A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, april 20, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers at Seattle Mariners
College, Louisville at Kentucky
College, Clemson at Georgia
MLB, New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
College, Oklahoma at Texas Tech
BASKETBALL
NBA, Brooklyn Nets at New Orleans Pelicans
NBA, Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers
BOXING
Boxing, PBC Fight Night
HOCKEY
NHL, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
NHL, Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues
SOFTBALL
College, Oklahoma at Georgia
Time
TV
1 p.m. MLB,ROOT
2 p.m.
ESPNU
4 p.m.
SEC
4:30 p.m.
ESPN
5 p.m.
ESPNU
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
TNT
TNT
5 p.m.
FS1
3:30 p.m. NBCSN
6 p.m.
NBCSN
2 p.m.
SEC
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees
BASKETBALL
NBA, Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers
GOLF
LPGA Tour, HUGEL - Air Premia LA Open, First Round
HOCKEY
NHL, Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks
NHL, Teams TBA
SOCCER
FA Women’s Super League,
Manchester City vs Chelsea
Italian Serie A, Udinese vs Cagliari
Premier League, Aston Villa vs Manchester City
NWSL Challenge Cup, OL Reign at Portland Thorns FC
Mexico Primera Division,
Monterrey vs Chivas de Guadalajara
SOFTBALL
College, Louisville at Kentucky
College, Clemson at South Carolina
Time
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
TV
MLB
MLB
ESPN
7 p.m.
NBCSNW
3 p.m.
GOLF
4 p.m.
NBCSN
6:30 p.m. NBCSN
10 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
noon
7 p.m.
NBCSN
ESPN2
NBCSN
CBSSN
ON DECK
Prep sports
Tuesday
Baseball: Mountain View at summit, 4:30 p.m.; The dalles
at ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; pendleton at redmond, 4:30 p.m.;
Crook County at hood river Valley, 4:30 p.m.; la pine at
harrisburg, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: summit at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; ridgeview
at The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; redmond at pendleton, 4:30 p.m.;
hood river Valley at Crook County, 4:30 p.m.; harrisburg at
la pine, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at Kennedy, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: summit at Bend, 4 p.m.; Madras at sisters,
4 p.m.
Girls tennis: Bend at summit, 4 p.m.; sisters at Madras,
4 p.m.
Boys golf: Mountain View invitational at awbrey Glen,
1 p.m.
Wednesday
Baseball: Gladstone at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; sisters at stay-
ton, 4:30 p.m.; sheridan at Culver, 4 p.m.
Softball: Madras at Gladstone, 4:30 p.m.; Woodburn
at sisters, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: hood river Valley at redmond, 3 p.m.;
ridgeview at Crook County, 3 p.m.
Girls tennis: redmond at hood river Valley, 3 p.m.;
Crook County at ridgeview, 3 p.m.
Girls golf: eagle Crest Challenge, noon.
Track and field: Mountain View invitational, TBd; sisters,
Gilchrist, paisley at summit, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday
Baseball: Bend at summit, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at Glad-
stone, 4:30 p.m.; stayton at sisters, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: Bend at summit, 4:30 p.m.; Mountain View at
ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Gladstone at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; sis-
ters at sweet home, 4:30 p.m.; Jefferson at Culver, 4 p.m.
Boys tennis: summit at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Cascade
at Madras, 4 p.m.; sisters at philomath, 4 p.m.
Girls tennis: Madras at Cascade, 4 p.m.
Track and field: ridgeview invitational, 3 p.m.
PREPS
Baseball
Monday’s Games
north Marion at Madras, late
newport 8, sisters 4
Culver at sheridan, ppd.
Softball
7 p.m.
FS1
Monday’s Games
sisters 7, Mountain View 3
sisters 11, Mountain View 8
Madras at north Marion, late
Late Saturday Game
The dalles 18, redmond 7
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
ESPNU
SEC
Monday’s Matches
redmond 6, ridgeview 2
Crook County at The dalles, late
Boys tennis
Girls tennis
Listings are the most accurate available.
Monday’s Matches
ridgeview at redmond, late
The dalles at Crook County, late
BASKETBALL
SPORTS BRIEFING
NBA
BASEBALL
Oregon baseball moves up in polls after series win
at USC — Oregon baseball moved up in the polls following
a 3-1 week including a series win at USC. The Ducks (22-8,
8-4 Pac-12) are No. 13 in the USA Today coaches poll, Perfect
Game and d1baseball.com, No. 14 in Baseball America and
No. 15 in Collegiate Baseball after a midweek win over Port-
land and taking two of three against USC. That’s up from
Nos. 14-17 last week. Oregon hosts a three-game series with
UCLA (21-11, 9-6 Pac-12) starting Friday at 6 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Seahawks’ Aldon Smith is wanted in Louisiana
on second-degree battery charge — The Seattle Se-
ahawks may have to revisit their decision to sign Aldon
Smith, who is facing legal trouble once again. The defensive
end, who signed with the Seahawks on Friday, is wanted in
Louisiana on a second-degree battery charge, according to
a police bulletin issued by St. Bernard Parish authorities.
The incident allegedly occurred on April 17, two days after
Smith signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks. Smith al-
legedly committed that battery during an incident in Chal-
mette, a suburb of New Orleans. According to a report,
authorities claim there is video evidence of the alleged inci-
dent. Smith, 31, played for the Dallas Cowboys last season
after signing a one-year contract.
GOLF
California allows fans for U.S. Opens if vaccinated or
tested — A limited number of spectators will be allowed at
the U.S. Women’s Open in San Francisco and the U.S. Open
in San Diego in June provided they are vaccinated or can
show proof of a negative test for the coronavirus. The USGA
announced the policy Monday after consulting with Cali-
fornia health officials. While the U.S. Opens will not be the
first majors to allow fans, they will be the first to hold spec-
tators to a standard of health through the COVID-19 vaccine
or testing. The USGA did not indicate how many fans would
be allowed at either championship. The Masters did not re-
quire its spectators, believed to be about 8,000, to be tested
two weeks ago at Augusta National. The PGA Championship
on May 20-23 at Kiawah Island in South Carolina is allowing
10,000 fans a day who will not need to show proof of a nega-
tive test or vaccination.
BASKETBALL
Antron Pippen, Scottie Pippen’s oldest son, dies at
33 — Antron Pippen, the son of Basketball Hall of Famer
Scottie Pippen and once a top college prospect, has died. He
was 33. Scottie Pippen announced the death on his social me-
dia platforms, saying his oldest child died Sunday. He did not
give a cause. “I’m heartbroken to share that yesterday, I said
goodbye to my firstborn son Antron,” Scottie Pippen wrote
Monday. “The two of us shared a love for basketball and we
had countless conversations about the game. Antron suffered
from chronic asthma and if he hadn’t had it, I truly believe
he would’ve made it to the NBA. He never let that get him
down, though — Antron stayed positive and worked hard,
and I am so proud of the man that he became.” Antron Pip-
pen was an accomplished high school player in Georgia, then
played college basketball at South Georgia Tech and Texas
A&M International.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
4
Oregon
Lottery
results
8 14 18 26 44
The estimated jackpot is now $1.7 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
pct
phila.
39
18
.684
Brooklyn
38
19
.667
Milwaukee
35
22
.614
atlanta
31
26
.544
Boston
31
27
.534
new york
31
27
.534
Miami
30
28
.517
Charlotte
28
28
.500
indiana
26
31
.456
Chicago
24
33
.421
Washington
24
33
.421
Toronto
24
34
.414
Cleveland
20
37
.351
Orlando
18
39
.316
detroit
18
40
.310
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
pct
utah
42
15
.737
phoenix
41
16
.719
l.a. Clippers
40
19
.678
denver
36
20
.643
l.a. lakers
35
22
.614
portland
32
24
.571
dallas
30
26
.536
Memphis
29
26
.527
Golden state
29
29
.500
san antonio
28
28
.500
new Orleans
25
32
.439
sacramento
23
34
.404
Oklahoma City
20
38
.345
houston
15
43
.259
Minnesota
15
43
.259
GB
—
1
4
8
8½
8½
9½
10½
13
15
15
15½
19
21
21½
GB
—
1
3
5½
7
9½
11½
12
13½
13½
17
19
22½
27½
27½
Monday’s Games
detroit 109, Cleveland 105
Chicago 102, Boston 96
Golden state 107, phila. 96
Miami 113, houston 91
Washington 119, Oklahoma City 107
san antonio 109, indiana 94
phoenix 128, Milwaukee 127, OT
Memphis at denver, late
utah at l.a. lakers, late
Tuesday’s Games
Brooklyn at new Orleans, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte at new york, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando at atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
l.a. Clippers at portland, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at sacramento, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Brooklyn at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Golden state at Washington, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma City at indiana, 4 p.m.
phoenix at phila., 4 p.m.
atlanta at new york, 5 p.m.
utah at houston, 5 p.m.
detroit at dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Miami at san antonio, 5:30 p.m.
denver at portland, 7 p.m.
Memphis at l.a. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at sacramento, 7 p.m.
BASEBALL
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
11
6
.647
—
Tampa Bay
8
8
.500
2½
Baltimore
7
9
.438
3½
Toronto
7
9
.438
3½
new york
5
10
.333
5
CENTRAL
W
L
Pct
GB
Kansas City
9
5
.643
—
Cleveland
8
7
.533
1½
Chicago
8
9
.471
2½
Minnesota
6
8
.429
3
detroit
6
10
.375
4
WEST
W
L
Pct
GB
seattle
10
6
.625
—
los angeles
8
5
.615
½
Oakland
9
7
.563
1
houston
7
8
.467
2½
Texas
7
9
.438
3
Monday’s Games
Boston 11, Chicago White sox 4
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, late
Texas at l.a. angels, late
l.a. dodgers at seattle, late
Minnesota at Oakland, ppd.
Tuesday’s Games
l.a. dodgers (urías 2-0) at seattle (Gonzales 1-1),
1:10 p.m.
Chicago White sox (rodón 2-0) at Cleveland (plesac
1-2), 3:10 p.m.
Minnesota (shoemaker 1-0) at Oakland (TBd), 3:30 p.m.,
1st game
atlanta (Morton 1-1) at n.y. yankees (Taillon 0-1),
3:35 p.m.
Baltimore (harvey 0-1) at Miami (neidert 0-0), 3:40 p.m.
pittsburgh (anderson 1-2) at detroit (Fulmer 1-0),
3:40 p.m.
Toronto (ryu 1-1) at Boston (rodríguez 2-0), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (hill 1-0) at Kansas City (Keller 1-1), 5:10 p.m.
houston (McCullers Jr. 1-1) at Colorado (Gray 1-1),
5:40 p.m.
Texas (lyles 1-0) at l.a. angels (Ohtani 0-0), 6:38 p.m.
Minnesota (TBd) at Oakland (TBd), 7 p.m., 2nd game
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore at Miami, 10:10 a.m.
houston at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland, 12:37 p.m.
Texas at l.a. angels, 1:07 p.m.
Chicago White sox at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.
atlanta at n.y. yankees, 3:35 p.m.
pittsburgh at detroit, 3:40 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.
EAST
new york
philadelphia
Miami
atlanta
Washington
CENTRAL
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
st. louis
pittsburgh
Chicago
WEST
los angeles
san Francisco
san diego
arizona
Colorado
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W
L
7
4
8
8
7
8
7
9
5
9
W
L
9
6
8
7
8
8
7
9
6
9
W
L
13
3
10
6
10
7
6
10
4
12
Pct
.636
.500
.467
.438
.357
Pct
.600
.533
.500
.438
.400
Pct
.813
.625
.588
.375
.250
GB
—
1½
2
2½
3½
GB
—
1
1½
2½
3
GB
—
3
3½
7
9
Monday’s Games
san Francisco 2, philadelphia 0
st. louis 12, Washington 5
l.a. dodgers at seattle, late
Milwaukee at san diego, late
Tuesday’s Games
l.a. dodgers (urías 2-0) at seattle (Gonzales 1-1),
1:10 p.m.
atlanta (Morton 1-1) at n.y. yankees (Taillon 0-1),
3:35 p.m.
arizona (Gallen 0-0) at Cincinnati (Castillo 1-1), 3:40 p.m.
Baltimore (harvey 0-1) at Miami (neidert 0-0), 3:40 p.m.
pittsburgh (anderson 1-2) at detroit (Fulmer 1-0),
3:40 p.m.
san Francisco (Webb 0-1) at philadelphia (Wheeler 1-2),
4:05 p.m.
st. louis (Wainwright 0-2) at Washington (Corbin 0-2),
4:05 p.m.
n.y. Mets (Walker 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (arrieta 2-1),
4:40 p.m.
houston (McCullers Jr. 1-1) at Colorado (Gray 1-1),
5:40 p.m.
Milwaukee (Burnes 1-1) at san diego (paddack 1-1),
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
san Francisco at philadelphia, 10:05 a.m.
Baltimore at Miami, 10:10 a.m.
houston at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.
st. louis at Washington, 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at san diego, 1:10 p.m.
atlanta at n.y. yankees, 3:35 p.m.
arizona at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.
pittsburgh at detroit, 3:40 p.m.
n.y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 46 29 13 4 62 163 141
n.y. islanders 45 28 13 4 60 127 105
pittsburgh
45 28 14 3 59 152 126
Boston
43 25 12 6 56 125 110
n.y. rangers 45 23 16 6 52 151 118
philadelphia 45 20 18 7 47 128 162
new Jersey
44 14 24 6 34 109 150
Buffalo
45 12 26 7 31 111 154
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina
44 29 10 5 63 142 107
Florida
46 29 12 5 63 147 125
Tampa Bay
45 30 13 2 62 152 117
nashville
47 25 21 1 51 126 132
dallas
44 18 14 12 48 125 111
Chicago
46 21 20 5 47 129 144
detroit
47 16 24 7 39 105 148
Columbus
47 15 23 9 39 116 158
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado
43 30 9 4 64 154 101
Vegas
44 31 11 2 64 147 98
Minnesota
43 27 13 3 57 132 115
arizona
45 20 20 5 45 121 141
st. louis
43 19 18 6 44 124 135
san Jose
44 18 22 4 40 118 149
los angeles 42 16 20 6 38 114 127
anaheim
46 14 25 7 35 103 147
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
45 28 12 5 61 147 120
Winnipeg
45 27 15 3 57 144 120
edmonton
43 26 15 2 54 137 120
Montreal
42 19 14 9 47 125 119
Calgary
44 19 22 3 41 116 129
Vancouver
38 17 18 3 37 103 122
Ottawa
45 15 26 4 34 122 164
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Monday’s Games
Florida 4, Columbus 2
Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 2, OT
dallas 3, detroit 2, sO
nashville 5, Chicago 2
Minnesota at arizona, late
Montreal at edmonton, late
Ottawa at Calgary, late
san Jose at Vegas, late
Tuesday’s Games
Boston at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m.
n.y. rangers at n.y. islanders, 4 p.m.
new Jersey at pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
detroit at dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at st. louis, ppd
Toronto at Vancouver, 6 p.m.
anaheim at los angeles, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
nashville at Chicago, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at arizona, 6 p.m.
san Jose at Vegas, 6:30 p.m.
Montreal at edmonton, 7 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
Montreal
1 0 0
3
4
d.C. united
1 0 0
3
2
Chicago
0 0 1
1
2
Cincinnati
0 0 1
1
2
nashville
0 0 1
1
2
new england
0 0 1
1
2
atlanta
0 0 1
1
0
Columbus
0 0 1
1
0
Orlando City
0 0 1
1
0
phila.
0 0 1
1
0
inter Miami CF
0 1 0
0
2
ny City FC
0 1 0
0
1
new york
0 1 0
0
1
Toronto FC
0 1 0
0
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
houston
1 0 0
3
2
la FC
1 0 0
3
2
la Galaxy
1 0 0
3
3
seattle
1 0 0
3
4
sporting KC
1 0 0
3
2
Vancouver
1 0 0
3
1
Colorado
0 0 1
1
0
FC dallas
0 0 1
1
0
ausTin FC
0 1 0
0
0
Minnesota united 0 1 0
0
0
portland
0 1 0
0
0
real sl
0 0 0
0
0
san Jose
0 1 0
0
1
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday, April 18
la Galaxy 3, Miami 2
phila. 0, Columbus 0, tie
Vancouver 1, portland 0
GA
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
4
GA
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
2
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BOsTOn red sOX — Optioned rhp Tanner houck to
alternate training site.
ChiCaGO WhiTe sOX — Optioned rhp Jonathan stiever
to alternate training site.
National League
CinCinnaTi reds — sent rhp Cam Bedrosian outright
to alternate training site.
philadelphia phillies — recalled lhps Christopher
sanchez and damon Jones and ss nick Maton from
alternate training site. placed 2B ronald Torreyes and
lhps Jose alvarado and Matt Moore on the 10-day il.
san FranCisCO GianTs — recalled lhp sam selman
from alternate training site. selected the contract of
rhp Trevor Gott from alternate training site. Optioned
OF steven duggar and C Chadwick Tromp to alternate
training site.
Minor League Baseball
Frontier League
GaTeWay GriZZlies — Traded OF dondrei hubbard to
Grand Junction (pioneer league).
OTTaWa TiTans — Traded C Willie estrada and lhp
robert Klinchock to sussex County.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOlden sTaTe WarriOrs — signed G Gary payton ii to
a second 10-day contract.
TOrOnTO rapTOrs — signed F yuta Watanabe.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna Cardinals — signed lB ezekiel Turner to a
one-year, restricted tendered contract.
indianapOlis COlTs — signed Wr Zach pascal and s
George Odum to one-year, restricted tendered contracts.
las VeGas raiders — signed CB rasul douglas.
neW yOrK GianTs — re-signed rB sandro platzgum-
mer.
neW yOrK JeTs — re-signed Te daniel Brown.
WashinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — announced the re-
tirement of QB alex smith. Waived rB Bryce love.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
nhl — suspended Vancouver d alexander edler two
games without pay for kneeing an opponent during
an april 18 game against Toronto.
ariZOna COyOTes — assigned G david Tendeck to
rapid City (eChl).
neW Jersey deVils — signed F alexander holtz to a
three-year, entry-level contract.
neW yOrK ranGers — agreed to terms with F Will
Cuylle on an entry-level contract.
COLLEGE
eTsu — named patrick days, Mark Bialkoski and Manto-
ris men’s basketball assistant coaches, lucas Campbell
director of basketball operations and sunny park director
of basketball sport performance.
Tennessee TeCh — promoted Marcus King to men’s
basketball associate head coach.
Tokyo
Continued from A5
Kono, organizing commit-
tee president Seiko Hashimoto
and Olympic Minister Tamayo
Marukawa said the govern-
ment so far has not issued any
plans to vaccinate athletes.
However, Kono has said he
is ready to deliver vaccines if
Hashimoto and the govern-
ment think they’re needed.
“So far, there is no consulta-
tion or no action about Japa-
nese athletes getting vaccine,”
he said.
Marukawa said last week
the government is considering
testing all athletes daily. Pre-
vious plans had called for vi-
rus tests every four days. That
change may show up when the
second version of the “Play-
book” is published this month.
The IOC has said vaccines
are not required to partici-
pate. However, IOC President
Thomas Bach has openly en-
couraged athletes to be vacci-
nated. Of course, that causes
conflict when athletes are a
priority ahead of vulnerable
populations.
Q: Tokyo organizers have
repeatedly said the Olympics
will be safe and secure. Last
week the British Medical Jour-
nal challenged this. Who is re-
sponsible if they are not?
A: IOC vice president John
Coates, in an interview pub-
lished online Sunday in the
Japanese magazine “Number,”
responded to the question.
Coates said, quoting the
magazine: “The responsibility
for the response to COVID-19
during, before and after the
games lies with the Japanese
government, and to a lesser
extent with the Tokyo city gov-
ernment. Under an agreement
with the government, the To-
Hiro Komae/AP file
People take pictures of the Olympic rings installed by the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo in March. The
vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated. This of course is spilling over to
concerns about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that open in just over three months.
kyo government and Tokyo
organizers, the IOC is doing
its best to keep to a minimum
the spread of infections, as well
as the contact between the Jap-
anese public (and the athletes).
The IOC is responsible for that
aspect.”
Q: When are we likely to
know if there will be local fans
in venues? And if so, what will
be the capacity?
A: Hashimoto has said for
weeks that a decision could
come this month on capacity
at the venues. Now she seems
to be hedging.
“Within April I would like
to set the basis direction,” she
said Friday at her weekly press
conference. “The final judge-
ment time — this as well we
need to monitor the situation
of the pandemic and we need
to remain flexible for that.”
Hashimoto did not raise Ko-
no’s suggestion that there may
be no fans, and did not chal-
lenge it.
It seems increasingly
likely that local fans could be
banned, too, as cases surge in
Japan’s two largest metropoli-
tan areas — Tokyo and Osaka.
Ticket sales are worth about
$800 million to local organiz-
ers. Any shortfall will have to
be made up by Japanese gov-
ernment entities.
Q: Where do we stand with
the torch relay, which started
on March 25 from northeast-
ern Fukushima prefecture?
A: It was run for two days
last week in a largely empty
city park in Osaka. The city’s
mayor and prefectural gover-
nor forbade that it be run on
public streets because of the
rising cases in the region.
Organizers say the torch
will be taken off public streets
again on Wednesday in Mat-
suyama City, which is located
in Ehime prefecture.
Local officials have also
asked it be taken off public
roads on May 1-2 in Japan’s
southern island of Okinawa. It
will be held there “in restricted
areas without spectators,” or-
ganizers said in a statement.
Organizers said the relay on
the smaller islands of Ishigaki,
Miyakojima and Zamami will
go on as scheduled.
Q: Is Bach headed back to
Japan?
A: Local news reports say he
will be in Hiroshima to meet
the torch relay on May 17 or
18. He is expected to place
flowers at the Peace Memorial
Park in memory of the victims
of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic
bombing of the city. The
A-Bomb Dome could also be a
backdrop for Bach.
He is also expected to meet
in Tokyo with Japanese gov-
ernment and Olympic officials.