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Officials: Nashville blast deliberate

Recorded warning was heard from
recreational vehicle before explosion
By Kimberlee Kruesi
and Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A
recreational vehicle parked
in the deserted streets of
downtown Nashville ex-
ploded early Christmas
morning, causing wide-
spread communications
outages that took down
police emergency systems
and grounded flights at the
city’s airport. Authorities
said they believe the blast
was intentional.
Police were responding
to a report of shots fired
Friday when they encoun-
tered the RV blaring a re-
corded warning that a bomb
would detonate in 15 min-
utes, Metro Nashville Police
Chief John Drake said. Po-
lice evacuated nearby build-
ings and called in the bomb
squad.
“Shortly after that, the
RV exploded,” Drake said at
a midday news conference.
“This morning’s attack
on our community was in-
tended to create chaos and
fear in this season of peace
and hope. But Nashvillians
have proven time and time
again that the spirit of our
city cannot be broken,”
Mayor John Cooper said at
a news conference after
issuing a curfew for the
area.
Police believe the blast
was intentional but don’t
yet know a motive or target,
and Drake noted that offi-
cials had not received any
threats before the explo-
sion.
The chief said investiga-
tors at the scene “have
found tissue that we believe
could be remains, but we’ll
have that examined and let
you know at that time.”
Police could not say
whether it potentially came
from someone inside the
RV.
Surveillance video pub-
lished on a Twitter account
Friday that appeared to be
across the street from the
blast captured the warning
issuing from the RV, “... if
you can hear this message,
evacuate now,” seconds be-
fore the explosion.
The blast sent black
smoke and flames billowing
from the heart of down-
town Nashville’s tourist
scene, an area packed with
honky-tonks, restaurants
and shops. Buildings shook
streets over from the explo-
sion near a building owned
by AT&T, which is one block
away from the company’s
office tower.
“We do not know if that
was a coincidence, or if that
was the intention,” police
spokesman Don Aaron said.
AT&T said the affected
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Nick Del Priore helps his daughters Evelina, center, and Vivian Del Priore open their gifts in front of a cutout of their family friend Mark Kosin at their home in Orland Park.

‘It gets back to what’s important’

A COVID-19 Christmas — less glitter, but there are still some silver linings
By Elyssa Cherney, head, Margaret Hermanek set a festive mood, Margaret also able to do things.” were limited this year to drop-
Diana Wallace, up her headphones, dialed her dropped off a bag brimming For most Chicago-area resi- ping off presents at the front
Alice Yin and Paige Fry 66-year-old father’s cellphone with cookies, holiday cards and dents who observe Christmas, doors of loved ones with brief,

K
and struck up a holiday conver- games — Santa’s version of this year’s holiday is like no masked and socially distant
evin Hermanek sation about relatives, enter- no-contact delivery. other in their lifetimes, with visits standing outside. He and
crossed his legs taining television shows and “It’s a little weird, but it’s the traditional gatherings of loved his wife, Tanya, and their chil-
while sitting in what items she would put on best that we can do, and I’m ones in homes and churches dren, Sebastian and Elena,
a wheelchair hold for him at the Chicago glad that we’re able to do it,” curtailed, modified, Zoom-ified made a quick trip to Michigan
and peered out Public Library. Margaret, 33, said through a or done away with altogether, to check in on Tanya’s parents
the tall first- Though it’s no replacement plaid-patterned face mask. “He along with meals and ex- and give them a chance to
floor window of a senior living for the typical Christmas Eve feels like he’s missing out be- changes of presents. interact with the Parks’ two
facility in Lincoln Park where dinner that’s become a family cause that’s just his frame of Many are still trying to count new puppies, Baby and Maui,
his daughter waited outside — tradition, the Hermaneks relish reference and he doesn’t realize their blessings and make the who joined the family a couple
the closest the two could get on the moments they can share that everybody out here is going best of things. of weeks ago.
Christmas Eve. together — even if separated by through some version of not For Chicago resident Arnold
As light snow swirled over- a pane of glass. To put her dad in seeing people and not being Park, family holiday gatherings Turn to Christmas, Page 2

Therapy adapts CHICAGO SPORTS

Bears fight to keep

to pandemic year
‘Walk-n-Talk’ lets
clients get support
and exercise
By Alison Bowen
Glenn Sevier believes
Lake Michigan can reflect
our emotions and seasons
through life.
For years, the Chicago
psychotherapist has been
preaching what he calls
“Walk-n-Talk Therapy,” the
practice of receiving mental
health support while walk-
ing outdoors with a ther-
apist.
In a pandemic year, when
people feel stuck inside
their homes and many are
struggling with isolation
and mental health chal-
lenges, he said this method
has big impact.
“People are cramped up
and they don’t want to be
inside,” said Sevier, the exe-
cutive director of Advance
Potential Psychological
Services in Rogers Park.
“Sometimes people don’t
want to connect via Zoom.”
He and his clients often
have their sessions on walks
along the lakefront, through
a forest preserve or a scenic
route on Northwestern’s
campus. This form of ther-
apy combines exercise and a
possible endorphins boost
with the chance to improve
mindfulness and aware-
ness. Sevier is open to a
variety of locations, factor-
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with another big output
against the Jaguars on Sun-
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Therapist Glenn Sevier, left, walks with his client Thomas Miller along Loyola Beach
during “Walk-n-Talk Therapy” on Dec. 12 in Rogers Park.

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Christmas
Continued from Page 1

“We treated ourselves to

two brand new puppies
since we knew would be
spending an inordinate
amount of time at home this
winter,” Park said. “Our
family dog of 12 years, Bear,
passed away in November
and we were going to wait
some time for a new dog,
but the grim news and
weather motivated us to get
the two new puppies.”
The Parks also planned
to make a Christmas dona-
tion of food and treats in
honor of Bear to the rescue
where they got him. That
was another curbside drop- ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

off, as the rescue center Marcus Trotter, 8, carries presents with his family at a toy and food giveaway hosted by
wasn’t allowing visitors. the Equality Should Be Normal organization on Friday in Bronzeville.
It’s also one of the many
charitable efforts that con-
tinued unabated, if modi-
fied, on Christmas Day
around Chicago, with
houses of worship, along
with social service groups
and community activists,
handing out meals,
COVID-19-related supplies
and other needs for those
struggling this year, in some
cases for the first time.
The organization Om-
budsman Chicago said it
NEW CHICAGO BEARS BOOK responded to the over-
whelming need it saw at
“The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bears: A Thanksgiving by joining
Decade-By-Decade History, 2nd ed.” The Chicago with other community
Tribune’s new expanded second edition Bears book groups to provide free toys,
includes photography, original box scores, essays from meals and COVID-19 sup-
Hall of Fame reporters and Tribune coverage from the plies to families at Legends
last 100 seasons. It’s a decade-by-decade look at the Chicken and Fish on the
team, from George Halas moving the team to Chicago in South Side on Friday. Chi-
1921 to multiple NFL championships titles to their 1985 Care said it planned to E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Super Bowl win that transformed the city’s passion that deliver thousands of meals Margaret Hermanek makes a Christmas Eve “window visit” with her father, Kevin Her-
continues today. to homeless people around manek, at Belmont Village Senior Living in Lincoln Park.
“He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Chicago on Friday.
Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories” “Chicago Romel Murphy, 42, had other uncles and aunts in
The Musical” has played on Broadway for more than the blueprint of his organi- their lives. I hope I raised
9,600 performances since it premiered on Nov. 14, 1996, zation’s Christmas toy give- the bar.”
yet not many people know the characters of Roxie Hart, away planned out to a T. Kosin has been best
Velma Kelly and others are inspired by real women. Their Around noon, speakers friends with Nicholas Del
stories were captured by Chicago Tribune reporters in- were to boom with a playlist Priore, 36, since they were
cluding Maurine Watkins. For the first time in almost a ranging from Mariah Carey college roommates at Loyo-
century, see photos of these real women that were dis- to the Jackson 5. A purple la University Chicago. After
covered by Chicago Tribune photo department. Christmas tree, represent- graduating in 2007, Kosin
ing his late mother’s favor- moved to California but
All Chicago Tribune books are available at ite color, was set up to greet continued to come back to
chicagotribune.com/printbooks families in the doorway. A Chicago for the holidays.
Black Santa Claus as well as This year has been more
Mickey and Minnie Mouse challenging for Del Priore
characters were on hand for and his wife, Kelly, as the
WINNING LOTTERY NUMBERS photos with children. YOUNGRAE KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE parents of two kindergart-
And piles of at least 400 Lamarr Jackson, left, receives a food package from Carlos ners. They were concerned
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said. That starts with giving ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
from home during the pan-
something back. Aria Campbell, 4, pushes her new bicycle with her mother demic. The girls catch up
“I just want to carry that Nakia Smith during a toy and food giveaway in Bronzeville. with Kosin over FaceTime.
ACCURACY AND ETHICS torch and pay it forward,” Their Thanksgiving was
Murphy said. “That’s how safely interact with family,” wore a thick red sweater — spent with just the four of
Margaret Holt, standards editor we change the cycle and we Mollie Rojas said. his favorite color — and them.
The Tribune’s editorial code of principles governs fight to eradicate racism: by Celebrating Christmas sipped on a Diet Coke “It’s sort of best worst-
professional behavior and journalism standards. Every- building generations on this year, then, involved during the “window visit,” case scenario,” Kelly said.
one in our newsroom must agree to live up to this code of generations of youth and Zoom calls with loved ones, as the residents call them, “We’re obviously super for-
conduct. Read it at chicagotribune.com/accuracy. strong Black men and wom- lots of baking and special with his daughter. While he tunate to be in that position,
en that want to create meals to share with their stayed warm inside, his which we do not take for
Corrections and clarifications: Publishing information change.” son. daughter pushed her glove- granted in the slightest.”
quickly and accurately is a central part of the Chicago Murphy has repeatedly Throughout her hus- less hands into her coat The life-size cutout of
Tribune’s news responsibility. heard from neighbors who band’s training, “he has pockets to shield them from Uncle Marky arrived the
have lost their jobs during often worked on the holi- the 16-degree weather. night of Christmas Eve.
the coronavirus pandemic days, like so many other As the pair talked, trucks “Quite frankly, I think it’s
HOW TO CONTACT US 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday and are coming to his com- essential workers, and we clanged down a busy Fuller- not a great photo. I didn’t
7 a.m.–noon Saturday–Sunday
7 a.m.–11 a.m. holidays
munity center for the first just make the best of it,” ton Avenue behind them clean up that much for it. It
Delivery problem? Or go to chicagotribune.com/ time in search of food, coats Rojas said via email. “Grow- and pedestrians strolled the was just like on an average
Call 312-546-7900 customerservice and hygiene products — ing up, my father was a sidewalks, sometimes stop- day after remote work,”
Subscribe online: chicagotribune.com/subscribe “stories of desperation,” he fireman, so our family is ping to watch with their Kosin said. “Very kind of
To subscribe, manage your print or digital subscription, said. He believes many chil- used to improvising during dogs or children. ad-hoc, on the run, 2020-
or inquire about billing or vacation holds, call dren may not expect lavish the holiday season as he “This is going to make us style stuff.”
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or call the Reader Help line at 312-222-3348. But for him, this year’s Kevin Hermanek and his take away all of the trap- self-isolated for the last two
Christmas will feel more wife normally host relatives pings, all the fancy, frilly weeks — wore matching
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rate card, copies of which are available from the Advertising Department.
The Chicago Tribune reserves the right not to accept an advertiser’s order.
goal is to allow parents to But this year, Hermanek demic stop him from figura- over to hug it and try to
Only publication of an advertisement shall constitute final acceptance. focus on the necessities of wouldn’t be leaving his as- tively being with his 5-year- replicate their piggyback
food and meals and allow us sisted living facility — Bel- old goddaughter, Evelina, rides.
to meet the warmth of mont Village Senior Living and her twin sister, Vivian, The family took selfies
EDITORIAL: Questions and comments about stories in the Chicago Tribune
should be directed to editors of the respective content areas. Christmas for their kids, so — and everyone planned to for Christmas, even if he with it and sent them to
that way they won’t go connect through a Zoom lives a couple of time zones Kosin, then gave him a call.
Chicagoland news: Phil Jurik, pjurik@chicagotribune.com
Business: Mary Ellen Podmolik, mepodmolik@chicagotribune.com without a meal to give their call instead. Guests are not away. Still, Kosin and the Del
Sports: Amanda Kaschube, akaschube@chicagotribune.com kids a toy to open on allowed inside his building After some planning, a Priores said they wished
Features: Amy Carr, acarr@chicagotribune.com
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Christmas. We want to fill due to high infection rates photo shoot with a co- they could have celebrated
Opinion: Kristen McQueary, kmcqueary@chicagotribune.com that gap.” in the city, and residents are worker, and $150 for ship- again together, but they
For South Side residents discouraged from exiting. ping, Kosin arrived at his now have “a new terrifying
Chicago Tribune (USPS 104-000) is published daily (7 days) at 160 N. Mollie and Juan Rojas, Despite the changes, he best friend’s house in Or- tradition” and plan to keep
Stetson Ave., Chicago, IL 60601; Chicago Tribune Company, LLC, Publisher; Christmas plans were fluid said still looked forward to land Park just in time for Kosin’s cutout to scare their
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Copyright 2020 Chicago Tribune Company, LLC. All rights reserved as to UChicago Medicine. Be- family,” said the retired at- Marky was made of card- “This is difficult and ter-
entire content.
cause both he and his wife, a torney, who moved to sen- board. rible,” Kosin said, “but if we
dentist, work in health care, ior living about two years “The girls thought it was can use a little hope and
they have not visited the ago due to health and mo- funny and cute. I even got a ingenuity and kind of get
INSIDE extended family in months. bility issues. “We don’t get stupid speech bubble that through it with that sort of
“Recently, my husband together real often, so it’s a said, ‘Ho, ho, ho! It’s Uncle mentality, then I think we
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got the vaccine, and I am treat just to have some time Marky,’” Kosin, 36, said. “If will come out in a better
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hoping to have it in the near together.” nothing else, it just gives me place when, quote, unquote,
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Community rallies for woman, boy killed
Reward offered, no
arrests reported in
hit-and-run deaths
By Jessica
Villagomez, Paige Fry
A reward has been of-
fered for information in the
deaths of a 12-year-old boy
and a 48-year-old woman
who were struck by a hit-
and-run driver while cross-
ing a street in the Gage Park
neighborhood Wednesday
CHICAGOLAND
night.
Giovanne Bucio, 12, of
Chicago, was taken to the
University of Chicago’s
Comer Children’s Hospital,
where he was pronounced
dead just after 9 p.m., ac-
cording to the Cook County
medical examiner’s office.
The woman, Araceli Gutier-
rez, 48, also of Chicago, was
taken to U. of C. Medical
Center, where she was pro-
nounced dead just before 9
p.m. Both Bucio and Gutier-
rez died of multiple injuries
as a result of a motor vehicle
striking a pedestrian, ac-
cording to the medical ex-
aminer’s office.
At a news conference in
Gage Park on Friday morn-
ing, Raul Montes, a civic
activist, said the community
gathered to offer a $5,000
reward for any information
leading to the arrest and
conviction of the offender.
“He could have at least
stopped,” Montes said. “We
want him to turn himself in
because this was a heinous
crime, he should have
stopped, and he didn’t. The
family is so distraught.”
Chicago police con-
firmed Friday that no ar-
rests have been made in the
case.
The two victims were
struck by a dark-colored
SUV, possibly a Chevrolet
Malibu made between 2009
and 2012. The vehicle was
traveling west in the 3100
block of West 55th Street
shortly after 8 p.m. when
the crash occurred, police
said. The driver left the
scene without stopping and
should have front-end dam-
age on the driver’s side of
the car, police said.
According to a police
report, one witness told
police he saw both pedestri-
ans heading south, crossing
the street in the crosswalk,
when the vehicle struck
them while traveling west at
a high rate of speed. The
vehicle then continued west
on 55th Street, the witness
said.
The woman was thrown
into the air and landed near
a curb. According to anoth-
er witness, the boy was
found underneath a parked
vehicle, the report stated.
Montes said there has
been an increase of hit-and-
runs in the area, and the
activists called for legisla-
tion to prevent further inci-
dents.
“Someone has seen
something. We don’t want
this to become another cold
case,” Montes said.

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District 86 prepares
for about half of
in-school attendance
Families will have monthly opportunity
to switch to hybrid model from online
By Kimberly Fornek Hinsdale South Principal
Arwen Pokorny Lyp said.
Hinsdale High School Schools will continue to
District 86 is preparing to practice their pandemic
have about half of its stu- protocols, requiring every-
dents in school at the same one in the school to wear a
time during the second mask and stay at least 6 feet
semester. apart. The staff regularly
District 86 started the disinfects frequently tou-
school year with remote ched surfaces.
instruction only, but in Oc- District 86 students fol-
tober started offering a lowing the hybrid schedule
hybrid schedule, where will have lunch one day a
roughly 25% of students week in school, either
could be in school at the Tuesday or Friday, depend-
same time, to allow extra ing which group they are
space to separate desks and in.
prevent congestion in the The past several months,
halls when changing a “grab and go” lunch was
classes. provided to students who
To plan for the second were on campus.
semester, which begins in Instead of a crowded and
January, the district sur- noisy cafeteria, students
veyed parents about the will be divided among up to
first semester and what eight separate lunch spaces
they hoped going forward. at Hinsdale Central and
Of the 2,831 surveys that four spaces at Hinsdale
were completed, about 55% South.
of parents said their chil- Students will be seated 6
dren will participate in the feet apart, all face the same
new hybrid schedule. direction and be assigned a
Nearly 34% said they specific seat for the entire
wanted their students to semester, Hinsdale Central
start the second semester Principal William Walsh
with remote only said.
instruction, but “I feel this The school
want the option district needs
of switching to decision adult volunteers
the hybrid to supervise and
schedule later in will result enforce the co-
the semester. in students ronavirus proto-
About 11% of par- cols and disin-
ents said their being more

MERRY AND BRIGHT

fect the tables
children will stay and other sur-
with all online productive faces.
instruction in the and more “I’m asking
A Christmas tree sits on the 300 block of East Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood on Christmas second semester. the Hinsdale
Eve on Thursday in Chicago. Once a month, attentive in community to
from January support our re-
through May, class ...” turn to school
families doing plan,” Walsh

Wilmette District 39 Pace guard charged online learning — Carson Kotecki, said. “If you are
will have the op- a Hinsdale South available be-
portunity to senior tween 10:45 a.m.
to launch COVID-19 with punching man switch to the hy-
brid model.
and 1 p.m. on
Tuesdays or Fridays, please

saliva testing program who was handcuffed

By Karen Ann
Cullotta
Officials with Wilmette
School District 39 are ring-
ing in 2021 with a new
COVID-19 saliva screening
program they say will add
another layer of safety
when students return to the
classroom in January.
The launch of the dis-
trict’s COVID-19 screening
program, which is already
in place at New Trier High
School, will be available for
students and staff starting
the first week of January. It
is expected to provide “test-
ing as an additional miti-
gation procedure” within
the district’s six schools,
officials said.
The district’s contract
with the saliva screening
provider includes a cost of
$11 per test, with the district
committed to purchasing at
least 3,635 tests at an esti-
mated total price of roughly
$40,000, District 39 Super-
intendent Kari Cremascoli
said in a Friday email.
“Participation in the pro-
gram is free; however, many
families have generously
volunteered to cover the
costs associated with their
child’s participation,” Cre-
mascoli wrote.
“Screening testing will
help contribute to the
health of our schools, our
staff, our students, and our
communities,” officials said
in a recent parent email.
“While the district contin-
ues to experience success
with its current mitigation
procedures to minimize the
risk of COVID-19 transmis-
sion within our schools,
high levels of external com-
munity spread may in-
crease the risk of positive
cases within our schools.
Screening will assist with
this.”
In addition to providing
students and staff with a
screening tool that officials
said will “further mitigate
and reduce the risk of
exposure, transmission, and
quarantine, especially dur-
ing times of significant
community spread.”
Officials said the pro-
gram will also, “reduce the
need for school closures,
classroom, and/or individu-
al quarantines.”
Parents are urged to sign
up their students using the
district’s COVID-19 Screen-
ing Registration Form by
Dec. 28, officials said.
At New Trier High
School, which began con-
ducting voluntary saliva
screenings for students and
staff last month, officials
announced this week that
the screenings will soon be
mandatory for those
enrolled in the high school’s
in-person hybrid instruc-
tion.
Incident caught
on viral video
By Madeline
Buckley
A Pace bus security
guard was arrested Dec.
19 after a Harvey police
officer witnessed him
punch a handcuffed man,
officials said.
The incident was
caught on a viral social
media video that appears
to show the alleged as-
sault as well as the Har-
vey police officer taking
the security guard into
custody.
Edward Undraitis, 60,
of Calumet City, is facing
a misdemeanor charge of
battery in connection
with the alleged assault
as well as a felony weap-
ons charge because he
did not have the proper
licensing for the gun he
carried, according to
Cook County court re-
cords.
A Pace spokesperson
said Undraitis was con-
tracted through A P Pri-
vate Detective & Security
Agency in Hazel Crest,
and is no longer allowed
to work on Pace con-
tracts.
About 3 p.m. on Dec. 19,
Harvey police were called
to a disturbance near a
Pace terminal near 154th
Street and Broadway Av-
enue in the south suburb,
according to Harvey po-
lice Chief Robert Collins.
Undraitis, who works
for a security company
contracted by Pace, had a
scuffle with a 30-year-old
Chicago Heights man,
Collins said.
Harvey police officers
arrived on the scene and
arrested the man on sus-
picion of battery after a
struggle on the ground,
Collins said.
After the officers hand-
cuffed him, Undraitis
punched the man, Collins
said.
“The officer just took
action immediately and
had the security officer
placed in handcuffs,” he
said.
The video shows offi-
cers struggling to arrest
the man on the ground.
After the officers hand-
cuff the man and stand
him up, the video appears
to show Undraitis swing
in the direction of the
man’s head.
One of the officers then
handcuffed Undraitis, the
video shows.
“He knew it was wrong
and he took action right
away,” Collins said of the
officer.
Children whose parents complete a lunchroom vol-
did not complete the sur- unteer application.”
vey will continue with the Hybrid students will
form of instruction they participate in classes re-
had in the first semester, motely on days when they
which ended Dec. 18. are not on campus. But
Lyons Township High instead of giving students a
School plans to start second choice of whether or not to
semester with four days of turn on their computer
remote instruction from cameras, students will be
Jan. 5-8. This will give expected to have their cam-
students and staff time to era on and their face visible
monitor themselves for co- during each class. Excep-
ronavirus symptoms from tions will be made for
potential COVID-19 expo- special circumstances,
sure during the winter school administrators said.
break, especially if they Many teachers said
traveled or attended large when they start their
gatherings. LTHS officials classes, they would see a lot
said on the school district of black screens from the
website. remote students, Christo-
Beginning Jan. 11, LTHS pher Covino, assistant su-
will transition to a 50% perintendent for academ-
hybrid/50% remote learn- ics, told the District 86
ing plan. School Board Dec. 17.
Similar to LTHS, stu- “You can imagine what
dents in Hinsdale District that does to the morale of
86’s second semester hy- the class,” Covino said.
brid model will be divided Sometimes when teachers
into two groups and be in speak to students, they
the classroom two days a don’t even respond. “This
week. A third group of was a surprise to some of
students with special needs the parents,” Covino said.
can attend school in person Carson Kotecki, a Hins-
four days every week. dale South senior and the
By allowing 50% of stu- student liaison to the
dents to attend in person School Board, commended
each day, district adminis- the administration for
trators hope the classes will pressing students to turn
seem more like a typical on their cameras.
class setting. “I feel this decision will
Students had com- result in students being
plained that in some small more productive and more
classes, with just 25% of attentive in class and moti-
students allowed, there vate them to find an appro-
were only two or three priate workspace for their
students in the classroom, schoolwork,” Kotecki said.

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Therapy
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ing in safety, ambiance and the

ability to have discreet conver-
sations. If clients cannot walk
for an entire hour, they find a
location to sit and continue the
counseling session.
Sevier said Chicago’s way-
ward climate mimics the hu-
man condition, showing highs
and lows of different seasons.
Walking in the cold and even
snow and rain can help naviga-
te a variety of emotions, he said.
Psychologists are increas-
ingly interested in offering
walking therapy, and it is en-
couraged by the American Psy-
chological Association. While
there is little data on the
practice, it is one way psychol-
ogists are incorporating nature
into therapy.
Therapists should be clear
that going outdoors means
people might run into others
who know the therapist or
client, according to the APA,
and it’s important to address
this possibility and find a strat-
egy. It can also bring other
challenges, such as therapists
and clients feeling pressure to
compete athletically or nega-
tively comparing abilities or ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

appearances. People walk under lighted arches over the sidewalk along West Belle Plaine Avenue in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago.
At Light On Anxiety CBT

‘Chance made us neighbors ...

Treatment Centers, with loca-
tions in Chicago, Wilmette and
Deerfield, sessions can include
a brisk walk or run. CEO Debra
Kissen said it is a way to
activate someone who might
need an energy boost.
“If I have somebody experi-
encing mild, moderate, even
severe depression, they’re
coming in and they’re super
low energy and reporting to me
all of their concerns of the
week and seeming pretty hope-
less. I’ll say, you know what?
We’re going to walk and talk,”
she said.
She brings in mindfulness,
encouraging patients to talk
about what they see or hear as a
way to focus on their surround-
ings and break from rumina-
tive thinking.
People who might be a good
fit for walking therapy include
those who enjoy nature, want
to get more exercise or feel
better while moving. Insur-
ance, however, might not cover
this form of therapy in the way
it would an office visit, or even
a virtual visit, which is some-
thing patients should consider.
“We’re going on
this literal journey
together. We’re
literally walking from
point A to point B
and talking.”
— Thomas Miller,
a client of Glenn Sevier
Quarantine made us family’
Albany Park residents
come together to cheer
up pandemic Christmas
By Paige Fry
Theresa Martinez doesn’t know
how many people have stopped to
take photos outside of her house.
Her decorative Santa and snow-
man provided the perfect center-
piece, but what drew people to her
block is the long tunnel of over 100
lit-up arches that march down
both sides of the street.
Theresa, 43, and her husband,
Rudy Martinez, 47, who live in the
3200 block of West Belle Plaine
Avenue in the Albany Park neigh-
borhood, got the idea from some-
one who started the arches last
year at Francisco Avenue and Belle
Plaine. They spoke to the creator
and learned how he made them.
Then, because of the pandemic,
they decided there was nothing
better to do but make the arches
for their house.
Rudy Martinez spoke with his
friend and neighbor Warren Po-
etzing, 32, about the idea, and he
quickly got on board. They got to
work on Thanksgiving Day, start-
ing with the Martinezes’ house.
They ended with four done on
Thanksgiving Day. By the end of
that weekend, they recruited more
neighbors.
They figured out a system and
some helpers fell into specific
arch-making tasks. One person did
the Home Depot runs, one put
together the PVC pipes, one would
wrap the lights and another would
decorate. By the end of the week-
end, 77 were done, said neighbor
Randy Dixon, 59.
Poetzing even figured out how
to put the pipes on a drill to spin
them while wrapping the lights,
making them perfectly tight and
spaced out.
“We got down to a minute and
44 seconds to wrap it with the
lights,” Theresa Martinez said.
“We timed ourselves.”
To make sure everyone on the
block had an opportunity to be
included, she passed out flyers:
“You may have noticed the
festive arches that were recently
put up in front of my house and a
few other neighbors’ houses. If
you are interested in adding some
to the front of your house, I’d like
to show you how!” she wrote. “It
would be great if we could get the
whole block lined with some
festive arches to help the dreary
last days of 2020! Also a great way
to meet neighbors you might not
have stopped to say hi otherwise.”
She added that each arch cost
about $20 in materials, and each
house averages three to six arches,
depending on the size of the land.
But if people weren’t able to pay
for the arches or put them up
themselves, other neighbors were
willing to pitch in.
People were welcome to deco-
rate their arches how they liked.
One house made theirs an under-
the-sea theme, another Jewish
household lined theirs with blue
and white tinsel, and some neigh-
bors who are metal workers bent
their arches into a different shape.
“Every house came out and
helped, which was nice. We met
some people that we didn’t ever
know as neighbors,” Dixon said.
“It wasn’t any religious belief. It
was just to get everyone together.”
As the main group of about 14
neighbors got close, they commu-
nicated through a group chat and
called themselves the “Belle
Plainians.” They even came up
with a motto, Theresa Martinez
said: “Chance made us neighbors.
Alcohol made us friends. Quaran-
tine made us family.”
Just on Wednesday, her Santa
fell down, and when she looked
outside her window, two of her
neighbors were already there to
put it back together. If someone’s
arch lights are having problems,
they’ll communicate through the
group text to see who can be on
light duty to help out.
Even though the arches weren’t
their original idea, the Belle Plaini-
ans’ block has the most pro-
nounced presence in light-up
arches. Other nearby blocks also
took on the idea and have patches
of arches here and there. Then the
Belle Plainians took it a step
further and created a giant arch in
front of 45-year-old Avi Nachom’s
house at the entrance to the block.
Two other neighbors also got
Christmas trees to put on either
side of the large, sparkling arch.
Nachom said he once walked
outside his house in the middle of
the day and a family was taking
photos outside. They came up and
said, “Thank you so much. This is
so awesome. It just makes us all
smile,” he recounted.
More dog walkers and drivers
started coming past the neighbor-
hood at night. “In a year where
things are just so negative, it gave a
little bit of hope, right? People felt
that,” Poetzing said. “Even random
people on the street just saying
some things like that, just made it
worth it — made all the work,
worth it.”

Sevier first came up with the

idea years ago, when he was
working as a counselor at a
high school.
When he would be called to
meet with a student, he real-
ized time was wasted when he
went to collect the student and
return together to his office.
Instead, he started offering to
walk the halls, and he found
students felt more comfortable
and opened up while side by
side, instead of face to face.
“It gave them a lot more
options of not feeling like they
were in trouble in a small
room,” he said.
Sometimes they even
walked the stairs. “It would
slow them down and force
those feelings,” he said.
Rogers Park resident Thom-
as Miller, 30, is Sevier’s client.
He was hesitant, he said, to go
to a more traditional therapy
session. “I think guys, some-
times we struggle with mental
health and being vulnerable,”
he said. “I like that you’re doing
this physical activity.”
At the beginning of the
pandemic they switched to
walk and talk calls — Miller
would still take the walk, while
talking with Sevier on the
phone. They’ve since recon- MARK HUMPHREY/AP

nected outdoors.
Through all seasons, he and
Sevier have walked and talked.
Often, Miller brings along his
dog, Lucy.
“We’re going on this literal
journey together,” Miller said.
“We’re literally walking from
point A to point B and talking.”
He said that committing to
this despite the weather feels
itself like committing to better-
ing himself, no matter the
environment.
“There’s something about
the way we treat it like this
really important part of the
process. We’re going to go out;
we’re going to go for the walk,”
he said. “It’s sort of like a good
metaphor for the importance
of talking.”
Plus, it’s nice to get some
steps in.
abowen@chicagotribune.com
Emergency personnel work near the scene of a Friday morning explosion in downtown Nashville that shattered windows and set cars on fire.
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building is the central office of a
telephone exchange, with net-
work equipment in it.
The blast interrupted service,
but the company declined to say
how widespread outages were.
“Service for some customers in
Nashville and the surrounding
areas may be affected by damage
to our facilities from the explosion
this morning. We are in contact
with law enforcement and work-
ing as quickly and safely as
possible to restore service,” AT&T
spokesman Jim Greer said in an
emailed statement.
The AT&T outages site showed
service issues in middle Tennes-
see and Kentucky, including
Bowling Green, Kentucky, about
65 miles north of Nashville. Sev-
eral police agencies reported that
their 911 systems were down
because of the outage, including
Murfreesboro and Knox County,
home to Knoxville about 180 miles
east of Nashville.
AT&T said t was bringing in
portable cell sites.
The Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration temporarily halted flights
out of Nashville International
Airport because of telecommuni-
cations issues associated with the
explosion.
Three people were taken to
area hospitals for treatment after
the blast, although none were in
critical condition, Aaron said.
Authorities don’t know
whether anyone was in the vehicle
when it exploded.
Aaron said earlier that some
people were taken to the depart-
ment’s central precinct for ques-
tioning but declined to give more
details.
The FBI will be taking the lead
in the investigation, agency
spokesman Joel Siskovic said. Fed-
eral investigators from the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives were also on the scene.
A Philadelphia man staying in a
nearby hotel said that when he
heard the blast, he knew it wasn’t
harmless. “We tried to rationalize
it that it was an earthquake or
something, but it was obvious it
wasn’t an earthquake,” Joseph
Fafara said. He said he traveled to
Tennessee with his family on
Christmas because the state has
looser COVID-19 restrictions than
Philadelphia.
Buck McCoy, who lives near the
area, posted videos on Facebook
that show water pouring down the
ceiling of his home. Alarms blare
in the background along with cries
of people in distress. A fire is
visible in the street outside.
McCoy said he heard gunfire 15
minutes before the explosion
rocked his building, set cars in the
street on fire and blew trees apart.
“All my windows, every single
one of them got blown into the
next room. If I had been standing
there it would have been horrible,”
he said.
“It felt like a bomb. It was that
big,” he said.
President Donald Trump has
been briefed, according to White
House spokesman Judd Deere. The
Justice Department said Acting
Attorney General Jeff Rosen was
also briefed and directed all depart-
ment resources be made available
to help with the investigation.

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Crisis mutes Christmas celebrations
Effects from the
coronavirus are felt
around the world
By Elliot Spagat
and Frances D’Emilio
Associated Press
ROME — Families that
usually reunite on Christ-
mas over a hearty, lingering
meal stayed home Friday,
services were held online,
and gift exchanges were
low-key in one of the most
unusual holiday seasons in
decades.
The coronavirus left
almost no one unaffected.
Patricia Hager, 60, deliv-
ered homemade caramel
rolls for breakfast to family
and friends in Bismarck,
North Dakota, a state that
didn’t get hit until later in
the pandemic but got hit
hard. It seemed every time
she opened her door this
holiday season, someone
had left smoked salmon,
baskets of nuts or cookies.
“This year Christmas love
is expressed at the door,” she
said. “I’m glad that people
will probably be with us next
year with the vaccines. I can
give up anything for that.”
With a child due in Febru-
ary, Song Ju-hyeon of Paju,
South Korea, near Seoul,
said home is the only place
she feels safe. The govern-
ment reported 1,241 new
cases Friday, a new daily
record for the country.
“It doesn’t feel like Christ-
mas anyway, there’s no
carols being played on the
streets,” she said.
“It’s Christmask,” the
Daily Nation newspaper
declared in Kenya, where a
surge in cases led to doctors
ending a brief strike Christ-
mas Eve. Celebrations were
muted in the East Africa hub
as a curfew prevented over-
Virus relief still in limbo
with Trump in Florida
Shutdown of the
government looms
with bill unsigned
By Jill Colvin
Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. —
President Donald Trump
spent his Christmas golf-
ing in Florida as a govern-
ment shutdown looms and
COVID relief hangs in the
balance.
Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago
club in Palm Beach for the
holidays, had no events on
his public schedule after
throwing the future of a
massive COVID relief and
government funding bill into
question. Failure to sign the
bill, which arrived Thursday
night in Florida, could deny
relief checks to millions of
Americans on the brink and
force a government shut-
down amid the pandemic.
The White House
declined to share details of
the president’s schedule,
though he was expected to
golf Friday with South Caro-
lina Republican Sen. Lindsey
Graham, a close ally.
“During the Holiday
season, President Trump
will continue to work
tirelessly for the Ameri-
can People. His schedule
includes many meetings and
calls,” is all the White House
Passengers arrive Dec. 20 at Gatwick Airport ahead of new
restrictions for travelers to the U.S. GARETH FULLER/PA
The pandemic upended Christmas traditions across the globe, but determination and imagination kept the day special for
many. Above, a boy looks at a holiday display Friday on Fifth Avenue in New York City. SETH WENIG/AP
night church vigils.
Pope Francis delivered
his Christmas blessing from
inside the Vatican, break-
ing with his traditional
speech from the balcony of
St. Peter’s Basilica to tens
of thousands in St. Peter’s
Square.
Citing a cause for opti-
mism, Francis said the
invention of COVID-19
vaccines shines “lights of
hope” on the world. In a
passionate appeal to leaders,
businesses and international
organizations, he said they
must ensure that the most
vulnerable and needy in the
pandemic be first in line to
receive the vaccines.
Bells rang out around
Bethlehem as the traditional
birthplace of Jesus cele-
said.
Trump also tweeted that
he planned to make “a short
speech to service members
from all over the world” by
video conference Friday to
celebrate the holiday, but
declared: “Fake News not
invited!”
Trump’s vacation came as
Washington was still reel-
ing over his surprise, 11-hour
demand that an end-of-year
spending bill that congres-
sional leaders spent months
negotiating give most Amer-
icans $2,000 COVID relief
checks — far more than the
$600 members of his own
party had agreed to. The
idea was swiftly rejected by
House Republicans during a
rare Christmas Eve session,
leaving the proposal in
limbo.
The bipartisan compro-
mise had been consid-
ered a done deal and had
won sweeping approval
in the House and Senate
this week after the White
House assured GOP leaders
that Trump supported it. If
he refuses to sign the deal,
which is attached to a $1.4
trillion government fund-
ing bill, it will force a federal
government shutdown,
in addition to delaying aid
checks and halting unem-
ployment benefits and evic-
tion protections in the most
dire stretch of the pandemic.
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brated. But the closure of
Israel’s international airport
to foreign tourists, along
with Palestinian restrictions
banning intercity travel in
the areas they administer in
the Israeli-occupied West
Bank, kept visitors away.
In Beijing, official
churches abruptly canceled
Mass after China’s capital
was put on high alert follow-
ing two confirmed COVID-
19 cases last week. Two new
asymptomatic cases were
reported Friday.
With economies reeling
around the world, it wasn’t
a year of lavish gifts. Robin
Sypniewski of Middlesex
County, New Jersey, was
furloughed twice from her
job serving school lunches
and is now on reduced hours
“Made many calls and had
meetings at Trump Inter-
national in Palm Beach,
Florida. Why would poli-
ticians not want to give
people $2000, rather than
only $600?” he tweeted
after leaving the golf course
Friday afternoon. “It wasn’t
their fault, it was China. Give
our people the money!”
Trump’s decision to attack
the bill has been seen, at least
in part, as political punish-
ment for what he consid-
ers insufficient backing by
congressional Republicans
of his campaign to overturn
the results of the Nov. 3 elec-
tion with unfounded claims
of voter fraud.
“At a meeting in Florida
today, everyone was asking
why aren’t the Republicans
up in arms & fighting over
the fact that the Democrats
stole the rigged presidential
election?” Trump tweeted
Thursday.
“I will NEVER FORGET!”
he later added.
Trump for weeks now has
refused to accept the results
of the election and has been
pushing new, increasingly
outrageous schemes to try
to overturn the results. He
has been egged on by allies
like his lawyer, former New
York Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
who accompanied the pres-
ident to Florida aboard Air
Force One.
US: Negative test required from UK travelers
Associated Press
ATLANTA — The United
States will require airline
passengers from Britain
to get a negative COVID-
19 test before their flight,
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has
announced.
The U.S. is the latest coun-
try to announce new travel
restrictions because of a new
variant of the coronavirus
that is spreading in Britain
and elsewhere.
Airline passengers from
as her husband retires next
week as a trash collector and
her daughter wrestles with
student debt.
Sypniewski, 58, bought
her daughter pajamas,
compared with a diamond
bracelet last Christmas. Her
husband got a $20 plaque
describing his Polish heri-
tage, compared with a tablet
computer last year.
“The bills have to be paid
this month and next month.
With the reduced hours, it’s
tough,” she said.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, taxi
driver Dennys Abreu, 56,
navigated the vast city over-
night to cover the $300
monthly payment on his car,
which he bought after losing
a construction job. An esti-
mated 14 million Brazilians
With a government shutdown looming and COVID-19 relief hanging in the balance, President
Trump’s motorcade arrives Friday at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,
Florida. SAUL LOEB/GETTY-AFP
Trump has provided
no credible evidence to
support his election claims,
which have been refuted by
a long list of officials, among
them judges, former Attor-
ney General William Barr,
Republican governors and
local election administra-
tors.
Meanwhile, the nation
continues to reel as the coro-
navirus spreads, with record
infections and hospitaliza-
tions and more than 330,000
dead. And millions are now
going through the holidays
alone or struggling to make
ends meet without adequate
income, food or shelter
because of the pandemic’s
the United Kingdom will
need to get negative COVID-
19 tests within three days of
their trip and provide the
results to the airline, the
CDC said in a statement late
Thursday. The agency said
the order will go into effect
Monday.
“If a passenger chooses
not to take a test, the airline
must deny boarding to the
passenger,” the CDC said in
its statement.
The agency said because
of travel restrictions in place
since March, air travel to the
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are jobless.
“All I can do is to work as
much as I can, get by and
hope this . . . virus disap-
pears next year,” he said.
Church services shifted
online. The Catholic Arch-
diocese of Los Angeles
celebrated five Masses
at the Cathedral of Our
Lady of the Angels, with
attendance capped at 130
people, compared with a
pre-pandemic capacity of
about 3,000. All were lives-
treamed.
The Chapel of the Cross
in Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina, stuck with five services,
but in-person attendance
was capped at 25 people,
compared with as many
2,000 before the pandemic.
A Christmas Eve pageant
economic toll.
To mark the holiday, the
president and first lady
Melania Trump tweeted a
pre-recorded video message
in which they wished Amer-
icans a merry Christmas and
thanked first responders and
military personnel.
Meanwhile, Democratic
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Treasury Secre-
tary Steven Mnuchin have
been trying to salvage the
year-end legislation to try
to prevent a shutdown.
Democrats will call House
lawmakers back to Wash-
ington for a vote Monday on
Trump’s $2,000 proposal,
though it would probably die
U.S. from the U.K. is already
down by 90%.
Last weekend, Britain’s
Prime Minister Boris John-
son said the new variant
of the coronavirus seemed
to spread more easily than
earlier ones and was moving
rapidly through England.
But Johnson stressed
“there’s no evidence to
suggest it is more lethal or
causes more severe illness,”
or that vaccines will be less
effective against it.
This week, New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said
5
that is normally performed
in person was recorded and
shown online.
“I have to remember
that Christians have been
celebrating Christmas for
hundreds of years in all
sorts of circumstances,” said
the Rev. Elizabeth Marie
Melchionna, the church
rector. “Some of the exter-
nal appearances are differ-
ent and yet the essence
remains the same. What has
not changed is that essential
longing and celebration for
love that is born at Christ-
mas.”
In Paris, members of
Notre Dame Cathedral’s
choir sang inside the church
for the first time since a 2019
fire, wearing hard hats and
protective suits against
construction conditions.
Border closures foiled
some plans. With Colom-
bia closing its borders to
prevent the virus from
spreading, Venezuelan
migrants couldn’t go home
for the holidays. Yake-
lin Tamaure, a nurse who
left economically wracked
Venezuela two years ago,
wanted to visit her mother,
who is nursing a broken foot.
“I try to send her money,
but it’s not the same as being
there,” she said.
Many took the restric-
tions in stride. The 70 resi-
dents at St. Peters, a nursing
home in the northern Span-
ish town of El Astillero, held
video chats or 30-minute
visits with family, separated
by a plexiglass wall.
“This terrible thing has
come to us, so we must
accept it and deal with
it with patience,” said
Mercedes Arejula, who met
with her mother.
The nursing home
allowed only one relative
inside. A granddaughter
blew kisses from outside.
in the Republican-controlled
Senate. They are also consid-
ering a vote Monday on a
stop-gap measure at least
to avert a federal shutdown
and keep the government
running until Democrat Joe
Biden is inaugurated Jan. 20.
In addition to the relief
checks, the COVID bill that
passed would establish a
temporary $300 per week
supplemental jobless bene-
fit, provide a new round of
subsidies for hard-hit busi-
nesses, restaurants and
theaters and money for
schools, and provide money
for health care providers and
to help with COVID vaccine
distribution.
three airlines with flights
from London to New York
— British Airways, Delta and
Virgin Atlantic — had agreed
to require passengers to
take a COVID-19 test before
getting on the plane.
United Airlines on Thurs-
day agreed to do the same
for its flights to Newark,
New Jersey.
Britain has been under
considerable pressure since
the word of the new variant
of the virus was made public.
Some 40 countries imposed
travel bans on Britain.
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Trucks are parked on the M20 highway Friday in Ashford, England, as drivers wait to resume
their journey across the English Channel to France. KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AP
British soldiers help clear
backlog of stranded drivers
By Pan Pylas
Associated Press
LONDON — Around
1,000 British soldiers were
spending Christmas trying
to clear a huge backlog of
truck drivers stuck in south-
east England after France
briefly closed its border to
the U.K., then demanded
coronavirus tests from all
amid fears of a new, appar-
ently more contagious,
virus variant.
Even though an esti-
mated 4,000 or so interna-
tional truck drivers were
spending another day
cooped up in their cabs,
some progress was evident
Friday, with traffic around
the English Channel port of
Dover moving in an orderly
fashion toward the extra
ferries that were put on to
make the short crossing
across to Calais in north-
ern France. Rail operator
Eurotunnel was also back in
action, offering a way back
into France.
The military person-
nel were directing traffic
and helping a mass testing
program for the drivers,
who must test negative to
enter France. French fire-
fighters have also been
drafted to help the military
test drivers for coronavirus.
NEWS BRIEFING
Democrats in Georgia
Senate contests take
in more than $200M
From news services
ATLANTA — The Demo-
crats running for Geor-
gia’s two U.S. Senate seats
each raised more than $100
million over two months, a
massive haul that eclipsed
campaign contributions to
their Republican opponents
and reflects the high stakes
of the twin contests.
Jon Ossoff, who is taking
on Sen. David Perdue, took
in more than $106 million
from Oct. 15 through Dec.
16, according to his latest
campaign finance report.
Raphael Warnock, who is
trying to unseat Sen. Kelly
Loeffler, was close behind
with a little over $103
million.
Perdue reported $68
million over the same
two-month span, with
Loeffler taking in just under
$64 million. Three of the
campaigns reported their
financial data Thursday.
Loeffler submitted hers a
day earlier.
The two races will deter-
mine which party controls
the Senate — and likely how
ambitious President-elect
Joe Biden can be with his
agenda.
If Republicans win one
race, they will maintain a
narrow majority, and the
chamber will serve as a
bulwark against Democratic
legislation. But if Democrats
carry both, the balance will
be 50-50 —with Vice Pres-
ident-elect Kamala Harris
delivering tie-breaking
votes. That will likely enable
Biden to enact a more ambi-
tious agenda, assuming he
can keep fellow Democrats
on board.
Georgia’s runoff races
kicked off in November after
Perdue and Loeffler failed to
get more than 50 percent of
the vote on Election Day.
Woman’sexecutiondelayed:
A federal judge said the
Justice Department unlaw-
Poland’s Territorial Defense
Force also sent reinforce-
ments to help with testing
and food distribution.
British Transport Secre-
tary Grant Shapps said he
had instructed the army to
take control of testing as
part of efforts to get “foreign
hauliers home with their
families as quickly as we
can.”
Officials from the trans-
port department have
said that all but three of
the tests conducted so far
have been negative. Those
testing positive are being
offered accommodation.
Most of the testing is being
conducted at a disused
airfield at Manston Airport,
20 miles from Dover.
France closed its border
for 48 hours to the U.K. last
Sunday after British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson said
a variant of the virus that is
70% more transmissible is
driving the rapid spread of
infections in London and
surrounding areas. As a
result, the capital and many
other parts of England have
seen lockdown restrictions
tightened and family holi-
day gatherings canceled.
Free food and drink was
being sent to the stranded
truck drivers and more than
250 portable toilets were
fully rescheduled the execu-
tion of the only woman on
federal death row, poten-
tially setting up the Trump
administration to schedule
the execution after Presi-
dent-elect Joe Biden takes
office.
U.S. District Court Judge
Randolph Moss also vacated
an order from the director
of the Bureau of Prisons
that had set Lisa Montgom-
ery’s execution date for Jan.
12. Montgomery had previ-
ously been scheduled to be
put to death at the Federal
Correctional Complex in
Terre Haute, Indiana, this
month, but Moss delayed
the execution after her
attorneys contracted coro-
navirus visiting their client
and asked him to extend the
amount of time to file a clem-
ency petition.
Moss prohibited the
Bureau of Prisons from
carrying out Montgom-
ery’s execution before the
end of the year, and officials
rescheduled her execution
date for mid-January. But
Moss ruled Wednesday that
the agency was also prohib-
ited from rescheduling the
date while a stay was in
place.
Under the order, the
Bureau of Prisons cannot
reschedule Montgomery’s
execution until at least
Jan. 1. Generally, under
Justice Department guide-
lines, a death row inmate
must be notified at least
20 days before the execu-
tion. Because of the judge’s
order, if the Justice Depart-
ment chooses to reschedule
the date in January, it could
mean that the execution
would be scheduled after
Biden’s inauguration on
Jan. 20.
Montgomery was
convicted of killing 23-year-
old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the
northwest Missouri town
of Skidmore in December
2004. She used a rope to
strangle Stinnett, who was
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put in at Manston, with
32 others placed along the
gridlocked M20 highway.
Britain’s coast guard said
its teams in the Dover area
had so far delivered 3,000
hot meals, 600 pizzas and
2,985 packed lunches.
“The most reassuring
thing is that food is getting
through at Manston, and I
have to say a big thank you
to everyone who volun-
teered to help drivers stick
it out in cold conditions
in the days leading up to
Christmas,” said Duncan
Buchanan of Britain’s Road
Haulage Association.
The mood among the
stranded drivers appeared
to be mostly sanguine, espe-
cially compared with their
anger this week at the situ-
ation and the lack of facil-
ities.
The virus has been
blamed for over 1.7 million
confirmed deaths world-
wide.
On Friday, the U.K.
recorded another 570
virus-related deaths, taking
the total to 70,195, the
second-highest death toll
in Europe behind Italy.
On Saturday, Britain is
extending tighter lockdown
restrictions to more areas as
authorities try to stem the
spread of the new variant.
Christmas amid church remains: A choir sings during their Christmas prayers Friday in Kampala, Uganda, at the entrance of
St. Peter’s Anglican Church, which was demolished four months ago, allegedly by agents of a local developer. The land’s
ownership has been the subject of a court battle between the church and the developer. BADRU KATUMBA/GETTY-AFP
eight months pregnant, and
then a kitchen knife to cut
the baby girl from the womb,
authorities said.
Japan gender quality:
Japan on Friday adopted a
plan that delays women’s
advancement goals by up
to a decade after failing to
reach even half of the 30%
target by 2020 and other
measures.
Under the new five-
year gender equality plan,
approved by Prime Minis-
ter Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet,
the government has post-
poned the goal for women
to account for at least 30%
of leadership positions until
“as early as possible during
the 2020s.”
The earlier goal was set by
Suga’s predecessor, Shinzo
Abe, under his “wome-
nomics” policy designed to
promote more women in
the workforce to make up
for Japan’s fast-aging popu-
lation.
The plan called for a soci-
ety with no gender bias by
2030s. But it said that Japan
EU leaders begin assessment of
post-Brexit trade deal with UK
By Raf Casert
and Pan Pylas
Associated Press
BRUSSELS — The fast-
track ratification of the post-
Brexit trade deal between
the U.K. and the European
Union got underway on
Christmas as ambassadors
from the bloc’s 27 nations
started assessing the accord
that takes effect in a week.
At Friday’s meeting, the
ambassadors were briefed
about the details of the draft
treaty, which is believed to
be around 1,250 pages long,
by the EU’s chief Brexit
negotiator, Michel Barnier.
They are set to recon-
vene again Monday and
have informed lawmakers
at the European Parliament
that they intend to take a
decision on the prelimi-
nary application of the deal
within days.
While voicing sadness at
the rupture with Britain, EU
leaders are relieved that the
tortuous aftermath of the
Brexit vote had come to a
conclusion in Thursday’s
agreement about future
trade ties.
All member states are
expected to back the agree-
ment as is the European
Parliament, which can only
give its consent retrospec-
tively as it can’t reconvene
until 2021. British lawmak-
ers have to give their
approval, too, and are being
summoned next week to
vote on the accord.
Both sides claim the
agreement protects their
cherished goals.
British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson said it gives
the U.K. control over its
money, borders, laws and
fishing grounds. The EU
says it protects its single
market of around 450
million people and contains
safeguards to ensure the
U.K. does not unfairly
undercut the bloc’s stan-
dards.
Johnson hailed the agree-
ment as a “new beginning”
for the U.K. in its relation-
ship with European neigh-
bors. Opposition leaders,
is still largely bound by tradi-
tional gender roles, making
it difficult for women to
pursue careers in business
and politics while fulfilling
expected responsibilities in
homemaking and childrear-
ing.
Red Sea attack: A sea mine
planted by Yemen’s Houthi
rebels struck a cargo ship
Friday in the southern Red
Sea, Saudi Arabia’s state-
owned television channel
reported, without providing
further details.
Al-Ekhbariya quoted the
Saudi-led coalition, which
has been fighting Iran-
backed Houthis in Yemen
since 2015. The coalition
did not identify the vessel or
elaborate on the attack.
The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet,
which patrols the Mideast,
did not respond to a request
for comment.
The United Kingdom
Marine Trade Operations,
an information exchange
overseen by the British Royal
Navy in the region, did not
immediately acknowledge
A colleague in a Christmas hat speaks with EU ambassadors
and representatives during a special meeting Friday in
Brussels. OLIVIER HOSLET/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
even those who are minded
to back it because it’s better
than a no-deal scenario, said
it adds unnecessary costs
on businesses and fails to
provide a clear framework
for the crucial services
sector, which accounts for
80% of the British economy.
In a Christmas message,
Johnson sought to sell the
deal to a weary public after
years of Brexit-related
wrangling since the U.K.
voted narrowly to leave
the EU in 2016. Although
the U.K. formally left the
bloc Jan. 31, it remains in a
transition period tied to EU
rules until the end of this
year.
Without a trade deal,
tariffs would have been
imposed on trade between
the two sides starting Jan.
1. Both sides would have
suffered in that scenario,
with the British economy
taking a bigger hit at least in
the near-term, as it is more
reliant on trade with the EU
than vice versa.
“I have a small present for
anyone who may be look-
ing for something to read in
that sleepy post-Christmas
lunch moment, and here
it is, tidings, glad tidings of
great joy, because this is a
deal,” Johnson said in his
video message, brandish-
ing a sheaf of papers.
“A deal to give certainty
to business, travelers and
all investors in our country
from Jan. 1. A deal with our
friends and partners in the
the incident.
The report follows a series
of assaults targeting Saudi
energy infrastructure that
has spurred concerns about
ship safety in the Red Sea,
a crucial transit zone for
global shipping and energy
supplies that largely had
avoided the chaos of regional
tensions involving the U.S.
and Iran last year.
Navalny aide detained: A
top associate of Russian
opposition leader Alexei
Navalny was detained
Friday after doorstepping
an alleged security opera-
tive who has inadvertently
revealed details of Navalny’s
supposed poisoning with a
Soviet-era nerve agent.
Lyubov Sobol, a key figure
in Navalny’s Anti-Cor-
ruption Foundation, was
detained for 48 hours after
a day of interrogation on
charges of violent trespass-
ing. The move followed
Sobol’s attempt Monday to
enter the Moscow apart-
ment of the alleged oper-
ative, whom Navalny had
EU,” he said.
Though tariffs and
quotas have been avoided,
there will be more red tape
because the U.K. is leaving
the EU’s frictionless single
market and customs union.
Firms will have to file forms
and customs declarations
for the first time in years.
There will also be different
rules on product labeling as
well as checks on agricul-
tural products.
Despite those additional
costs, many British busi-
nesses who export widely
across the EU voiced relief
that a deal was in place as it
avoids the potentially cata-
clysmic imposition of tariffs.
One sector that appears
to be disappointed is the
fishing industry with both
sides voicing discontent
at the new arrangements.
Arguments over fishing
rights were largely behind
the delay in reaching an
agreement.
Under terms of the deal,
the EU will give up a quar-
ter of the quota it catches in
U.K. waters — far less than
the 80% Britain initially
demanded. The system will
be phased in over 5 ½ years,
after which quotas will be
reassessed.
“In the end, it was clear
that Boris Johnson wanted
an overall trade deal and
was willing to sacrifice fish-
ing,” said Barrie Deas, chief
executive of the National
Federation of Fishermen’s
Organizations.
previously duped into
describing details of the
alleged poisoning.
Sobol has denied the accu-
sations and insisted that she
violated no law by ringing
the doorbell to the apart-
ment. While Sobol was being
questioned, the state Inves-
tigative Committee issued
a statement accusing her of
trespassing — charges her
colleagues have rejected.
2 kids die in Detroit fire:
A Christmas morning fire
killed a 4-year-old and a
6-year-old at a home on
Detroit’s east side and
forced others to jump from
a second-floor window to
escape, fire department offi-
cials said.
The Detroit Fire Depart-
ment said the two children
were found dead in a front
living room of the two-story
house. Three children and
their mother were injured
leaping from the upper-level
window.
“It’s definitely a Christmas
tragedy,” said David Fornell,
a deputy fire commissioner.
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Kristen McQueary, Editorial Page Editor
Margaret Holt, Standards Editor
Pandemic blues? Look out your window
By Allen M. Young
“Mr. Bluebird is on my shoulder” as I try
to make sense of the pandemic. We need
the saving graces of the natural world.
Nature endows humanity with hallmarks
for healthy, hopeful well-being — wel-
comed timeouts from the dings, bells,
beeps and other noise pollutants of our
existence.
Yes, dare I suggest bird-watching? Let’s
sit by a window and observe birds at strate-
gically placed feeders and birdbaths in
one’s own backyard. How fun to see a
smorgasbord of sunflower seeds, nuts,
dried berries and dried mealworms. Feed-
ers become impromptu theaters, the actors
for which are chickadees, sparrows, house
wrens, cardinals and bluebirds.
Who can imagine a more prescient time
for signs of hope in our natural world than
in the midst of a pandemic? A pandemic is
a beast, one that can be tempered by avian
antics. Bird-watching helps one to remain
woven into the fabric of everyday life that
we all miss.
We do not need exotic locations to con-
nect with our natural world. Rather, it can
be your own now-faded garden or back-
yard, where birds become our wildlife
teachers. Pay attention to them. Observing
nature any time of the year is a good thing.
But a pandemic beckons us to perch by a
window and gaze into winter’s pall. The
striking colors of cardinals, bluebirds, along
Backlash against disco
Rob Tannenbaum sounds like he has
done a lot of research in his review of
“How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” the
documentary on the Bee Gees, but he’s way
off base in his assessment of the rock fans
he blames for their retirement (“Stayin’
alive,” Dec. 19). He says that “men singing
in a female range has inspired loathing” in
these rock ’n’ roll enthusiasts; well, that
will be news to fans of Led Zeppelin and
Rush.
I’ve been hearing for years the charge
that Disco Demolition was racist and ho-
mophobic, but I don’t buy it. If guys
brought Aretha Franklin’s records to be
demolished, it was to get into the event for
free because they certainly didn’t have any
disco records in their collection. For those
of us who followed the Beatles from “I
Wanna Hold Your Hand” to “Strawberry
Fields Forever,” we had come to expect
more of pop music than a good dance beat,
especially after hearing bands like Yes and
Genesis.
The late ’60s brought a revolution in
records made by artists, not producers, and
disco seemed to return the control to mar-
keters with their fingers to the wind with a
formula that was easy to reproduce ad
nauseam.
Personally, I liked the Bee Gees, but
more during their “Baroque” period than
later. It was their imitators who reduced
the music to a beat any dummy could
dance to. The return to producer-con-
trolled pop music led to rock stations turn-
ing into disco stations, the reason for Steve
Dahl getting fired and seeing signs of re-
sentment by like-minded people who felt
like they had gone to the store for their
favorite beer but could only find Zima on
the shelves.
This is what has also led to DJs with
synthesizers becoming more important
than the artists who make music. Ask any
musician how he or she feels about that.
— Robert Holdsworth, Westchester
Will he defend
ultrawide lapels?
Fascinating defense of the disco years by
the Los Angeles Times’ Rob Tannenbaum
in last Saturday’s Tribune. Hope he follows
up with a similar defense of polyester
clothing and the AMC Gremlin.
— Matt Foster, Orland Park
Insecurities of dance-inept
The Bee Gees documentary, as discussed
in Rob Tannenbaum’s review, is a great
watch. But one observation: The backlash
against disco was not primarily “racist” or
“homophobic.” It was fueled by one simple
demographic: white men who, unfortu-
nately, didn’t — or couldn’t — dance.
— Joe Bisceglia, Chicago
Left to twist in the wind
For weeks, congressional leaders strug-
gled to draft a stimulus relief bill. President
Donald Trump, apparently, never got in-
volved, never let the negotiators know his
desire for how much money should go to
the people so desperately looking for help
to survive the financial impact of the pan-
demic.
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A downy woodpecker at Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park in the Hudson Valley.
with their movements, exude a warm and
welcomed vibrancy against the stark, skele-
tal branches of leafless basswood, crab
apple, and other trees and shrubs.
Seeing a male bluebird fluttering
through shafts of sunlight, its wings a blur
of stunning iridescence, is oddly reminis-
cent of large, dazzling blue butterflies
flopping along sun-flecked streams in a
rainforest.
Then, when the bill was finally ham-
mered out and passed both houses of Con-
gress, Trump calls it a “disgrace” and
threatens to veto it. He then neither vetoes
nor signs it, but cruelly turns his back on
the American public and leaves town for
his Florida resort.
I didn’t lose my job or business or health
insurance, I am not struggling to pay a
mortgage or rent, and I don’t need the
money, but I feel so sorry for those who do.
— Hal Schweig, Evanston
Sorry to see Trump leave
Washington, D.C.: The “D.C.” stands for
“disgusting Congress.”
Is it a surprise to anyone that the House
and Senate provided a pseudo COVID bill,
providing little relief to Americans?
President Donald Trump is 100% cor-
rect that Congress is a disgusting swamp of
special interests. It is why most of us voted
for him in the first place. Whether you like
Trump, he is the only president in decades
to fight special interests openly and to rock
legislators in D.C. and elsewhere with some
hard truths!
With Joe Biden coming into the presi-
dency, we will return to D.C. business as
usual. I will be very sorry to see Trump
leave the White House. It’s been a wild ride
for four years, and the special-interest
pundits of D.C. have won again and have
the last laugh.
— Peter Stern, Driftwood, Texas
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Aside from being an enlightenment,
consider the health benefits. In recent
years, there has been a growing body of
evidence that spending time in nature is
good for one’s physical and mental health
— the lowering of blood pressure, elevating
happy moods, much like eating dark choc-
olate.
Noise pollution has steadily risen since
the 1950s but is now suddenly muffled by
Reining in social media
In Congress, and among a wide swath of
the public, there are well-intentioned
debates about whether social media plat-
forms should be constrained. There is no
question that these platforms — which
empower anonymity — are breeding
grounds for virtually unbridled hate, lies
and conspiracy theories. But they are no
more guilty of complicity in spreading
these memes than a radio was in spreading
rock ’n’ roll music described as evil by
many in the 1950s.
By one means or another, ideas will get
out, and if a receptive audience is found,
they will flourish.
These social media do provide a fertile
ground for amplifying these ideas. But it is
those of us who create these messages of
hate and mendacity who really are to
blame. As long as we are a democratic
society in which freedom of speech is our
most hallowed right and privilege, this is
just an unfortunate byproduct that we
must live with. You can’t legislate decency,
and creating legal barriers to disseminating
vile rhetoric might be a slippery slope. That
could be the first step in creating a
“thought police” to judge if our words are
legally tolerable to others; that is the prov-
ince of autocracies, not democracies.
So, tolerating the evident excesses of
extreme views on social media is a price we
must bear in a free society that is dedicated
to the overarching principle of free speech.
— Ken Derow, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
directors of content
the pandemic. The removal of noise pollut-
ants has enhanced the innate vibrating of
bird songs and bird activity, even in winter.
It is less strenuous to sing and to move
about when the mask of human activity is
lowered.
Sit by the warmth of a nearby hearth and
watch these signs of life’s perseverance in
winter’s bleakness, so especially needed
this year. Look beyond the glass, through
the portal, to lift your spirits, knowing that
better times lie ahead. Windows can be our
thresholds to a healthy, uplifting and opti-
mistic future.
Remember last summer’s flower beds
and vegetable gardens, and imagine what
will come again in spring. The presence of
bluebirds and others on the feeders exudes
hope and rebirth. Bluebirds and their
brethren provide one with a sense of life’s
renewal and continuance, a sweet relish at
this most challenging season.
Take time to sit and watch in your back-
yard for the signs of life. Shelter in place,
stay safe and imagine stepping out into
melding vistas of the natural world. Then,
smile, embrace hope, peace and promise!
Doing so can help shed those gnawing
blues. Use your imagination to seek a light
in the darkness of winter’s grasp. Let’s
hope that there is “plenty of sunshine”
coming your way.
Allen M. Young is curator emeritus of zoolo-
gy at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
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Saying no to
undignified speech
It pains me to say this, but today, I must
stand with the Republicans, in a way.
In a recent interview, Joe Biden’s cam-
paign manager and incoming deputy chief
of staff, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, referred
to Republicans using an F-word. Her inap-
propriate language is reminiscent of that of
Michigan Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida
Tlaib, who promised early on, regarding
Donald Trump, that representatives would
“impeach the (expletive).”
This type of language diminishes our
discourse and us. It flies in the face of Pres-
ident-elect Joe Biden’s steady credo, that
those with whom we disagree are not our
enemies; rather, we are all Americans with
different viewpoints.
Now I must turn to Republicans in not-
ing their stunning hypocrisy. From most of
them, there was deafening silence when
the president referred to the people with
whom he disagreed as “human scum,”
“lowlifes,” “enemies of the people,” “mon-
ster,” “crazy,” “nasty,” “slob” and “dog” and
when he consistently used profanity and
coarse language in speeches, something to
which impressionable children were surely
exposed.
Please, Democrats, honor Biden and
dignified Americans. Do not lower our
party to that level.
— Oren Spiegler, Peters Township, Penn-
sylvania
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the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (ABC),
the Lending Tree Bowl (ESPN), the Radiance
Technologies Independence Bowl (ESPN) and
‘Most Terrifying
With Jason Hawes’
TRAVEL CHANNEL
the city to start their family. Rachel finds it
difficult to get to know her new neighbors,
with the exception of Sandy. The two women
hit it off instantly, and when Rachel is put on
bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy,
Sandy is more than willing to help. However,
things start to take a dark turn when Rachel
notices Sandy’s suspicious behavior. Rachel
then sees Sandy with a baby no one even
knew she had. As Sandy’s odd behavior
begins to spiral out of control, Rachel begins
to fear her unborn child may be what Sandy
truly desires. Sara Mitich, Kristian Bruun and
Brigitte Kingsley star.
History’s Greatest
Mysteries
History, 8 p.m.
In “Roswell: First Witness — The Writer,” the
CATCH A
CLASSIC
The Trials of Anthony Gray
Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
This two-hour special delves into the case
of Anthony Gray, a man accused of killing
his parents in 2007. After an extensive trial
featuring a tearful confession on camera,
Anthony was sentenced to 45 years and
remains incarcerated to this day. But looks
can be deceiving, and this might not be
an open-and-shut case. In a trial of errors,
Anthony’s confession eventually gets thrown
out. If Anthony didn’t kill his parents, the
‘Stepmom’
lingering question is who did. This special COLUMBIA-TRISTAR
reveals a dark tale of family drama, gun-
running, stolen safes — and the possibility Shrek 2 (2004, Children) Mike
that the real killer sat in the same living room Myers, Eddie Murphy TNT, 7 p.m.
where James and Vivian were killed. The Bodyguard (1992, Drama)
Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston
Most Terrifying Lifetime, 7 p.m.
With Jason Hawes The Replacements (2000,
Travel Channel, 8 p.m. Comedy) Keanu Reeves, Gene
In “Blackbeard’s Vengeance,” Jason Hawes Hackman CMT, 7 p.m.
unearths America’s scariest haunts, including USS Christmas (2020, Mystery)
an island stalked by the spirit of a notorious Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan
pirate, a restaurant quaking with ghostly Hallmark, 7 p.m.
activity and an orphanage where a monstrous
The Goonies (1985, Children) Sean
headmistress tortures innocent souls from
Astin, Josh Brolin SYFY, 7:30 p.m.
beyond the grave.
Acrimony (2018, Suspense) Taraji
P. Henson, Lyriq Bent BET, 8 p.m.
The Fugitive (1993, Suspense)
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
Sundance, 8 p.m.

the Guaranteed Rate Bowl (ESPN). Bloodsport (1988, Biography)

Christmas Leftovers
IFC, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Not ready to say goodbye to Christmas yet?
Spend the day after watching nearly 12 hours
of holiday movies on IFC. Things start with
the 1945 Barbara Stanwyck classic Christmas
in Connecticut, and continue with A Dennis
the Menace Christmas (2007), A Christmas
Story 2 (2012) and Jack Frost (1998; back-to-
back showings).
The Baby Stealer
LMN, 7 p.m. Original Film
After a traumatizing robbery, Rachel and her
husband, Peter, decide to move away from
Memorable Goodbyes
TCM, beginning at 7 p.m.
It’s never easy saying goodbye, even for
movie characters, but it can be memorable.
Tonight’s double feature features two films
that close with iconic tear-jerking moments
when their lovers had to separate. The night
begins with what is probably Hollywood’s
most enduring and quotable farewell scene,
when Best Actor Oscar nominee Humphrey
Bogart’s Rick assures Ingrid Bergman’s
Ilsa that they’ll “always have Paris” as he
reluctantly, but for the greater good, sends
her out of his life at the airport in the
Best Picture Oscar-winning Casablanca
(pictured) (1942). After that, Best Actress
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald
Gibb VICE, 9 p.m.
Pocahontas (1995, Children) Irene
Bedard, Judy Kuhn Freeform,
9 p.m.
WARNER BROS.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
(2016, Horror) Lily James, Sam
Oscar nominee Barbra Streisand’s Katie
Riley FXM, 9:30 p.m.
and Robert Redford’s Hubbell happen to
run into each other again later in life after Stepmom (1998, Drama) Julia
they shared many early years — including a Roberts, Susan Sarandon Bravo,
former marriage and a child — together. As 10 p.m.
they catch each other up on their new lives
and loves, they wistfully, but realistically,
realize that they are no longer the way they
were in The Way We Were (1973). From the editors of
TV Weekly and tvinsider.com

Crossword

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12/26/20
ACROSS 50 Berry & Griffey Solutions
1 Part of a tooth Jr.
5 Scatter 51 “Gone with the
10 “I’ve got __ in Wind” production
Kalamazoo…” co.
14 1 of 7 deadly 54 Held back
sins 57 Healthy
15 Give shelter to 58 Cartoon pooch
16 Store event 59 Motored
17 Large spades 60 Unfair slant
18 Analysis; 61 Fly high
examination 62 Sutured
20 Word attached to 63 At __ with; not
chance or cent speaking to
21 Encourage
22 Ladder steps DOWN
23 Persists 1 Gather crops
25 Flying mammal 2 All at __;
26 Makes points suddenly
28 Small garden 3 Failed to notice
pavilion 4 Burrell & others
31 Comes into sight 5 Jerseys & tunics 27 Soothing drink 44 __ together;
32 Shindig 6 BBQ utensil 28 Hair color united for a
34 Massage 7 Trick 29 Member of the purpose
36 Unpleasant 8 Sixth sense, for wedding party 46 Irritate
37 TV personality short 30 __ practice; 47 Greek god of
Shore 9 Tiny rusty love
38 Location 10 Mentally sharp 32 Bowler’s targets 48 Change the
39 Part of a sock 11 Put on pounds 33 “I’m a little decor of
40 Travis or Quaid 12 Like a bump teapot, short __ 49 Large continent
41 Praise on __ stout…” 50 In the __; aware
42 Fesses up 13 Part of the eye 35 Finest 52 Happy
44 __ of; lacking 19 Bonkers 37 Facts & figures 53 Clutter
45 As cool __ 21 Does drugs 38 Certain 55 Word with want
cucumber 24 Military force 40 Staircase piece or classified
46 Congressional 25 Rubber ducky’s 41 Beer barrels 56 Wrath
runners place 43 Become 57 “Game of
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Duke
women cut
season short
The Duke women’s basketball
team ended its season Friday
amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“The student-athletes on the
Duke women’s basketball team
have made the difficult deci-
sion to conclude their current
season due to safety concerns,”
said Michael Schoenfeld, Vice
President for Public Affairs &
Government Relations and
Chief Communications Officer
for Duke University.
“We support their decision, as
we have supported the choices
BULLS made by all student-athletes

He’s just
at Duke during this unprece-
dented time. Duke will maintain
our current schedule of compe-
tition in other sports and will
continue to observe our rigor-
ous health and safety protocols,
which include daily testing for all

getting
student-athletes and are based on
guidance from leading medical
experts.”
The men’s basketball team
planned to keep playing.
The women’s basketball team
has been on pause since Dec. 16
because of two positive COVID-
19 tests and contact tracing

started
within the program’s travel party.
The Blue Devils (3-1) postponed
games against Miami, N.C. State
and UNC Wilmington. The
team’s next scheduled contest was
against Louisville on Thursday.
The Blue Devils are the first
Power Five team to drop out
Why the Bulls inserted rookie after starting this season. The
Patrick Williams into the starting
Ivy League opted out of playing
winter sports in November before
the basketball season started. A
lineup ahead of veteran Otto Porter few other schools also decided
not to play.
By Jamal Collier New coach Kara Lawson,
above, who was hired in July, had

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he Bulls inserted rookie Patrick Williams — who did said this month: “I don’t think
not start a game during his lone year at Florida State we should be playing right now.
before he was drafted fourth overall last month — That’s my opinion on it.”
into their starting lineup for their season opener That came a day after Duke
Wednesday. The 19-year old became the youngest player in men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski
franchise history to begin the season as a starter. questioned why college basket-
Williams’ play was one of the few bright spots in a 124-104 ball was being played in the midst
loss to Atlanta that otherwise was a debacle. He had 16 points of the pandemic.
on 5-for-11 shooting with four rebounds, one assist and one “I would just like for the safety,
block in his NBA debut. the mental and physical health of
“I think the first regular-season game was just big for me just players and staff to assess where
for experience,” Williams said after practice Thursday. “I we’re at,” Duke’s Hall of Fame
would’ve loved to get the win, but obviously we’ve got some coach said after a loss to Illinois
things to work on. Got some film to watch from that game and on Dec. 8.
we’ve been watching the film to get better from that.” Krzyzewski cited the rise in
Cracking the starting lineup in his first game is the latest COVID-19 cases as the basis of
accomplishment in his rapid rise the past few months and a his argument.
nod to how smoothly he has transitioned to the NBA. There are “People are saying the next six
still areas where Williams’ game must continue to grow, but weeks are going to be the worst,”
Krzyzewski said at the time. “To
Turn to Bulls, Page 5 me, it’s already pretty bad.”
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THE QUOTE
BEARS 5 THINGS TO WATCH
“We’ve had some
Offense looks to keep rolling in must-win really good teams
here and teams
By Colleen Kane GAME 15 that have had the
and Dan Wiederer Bears at Jaguars opportunity to play
Noon Sunday, CBS-2
The Bears will try to keep their on Christmas.”
playoff hopes alive when they play
1-13 Jacksonville on Sunday at games. — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
TIAA Bank Field. Production begets self- after improving to 8-0
Each of the last two games this assurance, which often begets in Christmas Day games
season are must-wins for the 7-7 more production. The snowball following a 111-98 victory
Bears as they take aim at the has started to roll. over the Pelicans
NFC’s seventh playoff seed. “We’ve got a lot of momentum
Meanwhile, the Jaguars will try to right now,” Trubisky said. “It all
ignore fans’ wishes for them to starts with the way we’re practic- THE NUMBER
tank for the No. 1 draft pick and ing. And it really starts with our

instead will look for their first win
since Sept. 13.
As the Bears prepare for Week
16, here’s a snapshot look at the
game.
Pressing question
Can the Bears offense continue
its late-season surge with another
big output Sunday?
In short: absolutely. The of-
fense has scored at least 20 points
before halftime in each of the last
three games. The Bears are aver-
aging 31 points since their Week 11
Bears running back David Montgomery puts a move on Texans corner-
back Keion Crossen (35) on Dec. 13.
open date. They’ve rediscovered a
reliable running game behind a
cohesive offensive line. They’re
getting steadiness and efficiency
from quarterback Mitch Trubisky.
And — wait for it — best of all, they
now get to face the NFL’s worst
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defense, a Jaguars unit that has
allowed more than 400 total yards
in nine of 14 games.
Trubisky said this week he has
felt an energizing combination of
focus and confidence in the hud-
dle recently. At practice and in
mindset up front — how these
guys are attacking practice, our
tempo in and out of the huddle.
We’ve been putting together some
really good practices and it’s
showing on game day. We’re going
out there and playing clean,
playing smart.”
In last week’s road win over
Minnesota, the offense did a
terrific job avoiding mistakes. The
inventory: Just one penalty. One
sack taken. Only one turnover.
Two runs for negative yardage.
Turn to Bears, Page 2
6
Saints running back Alvin
Kamara tied the NFL single-
game record of Hall of Fame
running back Ernie Nevers
of the Chicago Cardinals
by scoring six times on the
ground in the Saints’ 52-33
victory over the Vikings on
Friday afternoon. Nevers set
the mark in a 1929 victory
over the crosstown Bears.

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TOP OF THE SECOND
WHITE SOX
Embracing expectations
La Russa sees Sox as ‘more
of a serious contender’ after
pair of offseason additions
By LaMond Pope
Manager Tony La Russa considers the
Chicago White Sox serious contenders in
the American League Central.
And he’s welcoming those high expecta-
tions.
“You can’t be afraid of the pressure and
the challenge; you embrace it,” La Russa
said Monday.
La Russa shared his thoughts on the
team’s offseason additions of starting
pitcher Lance Lynn and veteran outfielder
Adam Eaton during a conference call.
The Sox finished tied for second in the
division with the Cleveland Indians in
2020, one game behind the Minnesota
Twins. All three made the expanded
playoffs, the first postseason appearance for
the Sox since 2008.
After falling in an AL wild-card series to
the Oakland Athletics, the Sox are looking
to take the next step. They changed
managers, bringing in La Russa to replace
Rick Renteria, bolstered the rotation by
trading for Lynn and signed Eaton to a
one-year deal.
“The work of the front office, they’ve got
Bears
Continued from Page 1
Once again, there was a flow to every-
thing, which the Bears need to work hard to
sustain.
“I feel like it’s definitely sustainable,”
coach Matt Nagy said. “… You want to be
able to keep these defenses on their heels.
And these last several weeks, we’ve been
able to do that. You feel it, you see it.
“Whether it’s some of the things we’ve
been able to do with tempo or whether it’s
the scheme or it’s just these players making
plays, it’s working right now. Knowing that,
we have to make sure we stay locked in.”
Player in the spotlight
It was a couple of weeks into Jaguars
training camp when coach Doug Marrone
saw undrafted rookie running back James
Robinson put on pads for the first time.
After watching him during a protection
drill, he said to himself, “Holy (expletive),
this guy might have a shot.” Marrone went
back to review the film and the information
they had on the Rockford native.
Robinson attended high school at Rock-
ford Lutheran and is the IHSA all-time
leader with 9,045 rushing yards and 158
touchdowns. He went on to rank second in
Illinois State history with 4,444 rushing
yards and 44 rushing touchdowns.
Marrone was even more intrigued, and
Robinson’s work in the preseason earned
him the Week 1 start.
“James Robinson is first of all an
outstanding person and an unbelievable pro
for a guy that was a free agent,” Marrone
said. “I mean, how he took advantage of
opportunity, how he’s never changed, how
he prepared every week, how he’s focused
on team — it’s really a breath of fresh air
when you’re around someone like him.”
In 14 starts, Robinson now holds the
record for an undrafted rookie in the
common-draft era with 1,414 yards from
scrimmage, and he is tied with Phillip
Lindsay and Dominic Rhodes for the most
touchdowns with 10. He has had four games
of 100 or more rushing yards and also had
83 yards receiving against the Miami
Dolphins in September.
He has been limited with an ankle injury
this week, but Marrone told Jacksonville
reporters he expects him to play Sunday.
And defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano
said the Bears will have a challenge in facing
the “tough, tough kid” who averages 2.6
yards after contact.
“Low center of gravity, really strong
between the tackles, can bounce it outside,”
Pagano said. “He does a nice job in
protection. He can catch it out of the
backfield. They hit him on checkdowns.
They’ll throw some screens to him. So
really good all-around back. Again, he’s a
straight-ahead, no fair dodging type of guy,
and he’s not going to lose yards very often.”
Keep an eye on …
Defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano
pressed his hands together and lifted them
toward the sky when asked Thursday about
outside linebacker Robert Quinn recording
a strip-sack Sunday against the Minnesota
Vikings.
Quinn, whom the Bears guaranteed $30
million in the most recent offseason for his
pass-rush production, went 11 straight
games without a sack, his last coming on
Sept. 20 against the New York Giants.
So it was a big moment when Quinn
circled behind Vikings left tackle Riley Reiff
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the roster so special to this point and to
come in this winter and add Lance and add
Adam Eaton, it’s gotten everybody fired up,”
La Russa said. “It just makes us more of a
serious contender.”
Lynn played for La Russa in St. Louis in
2011 when the Cardinals won the World
Series, going 1-1 with a 3.12 ERA in 18
outings (two starts) that season.
“I can remember his manager (Chris
Maloney) in Triple A, he would speak about
not just his talent but what you really want
to know about a player is what kind of tough
competitor he is,” La Russa said. “Lance got
glowing, 100%, A-plus remarks and grades
from all of those people … (H)e’s a rookie in
2011 and in Game 7 of the World Series with
a (four)-run lead, I called on Lance Lynn to
pitch the eighth inning and he got us three
outs.
“So we know what kind of competitor he
is and since 2011 to now, he’s just grown as a
starter, the kind of front-of-the-line starter
that does his work between his starts and
when it’s his day to pitch he’s responsible
for the team having a great chance to win.”
While the Sox made a move for the
rotation, it remains to be seen what the plan is
for the ninth inning. Alex Colome, the team’s
closer the last two seasons, is a free agent.
“What that does, if you have a legitimate
closer, it helps you set up the rest of the
bullpen and it also has an effect on your
Bears nose tackle Bilal Nichols, No. 98, spikes the ball to celebrate his interception against the Lions on Dec. 6 at Soldier Field.
and pulled down quarterback Kirk Cousins’
arm as he and defensive lineman Akiem
Hicks brought Cousins to the ground. The
Vikings recovered the fumble but were
forced to punt.
Pagano was happy to see Quinn make the
play but also praised the full-team effort on
it.
“It was awesome,” Pagano said. “We
always talk about rush and coverage and
disguise and all those things working
together to make all those things happen.
And so the coverage was phenomenal. We
had bodies on everybody. He was going
through his progressions. He had nowhere
to go. He had to hold the ball, and that’s all
we have to do in the back end is to get these
quarterbacks to hold the ball for one second
more, half a second. And (Quinn) had a
great rush around the edge, beat the tackle,
came around the top of the pocket, nowhere
to step up, good push inside, held the ball,
had nowhere to go and then got the
strip-sack.”
Pagano said he thought Quinn played his
best game as a Bear, start to finish. It was a
needed development for a player who has
had just two sacks, four quarterback hits, 16
tackles and three forced fumbles in 13
games this season.
The Baltimore Ravens sacked Jaguars
quarterback Gardner Minshew II five times
in Week 15. The Bears have 10 sacks over the
last two weeks and will look to build on that
production whether the Jaguars choose
Minshew or veteran Mike Glennon to be
their quarterback this week.
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opponents knowing that the game has gotten
short,” La Russa said. “But what you see over
the years is that as the bullpens have been
used more, the deeper the bullpen the better
your chances. And that’s one of the things that
stands out about the 2021 White Sox. We
have legitimate starters in Lynn and Lucas
(Giolito) and Dallas (Keuchel) and we’ve got
some outstanding young talent, (Dylan)
Cease, (Michael) Kopech, it goes on and on.
“But what you end up doing is you do the
best you can to identify that late-inning
closer. I know our front office is working
hard to make it happen but we’re also really
excited based on what we saw last year that
these young guys are pitching late in the
game like they had a number of years
experience. They have no fear and they
have great talent. So I think we’re going to
have a very deep and reliable bullpen.”
Monday’s conference call followed a
hearing in which La Russa pleaded guilty to
a charge of reckless driving stemming from
a February arrest. He originally was
charged with two Class 1 misdemeanor
counts of driving while under the influence.
La Russa expressed gratitude to the Sox,
who were aware of the arrest before hiring
him. News of the original charges broke
nearly two weeks after La Russa’s return to
the organization.
“I was not surprised that they supported
me because I know that’s their nature,” La
Odds and ends
Bears defensive lineman Bilal Nichols
made his presence felt from the first play
last week. On the Vikings’ first snap, Nichols
abused center Garrett Bradbury with a
cyclone spin and smothered quarterback
Kirk Cousins for a loss of 6 yards. Three
possessions later, on a key fourth-and-1
from the Vikings’ 34, Nichols shed guard
Dakota Dozier to stop Dalvin Cook for no
gain.
He sprung to his feet and flexed.
In his third season, Nichols continues to
show signs of significant growth. Produc-
tion-wise, he has five sacks, seven tackles
for loss, 12 quarterback pressures and an
interception.
None of this has been a surprise to his
much more-heralded teammates on de-
fense. A few weeks ago, defensive end
Akiem Hicks again offered a testimonial for
Nichols’ eagerness to learn, a trait that has
been present since his first practice as a
rookie.
“One of the things that attracted me to
Bilal from the beginning is that he had the
right mindset to approach the game,” Hicks
said. “He wanted to be better. He would be
on my hip at practice, like, ‘What are we
doing? How did you do this?’ He sought the
knowledge. To now see it coming out on the
field, it’s beautiful. It makes you smile,
man.”
This week, Khalil Mack piped in with
added praise.
“One thing about Bilal that I admire the
Wednesday
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Outfielder Adam Eaton, pictured in 2016, is
returning to the White Sox this season on a
one-year deal.
Russa said. “I also know that it creates my
responsibility not to let them down, and I’m
determined to prove it. You look at how
active they are in the community. This is a
trait of the White Sox. I think we want to
reward them, those of us in uniform, want
to reward them with a winning team.
“I have a goal, the same as when I went to
St. Louis in my press conference. I said ‘I
want to have entertaining baseball that fans
came to watch in September, that meant we
had a chance to win.’ And I wanted to have
three million fans. And that’s a goal that we
do the same thing, that we’re so good that in
September our ballpark’s full and I want to
be the manager the year the White Sox
draw three million fans.”
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most is his willingness to listen and take
those small little critiques that you give him
and use it to his advantage,” Mack said.
“He’s one of those guys who listens and he
works at it.”
Nichols has enjoyed seeing his hard work
and quest to learn pay off on game days.
“I feel like I’m playing the best football of
my career right now,” he said. “… I’ve been
locked in all season. But I’ve been able to
really hit a groove [recently]. I feel like
everything is coming together.”
Injury update
The Bears will be without cornerbacks
Buster Skrine (concussion) and Jaylon
Johnson (shoulder) again after ruling them
out following Friday’s practice.
This will be the third straight game
Skrine has missed and the second straight
for Johnson.
Tight end Demetrius Harris is doubtful
with a foot injury.
Listed as questionable are defensive
linemen Akiem Hicks (ankle), Bilal Nichols
(knee) and Mario Edwards Jr. (hamstring),
outside linebacker Khalil Mack (shoulder),
wide receiver Allen Robinson (hamstring),
kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson (knee),
cornerback Duke Shelley (knee/foot) and
safety Deon Bush (foot).
For the Jaguars, Robinson is listed as
questionable with an ankle injury, wide
receiver Collin Johnson is out with a
hamstring injury and cornerback Sidney
Jones IV is out with an Achilles injury.
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Badgers’ Trice at home on road
D’Mitrk Trice had to play on the road
Christmas Day and still got to celebrate
one of his best games with his family in
the house. Trice scored a season-high
29 points, lifting No. 9 Wisconsin to an
85-76 win over No. 12 Michigan State on
Friday. Trice’s parents, older brother,
Travis, and his grandma were among
the dozens of fans in the stands. The family used to cheer
for the Spartans when his older brother, Travis, played
for Tom Izzo from 2011-15. “It was just great to see them
and for them to travel up here and us to get the win on
Christmas, it’s a big deal,” he said. “I was able to have six
tickets for myself and coach Izzo was gracious enough to
give my older brother three tickets.” Trice is in his fifth
year at Wisconsin, where he steadily improved enough
to become a third-team, All-Big Ten player last year. “I’ve
known him since he was little and the way he was grown
is a credit to him,“ Izzo said. The Badgers (8-1, 2-0 Big Ten)
won at the Breslin Center for the first time since 2004 and
extended their Big Ten winning streak to 10 games, dating
to last season.
Giants QB Jones closer to return
The Giants might be closer to getting
back starting quarterback Daniel Jones.
Jones was listed as questionable after
being limited in practice Friday. He is
recovering from hamstring and ankle
injuries that have sidelined him for two
of the last three games, but has made
enough progress that could be behind
center Sunday at Baltimore. If Jones is not available, Colt
McCoy would start for New York (5-9), which needs to
keep winning in the NFC East, where it trails Washington
by one game and is tied with Dallas. Whoever is at quar-
terback, he will not have receiver Golden Tate to target.
Tate was declared out with a calf issue. Also questionable
are the Giants’ leading tackler, linebacker Blake Martinez
(ankle), and rookie defensive back Darnay Holmes (knee).
Both were limited on Friday. Fully practicing were tight
end Evan Engram (calf ) and tackle Matt Peart (ankle).
The Giants also gave versatile defensive back Logan Ryan
a three-year contract extension Friday. Ryan joined them
in the offseason as a free agent from the Patriots, where
Giants coach Joe Judge was an assistant.
Legendary Jones dies at 88
Basketball Hall of Famer K.C. Jones, a
12-time NBA champion who was one
of only seven players in history to win
championships in college and the pros
along with an Olympic gold medal,
has died. He was 88. The Celtics said
Jones’ family confirmed Friday that
he died at an assistant living facility in
Connecticut, where he had been receiving care for Alzhei-
mer’s disease for the past several years. A point guard who
excelled on defense, Jones joined with Bill Russell to lead
San Francisco to back-to-back NCAA championships in
1955-56. The two also played on the U.S. team that won the
Olympic gold medal in 1956. Jones reunited with Russell
in Boston to win eight straight NBA titles from 1959-66.
He won championships as an assistant coach with the
Lakers in 1972 and the Celtics in 1981 before guiding the
team led by Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish
to the 1984 and `86 championships. He was inducted into
the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
“Where K.C. Jones went, winning was sure to follow,” the
Celtics said in a statement. — News services

NFL PREDICTIONS

Week 16
By Sam Farmer | Los Angeles Times

Record against the spread: 8-8. Season: 115-104-5 (.525).

Buccaneers (9-5) at Lions (5-9)

Noon Saturday | Buccaneers by 9 ½ | O/U: 54
Good teams can step on the gas when needed,
and the Buccaneers have shown that ability
at critical times this season. Bucs 31, Lions 16

49ers (5-9) at Cardinals (8-6)

3:30 p.m. Saturday | Cardinals by 5 | O/U: 48 ½
The Cardinals smacked the 49ers in the mouth
in the opener, and that’s before San Francisco
was hit by injuries. Cardinals 27, 49ers 23

Dolphins (9-5) at Raiders (7-7)

7:15 p.m. Saturday | Dolphins by 3 | O/U: 47 ½
Marcus Mariota makes things interesting for
the Raiders, but Tua Tagovailoa is gathering
some confidence. Dolphins 28, Raiders 21

Bears (7-7) at Jaguars (1-13)

Noon Sunday | Bears by 7 ½ | O/U: 47
The Bears are finally giving the ball to David
Montgomery and letting Mitch Trubisky be
more of a game manager. Bears 28, Jaguars 17

The Dodgers celebrated their first World Series title since 1988 by defeating the Rays. TONY GUTIERREZ/AP PHOTO Colts (10-4) at Steelers (11-3)
Noon Sunday | Colts by 1 ½ | O/U: 44 ½
Steelers receivers can beat man coverage, but
THE YEAR IN SPORTS the Colts don’t play a lot of man. They play a
lot of two-deep coverage. Colts 24, Steelers 18

Memorable moments Browns (10-4) at Jets (1-13)

Noon Sunday | Browns by 9 ½ | O/U: 47
Throw out last week, and the Jets’ stunning

despite pandemic
upset of the Rams. The Browns have swagger
and an offense to back it up. Browns 35, Jets 24

Giants (5-9) at Ravens (9-5)

Cancellations, shutdowns,
infections and quarantines
dominate 2020 headlines
By John Marshall
Associated Press
Sarah Fuller was a goalie on the
Vanderbilt women’s soccer team when
a chance at history tapped her on the
shoulder.
The Commodores football team was
down a kicker because of COVID-19
issues, so coach Derek Mason reached
out to soccer coach Darren Ambrose
to see if Fuller might be a good option.
Turns out she was.
Fuller, a senior, became the first
woman to play in a Power 5 football
game with a kickoff against Missouri
on Nov. 28. Two weeks later, she made
history again as the first to score with
two extra points against Tennessee.
Fuller’s uniform was sent to the
College Football Hall of Fame. Her
gender-breaking accomplishment was
a glimmer of inspiration amid the dark-
ness of a pandemic.
“This whole time has been if I can do
it, if I’m good enough to do it,” Fuller
said. “It wasn’t if I was a girl or not. So
that’s something I’ve really appreci-
ated. At the end of the day, they treated
me like an athlete and that’s the best I
could ask for.”
A pandemic turned the 2020 sports
year into one of the strangest, filled
with shutdowns, cancellations, infec-
tions and quarantines.
But sports can inspire even in the
bleakest of times. And 2020, despite
all the hardships and heartbreak, was
filled with such moments.
The Kansas City Chiefs created one
before the shutdowns began, winning
their first Super Bowl title in 50 years
behind what-will-he-do-next quarter-
back Patrick Mahomes.
Another long drought ended when
Liverpool won the Premier League
for its first English championship in
30 years.
The Los Angeles Dodgers kept the
trend going at the end of a pandem-
ic-shortened baseball season, earning
their first World Series title since 1988.
“We never stopped,” World Series
Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller became
the first female to play in a SEC game on
Nov. 28. LG PATTERSON/AP
MVP Corey Seager said. “We were
ready to go as soon as the bell was
called and once it did, we kept rolling.”
The NHL and NBA stopped then
started again in a most pandemic way:
in bubbles.
The Tampa Bay Lightning made
the most of their two-month stay in
Edmonton, winning the franchise’s
second Stanley Cup (with 2004) by
beating the Dallas Stars in six games.
The Los Angeles Lakers started
2020 in mourning after Kobe Bryant,
his 13-year-old daughter and six others
died in a helicopter crash.
The Lakers honored the former
star and Hall of Famer the best way
they could, winning the franchise’s
record-tying 17th championship —
the first since Kobe won his fifth in
2009 — by beating the Miami Heat in
six games.
“All we wanted was to do it for him,”
Lakers big man Anthony Davis said. “I
know he’s looking down on us, proud
of us.”
Lewis Hamilton made some of his
own history in 2020, racing to his
seventh Formula One title to match
Michael Schmacher’s career mark.
Denny Hamlin kicked off the
pre-pandemic NASCAR season by
becoming the fourth driver to win
the Daytona 500 in consecutive years.
Popular driver Chase Elliott capped
the shortened season by winning his
first Cup Series championship, coming
from the back of the field to take the
checkered flag in seven-time cham-
pion Jimmy Johnson’s final race.
“To share a moment like that,
Jimmie’s last race, to win and lock the
championship, those are moments you
can only dream and this is a dream.”
said Elliott, who received a big hug
from Johnson after his Cup-clinching
victory at Phoenix. “Just hoping I don’t
ever wake up.”
While the world was waiting to snap
out of a pandemic nightmare, Colin
Morikawa hit the kind of shot players
around the world fantasize about.
In a battle down the stretch at the
PGA Championship, the 23-year-old
drove the green on the 294-yard par-4
16th hole at Harding Park, made the
eagle putt and went on to shoot a final-
round 64 for his first major title.
“The shot on 16 looked like it was
out of a video game,” said Cameron
Champ, Morikawa’s playing partner
that August day.
Sophia Popov’s run at the Women’s
Open was like something out of a fairy-
tale.
The German lost 25 pounds because
of Lyme disease three years ago and
considered giving up her professional
career, even working as caddie for
a couple of events in 2020. Ranked
304th in the world, she qualified for
the Women’s Open with a top-10 finish
at an LPGA Tour event two weeks
earlier and became one of the most
unexpected major champions with a
sterling four-day run at Royal Troon.
“I almost quit playing last year,” she
said. “Thank God I didn’t.”
Kim Ng provided a bit of inspira-
tion when named general manager of
the Miami Marlins, the first woman to
hold the title in any of the major North
American sports.
And then there was Chris Nikic.
The 21-year-old struggled to breathe,
hurt all over and nearly quit multiple
times. Nikic pushed through nearly 17
hours of pain in one of the most diffi-
cult races in the world, becoming the
first person with Down syndrome to
complete the Ironman Triathlon.
“You are an Ironman!” the triathlon
tweeted after Nikic’s accomplishment.
He also gave sports fans an unforget-
table moment in a year no one is soon
to forget.
Noon Sunday | Ravens by 10 ½ | O/U: 44
The Giants are done. Baltimore is playing
desperate, and Lamar Jackson is starting to
look like himself again. Ravens 28, Giants 17
Bengals (3-10-1) at Texans (4-10)
Noon Sunday | Texans by 7 ½ | O/U: 46
Cincinnati’s defense played great against Pitts-
burgh on Monday, but the Texans’ offense has
too much firepower. Texans 28, Bengals 21
Falcons (4-10) at Chiefs (13-1)
Noon Sunday | Chiefs by 10 ½ | O/U: 53 ½
The Falcons have been playing better defense
with Raheem Morris as coach, but Patrick
Mahomes can sling it. Chiefs 35, Falcons 20
Panthers (4-10) at Washington (6-8)
3:05 p.m. Sunday | Washington by 1 | O/U: 42
Can Carolina’s offense get enough done against
a Washington defense that can be ferocious?
Washington 17, Panthers 14
Broncos (5-9) at Chargers (5-9)
3:05 p.m. Sunday | Chargers by 3 | O/U: 49
The Chargers keep it rolling. Denver’s offense
is young, even though it has pieces to be good.
Chargers 31, Broncos 27
Rams (9-5) at Seahawks (10-4)
3:25 p.m. Sunday | Seahawks by 1 ½ | O/U: 47 ½
Every so often, the Rams are as flat as can be,
and that has to scare them. They usually play
well against Seattle. Rams 28, Seahawks 24
Eagles (4-9-1) at Cowboys (5-9)
3:25 p.m. Sunday | Eagles by 2 ½ | O/U: 49
Bit by bit, Jalen Hurts is proving it by the week.
Philadelphia is starting to get healthier on
offense, too. Eagles 31, Cowboys 23
Titans (10-4) at Packers (11-3)
7:20 p.m. Sunday | Packers by 3 ½ | O/U: 55 ½
Two high-scoring teams in what could be a
snowy shootout. It’s hard to bet against Aaron
Rodgers in these spots. Packers 31, Titans 27
Bills (11-3) at Patriots (6-8)
7:15 p.m. Monday | Bills by 7 | O/U: 46
Postseason seeding is in play and Josh Allen
is playing at an MVP level. Bills 34, Patriots 17

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SCOREBOARD

NFL NBA COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA EASTERN CONFERENCE HOW MEN’S AP TOP 25 FARED

y-Green Bay 11 3 0 .786 434 339 ATLANTIC W L PCT GB No. 1 Gonzaga (6-0) did not play. Next:
Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 318 Brooklyn 2 0 1.000 — vs. No. 16 Virginia, Saturday.
Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 393 440 Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 1
⁄2 No. 2. Baylor (6-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Detroit 5 9 0 .357 335 435 Boston 1 1 .500 1 Central Arkansas, Tuesday.
NFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA New York 0 1 .000 1 ⁄2
1
No. 3. Kansas (8-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Toronto 0 1 .000 11⁄2
Washington 6 8 0 .429 302 295 No. 10 Texas, Jan. 2.
Dallas 5 9 0 .357 339 433 SOUTHEAST No. 4. Iowa (7-2) lost to Minnesota 102-
N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 244 311 Orlando 1 0 1.000 — 95, OT. Next: vs. Northwestern, Tuesday.
Philadelphia 4 9 1 .321 303 361 Atlanta 1 0 1.000 — No. 5. Villanova (8-1) did not play. Next:
NFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA Miami 1 1 .500 1
⁄2 at No. 22 Xavier, Jan. 2.
Washington 0 1 .000 1
y-New Orl. 11 4 0 .733 449 330 No. 6. Houston (6-0) did not play. Next:
Charlotte 0 1 .000 1
Tampa Bay 9 5 0 .643 401 321 at UCF, Saturday.
CENTRAL No. 7. West Virginia (7-2) did not play.
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 355 353
Carolina 4 10 0 .286 323 356 Indiana 1 0 1.000 — Next: at Oklahoma, Jan. 2.
NFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA Cleveland 1 0 1.000 — No. 8. Tennessee (6-0) did not play. Next:
Milwaukee 1 1 .500 1
⁄2 at No. 14 Missouri, Wednesday.
x-Seattle 10 4 0 .714 413 339 Detroit 0 1 .000 1
L.A. Rams 9 5 0 .643 345 269 No. 9. Wisconsin (8-1) beat No. 12 Michi-
Chicago 0 1 .000 1
Arizona 8 6 0 .571 391 329 gan St. 85-76. Next: vs. Maryland, Mon.
WESTERN CONFERENCE No. 10. Texas (7-1) did not play Next: vs.
San Francisco 5 9 0 .357 333 352 SOUTHWEST W L PCT GB
AFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA Texas A&M-CC, Tuesday.
San Antonio 1 0 1.000 — No. 11. Rutgers (6-1) did not play. Next:
x-Pittsburgh 11 3 0 .786 366 264 New Orleans 1 1 .500 1
⁄2 vs. Purdue, Tuesday.
Cleveland 10 4 0 .714 368 374 Houston 0 0 .000 1
⁄2 No. 12. Michigan State (6-2) lost to No. 9
Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 403 287 Memphis 0 1 .000 1
Cincinnati 3 10 1 .250 271 355 Wisconsin 85-76. Next: at Minnesota,
Dallas 0 2 .000 11⁄2
Monday.
AFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA NORTHWEST No. 13. Creighton (7-2) did not play.
The Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, who scored 20 points Friday, drives to the basket during the first
y-Buffalo 11 3 0 .786 407 340 Utah 1 0 1.000 — Next: at Providence, Jan. 2. quarter against the Nets in Boston. OMAR RAWLINGS/GETTY
Miami 9 5 0 .643 352 257 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 — No. 14. Missouri (6-0) did not play. Next:
New England 6 8 0 .429 289 301 Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 1
⁄2
vs. No. 8 Tennessee, Wednesday.
N.Y. Jets 1 13 0 .071 206 413 Denver 0 1 .000 1
Portland 0 1 .000 1 No. 15. Texas Tech (7-2) did not play.
AFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA
PACIFIC
Next: Incarnate Word, Tuesday. NBA ROUNDUP
Indianapolis 10 4 0 .714 399 320 No. 16. Virginia (4-1) did not play. Next:
Tennessee 10 4 0 .714 436 361 L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 — vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, Saturday.

Bucks ring in
Houston 4 10 0 .286 315 386 Phoenix 1 0 1.000 — No. 17. North Carolina (5-3) did not play.
Jacksonville 1 13 0 .071 275 423 Sacramento 1 0 1.000 — Next: at Georgia Tech, Wednesday.
L.A. Lakers 1 1 .500 1
⁄2
AFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA No. 18. Illinois (6-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Golden State 0 2 .000 11⁄2
y-Kansas City 13 1 0 .929 435 310 Indiana, Saturday.
Las Vegas 7 7 0 .500 377 421 FRIDAY’S RESULTS No. 19. Michigan (7-0) beat Nebraska 80-
Denver 5 9 0 .357 276 395 Miami 111, New Orleans 98 69. Next: at Maryland, Thursday.
L.A. Chargers 5 9 0 .357 327 389 Milwaukee 138, Golden State 99 No. 20. Duke (3-2) did not play. Next: vs.

holiday with rout

Brooklyn 123, Boston 95 Pittsburgh, Tuesday.
x-clinched playoff spot; y- division L.A. Lakers 138, Dallas 115 No. 21. Florida State (5-1) did not play.
WEEK 16 L.A. Clippers at Denver, late Next: at Clemson, Tuesday.
FRIDAY’S RESULT SATURDAY’S GAMES No. 22. Xavier (8-1) did not play. Next: vs.
New Orleans 52, Minnesota 33 Atlanta at Memphis, 4 p.m. Seton Hall, Wednesday.
SATURDAY’S GAMES Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. No. 23. Ohio State (7-1) did not play.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, noon Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Next: vs. Northwestern, Saturday.
San Francisco at Arizona, 3:30 p.m.
Miami at Las Vegas, 7:15 p.m.
Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York, 6:30 p.m.
No. 24. Virginia Tech (7-1) did not play.
Next: vs. Miami, Tuesday.
Middleton’s big game leads Celtics 123, Nets 95: Kyrie Irving scored
37 points with eight assists in his return to
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Atlanta at Kansas City, noon
Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Toronto at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
No. 25. Oregon (6-1) did not play. Next:
vs. California, Thursday. to beatdown of Warriors Boston and Kevin Durant added 29 as the
Carolina at Washington, noon Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Jacksonville, noon Houston at Portland, 9 p.m.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
MIDWEST
Nets coasted.
Cincinnati at Houston, noon Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Wisconsin 85, Michigan St. 76 Associated Press Jarrett Allen added 11 rebounds for the
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, noon SUNDAY’S GAMES Purdue 73, Maryland 70 Nets, who remained perfect so far this
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, noon Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. Michigan 80, Nebraska 69
N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, noon Brooklyn at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Minnesota 102, Iowa 95 (OT) Khris Middleton scored 31 points and the season and sent the Celtics to their first loss.
Denver at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m. Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY’S GAMES Bucks routed the Warriors 138-99 on Friday Irving was 7 of 10 from 3-point range in his
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. Milwaukee at New York, 6:30 p.m.
EAST to win their first Christmas Day home game first regular-season game at TD Garden
Coppin St. at Towson, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH in over half a century. since he opted out of his Celtics contract
MONDAY’S GAME Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at New England, 7:15 p.m. Golden State at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Louisville, noon Middleton went 10 of 15 overall and 6 in 2019.
Houston at UCF, 2 p.m.
NEW ORLEANS 52, MINNESOTA 33 Phoenix at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Norfolk St. at George Mason, 3 p.m.
for 8 from 3-point range, leading a strong Jaylen Brown scored 27 with eight
Minnesota 7 7 13 6 — 33
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Texas S. at LSU, 4 p.m. performance from deep for his team. He rebounds for the Celtics and Jayson Tatum
New Orleans 14 10 7 21 — 52 SOCCER MIDWEST totaled 58 points in his first two games of had 20 points and eight boards. The Celt-
First quarter A: 3,000. Youngstown St. at Cleveland St., noon
NO: Kamara 40 run (Lutz kick), 12:11. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE IUPUI at Detroit, 1 p.m. the season. ics beat the Bucks in their opener, but
Min: D.Cook 15 run (Bailey kick), 8:46. CLUB W T L GF GA PTS Ohio St. at Northwestern, 1 p.m. “The weeks before the season, I just tried they couldn’t do it again in their second
Green Bay at Wright St., 3 p.m.
NO: Kamara 1 run (Lutz kick), 5:10.
Second quarter
Liverpool
Leicester
9 4 1 36 19 31
9 0 5 26 17 27 Indiana at Illinois, 3 p.m. to put in good work, work on my game,” straight matchup against a team expected
NO: FG Lutz 30, 14:12. Man United 8 2 3 28 21 26 N. Kentucky at Oakland, 6 p.m. Middleton said. “So far, it’s been working to contend in the Eastern Conference this
Everton 8 2 4 25 19 26 Robert Morris at Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.
Min: Boone 4 run (Bailey kick), 10:14.
Chelsea 7 4 3 29 14 25 WEST
for me.” season.
NO: Kamara 5 run (Lutz kick), :38.
Third quarter Tottenham 7 4 3 25 14 25 Virginia vs. The Bucks were 20 of 37 on 3-point The Celtics led by three at the half before
Southampton 7 3 4 25 19 24
Min: I.Smith 2 pass from Cousins (kick Man City 6 5 2 19 12 23
Gonzaga at Fort Worth, Texas, 3 p.m. attempts, while the Warriors 10 of 45. being outscored 35-23 in the third quarter,
failed), 9:41. SUNDAY’S GAMES
NO: Kamara 6 run (Lutz kick), 4:38.
Aston Villa 7 1 4 24 13 22
EAST
The Warriors were outscored by 65 points including a 9-0 run that turned a three-
West Ham 6 3 5 21 19 21
Min: I.Smith 4 pass from Cousins (Bailey Wolverhampton 6 2 6 14 19 20 Binghamton at UMBC, noon in their first two games, the second-high- point edge into a 82-70 lead. It was 86-79
kick), :22.
Fourth quarter
Newcastle
Crystal Palace
5 3 5 17 22 18
5 3 6 19 25 18
Hartford at New Hampshire, noon
Canisius at Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m.
est total in NBA history through two games early in the fourth when the Nets, even
NO: Kamara 7 run (Lutz kick), 12:01. Leeds 5 2 7 24 30 17 NJIT at Vermont, 2 p.m. to 71 points for the 1987-88 Clippers. The with Irving and Durant on the bench, again
Arsenal 4 2 8 12 18 14
NO: T.Hill 1 run (Lutz kick), 4:00.
Burnley 3 4 6 8 19 13
DePaul at Providence, 3:30 p.m. Warriors lost 125-99 in Brooklyn in their scored nine in a row to open a 16-point lead.
Min: Thielen 1 pass from Cousins (pass Mass.-Lowell at Stony Brook, 4 p.m.
failed), 2:10.
Brighton 2 6 6 16 22 12
SOUTH season opener.
Fulham 2 4 8 13 23 10
NO: Kamara 3 run (Lutz kick), 1:50. West Brom 1 4 9 10 29 7 Carver at Jacksonville St., 2 p.m. This was the second-most lopsided score Heat 111, Pelicans 98: Erik Spoelstra
Alcorn St. at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
TEAM STATS MIN NO Sheffield United 0 2 12 8 25 2
MIDWEST
of any Christmas Day game in NBA history. remained perfect on Christmas, and a
First downs 25 36 3 points for win, 1 for tie
Total net yards 364 583 Drake at Indiana St., noon The Syracuse Nationals beat the Knicks record-tying show from Duncan Robinson
SATURDAY’S MATCHES
Rushes-yards
Passing
17-90
274
45-264
319 Leicester vs. Man United, 7:30 a.m.
IUPUI at Detroit, noon
Youngstown St. at Cleveland St., noon
162-100 on Dec. 25, 1960. helped him stay that way.
Punt returns
Kickoff returns
0-0
0-0
2-17
3-74
Aston Villa vs. Crystal Palace, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Wright St., 1 p.m. “The thing I was most disappointed in is Robinson made seven 3-pointers — tying
Fulham vs. Southampton, 10 a.m.
Int. returns 2-9 0-0
Arsenal vs. Chelsea, 12:30 p.m.
Olivet at E. Michigan, 1 p.m. we just had two good days of practice with the Christmas single-game mark — and
Comp-att-int 27-41-0 21-28-2 N. Kentucky at Oakland, 2 p.m.
Sacked-yds lost 2-17 0-0 Man City vs. Newcastle, 3 p.m. Evansville at S. Illinois, 3 p.m. our execution working on getting in our scored 23 points, helping the Heat beat the
Punts 4-46.5 0-0.0 Sheffield United vs. Everton, 3 p.m. Illinois St. at Loyola of Chicago, 3 p.m. offense and making hard cuts and reads, Pelicans to start the NBA’s holiday quintu-
Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0
SUNDAY’S MATCHES Missouri St. at N. Iowa, 3 p.m.
Penalties-yards
Possession time
3-20
23:13
4-38
36:47 Leeds vs. Burnley, 7 a.m. Robert Morris at Fort Wayne, 4 p.m.
and we did not execute much of anything,” pleheader Friday.
Rushing: Min, Cook 15-73, Abdullah 1-13,
West Ham vs. Brighton, 9:15 a.m. WEST Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It was kind “It’s super special to play in Christmas,”
Liverpool vs. West Brom, 11:30 a.m. CS Northridge at Cal St.-Fullerton, noon of scattered and disorganized. I’m disap- Robinson said. “I certainly don’t take it for
Boone 1-4. NO, Kamara 22-155, Murray
Wolverhampton vs. Tottenham, 2:15 p.m. Long Beach St. at UC Riverside, 6 p.m.
12-72, T.Hill 5-18, Sanders 1-12, Burton 2-
10, Brees 3-(minus 3). MONDAY’S MATCHES UC Davis at CS Bakersfield, 6 p.m. pointed in that. I’ve got to take the blame granted.”
Passing: Min, Cousins 27-41-0-291. NO, Crystal Palace vs. Leicester, 10 a.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, 6 p.m. for that. I’m the head coach.” Goran Dragic scored 18 points, Bam
Chelsea vs. Aston Villa, 12:30 p.m. Cal Poly at Hawaii, 9 p.m.
Brees 19-26-2-311, T.Hill 2-2-0-8.
Everton vs. Man City, 3 p.m. MONDAY’S GAMES
The Bucks’ only other Christmas home Adebayo had 17 and Avery Bradley
Receiving: Min, Thielen 8-97, Jefferson
6-85, I.Smith 6-53, Conklin 4-31, Cook 2- TUESDAY’S MATCHES EAST game came during the franchise’s inaugural finished with 12 for the Heat, and Spoels-
12, O.Johnson 1-13. NO, Sanders 4-83, Brighton vs. Arsenal, 1 p.m. Binghamton at UMBC, noon season in 1968. The Bucks were on the road tra improved his Christmas record as Heat
Cook 3-82, Callaway 3-26, Murray 3-24, Burnley vs. Sheffield United, 1 p.m. Hartford at New Hampshire, noon
Kamara 3-17, Trautman 2-45, T.Hill 1-19, Southampton vs. West Ham, 1 p.m. Canisius at Monmouth (NJ), 1 p.m. for Christmas the last two seasons, losing in coach to 8-0.
Johnson 1-19, Burton 1-4. West Brom vs. Leeds, 1 p.m. Mass.-Lowell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Philadelphia in 2019 and winning in New Precious Achiuwa and Tyler Herro each
NJIT at Vermont, 1 p.m.
Punt returns: Min, None. NO, Callaway 1-
16, Carr 1-1.
Man United vs. Wolverhampton, 3 p.m.
SOUTH
York in 2018. scored 11 for the Heat, who lost Jimmy
WEDNESDAY’S MATCHES They went out and delivered a domi- Butler at halftime with right ankle stiffness.
Kickoff returns: Min, None. NO, Mont- Loyola (NO) at S. Miss., 2p.m.
Tottenham vs. Fulham, 1 p.m.
gomery 2-57, Washington 1-17. Newcastle vs. Liverpool, 3 p.m.
Carver at Troy, 6 p.m.
Dillard at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
nant performance to bounce back from a Zion Williamson had 32 points and 14
Tackles-assists-sacks: Min, B.Lynch 7-
3-0, Wilson 6-3-0, H.Smith 5-3-0, Glad- COLLEGE FOOTBALL MIDWEST season-opening 122-121 loss in Boston in rebounds in 38 minutes for the Pelicans —
ney 4-2-0, Nickerson 3-2-0, C.Jones 3- BOWL SCHEDULE *-A.M. Drake at Indiana St., 4 p.m. which Celtics star Jayson Tatum banked in the rebounds and minutes both being career
0-0, Stephen 3-0-0, Mata’afa 2-2-0, Evansville at S. Illinois, 5 p.m.
J.Johnson 2-1-0, Yarbrough 2-0-0, Harris FRIDAY’S RESULT Missouri St. at N. Iowa, 5 p.m. a go-ahead 3-pointer and the Bucks’ Giannis highs. Brandon Ingram finished with 28
1-7-0, Watts 1-2-0. NO, Davis 6-2-0, Camellia Bowl Illinois St. at Loyola of Chicago, 6 p.m. Antetokounmpo missed a potential tying points.
Buffalo 17, Marshall 10 Maryland at Wisconsin, 6 p.m.
M.Jenkins 6-1-.5, Lattimore 5-1-0,
P.Williams 3-1-0, Alexander 3-0-0, SATURDAY’S GAMES Michigan St. at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
free throw in the final second. But the Pelicans shot 40% to the Heat’s
Swearinger 3-0-0, J.Jenkins 2-2-0, Jor- Gasparilla Bowl SOUTHWEST Antetkounmpo had 15 points and 13 51%.
dan 2-1-1 At Tampa, Fla. Our Lady of the Lake at UTEP, 8 p.m.
WEST
rebounds against the Warriors, but the “We made some defensive mistakes,”
Interceptions: Min, Nickerson 1-5, Hand UAB vs. South Carolina, 11* (ABC)
1-4. NO, None. Cure Bowl CS Northridge at Cal St.-Fullerton, noon two-time reigning NBA MVP shot 4 of 15 said Josh Hart, who scored 12 for the Peli-
Missed field goals: None. Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty, 6:30 p.m. Long Beach St. at UC Riverside, noon from the floor and 7 of 15 from the foul line. cans. “Lack of communication. We’ve got to
(ESPN) UC Davis at CS Bakersfield, 6 p.m.
ODDS SERVPRO First Responder Bowl UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, 6 p.m. Stephen Curry scored 19 points for the communicate better on the defensive end.”
Louisiana vs. UTSA, 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Fresno St. at Colorado St., 7 p.m. Warriors, and rookie James Wiseman had Robinson’s seven 3s tied the Christmas
NBA Lendingtree Bowl N. Arizona at Gonzaga, 8 p.m.
18. mark Ingram set last year.
SP OU SATURDAY W. Kentucky vs. Colorado at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Atlanta 1 237 at Memphis Georgia St., 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) WOMEN’S SCHEDULE
at Detroit 21⁄2 217 ⁄2
1
Cleveland TUESDAY’S GAMES
at Washington 2 229 Orlando SUNDAY’S GAMES
Cheez-It Bowl EAST
at Charlotte 31⁄2 219 Okla. City Miami vs. Oklahoma St., 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia 8 2181⁄2 at New York Stony Brook at Mass.-Lowell, noon
(ESPN) UMBC at Binghamton, 1 p.m.
Indiana
Toronto
4
1
223 at Chicago
225 at San Antonio
Alamo Bowl
Texas vs. Colorado, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
New Hampshire at Hartford, 2 p.m. IN BRIEF
at Utah 8 2251⁄2 Minnesota Vermont at NJIT, 3 p.m.

Saints’ Kamara ties TD record

Phoenix 31⁄2 228 at Sacramento WEDNESDAY’S GAMES WEST
at Portland off off Houston Duke’s Mayo Bowl CS Bakersfield at UC Davis, noon
Wisconsin vs. Wake Forest, 11* (ESPN) Hawaii at Cal Poly, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Music City Bowl UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara, 6 p.m.
SP SATURDAY Iowa vs. Missouri, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) UC Riverside at Long Beach St., 6 p.m.
at Louisville 4 Kentucky
at Cleveland St. 1 Youngstown St.
Cotton Bowl Classic MONDAY’S GAMES News services
Oklahoma vs. Florida, 6:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Ohio State 3 at Northwestern EAST „ The Falcons have declared WR Julio
THURSDAY’S GAMES New Hampshire at Hartford, noon
Houston
at Wright St.
71⁄2
17
at UCF
Green Bay Armed Forces Bowl Stony Brook at Mass.-Lowell, noon Alvin Kamara tied an NFL record by Jones and C Alex Mack out for Sunday’s
at Illinois 51⁄2 Indiana Mississippi State vs. Tulsa, 11* (ESPN) UMBC at Binghamton, 1 p.m. running for six touchdowns in a game and game at Kansas City. Jones, a seven-time
Arizona Bowl Vermont at NJIT, 1 p.m.
Gonzaga 7 Virginia
San Jose St vs. Ball State, 1 p.m. (CBSSN) SOUTH
finished with a career-high 155 yards rush- Pro Bowl selection, will miss his third
at IPFW 3 Robert Morris
at Detroit 6 Oakland Liberty Bowl Lipscomb at Tennessee, 6 p.m. ing to help the host Saints beat the Vikings straight game with a hamstring injury.
West Virginia vs. Army, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Texas Bowl
Samford at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
52-33 on Friday and clinch a fourth straight Mack, a six-time Pro Bowl pick, will miss his
SP OU SATURDAY TCU vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Our Lady of the Lake at NFC South title. first game of the season with a concussion.
Coast. Carol. 7 591⁄2 Liberty
La.-Laf. 131⁄2 551⁄2 UTSA FRIDAY, JAN. 1 Sam Houston St., 6:30 p.m. Wearing different colored shoes — one A third starter, left guard James Carpenter,
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Northwestern St. at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Georgia St. 31⁄2 491⁄2 W Kentucky
TCU vs. Arkansas, 11* (ESPN2) WEST red and one green on Christmas Day — will miss the game with a groin injury.
SP OU TUESDAY
Oklahoma St. 21⁄2 581⁄2 Miami Peach Bowl CS Bakersfield at UC Davis, noon Kamara sprinted for a 40-yard touchdown
Portland at Pepperdine, TBA
Texas 91⁄2 631⁄2 Colorado Cincinnati vs. Georgia, 11:30*
San Francisco at BYU, 3 p.m.
on the game’s opening drive. He added College basketball: Franz Wagner had
(ESPN)
Wisconsin
SP
7
OU
521⁄2
WEDNESDAY
Wake Forest Citrus Bowl Hawaii at Cal Poly, 6 p.m. scoring runs of 1, 5, 6, 7 and 3 yards against 20 points and No. 19 Michigan scored 10
Iowa 141⁄2 50 Missouri Auburn vs. Northwestern, noon (ABC) UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara, 6 p.m.
UC Riverside at Long Beach St., 6 p.m.
a defensive front hit hard by injuries. straight points early in the second half to
Rose Bowl in Arlington, Texas
Florida 21⁄2 72 Oklahoma
CFP semifinal: Alabama vs. Notre Dame, Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m. Kamara equaled a record set by Hall of pull away from Nebraska in an 80-69 victory
SP OU THURSDAY
W. Virginia 7 42 Army 4 p.m. (ESPN) Santa Clara at San Diego, 8 p.m. Fame fullback Ernie Nevers in 1929 for the in Lincoln, Neb. The Wolverines (7-0, 2-0
Tulsa 21⁄2 49 Miss. State Sugar Bowl TUESDAY’S GAMES Chicago Cardinals. Big Ten) started slow in their first game
San Jose St. 9 63 Ball St. CFP semifinal: Clemson EAST
TCU 5 57 Arkansas vs. Ohio St., 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) DePaul at UConn, TBA “The offensive line gets the game ball for since Dec. 13 due to coronavirus concerns
SP OU JAN. 1 SATURDAY, JAN. 2 Old Dominion at Delaware St., noon sure, kudos to them,” Kamara said. “Sean but stunned the Cornhuskers (4-5, 0-2)
Gator Bowl Coppin St. at Towson, 6 p.m.
Georgia 7
Northwestern 31⁄2
501⁄2
431⁄2
Cincinnati
Auburn North Carolina St. vs. Kentucky, 11* SOUTH (Payton, the Saints coach) dialed it up, I did with the two-minute flurry that began
Alabama 20 66 Notre Dame (ESPN) Chattanooga at N. Alabama, 1 p.m. the small part. with Isaiah Livers’ 3-pointer. Wagner close
McNeese St. at Grambling St., 1 p.m.
Clemson 71⁄2 661⁄2 Ohio State Outback Bowl
Mercer at UNC-Wilmington, 1 p.m.
“Today was a great day, we got out first it with a 25-footer that put the Wolverines
SP OU JAN. 2 Indiana vs. Mississippi, 11:30* (ABC)
Kentucky 21⁄2 511⁄2 NC State Fiesta Bowl SC St. at W. Carolina, 1 p.m. goal, division title. Gonna take it from up 53-41 with 14:38 left.
Indiana 7 661⁄2 Mississippi Iowa vs. Oregon, 3 p.m. (ESPN) MIDWEST
New Mexico St. at Kansas, noon
there.”
Iowa St. 41⁄2 571⁄2 Oregon Orange Bowl
Texas A&M 7 671⁄2 N. Carolina Texas vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Bellarmine at Evansville, 3 p.m. The Vikings (6-9) was eliminated from College football: Kevin Marks scored on
NFL MONDAY, JAN. 11
Dayton at Saint Louis, 4 p.m. playoff contention while allowing the most a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:09 left and
SOUTHWEST
WEEK 16 SP OU SATURDAY College Football Championship
Lamar at Texas, 1 p.m. points since 1963. Buffalo made a final defensive stop to beat
Tampa Bay 91⁄2 54 at Detroit At Miami Gardens, Fla.
at Arizona 5 48 ⁄2
1
San Fran. Rose Bowl winner vs.
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. The Saints (11-4) never punted, and set a Marshall 17-10 in the Camellia Bowl in
Miami 3 47 ⁄2
1
at las Vegas Sugar Bowl winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN) WEDNESDAY’S GAMES record of yards gained in a game by a Vikings Montgomery, Ala. Subbing for the national
SOUTH
at LA Chargers 3
SP OU
49
SUNDAY
Denver
COMPLETED BOWL GAMES Memphis at UCF, 11:05 a.m. opponent with 583. They might have won leader in rushing yards per game, Jaret
Myrtle Beach Bowl High Point at SC-Upstate, 1 p.m. by a greater margin if not for a pair inter- Patterson, Marks carried 35 time for 138
Cleveland 91⁄2 47 at NY Jets DEC. 21: Richmond at Furman, 1 p.m.
at Houston 71⁄2 46 Cincinnati Appalachian St. 56, North Texas 28 Nicholls at Alabama A&M, 2 p.m.
ceptions of Drew Brees. Brees completed yards for the Bulls (6-1) against one of the
Indianapolis 11⁄2 441⁄2 at Pittsburgh
Chicago 71⁄2 47 at Jacksonville
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Hampton at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m. 19 of 26 throws for 311 yards in his second nation’s top run defenses. Grant Wells took
DEC. 22: Nevada 38, Tulane 27
at Washington 1 42 Carolina Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
E. Illinois at E. Kentucky, 4 p.m.
UT Martin at Jacksonville St., 4:30 p.m.
game back from rib and lung injuries that Marshall (7-3), which had rallied from a
at Baltimore 101⁄2 44 NY Giants
at Kansas City 101⁄2 531⁄2 Atlanta
DEC. 22: BYU 49, UCF 23 Austin Peay at Tennessee St., 5 p.m. had sidelined him for four games. 10-0 deficit, to the Buffalo 20 with no time-
New Orleans Bowl
at Seattle 11⁄2 471⁄2 LA Rams DEC. 23:
SE Missouri at Tennessee Tech, 5 p.m. New Orleans native Irv Smith Jr. caught a outs. Kadofi Wright’s sack helped force
SIU-Edwardsville at
Philadelphia 21⁄2
at Green Bay 31⁄2
49
551⁄2
at Dallas
Tennessee
Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3 Morehead St., 5 p.m. pair of touchdown passes in the third quar- a fourth-and-11 and Eric Black added his
Montgomery (Ala.) Bowl Temple at Tulane, 6 p.m. ter for the Vikings, the second pulling them second sack to end the threat. ... Colora-
SP OU MONDAY DEC. 23: Memphis 25, FAU 10 MIDWEST
Buffalo 7 46 at New England New Mexico Bowl Chicago St. at W. Illinois, 2 p.m.
to within 31-27. But the Saints responded do’s Jarek Broussard and Oregon State’s
pregame.com DEC. 24: Hawaii 28, Houston 14 with two short touchdown runs by Kamara Jermar Jefferson were voted co-offensive
and one by reserve QB Taysom Hill in the players of the year by a media panel in the
fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. AP All-Pac-12 team released Friday.

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BASKETBALL
DEPAUL
Just stepping on court for
opener a win for Demons
By Shannon Ryan
Finishing the game with more points
than its opponent was a secondary victory
for DePaul.
Getting on the court was the primary
win — and it’s most impressive.
After a 28-day delay because of recur-
ring COVID-19 issues, DePaul on Wednes-
day became the last men’s basketball team
from a major conference to tip off during
this complicated season. Beating Western
Illinois 91-72 at Wintrust Arena must have
felt especially rewarding.
Stepping on the court for competition was
something the Blue Demons hadn’t done
since March 11, when the NCAA shut down
as the pandemic spread across the nation.
“If we waited approximately a month
for basketball, then we owe it to ourselves
and to the game to put our best foot
forward,” DePaul coach Dave Leitao told
players before the game. “Just making sure
these games are precious. We’ve under-
stood that more now than ever because it
had been taken away by the pandemic
we’re in. If we’re going to be thankful of the
opportunity, let’s go out and show it
collectively.”
Since Nov. 25, DePaul saw 10 games
canceled or postponed with the program
suspending team activities twice as players
tested positive for COVID-19 and others
were quarantined by contact tracing.
Wednesday’s game, played in front of no
fans because of COVID-19 safety guide-
lines, was a makeup from when DePaul
canceled against the Leathernecks for its
season opener.
Leading up to tipoff, even players
wondered if they finally would take the
court.
“It can get canceled just like that,” guard
Javon Freeman-Liberty said. “It was defi-
nitely fingers crossed for all of us.”
The Blue Demons still aren’t at full
strength; they had only eight scholarship
players against Western Illinois. Five of
those players are newcomers this season.
Forward Romeo Weems, forward Dari-
ous Hall and freshman forward Keon
Edwards sat out because of COVID-19
protocol. Weems, a first-team all-freshman
Big East selection last season, averaged
eight points while starting every game.
Jaylen Butz, a senior forward, is out
indefinitely for personal reasons, a team
spokesman said. Sophomore Markese
Jacobs is recovering from a knee injury he
suffered last season.
The Blue Demons’ last quarantine
session ended Monday, meaning they had
only two days of practice. They have held
only a few practices in the last three weeks
— and only six times did they have enough
for five-on-five scrimmages.
DePaul traveled to Iowa State for a Dec.
6 nonconference game, but after pregame
test results showed a positive case in the
Patrick Williams gets a high five as he’s introduced in the starting lineup Wednesday.
Bulls
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throughout the preseason and the start of
the regular season Wednesday, the rookie
does not look out of place on an NBA floor.
“He’s extremely talented,” guard Zach
LaVine said. “You see flashes where it’s
like, man, this kid is going to be really good.
He brings an aggression to the game. He’s
extremely strong. He’s NBA-ready, body-
wise, and it’s something that we need. He’s
just going to keep getting better.”
The move also is a tactical decision by
coach Billy Donovan that could pay off in a
few ways.
First, the Bulls defense is a disaster. It
became clear on opening night just how
badly the Bulls are going to struggle
defensively against the quicker, better
shooting teams in the league and Williams
is already, perhaps, their most capable
one-on-one perimeter defender. Starting
him over Otto Porter, who is a solid team
defender, allows the Bulls to trade offense
for defense, removing some of the redun-
dancy of having another scorer in the
starting lineup.
In Wednesday’s opener, Porter shot
5-of-10 for 14 points and five rebounds in 23
minutes, but the starters already had
created a major deficit by the time he had a
chance to affect the game.
“I’m here to do my job, whatever that
entails; I’m going to go do it the best I can
do,” Porter said Thursday. “I could have
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DePaul’s Nick Ongenda dunks Wednesday
against Western Illinois.
program, the game was canceled shortly
before tipoff.
“We’ve been handicapped more than I
care to talk about,” Leitao said. “It’s in no
way an excuse from anybody, particularly
me.”
The rustiness from a lack of play showed
in the form of 20 turnovers.
But DePaul had more than enough to get
by Western Illinois. The Blue Demons shot
59% from the field, making 10 of 20
3-pointers.
Freeman-Liberty, who transferred from
Valparaiso, had an impressive debut. He
scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting with
eight rebounds, six assists and three steals.
“It’s tough times, really it is,” Freeman-
Liberty said. “For us to get out there and play
at the level we did showed we have major
talent. We all were just anxious to get out
there and play the game that we love.”
He made for a strong backcourt with
Charlie Moore, who led the way with 22
points, including four 3-pointers. He hit
eight straight shots during one stretch.
Nick Ongenda, a 6-foot-11 center, sup-
plied the fun with four dunks for eight
points and six monstrous blocks.
He scored the first points of DePaul’s
long-awaited season off a rebound putback
43 seconds after tipoff.
“There was a relief,” Moore said. “Hav-
ing several games canceled, seeing other
teams play, my team was just anxious to get
out there and play. When we hit the floor,
relief hit us instantly. We came out with a
great run and the energy level was there.”
The Blue Demons hope the wait was
worth it. They hope the finish to this
season will be, too.
Last season, DePaul won its first 10
games and built a 13-1 record. But it
unraveled as the Blue Demons lost 11 of
their next 12.
They beat Xavier in the first round of the
Big East tournament before the remaining
games were called off.
DePaul’s next game comes Sunday at
Providence.
“We have a great overall team,” Moore
said. “If we keep working, staying in the
gym and playing together, the sky is the
limit for us.”
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done a little bit more (Wednesday). I feel
like I could’ve given us a defensive boost a
little bit better, just communicating with
defense.”
Putting Williams in the starting lineup
has as much to do with his success as it
makes sense for how Donovan wants to
utilize Porter. With the Bulls bench limited
while veterans Tomas Satoransky, Garrett
Temple, Denzel Valentine and Thad Young
are out to start the season, Porter becomes
the veteran to lead the reserve unit and
provide scoring off the bench.
It also gives Donovan a chance to control
Porter’s minutes as the team eases him
back into action after he has been ham-
pered by injuries the past few seasons.
Donovan wanted to avoid a scenario where
Porter had to play more than 30 minutes a
game early on and should the Bulls ever
play a game with a final score closer than
Wednesday, Porter seems likely to be part
of the team’s closing lineup.
“From a coaching perspective, it’s a
48-minute game,” Donovan said before the
game Wednesday. “And sometimes how
you start is not how you finish based on
what a lineup is doing and what another
team is doing. … I get the interest in the
starting piece of it, but at the same point,
even with somebody like Otto, we want to
obviously ramp him up in a way that is safe
and healthy for him. He’s been available, he
is healthy, he’s doing well, but he’s probably
one of the most experienced guys on the
team. And you don’t want to come out of
the gates here with him absorbing 34, 35
minutes. That’s not the best thing for him.”
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