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Analysis:
Hitting the bullseye Transition
West Point teacher shares love of archery with his students turmoil splits
Mississippi
delegation
‘Congress cannot —
and should not — get
into the business of
deciding the results
of our elections’
Sen. Roger Wicker
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Re-
publican U.S. Sen.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
of Mississippi won a
2018 special election
and a 2020 regular
election by making
a single overarching
promise — to sup- Hyde-Smith
port President Don-
ald Trump. She stuck
with Trump even as
he made unfounded
claims about the No-
vember election that
he lost to Democrat
Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff
Joe Biden.
West Point archery coach Steve Cannon founded the Green Wave team four years ago out of a love for archery. Hours after a vio- Wicker
The club is open to students in grades 7-12. lent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol
on Jan. 6, Hyde-Smith joined Sens.
BY GARRICK HODGE School in West Point, decided to a few times a week at the Fifth Ted Cruz of Texas, Josh Hawley of
ghodge@cdispatch.com share his love of archery with his Street Middle School gym. Cannon Missouri, Tommy Tuberville of Al-
students. Cannon started a co-ed encourages athletes to play other abama and a few other Republican
WEST POINT — senators in voting to reject the cer-
sports if they want to, because he

W
hen West Point resident
Steve Cannon first picked
up a bow many years ago,
he was aiming at bottle caps. It was
almost love at first sight.
“One of my great friends and
relatives introduced me to bow
hunting,” said Cannon, a 1993
West Point High School graduate.
“Just teaching me my anchor point,
shooting at a small bottle cap and
making groupings around it.”
Eventually, he wanted to give
back.
Four years ago, Cannon, a
45-year-old physical education
teacher at Fifth Street Junior High
high school archery team, open
to grades 7-12, governed by the
Archery in Mississippi Schools
(AIMS) organization.
“Four years ago, I saw some stu-
dents here at Fifth Street that want-
ed to play sports, but there’s not al-
ways a sport that can fit everybody
here,” Cannon said. “So I thought
about it, and I thought, ‘Archery.’
That can be for anybody. You don’t
have to run, you don’t have to lift
no weights. So, every kid can’t play
baseball, swim or play football. But
in archery, if you can pull a bow
back, you have a chance.”
West Point’s archery team
doesn’t practice every day, only
himself coaches middle and high
school track in the middle of ar-
chery season, which runs January
through late February.
“I was really excited when it
first started, because I could play
a sport and still have time with my
animals. I ride horses, too,” said
West Point High School senior Lid-
ia Portera, who has been with the
team since its inception. “I really
liked going to compete.”
As long as they’re willing to put
the work in, Cannon said he’ll train
any interested student, regardless
of their experience in archery.
See CANNON, 6A
tified Electoral College votes that
Biden won in Arizona and Pennsyl-
vania.
Hyde-Smith said “unacceptable
violence and destruction” had oc-
curred at the Capitol, but that she
was “alarmed with the erosion of
integrity of the electoral process.”
“The people I represent do not
believe the presidential election
was constitutional and cannot ac-
cept the Electoral College deci-
sion; therefore, I cannot in good
conscience support certification,”
Hyde-Smith said.
Mississippi’s senior U.S. sena-
tor, fellow Republican Roger Wick-
er, voted to accept the certified
votes that showed Biden won the
presidency.
See ANALYSIS, 6A

Doc: COVID vaccination plan for long-term care was ‘faulty’

Overall, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Mississippi is doing
‘remarkably well’ at vaccinating people who are not long-term care residents
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
The Associated Press/Report for
Ameria
Mississippi’s top
health official criticized
the rollout of the corona-
virus vaccine within the
state’s long-term care fa-
cilities Friday, calling the
plan made by the federal
government and pharma-
cies contracted to give
the shots “faulty” and
“frustrating.”
“We gave them too
much vaccine too soon,”
State Health Officer
Dr. Thomas Dobbs said
during a virtual briefing
with the Mississippi State
Medical Association, add-
ing that the situation is
now a “daunting problem”
for health officials.
The Department of
Health is now having con-
versations with CVS and
Walgreens about whether
some of the doses allo-
cated to them need to be
pulled back, Dobbs said.
CVS and Walgreens
were allocated 47,000
doses of vaccine in De-
cember to inoculate long-
term care residents, per
the federal government.
As of Friday, only about
14,000 doses have been
administered. Mississip-
pi has about 36,000 resi-
dents living in nursing fa-
cilities and 25,000 living
in other long-term care
settings.
That’s compared with
150,786 doses that have
been administered state-
wide, according to the
Department of Health.
The state is using 19
d r i ve - t h r u
facilities,
markably well” at vacci-
nating people who are not
clinics and
hospitals to
long-term care residents
— the state had used 75
complete percent of its allocation
vaccina- for first doses as of Fri-
tions for day. Still, officials at the
those 65 Dobbs drive-thru sites and other
and older, facilities offering vaccina-
health care workers and tions have not been able
those who are at least to come close to keeping
16 and have health con- up with the demand.
ditions that might make “If we could have given
them more vulnerable to them 4,000 a week like
the virus. they’re using, then we
Overall, Dobbs said, could have used that oth-
the state is doing “re- See DOBBS, 6A

INSIDE FIVE QUESTIONS LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

Classifieds 6B 1 The 2015 novel “The Shep- MEETINGS
Comics 4B herd’s Crown”by Terry Pratchett Feb. 1: Lowndes
Crossword 3B is the last in a series about what County Board of
Dear Abby 4B fantasy realm? Supervisors, 9
Obituaries 5A 2 What is the main element of
Opinions 4A the highly toxic, bright red ore a.m. Courthouse,
called cinnabar used in ancient facebook.com/
jewelry? LowndesCounty-
3 In what kind of contest did Mississippi/
Matt Stonie defeat eight-time
WEATHER champion Joey Chestnut in
Feb. 3: Colum-
bus Municipal
2015?
High 75 Low 54
Cloudy with a t-storm
4 The stock exchange of what
country closed for five weeks in
2015 due to a government debt
School District
review meeting
(virtual), 11:30
Full forecast on crisis? a.m., columbusc-
page 3A. 5 Which TV series portrays a ityschools.org.
married couple typical of the Feb. 12:
1980s, except for the fact that Lowndes County
they’re really undercover Russian School District
spies?
Board, 12:30
Answers, 6B Jaquavion Bush works at Kroger. He p.m., District
141st Year, No. 270 enjoys going to work and watching sports. Office

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House sending Trump impeachment

to Senate, GOP opposes trial
Arguments in the
Senate trial will begin AP source: Lawmakers threatened
the week of Feb. 8
BY MARY CLARE JALONICK
ahead of impeachment trial
AND LISA MASCARO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — As the House
prepares to bring the impeachment
charge against Donald Trump to the
Senate for trial, a growing number
of Republican senators say they are
opposed to the proceeding, dim-
ming the chances that former presi-
dent will be convicted on the charge
that he incited a siege of the U.S.
Capitol.
House Democrats will carry the
sole impeachment charge of “in-
citement of insurrection” across
the Capitol late Monday evening,
a rare and ceremonial walk to the
Senate by the prosecutors who will
argue their case. They are hoping
that strong Republican denuncia-
tions of Trump after the Jan. 6 riot
will translate into a conviction and
a separate vote to bar Trump from
holding office again.
But instead, GOP passions ap-
pear to have cooled since the insur-
rection. Now that Trump’s presiden-
cy is over, Republican senators who
will serve as jurors in the trial are
rallying to his legal defense, as they
did during his first impeachment
trial last year.
“I think the trial is stupid, I think
it’s counterproductive,” said Sen.
Marco Rubio, R-Fla.. He said that
“the first chance I get to vote to end
this trial, I’ll do it” because he be-
lieves it would be bad for the coun-
try and further inflame partisan
divisions.
Trump is the first former presi-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials are examining
a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial
of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter
about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol, a
U.S. official told The Associated Press.
The threats, and concerns that armed protesters could return to sack
the Capitol anew, have prompted the U.S. Capitol Police and other feder-
al law enforcement to insist thousands of National Guard troops remain
in Washington as the Senate moves forward with plans for Trump’s tri-
al, the official said Sunday.
The shocking insurrection at the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob
prompted federal officials to rethink security in and around its land-
marks, resulting in an unprecedented lockdown for Biden’s inaugura-
tion. Though the event went off without any problems and armed pro-
tests around the country did not materialize, the threats to lawmakers
ahead of Trump’s trial exemplified the continued potential for danger.
Similar to those intercepted by investigators ahead of Biden’s inau-
guration, the threats that law enforcement agents are tracking vary in
specificity and credibility, said the official, who had been briefed on the
matter. Mainly posted online and in chat groups, the messages have
included plots to attack members of Congress during travel to and from
the Capitol complex during the trial, according to the official.
dent to face impeachment trial, and lay to give Trump’s team and House
it will test his grip on the Republican prosecutors time to prepare and the
Party as well as the legacy of his ten- Senate the chance to confirm some
ure, which came to a close as a mob of Biden’s Cabinet nominees. Dem-
of loyal supporters heeded his rally ocrats say the extra days will allow
cry by storming the Capitol and try- for more evidence to come out about
ing to overturn Joe Biden’s election. the rioting by Trump supporters,
The proceedings will also force while Republicans hope to craft a
Democrats, who have a full sweep unified defense for Trump.
of party control of the White House Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said
and Congress, to balance their in an interview with The Associat-
promise to hold the former presi- ed Press on Sunday that he hopes
dent accountable while also rushing that evolving clarity on the details
to deliver on Biden’s priorities. of what happened Jan. 6 “will make
Arguments in the Senate trial will it clearer to my colleagues and the
begin the week of Feb. 8. Leaders in American people that we need some
both parties agreed to the short de- accountability.”

Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

South Africa added to list because of
concerns about a variant of the virus
that has spread beyond that nation
BY A AMER MADHANI
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
President Joe Biden on
Monday will formally re-
instate COVID-19 travel
restrictions on non-U.S.
travelers from Brazil, Ire-
land, the United Kingdom
and 26 other European
countries that allow trav-
el across open borders,
according to two White
House officials.
The officials, who
spoke on the condition
of anonymity to discuss
the order, also confirmed
Sunday that South Afri-
ca would be added to the
restricted list because
of concerns about a vari-
ant of the virus that has
spread beyond that na-
tion.
Biden is reversing an
order from President Don-
ald Trump in his final days
in office that called for the
relaxation of the travel re-
strictions as of Tuesday.
The decision to reverse
the order is not surprising,
but the addition of South
Africa to the restricted
travel list highlights the
U.S.-bound passengers
ages 2 and above get nega-
new administration’s con-
cern about mutations in
tive COVID-19 test results
within three days before
the virus. traveling.
The South Africa vari-
ant has not been discov-
ered in the United States,
but another variant —
originating in the United
Kingdom — has been de-
tected in several states.
Reuters was first to
report Biden’s decision to
add South Africa to the
list.
Biden last week issued
an executive order direct-
ing federal agencies to
require international air
travelers to quarantine
upon U.S. arrival. The or-
der also requires that all

Police weigh officer discipline after rally, Capitol riot

BY MARTHA BELLISLE
AND JAKE BLEIBERG
The Associated Press
For two Virginia police
officers who posed for a
photo during the deadly
U.S. Capitol insurrection,
the reckoning has been
swift and public: They
were identified, charged
with crimes and arrested.
But for five Seattle of-
ficers the outcome is less
clear. Their identities still
secret, two are on leave
and three continue to work
while a police watchdog
investigates whether their
actions in the nation’s cap-
ital on Jan. 6 crossed the
line from protected politi-
cal speech to lawbreaking.
The contrasting cases
highlight the dilemma
faced by police depart-
ments nationwide as they
review the behavior of
dozens of officers who
were in Washington the
day of the riot by support-
ers of President Donald
Trump. Officials and ex-
perts agree that officers
who were involved in the
melee should be fired and
charged for their role.
But what about those
officers who attended only
the Trump rally before the
riot? How does a depart-
ment balance an officer’s
free speech rights with
the blow to public trust
that comes from the atten-
dance of law enforcement
at an event with far-right
militants and white nation-
alists who went on to as-
sault the seat of American
democracy?
An Associated Press
survey of law enforce-
ment agencies nationwide
found that at least 31 offi-
cers in 12 states are being
scrutinized by their super-
visors for their behavior in
the District of Columbia
or face criminal charges
for participating in the
riot. Officials are looking
into whether the officers
violated any laws or poli-
cies or participated in the
violence while in Wash-
ington.

Citizenship data is latest rollback of Trump census efforts

BY MIKE SCHNEIDER
The Associated Press
The U.S. Census Bu-
reau is suspending ef-
forts to create neighbor-
hood-level statistics on
the citizenship and age
of residents, using 2020
census data, in the latest
rollback of Trump ad-
ministration census-re-
lated initiatives that crit-
ics feared would be used
to favor Republicans and
whites during the draw-
ing of state and local dis-
tricts.
As part of an order
President Joe Biden
signed Wednesday on
the 2020 census, the
Census Bureau said Fri-
day that it would discon-
tinue efforts to create
citizenship tabulations at
the city-block level using
2020 census data com-
bined with administra-
tive records.
Among his first acts
as president, Biden’s or-
der revoked two Trump
directives related to the
2020 census. The first
attempted to discern
the citizenship status
of every U.S. resident
through administrative
records, and the second
sought to exclude people
in the U.S. illegally from
the numbers used for ap-
portioning congressional
seats among the states.
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2 former lawmakers running again as mayors in Mississippi

Democratic and Republican primaries are
April 6, with runoffs three weeks later
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VICKSBURG — Two for-
mer Mississippi lawmakers are
seeking reelection as mayors,
while leaders of some other cit-
ies will not be back on the ballot
this year.
Billy Hewes said Friday that
he is running for a third term
as mayor of Gulfport, again as
a Republican. He served in the
state Senate from 1992 to 2012
and unsuccessfully sought the
Republican nomination for lieu-
tenant governor in 2011.
George Flaggs Jr. filed pa-
pers Friday to run for a third
term as mayor of Vicksburg.
Flaggs was a Democrat in the
state House from 1988 until he
was elected mayor in 2013. He
was elected mayor in 2013 and
2017 as a Democrat. He later
became an independent, say-
ing he thinks city officials can
best serve without party attach-
ments. Flaggs told the Vicks-
burg Post that he wants the city
to recruit more police officers
and push forward with econom-
ic development projects.
Most Mississippi cities are
holding elections this year. Can-
didates’ qualifying deadline is
Feb. 5. Democratic and Repub-
lican primaries are April 6, with
runoffs three weeks later. The
general election is June 8, and
new terms begin July 1.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe An-
tar Lumumba, who is a Dem-
ocrat, said months ago that he
will seek a second term in Mis-
sissippi’s largest city.
The Democratic mayor of
Tupelo, Jason Shelton, is not
seeking a third term. Several
candidates have entered that
race.
The Republican mayor of
Ocean Springs, Shea Dobson,
said Friday that he will not seek
a second term, the Mississippi
Press reported. Three candi-
dates have signed up to run in
the coastal city.
“I have some great opportu-
nities that I do not want to pass
up and want to take advantage
of while I am still young,” Dob-
son said. “I turn 35 this year
and have many goals left to ac-
complish.”
Dr. Steve Demetropoulos
has been Pascagoula mayor
for about a year, after winning
a nonpartisan special election.
He recently said he will not seek
a full term this year because
the coronavirus pandemic has
increased demands on his prac-
tice as an emergency room phy-
sician, WLOX-TV reported.
In Pascagoula’s neighboring
city of Moss Point, Democratic
Mayor Mario King announced
Jan. 15 that he is not seeking
reelection. Democratic state
Rep. Jeremey Anderson an-
nounced in November that he
is in the Moss Point race. King
was indicted last year on fed-
eral conspiracy and wire fraud
charges. His trial is set to begin
in March.

Mississippi awards almost $3M in preservation grants

The Tennessee Williams House
and the Stephen D. Lee House in
Columbus among the grant recipients
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — The Mis-
sissippi Department of
Archives and History is
awarding nearly $3 mil-
lion for preservation and
restoration projects.
The Community Her-
itage Preservation Grant
program is funded by pub-
lic money allocated by the
Legislature. The program
is to preserve and restore
courthouses, schools and
other historic properties.
The department an-
nounced Friday that its
trustees have approved:
■ $277,154 for interior
and exterior rehabilita-
tion of Wechsler School in
Meridian.
■ $268,744 for interior
and exterior restoration
of Isaac Chapel, which
was a Rosenwald School
in Byhalia.
■ $250,250 for wall
repair and roofing at the
Old Madison County Jail.
■ $239,753 for window
and masonry restoration
at the Pontotoc County
Courthouse.
■ $236,234 for roof
replacement and accessi-
bility upgrades to Colise-
um Theatre in Corinth.
■ $226,677 for roof re-
pair and interior repairs
to the Chickasaw County
Courthouse.
■ $225,940 for win-
dow restoration in the
Marion County Court-
house.
■ $210,400 for resto-
ration of the front gallery
of the House on Ellicott’s
Hill in Natchez.
■ $200,044 for tile
roof replacement and
exterior restoration of
the Noxubee County Li-
brary.
■ $184,792 for interi-
or and exterior rehabil-
itation at the Quitman
County Courthouse.
■ $157,056 for roof
replacement at Natchez
City Hall.
■ $103,370 for electri-
cal upgrades, boiler re-
moval, and window and
door restoration at the
old Vicksburg Library.
■ $89,056 for repair
to a wall at the Southern
Cultural Heritage Foun-
dation building in Vicks-
burg.
■ $40,000 for struc-
tural repairs and asbes-
tos abatement of the old
Monticello Elementary
in Monticello.
■ $35,200 for roof re-
pair at G.L. Hawkins Ele-
mentary in Hattiesburg.
■ $35,200 for window
and masonry restoration
at the Franklin County
Courthouse and reroof-
ing of the jail there.
■ $35,000 to rebuild
the front porch of the
Tennessee Williams
House in Columbus.
■ $25,600 for front
porch roof replacement
for the Stephen D. Lee
House in Columbus.

Prisons taking tobacco orders ahead of legal smoking

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Officials
at some Mississippi pris-
ons say they are being in-
undated with orders for to-
bacco products as the state
prepares to once again al-
low inmates to smoke.
Corrections Com-
missioner Burl Cain an-
nounced in December that
smoking would be legal in
Mississippi prisons start-
ing Feb. 1, a decade after
the practice was banned.
Cain, who became
commissioner last year,
said the change would
decrease the amount of
contraband being smug-
gled into prisons.
“By selling the same
cigarettes that are al-
lowed to free people, we
are breaking the con-
traband tobacco trade
… reducing inmate con-
traband violations and
recouping for taxpayers
some of the dollars it
takes to run state pris-
ons,” he said in a state-
ment.
Revenue from tobac- WLBT-TV, the organiza- free air.” prison, it backfired by
co sales will go to fund tion’s officials said they Cain said he is sym- forcing inmates to buy
the Department of Cor- are “disappointed” in pathetic to anti-smoking and smoke covertly in-
rections’ re-entry pro- the decision to legalize groups. However, he said side,” Cain said.
gram, which teaches tobacco products by the he believes lifting the Cain said under the
parole-eligible men and Mississippi Department ban improves the quality new plan, prisoners have
women the skills needed of Corrections. They of life for non-smokers. a designated place out-
for trade jobs. Tobacco called the ban a “life- “The state’s smok- doors to smoke. Smok-
products are to be sold
saving policy” and said ing ban was meant to ing cessation products
at market price.
inmates have the right to protect others from sec- will be available for
Some public health
groups, including the “breathe clean, smoke- ond-hand smoke but in those who want to quit.
American Cancer Soci-
ety Cancer Action Net-
work, are opposed to the
change.
In a statement to

AREA ARRESTS

Ingram Carter Fretwell Brown Blair Kerlee

McLeroy Edmonson Duck Thompson Doss Gilkey

Sullivan Pleasant Johnson Wix Lindsey McKinney

The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Antonio Ingram, 24,
was charged with posses-
sion of a weapon by a felon
and domestic violence.
n Christopher Car-
ter, 20, was charged with
armed robbery and acces-
sory after the fact.
n Dusty Fretwell, 31,
was charged with domes-
tic violence/aggravated
assault and possession of
a weapon by a felon.
n Jomaryee Brown, 21,
was charged with credit
card, intent to defraud-fel-
n Shad McLeroy, 45, vated as-
was charged with pos- sault.
session of methamphet- n Crissy
amine, no license tag, no Sullivan, 42,
drivers license and no in- was charged
surance. with embez-
n William Edmonson, zlement.
45, was charged with pos- n Kris- Reed
session of methamphet- ten Pleas-
amine, improper equip- ant, 36, was charged with
ment, expired license tag, burglary of a vehicle.
no insurance and posses- n Joseph Johnson, 36,
sion of marijuana in a ve- was charged with parole
hicle. violation, disturbing fam-
ily peace and disorderly
The following arrests
conduct.
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
n Matthew Wix, 28, SOLUNAR TABLE
fice: was charged with two The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.

ony n Tre’verius Duck, 25, counts indictment. Major

Mon.
10:06p
Tue.
10:58p

n Justin Blair, 23, was was charged with sale of n Christopher Lindsey, Minor
Major
4:02p
10:32a
4:53p
11:25a
charged with possession cocaine. 46, was charged with a Minor 5:59a 6:54a
Courtesy of Mississippi Department

with intent to distribute. n John Thompson, 29, bench warrant. of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

n Jermaine McKinney,

n Sara Kerlee, 33, was
charged with possession
of methamphetamine, re-
sisting arrest, disorderly
conduct, no insurance, im-
proper lane usage, reck-
less driving and driving
under the influence-first
offense.
was charged with sexual
battery.
n Undrae Doss, 36, was
charged with possession
of a controlled substance,
possession of a weapon by
a felon and MDOC hold.
n Demyers Gilkey, 30,
was charged with aggra-
40, was charged with in-
dictment.
n Lemichael Reed,
30, what charged with a
bench warrant, domestic
violence-simple assault,
disorderly conduct and re-
sisting arrest.
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POSSUMHAW
Pure domestic bliss
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— Roseanne cooking Sam does and dyes for sensitive skin. I’m
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actress-comedian and put away. We but who wants to smell like
have a dishwasher ocean waves clothes detergent.
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the week before I it except when we decluttering my wardrobe. I’m
stayed in most of have company and still working on it. Sometimes
the week and the we can’t remember I wake in the night and think,
weekend. There
Shannon Bardwell the last time we had should I keep that pink print
was the snow and company. Some- dress? I try to remind myself to
the cold breezy winds the week times we can’t even remember think of it in the morning. I do
before and the holiday the the last time we used the dish- keep a notepad next to the bed
week after. There was nowhere washer. Pre-COVID we had a in case I think of something
I wanted to go or needed to neighborhood gathering here real important or Sam asks me
go. There were some places I at the Prairie house and while to remind him of something for
could go but lethargy had set I wasn’t looking a guest put her the next day. A sticky notepad
in. I’m not sure I can even tell coffee cup in the dishwasher. A has replaced my memory.
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remember if I did them today, borrowed the cup or threw it way through. I wonder some-
yesterday, or the day before. At away. We discovered the cup a time if these pictures will end
one point I actually started list- year later in the dishwasher. up in a flea market and no one
ing them on my calendar and There seems to be a lot will know who we are. Another
checking them off daily. For more laundry duty. Not that we “Mom motto.” Always write
example: feed rabbits-check are wearing a lot more cloth- names and dates on the back of
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Responds to recent column
In a January 12 column, Wyatt Emmerich stated
the attack on the Capitol was fueled by internet
conspiracy theories.
Trump was the #1 reason for the attack on the
Capitol by not conceding the election to Joe Biden
and still hasn’t. That’s exactly why he should be
impeached and convicted so he cannot ever hold a
government office again.
But if he isn’t convicted, New York prosecutors,
who very shortly be investigating his tax and
business dealings, could accomplish the same by
prison time on Rikers Island.
And the #2 reason is because most all the Re-
publicans went along with him.
They too, need to be punished, at the polls, but a
few could be punished in court.
And #3 could be the internet companies, led
by several right wing extremist groups, but only
because of #1.
Even they are blaming their actions on Trump,
and thought he should have pre-pardoned them.
They are also finding out that when you pledge
your loyalty to Trump, you lose.
In this same column, he says Biden, through
his son, was gorging at the trough. I cannot find
anything about Biden gorging at the trough. Did
you mean hogs instead of Biden?
And finally, Mr. Emmerich states: Trump’s at-
tempt to discredit the few legitimate news organi-
zations that still remain was an unforgettable piece
to this tragic puzzle.
It would have been nice if you had named them,
but I presume you had in mind CNN, MSNBC,
ABC, NBC and CBS to name a few.
In Mr. Emmerich’s most recent article, he states
Section 230, pertaining to the Internet platform,
will probably have to be decided by the Supreme
Court.
Senator Wicker said he wanted it amended
because they were bias against conservatives. And
yet, it’s a fact that the right-wingers use it four
times more than the left.
Trump wanted Section 230 abolished because
they blocked his tweets due to disinformation,
lying and inciting riots.
With Trump gone, I believe the private sector
will do a good job, as they are right now, of regulat-
ing their platforms.
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New flag should help foster unity
The year 2020 was one in a mechanism to choose a new
which Americans dealt with big one. More surprisingly, Gov. Tate
problems. The most obvious was Reeves, who had said for years
the coronavirus pandemic, which that he opposed changing flags
surged into 2021 despite the arriv- unless voters agreed, signed the
al of a vaccine. bill. And most shocking of all, 71%
But if 2020 was full of problems, of voters in the November election
it also was a year that encouraged approved the proposed new flag.
some solutions. One was the Reeves said all the right things
approval of a new Mississippi flag, a few days ago when he signed
which made its formal debut above another bill formalizing the ap-
the state Capitol earlier this week. proval of the flag that voters had
The debate over the former flag approved.
had been going on for years. The He admitted that the old
flag’s homage to the Confederacy banner, with its Confederate
— and its association with segre- battle flag, had been “a prominent
gationists and white supremacist roadblock to unity.” And he added,
groups such as the Ku Klux Klan “When many looked at our former
— begged the question of whether flag, they just saw a symbol of the
it was wise to have a banner that state and heritage they love. But
divided people instead of uniting many felt dismissed, diminished
them. and even hated because of that
In 2001, Mississippians voted flag. That is not a firm foundation
2-to-1 to keep the old flag. Noth- for our state. So today, we turn the
ing appeared to be significantly page.”
different about public opinion until The objections of Mississippi-
last spring, when the deaths of ans who resent the shift away from
Black people at the hands of white their heritage is understandable.
police officers sparked nationwide But if 2020 taught us anything at
protests. all, it’s that this state and the coun-
Suddenly, the Legislature voted try have more important things to
to retire the state flag and set up focus on than a flag.
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We are still at the mercy of a
virus that has killed far too many
people. There is no return to nor-
malcy until this affliction is tamed.
We remain divided and unwill-
ing to listen to other opinions. We
swallow wild conspiracy theories
about the other side that any dis-
passionate observer would think
are the delusions of a paranoid
schizophrenic.
In Mississippi specifically, the
economy is falling further behind
the rest of the nation. Our popu-
lation is not growing. As much as
those of us who live in Mississippi
like it, the rest of the country fails
to see the state’s potential. This
goes double for the small towns
that dot the state. As Americans
flock to larger cities, small com-
munities rightly worry about what
their future holds.
Monday’s flag-raising ceremo-
ny, though, was the culmination of
a positive movement that can only
improve this state’s image outside
its borders while fostering greater
unity within them.
It was, as the governor said, a
small step but an important one.
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2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

The number of cases reported in
the U.S. since the pandemic’s start
surpassed 25 million on Sunday
BY CARLA K. JOHNSON
AND NICKY FORSTER
The Associated Press
Straining to han-
dle record numbers
of COVID-19 patients,
hundreds of the nation’s
intensive care units are
running out of space and
supplies and competing
to hire temporary trav-
eling nurses at soaring
rates. Many of the facil-
ities are clustered in the
South and West.
An Associated Press
analysis of federal hospi-
tal data shows that since
November, the share of
U.S. hospitals nearing
the breaking point has
doubled. More than 40
percent of Americans
now live in areas running
out of ICU space, with
only 15 percent of beds
still available.
Intensive care units
are the final defense for
the sickest of the sick,
patients who are nearly
suffocating or facing or-
gan failure. Nurses who
work in the most stressed
ICUs, changing IV bags
and monitoring patients
on breathing machines,
are exhausted.
“You can’t push great
people forever. Right? I
mean, it just isn’t possi-
ble,” said Houston Meth-
odist CEO Dr. Marc
Boom, who is among
many hospital leaders
hoping that the numbers
of critically ill COVID-19
patients have begun
to plateau. Worrying-
ly, there’s an average
of 20,000 new cases a
day in Texas, which has
the third-highest death
count in the country and
more than 13,000 peo-
ple hospitalized with
COVID-19-related symp-
toms.
According to data
through Thursday from
the COVID Tracking
Project, hospitalizations
are still high in the West
and the South, with over
80,000 current COVID-19
hospital patients in those
regions. The number
of cases reported in the
U.S. since the pandemic’s
start surpassed 25 mil-
lion on Sunday, according
to Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity.
Encouragingly, hos-
pitalizations appear to
have either plateaued or
are trending downward
across all regions. It’s un-
clear whether the easing
will continue with more
contagious versions of the
virus arising and snags in
the rollout of vaccines.
In New Mexico, one
surging hospital system
brought in 300 temporary
nurses from outside the
state, at a cost of millions
of dollars, to deal with
overflowing ICU patients,
who were treated in con-
verted procedure rooms
and surgery suites.
“It’s been horrid,”
said Dr. Jason Mitchell,
chief medical officer for
Presbyterian Healthcare
Services in Albuquerque.
He’s comforted that the
hospital never activated
its plan for rationing life-
saving care, which would
have required a triage
team to rank patients
with numerical scores
based on who was least
likely to survive.
“It’s a relief that we
never had to actually
do it,” Mitchell said. “It
sounds scary because it
is scary.”
In Los Angeles, Ce-
dars-Sinai Medical Cen-
ter ran into shortages of
take-home oxygen tanks,
which meant some pa-
tients who could other-
wise go home were kept
longer, taking up need-
ed beds. But the biggest
problem is competing
with other hospitals for
traveling nurses.
“Initially, when the
COVID surges were hit-
ting one part of the coun-
try at a time, traveling
nurses were able to go to
areas more severely af-
fected. Now with almost
the entire country surg-
ing at the same time,”
hospitals are paying
twice and three times
what they would normal-
ly pay for temporary, trav-
eling nurses, said Dr. Jeff
Smith, the hospital’s chief
operating officer.

Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

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Can COVID-19 vaccines
be mixed and matched?
Health officials say
both doses should be of
the same vaccine.
The COVID-19 vac-
cines rolling out in the
United States, the United
Kingdom and other parts
of the world so far require
two shots given a few
weeks apart.
In the U.S. where Pfizer
and Moderna vaccines are
being distributed, health
officials say the vaccines
are not interchangeable.
In England where shots
by Pfizer and AstraZeneca
are available, officials also
say the doses should be
consistent.
But in the rare event
that the same kind isn’t
available or if it’s not
known what was given for
the first shot, English of-
ficials say it’s OK to give
whichever vaccine is avail-
able for the second shot.
Since the Pfizer and As-
traZeneca vaccines work
in a similar way, they say a
mismatched dose is better
than partial protection.
But without any studies,
vaccine doses should not
be mixed, said Naor Bar-
Zeev, a vaccine expert at
Johns Hopkins University.
If people do happen
to get a different vaccine
for their second shot by
accident, Bar-Zeev said it
is likely “to work fine and
likely to be well tolerated,”
but evidence is needed to
be sure.
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Cannon
Continued from Page 1A
“The goal of archery for
beginners is to just hit the
target,” Cannon said with a
laugh. “That’s just what we’re
trying to get beginners to do.
The basic thing is being able
to pull the bow back. If you
can’t pull the bow back, you
can’t shoot.”
From their first practice,
each newcomer is taught the
rules of archery matches:
each contestant aims arrows
at a target, with different
rings on the target equaling
different point totals. An ar-
cher can get a score between
0-10 points per arrow, with 10
points awarded for a bullseye,
nine points awarded for a ring
close to a bullseye, and so
on. In AIMS, three flights of
five arrows each (15 arrows
total) are shot from 10-meters
away from the target. Once
those flights are complete,
the archer moves to 15 meters
behind the target to shoot
another three flights. An indi-
vidual’s highest possible score
is 300 points.
“If you’re a fourth or fifth
year shooter, you should be
shooting between 250 to 300,”
Cannon said.
Cannon said the team cur-
West Point High School senior Lidia Portera aims her bow at a target on Jan. 18. Porter has been
with the West Point archery team since its inception four years ago.
rently has 24 current mem-
bers. Through a combination
of fundraisers and school
funding, West Point has
purchased enough equipment,
about 16 bows and eight shoot-
ing targets, to accommodate
each athlete, although some
Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff
use their own equipment that
meets AIMS regulations.
Like everything else,
COVID-19 has impacted ar-
chery matches. Last week, the
Green Wave faced Houston in
what was the first of eight ar-
chery competitions (reduced
from a normal slate because
of COVID-19) scheduled
for West Point this season.
Because of the limited size of
Houston’s gymnasium, only 16
individuals from each school
were allowed to compete.
Furthermore, each participant
had their own target, whereas
in previous years they would
share one with another archer.
“It is a little different, but I
kind of like it being by myself
shooting,” Portera said. “But
it’s a lot of change.”
As for Cannon, he’s just
thrilled he gets to keep coach-
ing in uncertain times.
“I didn’t know if we were
going to have a chance to do
archery or not, because it’s
one of the prime targets for
COVID because the kids are
(normally) standing so close
together when they shoot,”
Cannon said. “All the coaches
in the district contacted each
other, finally AIMS said they’d
let us shoot but there would
be stipulations later on. It’s
pretty impressive how they’ve
handled it.”

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
Shortly before the
violence at the Capitol,
Wicker said he had sup-
ported Trump but that the
Republican incumbent
“lost a close election, and
it is time to acknowledge
that.”
“Congress cannot —
and should not — get into
the business of deciding
the results of our elec-
tions,” Wicker said. “Un-
der the Constitution and
federal law, Congress’
power is limited to count-
ing electoral votes duly
submitted by the states.
Anything further would
not be compatible with
our Constitution or the
conservative principles of
limited government that I
have sworn to defend.”
Mississippi has three
Republicans and one
Democrat in the House.
They split along party
lines on Jan. 6. Democrat-
ic Rep. Bennie Thomp-
son accepted the certi-
fied electoral votes from
all states. Reps. Steven
Palazzo, Trent Kelly and
Michael Guest voted with
118 other House Repub-
licans to reject certified
results from Arizona and
Thompson Palazzo
with 135 other House Re-
publicans to reject those
from Pennsylvania.
On Jan. 13, Thompson
voted with the majority
of House members to im-
peach Trump on a charge
of incitement to insurrec-
tion. Palazzo, Kelly and
Guest voted against im-
peachment.
Kelly said on Twitter
that impeaching Trump is
“not helpful to our Nation.
This is a time for healing,
not division.”
Thompson, who is
chairman of the House
Homeland Security Com-
mittee, tweeted Jan. 13:
“President Trump gravely
endangered the securi-
ty of the United States,
threatened the integrity
of the democratic system,
interfered with the peace-
ful transition of power,
and imperiled a coequal
Kelly Guest
branch of Government.”
Guest issued a state-
ment Jan. 11 that did not
specifically mention the
violence at the Capitol but
said the previous week
had been “one of the more
difficult weeks for our
nation in recent history.”
Guest also said impeach-
ment of the departing
president would “prevent
our nation from begin-
ning the healing process.”
After Biden’s inaugura-
tion on Wednesday, Pala-
zzo said: “I expect our
new President to put the
best interests of America
and our people first. Let it
be known that America’s
problems are not best met
with socialist proposals
that are going to further
erode our years of his-
toric economic success,
grow our national debt,
and stifle job creation.”
Hyde-Smith and Wick-
er both issued statements
after Biden’s inauguration
calling for national unity.
“I am committed to
working with the new
administration and my
colleagues to find com-
mon-ground solutions to
defend our nation and to
rebuild an economy dam-
aged by a pandemic that
continues to claim too
many of our fellow citi-
zens,” Hyde-Smith said.
“Overcoming these chal-
lenges will require the
Senate, now divided 50-
50, to work together.”
Wicker said Friday:
“We should all work to
lower the temperature
and move forward as one
unified nation. ... A sec-
ond impeachment trial is
sure to inflame partisan
tensions and could poison
the cooperative spirit we
need in a 50-50 Senate.”
Although Hyde-
Smith’s statement did
not mention a Trump
impeachment trial, her
record of support for the
former president makes
clear that she is highly
unlikely to vote to convict.

Dobbs
Continued from Page 1A
er vaccine,” Dobbs said of
long-term care facilities.
The state health offi-
cer said it’s been a “real
challenge” as his team
tries to plan for the fu-
ture.
“We expected them to
be done a couple of weeks
ago, like maybe last week,
with everybody,” Dobbs
said.
Officials with CVS and
Walgreens have assured
the Department of Health
that vaccinations will be
95 percent done by the
end of January, Dobbs
said. Department of
Health officials are meet-
ing with representatives
from the pharmacies
again on Monday.
Dobbs said the delay
has been partially due
to slow rollout by CVS
and Walgreens and also
to “sluggish” uptake of
the vaccine, especially
among staff at long-term
care facilities.
The department re-
ported Friday that Missis-
sippi had 2,050 new con-
firmed cases of the virus
as of Thursday evening.
The department also re-
ported 45 deaths Friday,
27 of which happened be-
tween Jan. 16 and Thurs-
day. The state has report-
ed about 261,000 cases of
the virus and 5,713 relat-
ed deaths since the start
of the pandemic.
People eligible to re-
ceive the coronavirus vac-
cine can try to make an
appointment at COVID-
vaccine.umc.edu or by
calling the COVID-19 call
center at 1-877-978-6453.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The reigning Super not finished. We’re go-
Bowl MVP finished with ing to Tampa; we’re try-
K ANSAS CITY, Mo. 325 yards passing and ing to run it back.”
— It took the Kansas three touchdowns, most Kelce finished with
City Chiefs five frus- of it to favorite targets 13 catches for 118 yards
trating decades to make Travis Kelce and Tyreek and two touchdowns,
their third Super Bowl Hill, who complemented and Hill added nine
appearance. their star quarterback catches for 172 yards,
Now, the defending with a record-setting becoming the first duo
champs are headed night of their own. in NFL history with
there for the second The Chiefs will face consecutive games of at
straight year. a familiar foe — Tom least 100 yards receiv-
Showing no lingering Brady — and the NFC ing each in a single post-
effects from his concus- champ Buccaneers in season.
sion, Patrick Mahomes two weeks in Tampa, Clyde Edwards-He-
sliced up Buffalo’s sec- Florida. laire and Darrel Wil-
ondary with ruthless “It was just trusting liams added short TD
efficiency Sunday night, each other. The best runs for the Chiefs,
helping the Chiefs roll thing about this team is who will try to become
to a 38-24 victory over we believe in each oth- the eighth franchise Denny Medley/USA TODAY Sports
Josh Allen and the Bills er,” said Mahomes, who and first team since the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates during the fourth
in the AFC champion- was also dealing with a Brady-led New England quarter in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead
ship game. toe injury. “But the job’s See AFC, 3B Stadium.

Yankees get NFC Championship

Jameson
Taillon from Road warriors: Bucs win 31-26 at
Pirates for
4 prospects Green Bay, reach Super Bowl
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NEW YORK — The

Yankees made anoth-
er high-risk offseason
addition to their start-
ing rotation, acquiring
right-hander Jameson
Taillon from the Pitts-
burgh Pirates on Sun-
day for four prospects.
Pittsburgh received
right-handers Roansy
Contreras and Miguel
Yajure, infielder Maikol
Escotto and outfielder
Canaan Smith.
Taillon, 29, has not
pitched since May 1,
2019, following his sec-
ond Tommy John sur-
gery.
New York also has
a pending $11 million,
one-year deal with
right-hander Corey Klu-
ber, who has pitched
just one inning since
his right forearm was
See YANKEES, 3B

Si Woo Kim
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) exalts during the presentation off the George Halas Trophy after their NFC
Championship game Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Green Bay
win The Packers 31-26.

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Express
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LA QUINTA, Calif.
— Si Woo Kim left the
Coachella Valley a year
ago with his back ach-
ing again and his game
in disarray.
The 25-year-old
South Korean returned
this week with a healthy
back and a rock-solid
mentality that didn’t
even waver when Pat-
rick Cantlay threatened
to run away with The
American Express.
Kim birdied two of
the final three holes
to finish an 8-under 64
Sunday, coolly rallying
past the late-charging
Cantlay by one shot to
earn his third PGA Tour
victory.
A year after Kim shot
a 15-over 87 in the first
round and quickly with-
drew from this event be-
cause of his persistent
back problems, he be-
gan the final round with
a share of the lead atop
a crowded board. He en-
See GOLF, 2B
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom
Brady has a new team, in a
new town. The destination is
the same: another Super Bowl.
At home, too.
The man with six NFL
titles will become the first
quarterback to play a Super
Bowl on his team’s home field.
He owes the Tampa Bay de-
fense that sacked Aaron Rod-
gers five times, and a curious
late call on fourth-and-goal by
the Packers as Brady and the
Bucs beat top-seeded Green
Bay 31-26 for the NFC title
Sunday.
“It’s great to get another
road win and now we got a
home game, and who would
have ever thought a home Su-
per Bowl for us,” Brady said.
“But we did it.
“I thought the defense was
spectacular. They’ve done
that all year.”
The Bucs (14-5) will face
the Kansas City Chiefs (16 -2)
at Tampa’s Raymond James
Stadium on Feb. 7. No, a host
team in the Super Bowl has
never happened in 54 previous
games.
“We’re coming home,” said
Bucs coach Bruce Arians,
whose first NFL coaching job
with Kansas City, and won
two league Coach of the Year
awards, with Indianapolis in
2012, Arizona in 2014. He will
make his first trip to the Super
Bowl as a head coach. “We’re
coming home to win.”
Brady is back in his first
year at Tampa Bay after reach-
ing this stage nine times with
the New England Patriots. He
went 20 of 36 for 286 yards and
three touchdowns, but also
threw three interceptions as
Tampa Bay squandered most
of an 18-point lead. Shaquil
Barrett and Jason Pierre-
Paul combined for five sacks
to help the Bucs hang on for
their franchise-record eighth
consecutive road victory.
It’s quite a step up for a
team that had one winning re-
cord in the last nine seasons.
“Tom is the GOAT (great-
est of all time),” said Bucs
receiver Scotty Miller, who
caught a 39-yard touchdown
pass with 1 second left until
halftime. “Last year, we ended
7-9. This year, we’re going to
the Super Bowl. He’s the big-
gest reason.”
The Bucs snapped Green
Bay’s seven-game winning
streak. They were aided by a
strange decision from Pack-
ers coach Matt LaFleur with
just over two minutes remain-
ing in a 31-23 game.
After three straight incom-
pletions had the Packers fac-
ing fourth-and-goal from the
8, the Packers elected to kick
a field goal to get within five.
“Anytime it doesn’t work
out you always regret it,
right?” LaFleur said. “It was
just circumstance of having
three shots and coming away
with no yards. And knowing
that you not only need the
touchdown but you’d need the
2-point. The way I was looking
at it is we essentially had four
timeouts with the 2-minute
warning, we knew we needed
to get a stop.”
Tampa Bay then ran out the
clock on the Packers (14-4).
“I understand the thinking
— above two minutes with all
of our timeouts — but it wasn’t
my decision,” Rodgers said.
The Packers lost in the
NFC championship game for
the fourth time in the last sev-
en seasons. Green Bay hasn’t
reached the Super Bowl since
its 2010 championship season.
Rodgers went 33 of 48 for
346 yards with three touch-
downs and one interception,
but fell to 1-4 in conference
championship games as a
starting quarterback. The
Packers had the NFL’s best
red-zone offense this season,
but they twice settled for field
goals after having a first-and-
goal Sunday.
“I’m just pretty gutted,”
Rodgers said. “It’s a long sea-
son. You put so much into it to
get to this point. We had our
chances.”
Tampa Bay took command
in the middle portion of the
game.
After Sean Murphy-Bun-
ting intercepted a Rodgers
pass and Tampa Bay convert-
ed a fourth-and-4, the Bucs
were at Green Bay’s 39 while
leading 14-10 with 8 seconds
remaining in the second quar-
ter The Bucs passed up a long
field-goal attempt, and Brady
found Miller down the left
sideline for a 39-yard touch-
down with just 1 second re-
maining.
“We didn’t come here to
not take chances to win the
game,” Arians said. “Love
the play we had. Got a great
matchup and got a TD. That
was huge.”
The Packers got the ball to
start the second half, and Aar-
on Jones caught a short third-
down pass. He took a huge
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Column: Greatness defined, as Brady makes 10th Super Bowl
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Stop if you’ve heard
this one before.
Seriously, just stop. Be-
cause even in the weird-
est sports time ever what
Tom Brady is doing yet
again in the NFL playoffs
borders on the unbeliev-
able.
Forget the numbers,
because they’re so crazy
they’re barely believable,
either. Or the fact Brady
threw interceptions on
three straight second half
possessions in Green Bay
yet still found a way to
win.
Here’s one you real-
ly haven’t heard before:
Tampa Bay is heading
home to become the first
team ever to host a Super
Bowl two weeks from now
in Florida.
And while football
is the ultimate team
sport, it’s all because of a
43-year-old who knew he
Rodgers laments Pack’s uncertain future: ‘Myself included’
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Aaron Rodgers was
lamenting the sudden
end of a remarkable sea-
son he’ll treasure long
after he’s retired, running
through a list of Green
Bay Packers teammates
he’s grown the closest to.
“There’s a lot of guys’
futures that are uncer-
tain, myself included,”
Rodgers said, manag-
ing a slight laugh as if to
momentarily soften this
harsh reality in the imme-
diate aftermath of the loss
to the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers in the NFC cham-
pionship game. “That’s
what sad about it most.”
The 37-year-old pro-
duced by most measures
in 2020 the finest perfor-
mance of his brilliant ca-
reer, making him a lead-
ing contender for a third
NFL MVP award.
The Packers went 13-3
for the top seed in the
NFC, cruising past the
Los Angeles Rams in the
divisional round and final-
ly giving Rodgers a home
game to play for a spot in
the Super Bowl. His oth-
er four shots at it as the
starter, including the win
at Chicago (2010 season)
that preceded his only
championship, were on
the road. They lost in the
semifinals at San Francis-
co (2019), Atlanta (2016)
and Seattle (2014).
Ten years and count-
ing since the Packers won
it all with Rodgers, this
31-26 loss to Brady and
the Bucs will sting for
awhile. Especially con-
sidering what happened
last spring, when Green
Bay drafted quarterback
Jordan Love in the first
round. Rodgers is signed
through 2023, but that
sure doesn’t guarantee in
this league that he’ll stay
that long — or that he’d
want to.
“I’m going to have to
take some time away for
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dured a restless night as
he prepared to chase his
first win since the 2017
Players Championship,
a string of 102 straight
starts without a victory.
“Every year, I’ve had
a chance, but I couldn’t
make it,” Kim said
through a translator. “I
had a lot of resolve in
my mind last night. I
took melatonin, but still
I didn’t sleep very well.”
Kim acknowledged
he watched the leader-
board while he played.
Six groups ahead of
him, Cantlay shot a 61
and surged out of 13th
place to the front while
breaking the Stadium
Course record by two
strokes.
“I had to know what’s
going on, so I knew how
to play my game in the fi-
had something left and
made his teammates be-
lieve, too.
“The belief he gave
everybody in this orga-
nization that it could be
done,’’ said Buccaneers
coach Bruce Arians, “it
only took one man.’’
One man with six Su-
per Bowl rings who won’t
be satisfied until he has
a seventh. One man who
will be celebrated long af-
ter he throws his last pass
as the greatest quarter-
back ever.
One man who has
made No. 12 synonymous
with greatness — and
now has done it in two dif-
ferent uniforms.
The uniform wasn’t the
only thing different on a
championship Sunday in
Green Bay. The coach on
the sidelines was, too, and
this time Brady just need-
ed to protect a lead in the
final minutes instead of
having to manufacture a
sure and clear my head
and just kind of see what’s
going on with everything,
but it’s pretty tough right
now,” Rodgers said. He
later added: “It’s a grind
to get to this point, and
that makes the finality of
it all kind of hit you like a
ton of bricks.”
Rodgers went 33 for 48
for 346 yards and three
touchdowns, but this
wasn’t exactly his best.
He had one interception
that Tampa Bay used to
set up a last-second touch-
down before halftime
and completed only two
of nine attempts on goal-
to-go situations. He also
took five sacks.
Both of his goal-to-
go completions went
for scores, though, and
coach Matt LaFleur twice
took away a fourth-down
chance to finish a drive in
the end zone by settling
for short field goals.
The fourth-and-8 de-
cision with an eight-point
deficit and 2:09 left — af-
ter Rodgers left the pock-
et and threw an incomple-
tion to Davante Adams,
eschewing the alternative
of running for the pylon
— was the surprisingly
safe choice that Packers
fans will have to chew on
for years. Rodgers didn’t
agree with it, though he
used his words carefully.
“I understand the
thinking, above two min-
utes with all of our time-
outs, but it wasn’t my de-
cision,” Rodgers said.
He was frustrated, of
course, by the consecu-
tive three-and-outs in the
fourth quarter after the
defense came up with in-
terceptions No. 2 and No.
3 of Brady. He was mad
about the pass interfer-
ence call on Kevin King
that allowed the Bucs to
extend their drive with
1:41 left and salt the game
away.
Mostly, though, Rod-
gers sounded sad about
nal round,” Kim said. “I
knew Cantlay played re-
ally well. I tried to keep
patient and believe in
myself. I got the chance
on 16 and 17, and that’s
when I could make it. I
feel good about myself.”
Cantlay’s surge still
only put him one stroke
in the lead, and Kim
comfortably birdied the
par-5 16th to pull even.
Kim then buried a 19-
foot birdie putt on the
island green on the 17th
to move back in front,
joyously pumping his
fist when his perfectly
paced putt dropped.
“I thought I would
have a chance at a play-
off,” Cantlay said after
falling just short of his
fourth career victory
despite his best career
round as a pro. “I played
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winning drive.
But the wide smile
afterward was the same
we’ve seen for so long. So,
too, was the predictable
deflection to his team-
mates afterward.
“Today was just a great
team effort,’’ Brady said.
“We played sporadically a
bit, but the defense came
up huge.’’
It wasn’t all Brady, of
course. The defense kept
Green Bay quarterback
Aaron Rodgers in check
for the most part, the Buc-
caneers got a crucial pass
interference call late and
there was a head scratch-
ing decision by the Pack-
ers to go for a field goal
late and count on their
defense to stop Brady and
get the ball back one last
time in what would be a
31-26 win.
It turned out to be a
very bad call.
“That wasn’t my de-
cision,’’ Rodgers said as
what he won’t get to do
anymore this season —
play with a Packers team
that he enjoyed as much
as any of his career.
There’s no telling that
Love would actually be
ready, if the conclusion
were to be reached, mutu-
ally or not, that the Rodg-
ers era in Green Bay has
ended. Throughout his
video news conference
with reporters from the
basement of Lambeau
Field, however, Rodgers
sure sounded a lot like a
guy saying goodbye.
Will he be back in
green and gold?
“I certainly hope so,”
LaFleur said. “The guy is
the MVP of this league.
He’s the heart and soul
of this football team. Hell
yeah, he better be back
here. He’s our leader. Just
so appreciative of him
buying into what we’re
trying to get done around
here and believing in that
group. I feel for him to be
in this situation and for
us not to get it done. It
hurts.”
Chiefs toughen up on
defense, punch ticket
to Super Bowl
Josh Allen and the Buf-
falo Bills led the AFC in
scoring until they ran into
a defensive coordinator
known for shutting down
high-scoring offenses.
Now Steve Spagnuolo
gets another shot at Tom
Brady in the Super Bowl,
this time with both guys
on different teams.
Thirteen years after
Spagnuolo’s aggressive
defense held Brady and
the Patriots to 14 points as
the New York Giants pre-
vented New England from
going 19-0, the Kansas
City Chiefs beat Buffalo
38-24 in the AFC cham-
pionship game Sunday to
set up a matchup against
Brady and the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers.
“I got nothing to say
about as good as I can
possibly play.”
Kim wrapped up his
third bogey-free round
of the tournament —
all on the Pete Dye-de-
signed Stadium Course
— with a two-putt par
on the 18th to finish
at 23-under 265 in this
Palm Springs-area event
long hosted by Bob
Hope.
“I just tried to focus
on my game,” Kim said.
“I didn’t even know I
had a bogey-free round
today.”
Kim joined Collin
Morikawa as the only
PGA Tour players under
26 years old with three
career wins.
Cantlay was in 56th
place when the third
round began after mak-
ing the cut on the num-
diplomatically as possi-
ble. “But I understand the
thinking.’’
As opposing coaches
have found out so many
times over the years, that
kind of thinking doesn’t
usually work against a
team that has Tom Brady
under center. Especially
when you give him the
ball with 2:05 left and
need just a first down or
two to win the game.
The result was pre-
dictable, even if the Bucs
needed a questionable
pass interference call to
make it official.
“Anytime it doesn’t
work out you always re-
gret it,’’ said Green Bay
coach Matt LaFleur.
Brady had a few re-
grets, too, especially
when he came close to
throwing the game away
with a trio of second half
interceptions. By now,
though, he can’t have any
second thoughts about
to him,” Chiefs defensive
end Frank Clark said
when asked if he had a
message for Brady sim-
ilar to Chase Young’s “I
want Tom” statement af-
ter Washington clinched
the NFC East title. “I’ll
see his (butt) at the Super
Bowl.”
Allen finished with 287
yards passing and two
touchdowns and 88 yards
rushing, but Kansas
City’s aggressive defense
didn’t allow the Bills to
get in a rhythm.
Allen was pressured
and harassed throughout
the game by Clark, Chris
Jones and a defense that
has been quietly tough
while Patrick Mahomes
and Kansas City’s power-
ful offense grab the head-
lines.
“I’m just happy to do
everything I can for my
team, just doing what I
have to do,” said Clark,
who had two sacks. “I got
all the faith in the world
in Spags calling plays and
that’s all it is.”
Rashad Fenton had
an interception in the
fourth quarter that led to
a touchdown that put the
Chiefs ahead 38-15.
After the Bills scored a
touchdown with just over
four minutes remaining
and recovered an onside
kick, Kansas City’s de-
fense toughened up and
got another big sack.
Allen threw a pair of in-
complete passes from the
Chiefs 15 before Tanoh
Kpassagnon sacked him
for an 18-yard loss that
forced Buffalo to settle for
a field goal.
The Bills didn’t get the
ball again.
“It wasn’t anything
we didn’t expect,” Bills
center Mitch Morse said.
“It’s just they out-execut-
ed us, which is disappoint-
ing. But that’s why they’re
AFC champions and we’re
going home.”
All-Pro wide receiver
ber, but the Southern
California native’s 65-61
finish shot him out of
the crowded field and
nearly led to his second
victory of the 2020 -21
season. He also won the
Zozo Championship in
Thousand Oaks last Oc-
tober when it was relo-
cated from Japan.
“I knew they still had
a bunch of holes left,
but really I put myself
so behind the 8-ball (on
Thursday and Friday),”
Cantlay added. “I played
unbelievable this week-
end. I did everything I
could. Just going to be a
shot short.”
Australia’s Cameron
Davis (64) finished a
career-best third at 20
under. Tony Finau (68)
finished fourth after
starting the final round
leaving Bill Belichick
and New England and
heading south to only the
second team of his pro ca-
reer.
He beat Drew Brees at
the Superdome, and out-
scored Rodgers at Lam-
beau Field. He had to win
three games on the road
to make yet another Su-
per Bowl, and that’s just
what he and the Bucs did.
Now he can do what
no other quarterback has
ever done — enjoy sleep-
ing in his own bed before
playing for a seventh ring.
“I know it’s a big game
coming up but we get to
enjoy this for a little bit,’’
Brady said. ``It’s going to
be a great game.’’
There’s two weeks be-
fore that big game, which
means two more weeks
to appreciate just what
Brady is doing. And, love
Brady or not, you have
to appreciate a career
that will likely never be
Stefon Diggs was held to
six catches for 77 yards, Al-
len got sacked four times
and the Bills couldn’t keep
up with Mahomes, Travis
Kelce, Tyreek Hill and Co.
Allen finished fourth
in the NFL in complet-
ing 69.2% of his passes,
but completed just 58.3%
against Kansas City. It was
the second time this sea-
son the Chiefs held him
under 60%.
“We didn’t execute
and I didn’t execute how
I should have,” Allen said.
Chiefs All-Pro safety
Tyrann Mathieu credited
cornerbacks Charvarius
Ward, Bashaud Breeland,
Fenton, L’Jarius Sneed and
safety Daniel Sorensen for
their coverage on Diggs,
Cole Beasley and John
Brown.
“We ran our same de-
fense that we’ve been run-
ning, the past few weeks,”
Mathieu said. “Obviously,
(Diggs) is a great receiv-
er and great receivers re-
quire you to double them
from time to time. It’s
good to see those guys
step up and win one-on-
one matchups.”
JPP, Barrett pace stingy
Buccaneers defense
against Rodgers
Tom Brady’s signing
with the Buccaneers as
a free agent last winter
spawned hope that bright-
er days were ahead for a
once-downtrodden fran-
chise.
To deliver on that hope,
Brady needed some re-
lentless play from Tampa
Bay’s defense.
“We played like our
life depended on it,” Ja-
son Pierre-Paul said Sun-
day after the Bucs forced
two more turnovers and
sacked Aaron Rodgers
five times to key a 31-26
victory that sends Brady
to an unprecedented 10th
Super Bowl. And Tampa
Bay to its first since the
2002 season.
with a share of the lead
in his quest to land his
long-awaited second
PGA Tour win.
“A couple of those
guys just went really low
today,” Finau said. “I
had some opportunities,
I think, to shoot a num-
ber. But man, I’m kind
of leaving today pretty
encouraged. I played
nicely.”
Mexico’s Abraham
Ancer (66), Michael
Thompson (66) and
Doug Ghim (69) fin-
ished tied for fifth at 15
under.
The 28-year-old Cant-
lay made 11 birdies in
the final round, includ-
ing six in eight holes on
the front nine. Cantlay
capped his spectacu-
lar round with a 37-foot
birdie putt on the 18th,
matched
Enjoy seeing his great-
ness because no one will
ever play in 10 Super
Bowls and no one will ever
have a chance at a seventh
ring. The cast around
Brady has changed con-
stantly over the years but
what hasn’t changed is
he always seems to find a
way to win.
He did it again on an
unfamiliar field against a
quarterback who will one
day join him in the Hall of
Fame. And while it may
have been his first NFC
title game after two de-
cades in the AFC, Brady
is now an amazing 10-4 in
games he needs to win to
make the Super Bowl.
The numbers keep
adding up, but only two
are important right now.
One more game to win.
One more ring for the best
to ever play the game.
Keeping the core of
an improved defense to-
gether was critical, too, in
going from 7-9 last season
to making the playoffs for
the first time in 13 years.
And then getting to back
to the NFL title game for
the first time since those
2002 Bucs won it all.
In the days after luring
Brady from New England,
Bucs general manager Ja-
son Licht placed the fran-
chise tag on linebacker
Shaquil Barrett and re-
signed Pierre-Paul and
tackle Ndamukong Suh
— moves coach Bruce
Arians felt were also nec-
essary to give the team a
chance to be special this
season.
Barrett had three
sacks and Pierre-Paul had
two Sunday, when Tampa
Bay showed the success
it had against Rodgers
during a 38-10 rout of
the Packers in the regu-
lar season was no fluke.
In the earlier game, the
Bucs sacked the Green
Bay star four times and
intercepted him twice,
returning one for a touch-
down and the other to the
Packers 2.
“Shaq played great. I
played great,” Pierre-Paul
said. “We both knew we
had to have big games to
make it work.”
A week after forcing
four turnovers in Tampa
Bay’s divisional round
victory over Drew Brees
and the New Orleans
Saints, Sean Murphy-Bun-
ting’s interception set up
a touchdown just before
halftime. Devin White
scooped up a fumble to set
up another TD that put the
Bucs up 28-10 in the third
quarter.
The Packers came
back, but the defense
forced Green Bay to settle
for a field goal with just
over two minutes remain-
ing and trailing by eight
points. Rodgers never got
the ball back.
pumping his fist subtly
for the few fans clapping
from their houses near
the green.
Cantlay was born in
Long Beach, went to
high school in Anaheim
and was the Division
I player of the year at
UCLA before his pro ca-
reer.
All told, Cantlay
made 20 birdies in his
final two rounds, offset
by two bogeys Saturday.
Kim made 13 birdies in
his last two rounds.
Third-round co-lead-
ers Max Homa and Fi-
nau both faded, with
Homa struggling to five
bogeys in a 76, leaving
him at 11 under. Finau
posted his third top-10
finish of the season, but
couldn’t keep up with
Kim.
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broken by a comebacker
on May 1, 2019. He tore
a muscle in his pitching
shoulder in his season
debut last season.
They hope to join a
rotation headed by Ger-
rit Cole, Taillon’s for-
mer Pirates teammate,
and projected to include
Deivi García and Jordan
Montgomery.
In addition, Luis Sev-
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This deal makes it
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free agent. New York
lost two other starters to
free agency, J.A. Happ,
who signed with Minne-
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who remains unsigned.
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starts during the 2019
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Taillon was selected
by Pittsburgh with the
second overall pick in
the 2010 amateur draft,
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reer was delayed by
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with Altchek on April 9,
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sinker, curveball, slider
and occasional change-
ups.
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walked eight in 37 1/3
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million, one-year con-
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Patriots in 2003 and ‘04
to defend the Lombardi
Trophy.
“So glad to get to do
it again,” said Chiefs
chairman Clark Hunt,
whose father Lamar
founded the franchise.
“Thought a lot about
my dad tonight, thought
about my family and how
excited my father would
have been that we got to
do it again in Arrowhead
Stadium. That’s what
he would have liked the
most about it.”
Allen, who had his
worst game of the sea-
son in a Week 6 loss to
the Chiefs, again strug-
gled against the blitzing
Kansas City defense. He
finished with 287 yards
passing with two touch-
downs and an intercep-
tion, but a big chunk of
his numbers came as
the Bills tried to rally
from a 38-15 deficit in
the final minutes.
Their frustration
boiled over with 3:19
to go, when Allen was
getting sacked by Ta-
noh Kpassagnon. Alex
Okafor finished off
the tackle, and Allen
pitched the ball in his
face in resentment. Of-
fensive linemen Jon Feli-
ciano and Dion Dawkins
rushed in and leveled
Okafor, resulting in a
flood of offsetting per-
sonal foul penalties.
“Obviously a lot of
emotion,” Allen said.
“Any time you don’t fin-
ish the season with a
win, that’s the type of
emotion you’re going to
have. The way it ended
doesn’t sit right with
me with how chippy and
ticky-tack it got. I’m dis-
appointed in myself. I let
my emotions get to me
there. That’s not how
you’re supposed to play
football.”
It capped a bitter
night for the Bills, who
had reached their first
AFC title game since
beating Kansas City at
home on Jan. 1, 1994.
They had won 11 of
12 since their loss to
the Chiefs earlier this
season — in fact, they
hadn’t trailed in the sec-
ond half since Week 8 —
and were riding a wave
of confidence that this
might finally be their
championship year.
Instead, after finally
conquering the Patriots
in the AFC East, the
Bills have a new road-
block to the Super Bowl.
“It stings to get this
far,” said Bills coach
Sean McDermott, who
once worked under
Chiefs counterpart Andy
Reid in Philadelphia.
“Sometimes the further
you go, the harder it is
to lose. It’s a learning
experience for us as an
organization.”
The Chiefs actually
spotted the Bills a 9-0
lead, thanks in large
part to Mecole Hard-
man’s muffed punt in-
side their 5 that gifted
Buffalo a touchdown.
But the reigning champs
were hardly rattled; the
Chiefs, after all, rallied
from double-digits in
each of their postseason
wins last season, includ-
ing their Super Bowl
triumph over San Fran-
cisco.
Mahomes and Kelce
soon found their groove.
And the rest of the
Chiefs offense followed
suit.
They surgically took
apart Buffalo’s defense
on a 14-play, 80 -yard
drive that ended with a
short TD throw to Hard-
man — no hard feelings
over that fumble. Then,
the Chiefs cruised 82
yards in just five plays,
the big one Hardman’s
50 -yard end-around that
set up Williams’ touch-
down tumble. Finally,
they made it three TDs
in three possessions
when Edwards-Helaire
— in his first game back
from an ankle injury —
capped a 77-yard drive
with a short plunge.
The only answer from
Buffalo was Tyler Bass’s
chip-shot field goal that
made it 21-12 at the
break.
You don’t beat Kan-
sas City by kicking field
goals from the 3-yard
line, though. Or from
the 9, where the Bills
settled for another one
to close within 24-15 late
in the third quarter.
That became painful-
ly clear on the ensuing
drive. Mahomes hit Hill
in stride and the All-Pro
wide receiver prompt-
ly made the Bills sec-
ondary look downright
foolish. Weaving in and
out of woebegone de-
fenders, Hill was finally
caught inside the 5-yard
line after a 71-yard gain,
ultimately setting up
Kelce’s short TD catch a
few plays later.
“You watch him on
film, you see what he’s
doing. It’s like he’s run-
ning at a different speed
compared to everybody
else,” Bills safety Micah
Hyde said. “And tonight,
we saw first-hand for the
second time. He’s fast.”
Any hopes the Bills
had of a comeback
were dashed when Ra-
shad Fenton picked off
a tipped pass deep in
Kansas City territory.
The Chiefs breezily
marched the other di-
rection, and Mahomes
and Kelce kicked off the
celebration of another
trip to the Super Bowl
when they connected for
their second score of the
game.
“I’m proud of these
guys,” said Reid, who
moved into a tie with
Joe Gibbs for fourth on
the career list with his
17th playoff win. “They
did a phenomenal job,
and hats off to the Buf-
falo Bills and the great
job they did all year, and
most of all, listen, we
have the Lamar Hunt
Trophy back in Kansas
City.
“Now we have to get
the big one.”
ACROSS
INJURIES 1 Antlered
Chiefs: RG Andrew
animals
Wylie hurt his knee ear-
6 Disparaging
ly in the second half and
remark
LT Eric Fisher limped
10 Burdened
off in the fourth quar-
down
ter with an injury to his
11 Highway
Achilles’ tendon. ... CB
L’Jarius Sneed and SS divisions
13 Texas land-
Armani Watts were eval-
uated for concussions. mark
14 Ease up
15 Marshy area
UP NEXT 16 Possess
The Chiefs and 18 Take the prize
Buccaneers have only 19 Salad bar
played 13 times, and
Kansas City had lost five
protector Sunday’s answer
22 Convened
straight before a 27-24 23 Pine or palm 44 Relaxing 17 Soggy
win in Tampa on Nov. 29 24 Got to one’s resorts 20 Ham it up
— a game that wasn’t as feet 45 Soccer or 21 Complete
close as the final score. 27 Ranch animal softball 24 Most secure
Brady is 5-5 in his ca- 28 Uncle’s wife DOWN 25 Many paint-
reer against the Chiefs, 29 Take to court 1 Thick cuts ings in the Tate
including an overtime 30 Movie tech- 2 Eagle’s claw 26 Convenient,
victory with the Patriots nique 3 Wise saying as a store
in the AFC title game at 35 Print mea- 4 Tiara feature 27 Ails
Arrowhead Stadium two sures 5 Caught some 29 Neptune’s
years ago. 36 Clumsy one z’s domain
6 Informal 31 Map areas

NFC
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hit from Jordan White-
head that knocked the
ball loose. Devin White
recovered and ran 21
yards to the Green Bay
8.
One play later, Brady
found a wide-open Cam-
eron Brate to extend
Tampa Bay’s lead to 28-
10.
The Packers rallied
as Brady threw intercep-
tions on three straight
drives for just the sec-
ond time in his career.
Green Bay cut the lead
to 28-23 late in the third
quarter on Rodgers’
touchdown passes to
Robert Tonyan and Da-
vante Adams.
Twice in the fourth
quarter, the Packers got
the ball with a chance
to take the lead after
Jaire Alexander picked
off Brady passes deep
in Green Bay territory.
Both times, the Packers
went three-and-out.
“I felt like we had
plenty of opportunities
tonight to take advan-
tage of and get the job
done,” LaFleur said.
“We didn’t do it, and that
falls on me and that’s a
tough pill to swallow
when you’re responsible
for everybody in this or-
ganization to make sure
that you’re on your `A’
game, and I don’t feel
like I was tonight. I’m
just pretty disappointed
that (I) let a lot of people
down.”
It’s been quite a ride
for Brady and the Bucs.
Brady moved to Tam-
pa as a free agent and
brought star tight end
Rob Gronkowski out of
37 Blend
38 Attack language 32 Baja buddy
40 Select group 7 Research site 33 Bishop’s
42 Treasure 8 Oblivious topper
stash 9 Senior citizen, 34 Use, as force
retirement to join him. often 39 Eggs, in Latin
But with limited prac-
INJURY REPORT 43 “Message
12 Return ad- 41 Cut off
Jones hurt his chest received”
tice time with his new dress name
teammates because of and Whitehead injured
coronavirus protocols, his shoulder on the
the Bucs didn’t get roll- third-quarter play that
ing until after their bye resulted in a Jones fum-
week. ble. Packers defensive
Now look where they lineman Tyler Lancaster
are. (ankle) and linebacker
“It’s been a great jour- Krys Barnes (thumb)
ney this far,” Brady said. left in the second half.
And it’s taking them The Bucs played the
right back home.
entire game without
wide receiver Antonio
SUCCESS DURING A Brown (knee) and safe-
PANDEMIC ty Antoine Winfield Jr.
The Buccaneers are (ankle).
the third Tampa team to
play for a championship
during the pandemic. UP NEXT
The Lightning won the The Bucs return
Stanley Cup in 2020, home to play in the Su-
and the Rays lost to the per Bowl.
Dodgers in the World The Packers’ season
Series. is over.
4B MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
Heat to use COVID-19-sniffing dogs to screen fans at games
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — The Miami
Heat are bringing back
some fans, with help
from some dogs.
The Heat will use coro-
navirus-sniffing dogs at
AmericanAirlines Arena
to screen fans who want
to attend their games.
They’ve been working
on the plan for months,
and the highly trained
dogs have been in place
for some games this
season where the team
has allowed a handful of
guests — mostly friends
and family of players and
staff.
Starting this week, a
limited number of tick-
et holders will be in the
seats as well, provided
they get past the dogs
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
first.
“If you think about it,
detection dogs are not
new,” said Matthew Jafar-
ian, the Heat’s executive
vice president for busi-
ness strategy. “You’ve
seen them in airports,
they’ve been used in mis-
sion critical situations by
the police and the mili-
tary. We’ve used them at
the arena for years to de-
tect explosives.”
The first Heat game
with ticket holders is set
for Thursday against the
Los Angeles Clippers.
Monday is the first day
that season ticket hold-
ers will be able to start
securing their seats.
The Heat have sold out
451 consecutive games,
the sixth-longest streak
in NBA history. Sellouts
FAMILY CIRCUS
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obviously aren’t happen-
ing this year. The Heat
will keep attendance un-
der 2,000 for now, or less
than 10% of the arena’s
typical capacity.
“Please note that seat-
ing will be very limited,
as we will be observing
proper physical distanc-
ing,” the team said in its
letter to season ticket
holders.
The coronavirus-sniff-
ing dog idea has been put
into place at airports in
Dubai, United Arab Emir-
ates, and Helsinki, Fin-
land, in recent months.
At Heat games, fans ar-
riving for the game will
be brought to a screening
area and the detection
dogs will walk past. If the
dog keeps going, the fan
is cleared; if the dog sits,
that’s a sign it detects the
virus and the fan will be
denied entry.
Other protocols the
Heat will use: A health
screening questionnaire
will be mandatory for
all guests, masks must
be worn continually and
only soda and water will
be sold. All transactions
will be cashless and if
a fan feels ill during a
game, isolation rooms
will be available.
And if a fan is aller-
gic to or afraid of dogs,
the Heat are offering an
option to skip the dog
screening and submit to
a rapid antigen test in-
stead. The Heat say those
tests can be processed in
less than 45 minutes.
The move comes at
a time where some are-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My son had
a yearlong
affair with his
wife’s best friend,
which started
when the two
families took va-
cations together.
My husband and
I have always
been close to our
daughter-in-law
and our grandchil-
dren, ages 6 and
10, as well as our
son. The divorces Dear Abby
are final now, and
the lovers are
married.
Abby, we can’t stand the
new wife. We abhor the deceit,
the betrayal and the pain she
and our son have caused.
Now he is demanding that we
accept her. We don’t want to
abandon our daughter-in-law,
and I can’t bear the thought
of her and our grandchildren’s
inheritance going to the new
wife. Also, I am so furious
with my son for this selfish,
egregious act I don’t even like
seeing him. I don’t know what
to do. Any advice? — MOTHER
OF A CHEATER
DEAR MOTHER: Depending
upon the child custody arrange-
ment between your son and
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan.
25). You’ll partner with two
types: those as adventurous
and daring as you, and those
who have an entirely different
view from yours who can show
you sides of life and various
options that you wouldn’t have
seen on your own. Life is not a
game, but there are competi-
tive aspects at play that you’ll
do well to embrace. Libra and
Scorpio adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 24, 31, 1, 4 and
16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The very nature of leadership is
to head into the unknown while
acting as though you do, in fact,
know a lot. Were you to act
otherwise, no one would follow.
People are counting on you.
Steel up. March forward.
nas in Florida — such as
Amalie Arena in Tampa,
home of the NHL’s Tam-
pa Bay Lightning and
temporary home of the
NBA’s Toronto Raptors
— are not allowing any
fans, despite doing so
earlier this season. The
NHL’s Florida Panthers,
who play about a half-
hour north of Miami,
have allowed fans.
It also comes during
a month when the NBA
has postponed 19 games
because of virus-related
issues such as positive
tests or multiple players
on a team being flagged
by contact tracing.
And this weekend,
the entire University of
Michigan athletic depart-
ment announced it was
pausing activities after
his ex-wife, you
may not have to
spend much time
with the happy
newlyweds.
Because you
love your former
daughter-in-law,
see her as often
as you wish and
include her in cel-
ebrations. Refrain
from acting out in
anger. Be polite
to your son’s new
wife. Say nothing
you might later
regret. You do not
have to love — or
even like — the woman.
As to what happens to your
estate in the event of your and
your husband’s death, this is
a discussion you should have
with your lawyer. You are under
no obligation to reward your
son and the new Mrs., espe-
cially if you prefer to arrange
for your grandchildren and the
daughter-in-law you loved to
have those assets.
DEAR ABBY: After living with
my husband’s gradual hearing
loss for several years and his
refusal to get hearing aids, I
finally asked him to get them
as a birthday gift to me. He
agreed, and I expected that he
would wear them once he got
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The scene has become boring.
Why? Is it because restraint
was called for and is enacted?
Or is it because no one has
taken the initiative to face
challenges with creativity? In
the latter case, you’re the one
for the job.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
More is not better, and better
is not more. You’ll love how
free and light you feel as life
reflects this truth to you today.
In one gesture, you will let go of
several small burdens.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Every time you choose to do
something without knowing
how it will turn out, you’re being
brave. Joining the game, start-
ing the project or investing in
the venture are all possibilities
several positive tests for
the new COVID-19 vari-
ant that transmits at a
higher rate.
Dogs have a superior
sense of smell, which is
why they’re often used by
law enforcement to find
everything from drugs
to bombs to missing peo-
ple. Medical researchers
have long reaped the
benefit of canine sniffing,
training some dogs to
detect when a human is
dealing with things like
too much stress, too little
blood sugar and even cer-
tain cancers.
“Researchers are find-
ing that specially trained
dogs can detect COVID
on humans quickly and
accurately,” Jafarian said.
them. When he does, it greatly
improves his hearing. Instanc-
es of my having to repeat
myself diminish noticeably. But
he seldom wears them when
he’s at home with me.
I mentioned to him several
times how important it was to
me, then gave up. I managed
to deal with it until the pan-
demic forced us to stay home
so much of the time. I brought
it up again recently, referencing
the stay-at-home order and
how much I would appreciate
his wearing them, but he still
wears them only occasionally.
I feel disrespected because
he isn’t willing to do this small
thing to make both our lives
easier during this period of
confinement. How do you
suggest I explain this to him
so he “hears” me? — ­ STILL
FRUSTRATED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR STILL FRUSTRATED:
This may not be a matter of
your husband “tuning you out.”
Have you asked him WHY he
doesn’t wear the hearing aids?
Could it be they are uncomfort-
able and need adjusting? Is
inserting the batteries difficult
because they are so tiny? Is
he bothered by the amplified
background noise? Once you
know why he is resistant, you
can consult the doctor who
prescribed the devices.
that beckon your bravery.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). At-
traction causes you to say and
do things you weren’t expecting
to. You’ll make a commitment
and keep it. The commitment
doesn’t seem that big. This is
absolutely how big things start.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You will extend your tender
heart outside yourself and
empathize with those who
need their pain to be seen and
heard — more comfortable than
focusing on your own feelings.
You’ll get around to that when
you’re ready.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You can be doing everything
the others are doing, all that’s
expected and more, and still
somehow feel like you’re off
track. Take this intuitive nudge
as an opportunity for deeper
noticing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
People say, “You remind me
of...” out of a desire to make a
connection that brings you into
their understanding. Hope-
fully you will find the attempt
endearing even though you are
so unique that comparisons are
absurd.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). There’s no manual for what
you’re doing, but you’ll go on
anyway, solving one problem
at a time. Eventually, the larger
issues get solved.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19). We all have limited
experience and perception.
Your desire to see beyond what
you could yesterday is more
than most people will aspire to
and will make all the difference
in your experiences and soul
growth.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You have not been left out
of the information loop; you
just have your sources on mute
so that you may keep some
semblance of control over your
environment. Smart! Other-
wise, the distractions would be
endless!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Assumptions are the en-
emy of learning. The assumed
knowledge fills the slot, making
it impossible for new possibil-
ities to reside there. There’s
genius in the mental flexibility to
upend knowledge and playfully
move it around.
Acid test
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