive loss to a
ranked team going back
to January 2011. Three
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briefly GOLF
Women’s College Basketball
EMCC ekes out narrow win over Snead State
The East Mississippi Community College women’s
Woods caps comeback year by leading emotional team win
basketball team navigated a tight contest Monday at THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and heckled so badly for side Tiger Woods, the never left his side. scoreboards, the In-
Snead State Community College, taking home a 62-59
road win in Boaz, Alabama.
his rules violation last greatest player ever.’ It Two weeks before he ternationals still had a
The Lions improved to 9-2 with the victory. MELBOURNE, Aus- week in the Bahamas was awesome.” filled out his team with chance in the final hour.
Tye Metcalf had 11 of her team-leading 13 points tralia — The emotions that his caddie shoved a It was crushing for four captain’s picks, Matsuyama lost a 1-up
in the second half for EMCC, which ended the third poured out of Tiger
quarter in a 47-47 tie. Maddie Riley had a double-double
spectator and was kept the Internationals, hop- Woods won in Japan for lead with a three-putt
with 12 points and 10 rebounds, Taylor Lattimore had Woods, just like they from working the final ing to end two decades his 82nd career victory, from 25 feet that led to
11 points, Topazia Hawkins had nine points, and Ja’Mia did at Augusta Nation- day, was 6 up through without a victory. leaving him no choice the halve with Finau.
Hollings had eight points and eight rebounds. al in the spring, except seven holes. Dustin Ernie Els, who has but to be the first cap-
The Lions have a long layoff before their next Adam Hadwin had a 15-
game, a home contest with Meridian Community this felt different. Johnson, playing for the finished second to tain to pick himself. foot birdie putt to beat
College at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 6 in Scooba. The Masters was for first time since the Tour Woods more times than He was the only play- Bryson DeChambeau
him. Championship because anyone in golf, assem- er to go undefeated at on the 18th hole, but
College Football This was for 11 of knee surgery, was 4 bled the youngest In- Royal Melbourne, win- had to settle for a halve
EMCC WR Brownlee commits to Charlotte players — at times his up through seven holes. ternational team ever ning twice with Justin when he missed on the
East Mississippi Community College wide receiver teammates, always Perhaps most inspir- and inspired them with Thomas and on his own high side.
Jason Brownlee announced his commitment to play under his captaincy —
football at Charlotte on Monday.
ing was Tony Finau in equal doses of purpose ball against Ancer, one Louis Oosthuizen
Brownlee, a West Point High School product, who delivered another the second match. He and analytics. It had the of seven rookies for the lost a 3-up lead at the
became one of the nation’s top junior college wide American victory in was 4 down to Hideki lead going into Sunday Internationals. turn against Kuchar,
receivers in his sophomore season with the Lions. the Presidents Cup and
He caught 75 passes for 1,055 receiving yards and
Matsuyama through for the first time since “We were very in- who caught up on the
12 touchdowns this season in 10 games at EMCC. a moment that near- 10 holes when Finau 2003, the tie in South spired to play for Tiger 15th hole and set off the
Brownlee chose the 49ers from an announced ly brought Woods to won the next four and Africa. — with Tiger — and it’s
list of three finalists: Western Kentucky, Charlotte celebration two holes
tears. And when the de- earned a half-point that It just didn’t have so satisfying to win this
and Southern Miss. All three schools compete in later. Their matched
Conference USA. cisive point was on the put even more pressure enough to cross the cup because of that,” Fi- ended in a halve.
board Sunday at Royal on the International line. nau said.
At the closing cere-
Prep Football Melbourne, Woods cel- team. “I followed a plan, Emotions were raw
mony, the Internation-
Heritage Academy dominates all-MAIS team ebrated with everyone Matt Kuchar deliv- and it didn’t quite work on the golf course as
als stood with their
Heritage Academy senior lineman Eli Acker was he could find by hug- ered the winning point out, but we came damn the Americans celebrat-
arms crossed. The
named the 2019 overall player of the year in Class 5A ging them hard enough without even winning close,” Els said. “If you ed their first comeback
of the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools frustration was evident,
to take the breath out of his match. His 5-foot compare our team on since the four-point
on Monday. even among the seven
The Patriots also earned the coach of the year them. birdie putt on the 17th paper with other teams deficit at Brookline in
“Any time you have rookies.
award for head coach Sean Harrison and the offensive hole assured the Ameri- in other sport, you the 1999 Ryder Cup.
player of the year award for senior quarterback Carter moments where you’re The Americans now
Putt.
cans the half-point they would have laughed us In his TV interview,
able to do something lead the series 11-1-1,
Starkville Academy’s Matt Miller was named the needed to win for the out of the building. But Woods was fighting
defensive player of the year in Class 5A. that is bigger than us eighth straight time. we gave it a hell of a go back tears, yet another the only International
The Patriots had seven players beside Putt and as an individual, it’s so The last two match- and we came mightily indication to his players victory coming at Royal
Acker named to the all-MAIS team for 2019. On offense, Melbourne in 1998.
senior running back KJ Smith, senior wide receiver Jar- much more meaningful es ended in halves for a close to winning and how much it meant.
ed Long and senior offensive lineman Ethan Bumgarner and so much more spe- 16-14 score. The Amer- upsetting one of the “I love seeing other “I’m disappointed.
earned the honor. cial,” he said. icans tied a Presidents greatest golf teams of people cry, especial- That’s all I can say,”
For Starkville Academy, junior running back CJ said Adam Scott, who
Jackson and senior offensive lineman Trey Tyler made The Americans felt Cup record with an 8-4 all time.” ly Tiger Woods,” said
the team on the offensive side. the same way. margin in singles, the That team included Steve Stricker, one of has played nine straight
On defense, Heritage Academy placed junior Trailing for the largest since the first the greatest player of three vice captains Presidents Cups with-
defensive lineman John Jackson, senior defensive back out winning. “But I like
Noel Fisher, sophomore defensive back Wesley Miller first time in 16 years, event in 1994. his generation. Woods who allowed Woods to
and all-purpose defender Banks Hyde on the team. they followed his lead. “It was really cool was appointed captain hold dual roles at Royal what’s happening in the
For Starkville Academy, defensive lineman Taylor Woods, the first play- being part of this team in March 2018 and sug- Melbourne. And then future. I can’t wait for
Ray and defensive back Sam Clark made the team on another crack at it.”
defense. ing captain in 25 years, and having Tiger as cap- gested he might be a Stricker had to hold
The Patriots beat the Volunteers for the Class 5A went out in the first of tain,” Kuchar said. “We playing captain, which back tears of his own. The Internationals
title on Nov. 22 in Jackson, wrapping up a 14-0 season. 12 singles matches and had a roomful of some he later said was a joke. The International likely will want Els to
outlasted Abraham An- of the greatest golfers And then he won the team at least kept it return as captain. As for
SOURCE: From Special Reports
cer to set the Presidents in the world, and when Masters, his 15th major close, unlike two years Woods?
Cup record by winning he speaks, we listen. I and first in 11 years, ago at Liberty Nation- “We are going to
CALENDAR his 27th match. think all of us will look to cap off a comeback al when it was one putt have those conversa-
Today It also set the tone back and have these from injury made even away from being elimi- tions in the future, but
Prep Girls Soccer for his team. pictures hanging on more meaningful by nated on Saturday. not right now,” Woods
Caledonia at Pontotoc, 5 p.m. Patrick Reed, win- our walls and say, ‘We the hugs he shared with Even with so much said. “We are going to
New Hope at West Point, 5 p.m. less in three matches played for and along- family and those who American red on the enjoy this one.”
Prep Boys Soccer
Columbus at Shannon, 7 p.m.
Pro Football
14-66, Murray 9-29, Washington 3-20, Line 2-4, Florida State (6-6) vs. Arizona State (7-5), 1 p.m. Houston 109, San Antonio 107 Vegas 6, Vancouver 3
Caledonia at Pontotoc, 7 p.m. T.Hill 2-1, Bridgewater 3-(minus 3). (CBS) Memphis 118, Miami 111 Monday’s Games
PASSING_Indianapolis, Brissett 18-34-0-165. Liberty Bowl Oklahoma City 109, Chicago 106 Florida 6, Ottawa 1
New Hope at West Point, 7 p.m. NFL Glance New Orleans, Brees 29-30-0-307. Memphis, Tenn. Portland 111, Phoenix 110 Nashville 5, N.Y. Rangers 2
Columbus 3, Washington 0
AMERICAN CONFERENCE RECEIVING_Indianapolis, Pascal 4-44, Hilton Kansas State (8-4) vs. Navy (10-2), 2:45 p.m. Today’s Games
Prep Girls Basketball East 4-25, Johnson 2-37, Inman 2-25, Doyle 2-21, (ESPN) L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 6 p.m. St. Louis 5, Colorado 2
W L T Pct PF PA Edmonton 2, Dallas 1
Caledonia at Houston, 6 p.m. x-New England 11 3 0 .786 372 181
Hines 2-2, Wilkins 1-7, Dulin 1-4. New Orleans, Arizona Bowl Sacramento at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Today’s Games
Thomas 12-128, Kamara 5-23, Cook 4-54, T.Hill Tucson, Ariz. Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
New Hope at Noxubee County, 6 p.m. x-Buffalo
N.Y. Jets
10 4 0 .714 291 222
5 9 0 .357 247 343
2-42, Murray 2-20, Smith 1-21, Ginn 1-13, J.Hill Wyoming (7-5) vs. Georgia State (7-5), 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Toronto, 6 p.m.
1-5, Harris 1-1. (CBSSN) Orlando at Utah, 8 p.m.
Kemper County at West Point, 6 p.m. Miami 3 11 0 .214 241 435
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Alamo Bowl Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Boston, 6 p.m.
Nashville vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans
South
Prep Boys Basketball W L T Pct PF PA San Antonio
Texas (7-5) vs. Utah (11-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday’s Games
Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Memorial Coliseum, 6 p.m.
Houston 9 5 0 .643 341 330 Anaheim at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Caledonia at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
New Hope at Noxubee County, 7:30
Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 339 279
Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 303 329
College Football Citrus Bowl
Wednesday, Jan. 1 Chicago at Washington, 6 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 250 353
North
Bowl Games Orlando, Fla.
Michigan (9-3) vs. Alabama (10-2), Noon (ABC)
Toronto at Detroit, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Montreal at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
p.m. W L T Pct PF PA
Friday, Dec. 20
Outback Bowl
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Vegas, 9 p.m.
Bahamas Bowl Arizona at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Kemper County at West Point, 7:30 y-Baltimore
Pittsburgh
12 2 0 .857 472 257
8 6 0 .571 269 259 Nassau Tampa, Fla. Orlando at Denver, 8 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Buffalo (7-5) vs. Charlotte (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Minnesota (10-2) vs. Auburn (9-3), Noon (ESPN) Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
p.m. Cleveland 6 8 0 .429 297 329
Frisco (Texas) Bowl Rose Bowl Golden State at Portland, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati 1 13 0 .071 211 359 Pasadena, Calif. Thursday’s Games
Men’s College Basketball West Utah State (7-5) vs. Kent State (6-6), 6:30 p.m.
Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Utah at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Edmonton at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
W L T Pct PF PA (ESPN2) Thursday’s Games
MUW at Belhaven University, 5 p.m. y-Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 394 284 Saturday, Dec. 21 Sugar Bowl L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Oakland 6 8 0 .429 274 386 New Orleans Brooklyn at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Celebration Bowl
Women’s College Basketball Denver 5 9 0 .357 239 284 At Atlanta
Georgia (11-2) vs. Baylor (11-2), 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) Houston at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.
L.A. Chargers 5 9 0 .357 299 290 Thursday, Jan. 2 N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 6 p.m.
MUW at Berry College, 5 p.m. NATIONAL CONFERENCE
NC A&T (8-3) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m. (ABC)
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Nashville at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque
Cincinnati (10-3) vs. Boston College (6-6), 2 p.m.
(ESPN) College Basketball Chicago at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Wednesday Dallas 7 7 0 .500 378 288
Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 334 328
Central Michigan (8-5) vs. San Diego State (9-3),
1 p.m. (ESPN)
Gator Bowl
Jacksonville, Fla.
Monday’s Scores
EAST
Montreal at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Cure Bowl
Men’s College Basketball N.Y. Giants
Washington
3 11 0 .214 283 382
3 11 0 .214 215 347 Orlando, Fla.
Indiana (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Delaware 86, Delaware St. 78
Vegas at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 3 Pittsburgh 59, N. Illinois 50
Radford at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. South Liberty (7-5) vs. Georgia Southern (7-5), 1:30 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 378 303
(CBSSN)
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
Boise
Ohio (6-6) vs. Nevada (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Rider 74, Marist 64
SOUTH
Charlotte 67, Valparaiso 57
Transactions
Thursday Tampa Bay 7 7 0 .500 416 398
Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 329 365
SMU (10-2) vs. FAU (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ABC)
Camellia Bowl Armed Forces Bowl
Saturday, Jan. 4 Jackson St. 113, Southeastern Baptist College 67
James Madison 81, Charleston Southern 60 American League
Monday’s moves
BASEBALL
Carolina 5 9 0 .357 324 390
Women’s College Basketball North
Montgomery, Ala.
FIU (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 4:30 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas Marshall 89, Morehead St. 62 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated 2B Mike
Southern Miss (7-5) vs. Tulane (6-6), 10:30 a.m. Mercer 72, UNC-Wilmington 63 Freeman for assignment.
Mississippi State at South Florida in W L T Pct PF PA (ESPN) (ESPN) Morgan St. 96, Chestnut Hill 72 HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP
x-Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 330 283 Las Vegas Bowl Murray St. 74, Kennesaw St. 38 Joe Smith on a two-year contract.
Duel in The Desert, 6 p.m. Minnesota
Chicago
10 4 0 .714 378 259
7 7 0 .500 256 253 Boise State (12-1) vs. Washington (7-5), 6:30 p.m. Lendingtree Bowl
Monday, Jan. 6
Tulane 68, Alcorn St. 57 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Signed 3B/OF Yoshitomo
(ABC) MIDWEST
Blue Mountain College at MUW, 5:30 Detroit 3 10 1 .250 304 373
New Orleans Bowl
Mobile, Ala. E. Illinois 85, W. Illinois 47
Tsutsugo to a two-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP
West Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3),
p.m. W L T Pct PF PA UAB (9-4) vs. Appalachian State (12-1), 8 p.m. 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
N. Dakota St. 79, Montana St. 65
SOUTHWEST
Joely Rodríguez on a two-year contract. Agreed to
x-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 419 258 (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 13 terms with RHP Matt Bush, RHP Tim Dillard, LHP
Men’s College Basketball x-Seattle 11 3 0 .786 371 345 Monday, Dec. 23 College Football Championship
Texas Tech 71, Southern Miss 65 Brian Flynn, RHP Arturo Reyes, and C/OF Blake
L.A. Rams 8 6 0 .571 332 306 Gasparilla Bowl FAR WEST Swihart to minor league contracts.
Blue Mountain College at MUW, 7:30 Arizona 4 9 1 .321 310 398 At Tampa, Fla.
New Orleans UC Irvine 74, Kent St. 68 National League
Fiesta Bowl winner vs. Peach Bowl winner, 7 p.m. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with
p.m. x-clinched playoff spot UCF (9-3) vs. Marshall (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN)
y-clinched division Tuesday, Dec. 24 Saturday, Jan. 18 No. 24 Texas Tech 71, RHP Josh Lindblom on a three-year contract.
Prep Girls Soccer Thursday’s Games Hawaii Bowl
NEW YORK METS — Designated RHP Stephen
Baltimore 42, N.Y. Jets 21 Honolulu
East-West Shrine Classic
Southern Miss 65 Nogosek for assignment. Agreed to terms with
Columbus at New Hope, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games BYU (7-5) vs. Hawaii (9-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
At St. Petersburg, Fla. SOUTHERN MISS (3-9) RHP Rick Porcello on a one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with
East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFL) Stevenson 3-7 3-4 9, Harper-Baker 4-7 0-2 9,
West Point at Grenada, 5 p.m. Kansas City 23, Denver 3 Thursday, Dec. 26 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl C Luke Maile on a one-year contract.
Tampa Bay 38, Detroit 17 Independence Bowl Draine 8-14 2-2 21, Malone 0-3 0-0 0, Watson 8-17
At Pasadena, Calif. 3-4 20, Dean 2-3 0-0 4, Leslie 0-1 0-0 0, McCoy Frontier League
Prep Boys Soccer Houston 24, Tennessee 21 Shreveport, La. American vs. National, TBA (NFL) 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 26-55 8-12 65. FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed OF Connor
N.Y. Giants 36, Miami 20 Miami (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (9-3), 3 p.m. Crane and INF Kevin Whatley to contract exten-
Columbus at New Hope, 7 p.m. Seattle 30, Carolina 24 (ESPN) Senior Bowl
Saturday, Jan. 25 TEXAS TECH (7-3)
Holyfield 2-4 5-6 9, Clarke 5-10 4-4 14, Moretti sions. Signed RHP Jared Cheek.
Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released C Corey Bass,
West Point at Grenada, 7 p.m. New England 34, Cincinnati 13
Quick Lane Bowl
Detroit
At Mobile, Ala. 4-17 6-6 17, Edwards 4-10 0-0 9, Shannon 5-13
RHP Austin Chrismon, LHP Seth Davis, INF Nick
North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. 8-9 18, Savrasov 0-0 0-0 0, Tchewa 0-0 0-0 0,
Prep Girls Basketball Philadelphia 37, Washington 27 Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Eastern Michigan (6-6), 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 Nadolny 0-0 0-0 0, McCullar 0-1 1-2 1, Benson 1-1 DeTringo, 1B Stayler Hernandez, C Chris Shaw,
and RHP Arik Sikula.
Arizona 38, Cleveland 24 (ESPN) Hula Bowl 0-0 3. Totals 21-56 24-27 71.
West Point at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. Jacksonville 20, Oakland 16 Friday, Dec. 27 At Honolulu Halftime_Southern Miss 32-25. 3-Point Goals_ BASKETBALL
Minnesota 39, L.A. Chargers 10 Southern Miss 5-16 (Draine 3-8, Harper-Baker NBA G League
Starkville Academy at Tishomingo Military Bowl 9:30 p.m. WESTCHESTER KNICKS — Waived F Kavin Gild-
Atlanta 29, San Francisco 22 Annapolis, Md. 1-3, Watson 1-4, Leslie 0-1), Texas Tech 5-22
(Moretti 3-11, Benson 1-1, Edwards 1-7, Holy- er-Tilbury. Signed F Josh Cunningham.
County, 6 p.m. Dallas 44, L.A. Rams 21 North Carolina (6-6) vs. Temple (8-4), 11 a.m. FOOTBALL
Winston Academy at Oak Hill Academy,
Buffalo 17, Pittsburgh 10
Monday’s Games
New Orleans 34, Indianapolis 7
(ESPN)
Pinstripe Bowl Pro Basketball field 0-1, McCullar 0-1, Shannon 0-1). Fouled
Out_Stevenson. Rebounds_Southern Miss 27
(Harper-Baker 9), Texas Tech 28 (Clarke 11). As-
National Football League
NFL — Suspended Seattle WR Josh Gordon in-
6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21
New York
Wake Forest (8-4) vs. Michigan State (6-6), 2:20
NBA Glance sists_Southern Miss 11 (McCoy, Watson 4), Texas definitely for violating the league’s policies on per-
formance-enhancing substances and substances
EASTERN CONFERENCE Tech 10 (Clarke 6). Total Fouls_Southern Miss 19,
Prep Boys Basketball Houston at Tampa Bay, Noon
Buffalo at New England, 3:30 p.m.
p.m. (ESPN) Atlantic Division Texas Tech 9. A_12,290 (15,098). of abuse.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed OT Greg Little
Texas Bowl W L Pct GB
West Point at West Lowndes, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Houston Philadelphia 20 8 .714 — on IR. Activated WR Chris Hogan from IR.
Starkville Academy at Tishomingo Coun-
Sunday, Dec. 22
N.Y. Giants at Washington, Noon
Cincinnati at Miami, Noon
Oklahoma State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 5:45
p.m. (ESPN)
Boston
Toronto
17 7 .708 1
18 8 .692 1 Hockey CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed DT Renell
Wren on IR. Signed DE Freedom Akinmoladun
from the practice squad. Signed K Kaare Vedvik
ty, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Tennessee, Noon
Holiday Bowl Brooklyn
New York
14 12 .538 5
6 21 .222 13½ NHL Glance to the practice squad.
San Diego EASTERN CONFERENCE DALLAS COWBOYS — Released OL Caleb
Winston Academy at Oak Hill Academy, Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, Noon Iowa (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 7 p.m. (FS1) Southeast Division
Atlantic Division Benenoch. Signed LB Chris Covington from the
Baltimore at Cleveland, Noon Cheez-It Bowl W L Pct GB
7:30 p.m. Carolina at Indianapolis, Noon Phoenix Miami 19 8 .704 — GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 34 21 7 6 48 115 86
practice squad.
DETROIT LIONS — Placed DT Mike Daniels and
Jacksonville at Atlanta, Noon Air Force (10-2) vs. Washington State (6-6), 9:15 Orlando 12 14 .462 6½
Charlotte 12 17 .414 8 Buffalo 34 16 11 7 39 107 103 G Kenny Wiggins on IR. Claimed G Caleb Benen-

on the air
Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Detroit at Denver, 3:05 p.m.
Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.
Today
Kansas City at Chicago, 7:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 23
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Green Bay at Minnesota, 7:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m. — UMBC at Georgetown,
Saints 34, Colts 7
FS1 Indianapolis 0 0 0 7—7
New Orleans 3 17 14 0—34
6 p.m. — Southeast Missouri at Ohio First quarter
NO_FG Lutz 33, 7:28.
State, BTN Second quarter
6 p.m. — The Basketball Hall of Fame NO_Thomas 15 pass from Brees (Lutz kick), 12:37.
NO_T.Smith 21 pass from Brees (Lutz kick), 6:11.
Invitational: Florida vs. Providence, New NO_FG Lutz 26, :00.
Third quarter
York, ESPN2 NO_J.Hill 5 pass from Brees (Lutz kick), 7:08.
7:30 p.m. — North Florida at Florida NO_T.Hill 28 pass from Brees (Lutz kick), :35.
Fourth quarter
State, ACCN Ind_Wilkins 1 run (McLaughlin kick), 3:56.
A_73,053.
7:30 p.m. — Oklahoma at Creighton, Ind NO
First downs 16 27
FS1 Total Net Yards 205 424
8 p.m. — Purdue at Ohio, ESPN2 Rushes-yards 17-46 33-117
Passing 159 307
8 p.m. — San Francisco at Stanford, Punt Returns 0-0 3-29
Kickoff Returns 1-19 0-0
PAC-12N Ints. Ret. 0-0 0-0
8:30 p.m. — The Basketball Hall of Comp-Att-Int 18-34-0 29-30-0
Sacked-Yds Lost 1-6 0-0
Fame Invitational: Miami vs. Temple, Punts 6-37.0 2-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
New York, ESPNU Penalties-Yards 7-49 6-52
10 p.m. — Seattle at Washington, Time of Poss. 23:38 36:22
Individual statistics
PAC-12N RUSHING_Indianapolis, Mack 11-19, Hines 2-10,
Wilkins 3-10, Brissett 1-7. New Orleans, Kamara
p.m. (ESPN) Florida 33 16 12 5 37 115 109 och off waivers from Dallas.
Washington 8 17 .320 10
Saturday, Dec. 28 Atlanta 6 21 .222 13 Montreal 33 15 12 6 36 105 107 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed WR Spen-
Camping World Bowl Toronto 34 16 14 4 36 110 109 cer Schnell to its practice squad. Released WR
Central Division
Orlando, Fla. Tampa Bay 31 16 12 3 35 110 100 Trevion Thompson from the practice squad.
W L Pct GB
Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Iowa State (7-5), 11 a.m. Milwaukee 24 4 .857 — Ottawa 34 14 18 2 30 91 109 HOCKEY
(ABC) Indiana 18 9 .667 5½ Detroit 35 9 23 3 21 76 136 National Hockey League
Cotton Bowl Classic Detroit 11 16 .407 12½
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned D Josh Mahura
to San Diego (AHL). Recalled C Sam Carrick and
Arlington, Texas Chicago 10 19 .345 14½
Washington 35 24 6 5 53 125 100 D Jacob Larsson from San Diego.
Penn State (10-2) vs. Memphis (12-1), 11 a.m. Cleveland 6 21 .222 17½
WESTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders
31 22 7 2 46 92 72 ARIZONA COYOTES — Traded Fs Nick Merkley
(ESPN)
Peach Bowl Southwest Division Carolina 33 20 11 2 42 107 86 and Nate Schnarr, D Kevin Bahl, a conditional
W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 33 19 10 4 42 110 89 2020 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2021
Atlanta
Dallas 18 8 .692 — Philadelphia 33 17 11 5 39 101 99 third-round draft pick to New Jersey for Fs Taylor
CFP Semifinal, LSU (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (12-1), N.Y. Rangers 33 16 13 4 36 105 106 Hall and Blake Speers. Assigned F Brayden Burke
3 p.m. (ESPN)
Houston
San Antonio
18 9 .667 ½
10 16 .385 8 Columbus 33 13 14 6 32 82 98 to Tucson (AHL).
Fiesta Bowl Memphis 10 17 .370 8½ New Jersey 32 10 17 5 25 77 115 CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Brian
Glendale, Ariz. New Orleans 6 21 .222 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Gibbons from Charlotte (AHL).
CFP Semifinal, Ohio State (13-0) vs. Clemson (13- Northwest Division
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Waived F Ilya Koval-
chuk. Recalled D Kale Clague from Ontario (AHL).
0), 7 p.m. (ESPN) W L Pct GB
Monday, Dec. 30 Denver 17 8 .680 — St. Louis 35 21 8 6 48 107 95 Assigned D Paul Ladue to Ontario.
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Utah 15 11 .577 2½ Colorado 33 21 9 3 45 119 91 SOCCER
Dallas Oklahoma City 12 14 .462 5½ Winnipeg 33 20 11 2 42 101 91 Major League Soccer
Portland 11 16 .407 7 Dallas 35 19 12 4 42 91 82 CINCINNATI — Signed D Saad Abdul-Salaam.
Western Kentucky (8-4) vs. Western Michigan (7-
Minnesota 10 15 .400 7 Minnesota 34 16 13 5 37 105 112 LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB — Signed MF
5), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Nashville 32 15 12 5 35 107 103 Francisco Ginella.
Music City Bowl
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB Chicago 34 13 15 6 32 94 110 MONTREAL IMPACT — Signed D Rod Fanni to a
Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Louisville (7-5), 3 p.m.
L.A. Lakers 24 3 .889 —
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
one-year contract.
NASHVILLE — Signed D Miguel Ángel Nazarit
L.A. Clippers 20 8 .714 4½
(ESPN) Sacramento 12 14 .462 11½ Arizona 35 19 12 4 42 97 84 Mina.
Redbox Bowl Phoenix 11 15 .423 12½ Edmonton 36 19 13 4 42 108 110 PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed MF Diego Valeri
Santa Clara, Calif. Golden State 5 23 .179 19½ Vegas 36 18 13 5 41 109 103 to a multi-year contract.
Illinois (6-6) vs. California (7-5), 3 p.m. (FOX) Sunday’s Games Calgary 35 18 13 4 40 95 104 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Acquired F Lucas
Orange Bowl Orlando 130, New Orleans 119 Vancouver 34 16 14 4 36 110 105 Cavallini from Club Puebla (Liga MX-Mexico) and
San Jose 35 16 17 2 34 96 122 signed him to a three-year contract.
Miami Gardens, Fla. Indiana 107, Charlotte 85
Anaheim 33 14 15 4 32 87 97 COLLEGE
Florida (10-2) vs. Virginia (9-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Brooklyn 109, Philadelphia 89 Los Angeles 35 14 18 3 31 90 111 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Suspend-
Tuesday, Dec. 31 L.A. Lakers 101, Atlanta 96 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime ed UNLV TE Giovanni Fauolo Sr. two games, DB
Belk Bowl Denver 111, New York 105
Charlotte, N.C. Sacramento 100, Golden State 79
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Evan Austrie and TE Noah Bean one game and
OL Justin Polu for half a game in 2020 for their
Kentucky (7-5) vs. Virginia Tech (8-4), 11 a.m.
(ESPN)
Monday’s Games
Washington 133, Detroit 119
Sunday’s Games involvement in a postgame fight against Nevada.
Winnipeg 7, Philadelphia 3 INDIANA — Announced the retirement of athlet-
Sun Bowl Toronto 133, Cleveland 113 Chicago 5, Minnesota 3 ic director Fred Glass, effective at the end of the
El Paso, Texas Dallas 120, Milwaukee 116 Los Angeles 4, Detroit 2 academic year.

Brees
Continued from Page 1B
Fluid record
While Brees holds the
career touchdown pass
record for now, the Pa-
triots’ Tom Brady is only
three behind at 538.
“It’s a fluid record,”
Payton said. “There’s
still another quarterback
in New England, so that
will go back and forth
as long as those two are
playing.”
The next-closest ac-
tive player is Rivers with
395.
Brees wasn’t about to
underestimate Brady’s
ability to keep pace.
“He’s such a stud. He’s
got a lot of rings and re-
cords,” Brees said of
Brady. “He’s awesome.”
Hailing Hill
Brees said the ball
NBA ROUNDUP
Mavs end Bucks’ 18-game streak despite 48 from Giannis
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — The
Milwaukee Bucks’ 18-
game winning streak end-
ed Monday night when
Seth Curry and Kristaps
Porzingis each scored 26
points to help the Dallas
Mavericks hang on for
a 120-116 victory even
without star guard Luka
Doncic.
Giannis Antetokoun-
mpo led the Bucks with 48
points and 14 rebounds,
but got little support as
Milwaukee lost for the
first time since a 103-100
setback at Utah on Nov 8.
The winning streak
was their longest since a
franchise-record 20 con-
secutive victories by the
1970-71 championship
team that featured Ka-
reem Abdul-Jabbar, then
known as Lew Alcindor,
and Oscar Robertson.
Doncic sat out with
a sprained right ankle,
while the Bucks were
missing injured point
guard Eric Bledsoe.
Rockets 109, Spurs 107
HOUSTON — Rus-
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AP All-America teams dominated by LSU, Ohio State
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
No. 1 LSU and No. 2
Ohio State each placed
three players on The As-
sociated Press All-Amer-
ica first team released
Monday.
Heisman Trophy win-
ner Joe Burrow of LSU
highlights the first-team
offense and Heisman fi-
nalist Chase Young of
Ohio State leads the de-
fense on the team pre-
sented by Regions Bank
that was chosen by a pan-
el of 15 college football
poll voters.
The top-ranked Ti-
gers also placed receiver
Ja’Marr Chase and cor-
nerback Derek Stingley
on the first team. Young
was joined on the first
team by Ohio State by
teammates Wyatt Davis,
a guard, and Jeff Okudah,
a cornerback. No. 3 Clem-
son’s only first-team
All-American was line-
backer Isaiah Simmons.
No. 4 Oklahoma was
represented on the first
team by receiver CeeDee
Lamb.
No. 5 Georgia, Ken-
tucky and No. 11 Wis-
consin were the other
teams with multiple first-
team selections. Georgia
placed tackle Andrew
Thomas and safety J.R.
Reed on the All-America
team.
Wisconsin running
back Jonathan Taylor is
the only player to repeat
as a first-team All-Ameri-
can this season. Badgers
center Tyler Biadasz also
with which he threw
his record-breaking TD
would go to the Pro Foot-
ball Hall of Fame and
also sounded particularly
pleased by who caught it.
“I love the fact it was
Josh Hill,” Brees said,
noting that Hill made
the team as an undrafted
rookie in 2013 and has
been reliable both on of-
fense and special teams
ever since.
“The epitome of a
great teammate, kind of
an unsung hero,” Brees
said. “He’s done an un-
believable job. I have so
much trust and confi-
dence in him.”
Up next
Colts: Host Carolina
on Sunday.
Saints: Visit Tennes-
see on Sunday.
sell Westbrook scored
31 points, James Harden
had 28, and Houston set a
franchise record by over-
coming a 25-point deficit
to beat San Antonio.
The comeback
eclipsed the 23-point
deficit Houston faced in
a 110-107 victory against
Portland on Jan. 22, 1977.
Houston fell behind
early as Harden shot 4 of
17 in the first half. He fin-
ished 10 for 29.
The Spurs managed
just 35 points in the sec-
ond half after setting a
season high for first-half
scoring and leading 72-53
at the break. LaMarcus
Aldridge led San Antonio
with 19 points and 13 re-
bounds.
Thunder 109, Bulls 106
OKLAHOMA CITY
— Chris Paul hit five
3-pointers in the fourth
quarter and Oklahoma
City erased a 26-point
second-quarter deficit to
rally past Chicago.
Paul took over in the
fourth, going 5 for 5 from
deep and scoring 19 of his
30 points. His fourth 3 of
made the first-team.
Kentucky had punt-
er Max Duffy, and Lynn
Bowden Jr., the receiv-
er-turned quarterback,
who made the first team
as an all-purpose player.
Bowden leads the Wild-
cats in rushing and re-
ceiving this season.
Ohio State led all teams
with seven players select-
ed to the three All-Amer-
ica teams, including quar-
terback Justin Fields, who
made the second team.
No. 9 Alabama had no
players selected to the
first team for the first
time since 2010, but had
five players combined
on the second and third
teams. Oklahoma, Utah
also had five selections on
the three teams and LSU
and Clemson each had
four.
The 2019 Associated
Press All-America Team
presented by Regions
Bank:
First team
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Joe
Burrow, senior, LSU.
Running backs — Chu-
ba Hubbard, sophomore,
Oklahoma State; Jona-
than Taylor, junior, Wis-
consin.
Tackles — Penei
Sewell, sophomore, Or-
egon; Andrew Thomas,
junior, Georgia.
Guards — Wyatt Da-
vis, sophomore, Ohio
State; Kevin Dotson, se-
nior, Louisiana-Lafayette.
Center — Tyler Bi-
adasz, junior, Wisconsin.
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Eagles
Continued from Page 1B
of the defeats have come
this season, including
25-point losses to Gon-
zaga, which was seventh
and is up to No. 2, and Se-
ton Hall, unranked now
but 13th at the time.
Graduate transfer
Chris Clarke had his sec-
ond double-double for
Texas Tech with 14 points
and 11 rebounds and led
the Red Raiders with six
assists.
Texas Tech went
ahead for good at 52-51 on
a layup by Kyler Edwards
with 8:54 remaining.
Moretti, the only re-
turning starter for Texas
Tech, was 1 of 12 from
the field while missing all
seven 3-point attempts in
the first half.
The junior guard hit
the period put Oklahoma
City ahead 101-100, its
first lead since the open-
ing seconds. Paul also
had nine rebounds and 10
assists.
The Bulls tied it at 106
before Steven Adams put
the Thunder ahead with a
free throw and Paul added
two more in the final five
seconds.
Zach LaVine finished
with 39 points for the
Bulls.
Grizzlies 118, Heat 111
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —
Rookie guard Ja Morant
had 20 points and 10 as-
sists to lead Memphis
over Miami.
Jonas Valanciunas fin-
ished with 21 points and
10 rebounds as the Griz-
zlies won for the fourth
time in five games.
Miami had won four
of five, including three
overtime victories. Jimmy
Butler had 25 points and
eight assists, and Tyler
Herro scored 22.
Memphis scored 11
straight points to take a
115-107 lead with 2 min-
utes, 31 seconds left.
Tight end — Harrison
Bryant, senior, Florida
Atlantic.
Wide receivers —
Ja’Marr Chase, soph-
omore, LSU; CeeDee
Lamb, junior, Oklahoma.
All-purpose player —
Lynn Bowden Jr., junior,
Kentucky.
Kicker — Keith Dun-
can, junior, Iowa.
DEFENSE
Ends — Chase Young,
junior, Ohio State; James
Lynch, junior, Baylor.
Tackles — Derrick
Brown, senior, Auburn;
Javon Kinlaw, senior,
South Carolina.
Linebackers — Isaiah
Simmons, junior, Clem-
son; Evan Weaver, senior,
California; Micah Par-
sons, sophomore, Penn
State.
Cornerbacks — Derek
Stingley, freshman, LSU;
Jeff Okudah, junior, Ohio
State.
Safeties — Antoine
Winfield Jr., sophomore,
Minnesota; J.R. Reed, se-
nior, Georgia.
Punter — Max Duffy,
junior, Kentucky.
Second team
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Justin
Fields, sophomore, Ohio
State.
Running backs — J.K.
Dobbins, junior, Ohio
State; Travis Etienne, ju-
nior, Clemson.
Tackles — Jedrick
Wills Jr., junior, Alabama;
Tristan Wirfs, junior,
Iowa.
one from long range to
get the Red Raiders go-
ing early in the second
half, then another for
the biggest Texas Tech
lead to that point at 67-60
with 55 seconds to go. He
finished 4 of 17 from the
field.
“I know how much
time I spend in the gym,”
Moretti said. “When I’m
not shooting well I just re-
peat to myself, ‘I work too
hard to not do good, to
not shoot well.’ I pay the
price every day so it’s just
like a mental thing.”
Big picture
Southern Miss:
While the losing streak
against ranked teams
continued, it was the first
time in five such games
Raptors 133,
Cavaliers 113
TORONTO — Pascal
Siakam scored 33 points,
Kyle Lowry had 20 points
and 11 assists, and Toron-
to topped the struggling
Cleveland Cavaliers.
Norman Powell scored
26 points, Serge Ibaka
had 14 and OG Anunoby
added 12 as the Raptors
won for the 11th time in 14
home games. The defend-
ing NBA champions have
won back-to-back at home
after losing three straight
on their own court.
Collin Sexton scored
25 points, Darius Gar-
land had 20 and Tristan
Thompson 18 as the Cava-
liers lost for the 16th time
in 18 games.
Powell has scored 20
or more points in three
straight games for the
first time in his career.
He scored 20 or more four
times in 60 games last
season.
Wizards 133,
Pistons 119
DETROIT — Bradley
Beal scored 15 of his 35
Guards — Shane Le-
mieux, senior, Oregon;
John Simpson, senior,
Clemson.
Center — Creed Hum-
phrey, sophomore, Okla-
homa.
Tight end — Hunter
Bryant, junior, Washing-
ton.
Wide receivers —
Devonta Smith, junior, Al-
abama; Michael Pittman,
senior, Southern Califor-
nia.
All-purpose player
— Jaylen Waddle, sopho-
more, Alabama.
Kicker — Rodrigo
Blankenship, senior,
Georgia.
DEFENSE
Ends — A.J. Epenesa,
junior, Iowa; Curtis Weav-
er, junior, Boise State.
Tackles — Jaylen Twy-
man, sophomore, Pitts-
burgh; Jordan Elliott, ju-
nior, Missouri.
Linebackers — Ha-
milcar Rashed Jr., junior,
Oregon State; Zack Baun,
senior, Wisconsin; Jordyn
Brooks, senior, Texas
Tech..
Cornerbacks — Amik
Robertson, junior, Louisi-
ana Tech; Jaylon Johnson,
junior, Utah.
Safeties — Julian
Blackmon, senior, Utah;
Grant Delpit, junior, LSU.
Punter — Braden
Mann, senior, Texas
A&M.
Third team
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Jalen
Hurts, senior, Oklahoma.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
that the Golden Eagles
lost by less than 25 points.
Texas Tech: The Red
Raiders made up for an-
other bad shooting night
by going 24 of 27 on free
throws. With Moretti
going 3 of 11 from long
range, Texas Tech was
5 of 22 for 23 percent be-
yond the arc. They hav-
en’t been above 33 per-
cent from long range in
the past five games.
Poll implications
Now that they’re back
on a winning streak, the
Red Raiders are in posi-
tion to enter Big 12 play
ranked. If they stay there,
the next ranked opponent
is likely to be Baylor, cur-
rently No. 10, in the sec-
ond conference game.
points in the first quar-
ter, and Washington took
control with some torrid
shooting before holding
off Detroit.
The Pistons played
without injured stars
Blake Griffin and Andre
Drummond, and Wash-
ington shot 81% (17 of 21)
from the field in the first
quarter. The Wizards also
made all three of their
3-point attempts and all
six of their free throws in
the opening period, build-
ing a 43-31 lead.
Isaiah Thomas re-
turned from a calf injury
and scored 23 points for
Washington. Davis Ber-
tans added 17 as the Wiz-
ards snapped a four-game
losing streak.
Derrick Rose and
Markieff Morris each
scored 22 for Detroit.
The Wizards shot 78
percent (14 of 18) in the
final quarter.
Trail Blazers 111,
Suns 110
PHOENIX — Damian
Lillard scored 27 points,
including a crucial three-
Running backs — Zack
Moss, senior, Utah; AJ
Dillon, junior, Boston Col-
lege.
Tackles — Calvin
Throckmorton, senior,
Oregon; Colton McKivitz,
senior, West Virginia.
Guards — Jonah Jack-
son, senior, Ohio State;
Ben Bredeson, senior,
Michigan.
Center — Matt Hen-
nessy, junior, Temple.
Tight end — Charlie
Kolar, sophomore, Iowa
State.
Wide receivers —
Omar Bayless, senior,
Arkansas State; Rashod
Bateman, sophomore,
Minnesota.
All-purpose player —
Brandon Aiyuk, senior,
Arizona State.
Kicker — Nick Sciba,
sophomore, Wake Forest.
DEFENSE
Ends — Bradlee
Anae, senior, Utah; Alex
Highsmith, senior, Char-
lotte.
Tackles — Leki Fotu,
senior, Utah; Neville Gal-
limore, senior, Oklahoma.
Linebackers — Logan
Wilson, senior, Wyoming;
Kenneth Murray, junior,
Oklahoma; Malik Harri-
son, senior, Ohio State.
Cornerbacks — Trev-
on Diggs, senior, Ala-
bama; Luc Barcoo, senior,
San Diego State.
Safeties — Tanner
Muse, senior, Clemson;
Xavier McKinney, junior,
Alabama.
Punter — Sterling Hof-
richter, senior, Syracuse.
3B
Clarke’s surge
Clarke, who trans-
ferred from Virginia
Tech, has reached dou-
ble figures in rebounds
in four of the past five
games and is starting to
show some triple-double
potential. His season high
in assists is nine, reached
twice. “He’s a complete
player,” said Edwards,
who scored nine points
along with TJ Holyfield.
Up next
Southern Miss:
Hosts Tougaloo College
on Saturday.
Texas Tech: Faces
Texas-Rio Grande Val-
ley in the second of five
straight home games Sat-
urday.
point play with 26 sec-
onds left, and Portland
bounced back from a
16-point deficit in the first
half to beat Phoenix.
With the Blazers trail-
ing 110-108, Lillard drove
straight through the
lane and made a layup
while crashing into Aron
Baynes, who was called
for a blocking foul. Lillard
hit the free throw to make
it 111-110, and Phoenix
couldn’t score on its fi-
nal possession as Ricky
Rubio’s 3-point attempt
bounced off the rim with
two seconds left.
CJ McCollum led the
Trail Blazers with 30
points.
Portland led for most
of the fourth quarter but
Phoenix pulled ahead
110-108 with 32 seconds
left when Kelly Oubre Jr.
converted a four-point
play. Oubre scored 24
points for the Suns, who
played a second straight
game without star guard
Devin Booker because of
his right forearm injury.
Portland has won 11
straight against the Suns.
First team
by conference
SEC — 9.
Big Ten — 8.
Big 12 — 3.
Pac-12 — 2.
ACC — 1.
Conference USA — 1.
Sun Belt — 1.
All teams by conference
SEC — 18.
Big Ten — 17.
Pac-12 — 13.
Big 12 — 10.
ACC — 8.
Conference USA — 3.
Mountain West — 3.
Sun Belt — 2.
AAC — 1.
Selection panel: Na-
than Baird, Cleveland.
com; Matt Baker, Tam-
pa Bay (Florida) Times;
Kirk Bohls, Austin (Tex-
as) American-Statesman;
Tom Bragg, Charleston
(West Virginia) Ga-
zette-Mail; Robert Cess-
na, Bryan-College Station
(Texas) Eagle;Josh Fur-
long, KSL.com (Utah);
Tom Green, Alabama
Media Group (AL.com);
Eric Hansen, The South
Bend (Indiana) Tribune;
James Kratch, NJ.com/
Star-Ledger; Nate Mink,
Syracuse Media Group;
Dave Reardon, Honolulu
Star-Advertiser; Mark
Whicker, Los Angeles
Daily News; Jon Wilner,
San Jose (California)
Mercury News; Norman
Wood, The Daily Press
(Virginia); Adam Zucker,
CBS Sports.
4B Tuesday, December 17, 2019
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas becomes latest No. 1 in AP Top 25; Tar Heels fall out
The Associated Press
It is Kansas’ turn at No.
1 in the Top 25 men’s col-
lege basketball poll, while
another blueblood —
North Carolina — is out
for the first time in nearly
six years.
The Jayhawks (9-1)
moved up one spot to be-
come the fifth team to top
the poll in an already wild
season. It is the first time
the AP poll has had five
different No. 1s before
New Year’s Day; the re-
cord for an entire season
is seven, set in 1982-83.
Michigan State, Ken-
tucky, Duke and Louis-
ville have been the other
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top-ranked teams so far in “I think we are getting
a year with no dominant better, but still, up until
team. about January, rankings
The Jayhawks, who don’t really mean that
received 47 of 65 first- much,” Self said last week
place votes, haven’t lost of potentially rising to No.
since falling to Duke in 1, “but it is worth a little
the Champions Classic bit more as we get toward
to open the season. That conference play.”
run has included winning North Carolina (6-4)
the Maui Invitational and had been ranked for 106
beating a then-ranked consecutive weeks dating
Colorado team, with all to February 2014, includ-
but the overtime win ing starting this year in
against Dayton for the the top 10 and peaking at
Maui title coming by dou- No. 5 on Nov. 18.
ble-digit margins. The Tar Heels failed
Kansas coach Bill Self to crack 50 points in loss-
said his team has “been es to both highly ranked
pretty good and fairly Ohio State and Virginia,
consistent” since the then lost Sunday to Wof-
Duke loss. ford in Chapel Hill with
FAMILY CIRCUS
star freshman point guard
Cole Anthony and fellow
starter Leaky Black out
with injuries.
The top tier
Losses by four of last
week’s top five teams led
to a reshuffled top tier.
Gonzaga (11-1) jumped
four spots to No. 2 and
earned 15 first-place
votes, followed by last
week’s No. 1 Louisville
falling to third after los-
ing to Texas Tech. Duke
rose three spots to fourth,
followed by Ohio State
falling two spots to No. 5
after a loss at Minnesota.
Kentucky, Maryland,
Oregon, Virginia and Bay-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My brother-
and sister-in-
law were trying to
have a baby using
artificial insem-
ination. A few
months into the
very difficult preg-
nancy, they were
told the baby had
many life-threat-
ening defects
and asked if they
wanted to termi-
nate because the
baby had little,
if any, chance of
Dear Abby
surviving. They
chose to carry the baby to
natural birth.
A month or so before she
was due, she went into labor.
The baby lived for only a few
hours. They had a funeral,
and it was a very sad event.
A month later, on the due
date, they started organizing a
birthday party for their 10-year- who take phone calls and con-
old daughter and invited 30
to 40 people, young and old.
They contacted my son and
daughter-in-law, who had been
pregnant at the same time and
had given birth to a healthy
baby, and asked them not to
bring their newborn. Other
babies a year old or older are
invited.
How should we respond?
Leave the baby and my daugh-
ter-in-law at home, or refuse
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
17). Recognizing need in
yourself and others will be the
superpower that opens up your
options for making money, gain-
ing influence and creating stellar
relationships. You’ll be accepted
to an elite group. You’ll make
an investment in personal de-
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seeds you planted five years
ago. Aries and Taurus adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
27, 2, 28 and 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’ll be deciding whom to align
with. Fresh faces are mighty
fine, but the luckiest team-
mates will be people who have
been injured but continued on
anyway. Resilience is the quality
of champions.
lor round out the top 10.
Rising
San Diego State (10-
0) had the week’s big-
gest jump, rising five
spots to No. 20. In all, 13
teams moved up from last
week’s poll, most by one
or two spots.
Sliding
Michigan (8-3) had the
biggest slide of the week,
falling nine spots to No. 14
after losses to Illinois and
in overtime to Oregon.
The Wolverines were un-
ranked to start the season
but shot up to No. 4 after
winning the Thanksgiv-
ing-week Battle 4 Atlantis
the invitation?
Was it proper for
my brother-in-law
and his wife to
throw a party
and unwelcome
a newborn?
— LOST IN
ETIQUETTE
DEAR LOST:
Your brother-in-
law and his family
are in mourning.
They have my
deepest sympa-
thy. If they felt
it would be too
painful after their
loss to host a tiny
baby at the birthday party, they
should not be criticized. Your
daughter-in-law should GRA-
CIOUSLY refuse the invitation,
saying she is sorry she will be
unable to attend, and send a
gift for the daughter.
DEAR ABBY: What do you
think of barbers or beauticians
tinue to talk to the callers while
doing a client’s hair? I haven’t
said anything because I don’t
want an angry person cutting
my hair. It’s almost like having
a doctor talk on the phone
while doing surgery. What do
you think? — HAIR-RAISING IN
ILLINOIS
DEAR HAIR-RAISING: A
short conversation to book an
appointment is one thing, but
what you have described is just
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Every lofty dream sits atop its
own ladder of fears. Face the
fear of one rung and you move
up closer. You can’t skip rungs.
Keep climbing in full expectation
that you’ll be facing the next
fear and stepping on it, too.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
If someone doesn’t accept you
for who you are, this is no rea-
son to hide, pretend or highlight
something you don’t particu-
larly value about yourself. It’s
just a reason to find different
company.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
A song seems to understand
you in a way that people cannot.
That’s the magic of music.
You’ve been motivated, inspired
and even healed by it, and you
in the Bahamas.
Six teams slid in this
week’s poll overall.
Status quo
Ninth-ranked Virginia
and No. 12 Auburn, which
met in last year’s Final
Four, were the only teams
to remain at the same po-
sition.
Long wait
Penn State checked
in at No. 23 for the pro-
gram’s first poll appear-
ance in more than two
decades.
The Nittany Lions (9-2)
hadn’t appeared in the AP
poll since being ranked
18th in March 1996.
plain rude. The first time the
beautician did it you should
have spoken up. Because you
didn’t, she/he thinks you don’t
mind.
Hairdressing is a service
business, and the client in the
chair should take priority. If
you are really afraid your stylist
would butcher your haircut in
retaliation if you complain (talk
about passive aggressive!),
find someone else to provide
this service.
DEAR ABBY: I have been a
widow for three years. Sixteen
years ago, my husband and I
built a modest — but nice —
home and worked very hard
to pay off the mortgage early.
I am constantly asked if I am
going to stay in my home or
if I plan to sell it. I have no
intention of moving at this time
or in the near future, if at all.
Is there a good answer to give
people when they keep asking
this question? Do they think
I am not capable of living in a
house by myself? Any sugges-
tions will be appreciated. —
HAPPY AT HOME
DEAR HAPPY: When some-
one asks that question, rather
than become defensive, say,
“Why do you ask?” Then let
the person explain the reason
behind it. Instead of implying
that you are no longer capable
of living alone, the questioner
may be considering making an
offer to buy it from you.
will be again.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
reason many people don’t do
the things they are capable of
doing is because they have no
idea what those things are.
You’ll apply your imagination
and dare to envision more for
yourself and others.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The answer is the work you do
while trying to come up with the
answer. The final number you
put at the end of the equation,
if you even put one there, is
irrelevant.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Don’t worry about the success
of a friend. You may have to
wait for it, but good friends will
always return to help, inform or
even carry their own. “To know
the road ahead, ask those com-
ing back.” — Chinese Proverb
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You feel that people learn
who you are through context
cues — that they must be
apprised of your family, friends,
job and possessions to get you.
Perhaps, although the soulful
ones need only look in your
eyes.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You don’t need money
to fix the problem. Nor do you
require anything you don’t
already have access to. Your
best resource will be your own
resourcefulness.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). There are those who would
rather you lie to them, and
you’ll have to give this one a fair
amount of consideration. You
may be able to tell the truth in a
softer way or compassionately
reframe the story to highlight
what’s honest in it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). In time, each will claim
their rightful karma, so there
is no reason to teach anyone
a lesson, get revenge, punish
or reward. Too much of your
attention is needed in your own
business to bother with that
stuff.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll be on the lucky side
of a deal today, but that’s not
the sweet part. What’s magnifi-
cent is that you really like, enjoy
and celebrate what you get.
So many ruin a good thing by
looking for a better thing.
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ment of Environmental Quality formulation of final determina-
for the following permitting ac- tions regarding the
tion(s): Reissuance of TV Oper- application(s). A public hearing
ating Permit (Ref. No. 1680- will be held if the Permit Board
00024). Johnston Tombigbee finds a significant degree of
Furniture Company, Columbus public interest in the proposed
permit(s). Persons wishing to
Plant Number 2 is an existing
hotel furniture manufacturing request a public hearing may
facility (SIC Code 2511). The do so by submitting that re-
main operations at the facility quest in writing to Ivelina Pil-
consist of cutting, shaping and grim or the Chief of the Environ-
sanding lumber and composite mental Permits Division at the
wood and applying various address shown above. The Per-
stains and lacquers. The facil- mit Board is limited in the
ity has requested facility-wide scope of its analysis to environ-
VOC and HAP limits in order to mental impact. Any comments
remain below the major source relative to zoning or economic
threshold for those pollutants. and social impacts are within
A Statement of Basis has been the jurisdiction of local zoning
prepared that contains a dis- and planning authorities and
cussion of the decision-making should be addressed to them.
that went into the develop- After receipt of public com-
ment of the permit and ments and thorough considera-
ity, the public, and other gov- will formulate its recommenda-
ernment bodies a record of the tions for permit issuance and a
technical issues surrounding is- proposed permit if that is the
suance of the permit. The recommendation. The Title V
Statement of Basis also ad- Permit to Operate is a permit
that is required by Title V of the
facility. tion Control Law. The Title V
The staff of the Permit Board permit is a Federally-enforce-
able permit as well as a State
permit. Therefore, the U.S. En-
mitted to the Permit Board by vironmental Protection Agency
the applicant, appropriate (EPA) will also be allowed an
State and Federal agencies opportunity to review the ap-
plication, proposed permit, and
The staff of the Permit Board is all comments received during
soliciting all relative informa- the public comment period pri-
tion pertaining to the proposed or to Permit Board action on
activity, including public com- the application.
ment, to ensure that the final EPA has agreed to treat this
staff recommendation on the draft permit as a proposed per-
draft permit complies with all mit and to perform its 45-day
State and Federal regulations. review provided by the law and
Public review and comment on regulations concurrently with
the draft permit and support- the public notice period, as
ing documentation is an import- long as no public comments
ant element in the staff evalu- are received within the 30-day
ation and resulting recommend- public notice period. If com-
ation to the Permit Board. The ments are received, EPA’s 45-
draft permit conditions have day review period will cease to
been developed to ensure com- be performed concurrently with
pliance with all State and Fed- the public notice period. EPA’s
eral regulations but are sub- 45-day review period will start
ject to change based on inform- once the public notice period
ation received as a result of has been completed and EPA
public participation. receives notification from the
Mississippi Department of En-
Persons wishing to comment
upon or object to the proposed vironmental Quality that com-
determinations are invited to ments have been received and
submit comments in writing to resolved. Whether EPA’s 45-
Ivelina Pilgrim at the Permit day review period is performed
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application(s). A public hearing period is performed after the
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or to Permit Board action on
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EPA has agreed to treat this
draft permit as a proposed per-
mit and to perform its 45-day
review provided by the law and
regulations concurrently with
the public notice period, as
long as no public comments
are received within the 30-day
public notice period. If com-
ments are received, EPA’s 45-
day review period will cease to
be performed concurrently with
the public notice period. EPA’s
45-day review period will start
once the public notice period
has been completed and EPA
receives notification from the
Mississippi Department of En-
vironmental Quality that com-
ments have been received and
resolved. Whether EPA’s 45-
day review period is performed
concurrently with the public
comment period or after the
public comment period has
ended, the deadline for
citizen’s petitions to the EPA
Administrator will be determ-
ined as if EPA’s 45-day review
period is performed after the
public comment period has
ended.
The status regarding EPA’s 45-
day review of this project and
the deadline for citizen’s peti-
tions can be found at the fol-
lowing website address:
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mitting/mississippi-proposed-
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Mississippi Department of En-
vironmental Quality that com-
ments have been received and
resolved. Whether EPA’s 45-
day review period is performed
concurrently with the public
comment period or after the
public comment period has
ended, the deadline for
citizen’s petitions to the EPA
Administrator will be determ-
ined as if EPA’s 45-day review
period is performed after the
public comment period has
ended.
The status regarding EPA’s 45-
day review of this project and
the deadline for citizen’s peti-
tions can be found at the fol-
lowing website address:
https://www.epa.gov/caa-per-
mitting/mississippi-proposed-
title-v-permits
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