The Washington Post - 16.11.2019

BY MARK MASKE

one of the ugliest on-field incidents in nFL

history Thursday night prompted one of its most

stringent penalties Friday. The league suspended

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett

indefinitely for the episode late in Thursday’s game

against the Pittsburgh steelers in which Garrett

yanked the helmet from the head of steelers

quarterback Mason Rudolph and hit him in the head

with it.

Garrett’s suspension will cover at least the

Browns’ six remaining games in the 2019 regular

season and any postseason games they might play,

the nFL said. He m ust meet with nFL Commissioner

Roger Goodell or other league representatives be-

fore a decision is made about his reinstatement.

“Last night, I made a terrible mistake,” Garrett

said in a statement released Friday by the Browns. “I

lost my cool and what I did was selfish and

unacceptable. I know that we are all responsible for

our actions and I can only prove my true character

through my actions moving forward. I want to

apologize to Mason Rudolph, my teammates, our

entire organization, our fans and to the nFL. I know

I have to be accountable for what happened, learn

from my mistake and I fully intend to do so.”

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BY AVA WALLACE

navy offensive coordinator Ivin
Jasper doesn’t usually linger to
chat after Army-navy games, es-
pecially after losses. But last year
as he left the team hotel in Phila-
delphia after t he M idshipmen’s 1 7-
10 loss to the B lack K nights, J asper
spotted the player who had been
on his mind and called out his
name.
“Hey, man, next year.. .” J asper
started.
“I’m already there,” Malcolm
Perry said.
It w as then, after t he Mids’ third
consecutive loss to their most bit-

ter rival, at the end of a 3-10 sea-

son, that the junior known as one

of the quietest and most laid-back

players on the team became its

quarterback.

Perry had played the position,

of course, having spent his career

in Annapolis toggling between it

and s lotback. But t hat night, Perry

wasn’t talking a bout playing quar-

terback as he had done it before,

more like a video game character

than anything — put the b all i n the

fast player’s h ands, press B to run.

He d idn’t j ust want to play quar-

terback, Perry told Jasper. He

wanted to lead the team.

“From that point forward, I

started the whole transition into

the mind-set of being back in at

quarterback. It was a fully I’m-on-

board type of thing,” Perry said

recently. “I was just thinking — I

felt like if I gave time and effort

towards that, I could help the

team not have to deal with that

Army thing anymore.”

Thus far, Perry’s full e mbrace of

the p osition and all its responsibil-

ities has sparked a remarkable

turnaround. navy has gone from

its w orst season since 2002 to a 7-1

record and the no. 23 spot in the

College Football Playoff rankings.

Perry ranks fifth among all major

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Perry no longer just playing QB

After spending parts of three years under center, he committed to leading Navy

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cleveland’s Myles garrett was suspended indefinitely for hitting pittsburgh’s Mason rudolph on his bare head with his own h elmet.

Athletes who read books can be

violent, too, you know. As we try to

make sense of Myles Garrett’s

harrowing display of rage Thursday

night, l et’s rip off that bit of naivete

and prejudice. Learned people can

be as vicious as anyone.

Garrett, a Cleveland Browns

defensive end, isn’t the anti-football

player because he can talk astrophysics and recite

poetry, because he aspires to be a paleontologist.

Most of the shock that he could lose his mind starts

there: How can such a soft-spoken and bright dude

swing a helmet and assault a quarterback? Why

would Garrett, of all athletes, act in such a visceral

and frightening manner?

Is football violent because violent men play it? or

does the game’s violence corrupt absolutely?

The outrage over this incident is both understood

and warranted. With his disturbing assault, Garrett

could have hurt Pittsburgh steelers quarterback

Mason Rudolph badly. even though Rudolph came

away uninjured, the incident is still the ugliest

brawl to occur recently during a major sporting

event, and it’s one of the scariest physical

confrontations in the history of athletics. so no one

should be questioning the nFL’s decision to

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Garrett suspended

Browns DE faces indefinite

ban after helmet incident

After such an odious act,

path to wisdom starts within

Jerry

Brewer

Julio cortez/associated press

Malcolm perry, who is averaging 130.3 rushing yards a game, has

spearheaded navy’s rise from 3 -10 last season to 7-1 this year.

BY SAMANTHA PELL

The Washington Capitals

knew they were living danger-

ously before the opening puck

drop against the Montreal Cana-

diens. With only 11 healthy for-

wards and seven defensemen

dressing at Capital one Arena,

the game Friday would be anoth-

er test of the team’s ability to

handle adversity.

But for once, the obstacles —

players double-shifting, defense-

man Tyler Lewington being used

briefly as a forward — proved a

bit too much to overcome.

Washington found itself down

four goals in the second period

en route to a 5-2 loss that was its

first defeat in regulation since

oct. 14, ending a 13-game point

streak.

“We made a push at the end,”

Capitals Coach Todd Reirden

said. “But we weren’t sharp. For

the most part we’ve been really

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Capitals

finally dig

too deep

of a hole

Canadiens 5,

Capitals 2

Point streak ends at 13

after shaky second period

BY CANDACE BUCKNER

MINNEAPOLIS — The wins have

not come easily for the Washing-

ton Wizards this season. They

have scored with abandon but de-

fended like a rickety swinging

gate. still, on the nights when the

Wizards have put it all together,

pouring i n points and c onsistently

getting stops, p rogress can be s een

in their rebuild.

on Friday night, the Wizards

created some more momentum

with a 137-116 w in o ver the M inne-

sota Timberwolves. While Bradley

Beal went off for 44 points and

backup center Moritz Wagner pro-

duced a career night in scoring

30 points to go along with a team-

best 15 rebounds, the Wizards im-

proved to 3-7.

Though the record does not re-

flect w here Coach scott B rooks felt

the team would be after 10 games,

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Defense is

solid, Beal

pours in 44

in victory

WiZaRds 137,

tiMBeRWOlVes 116

soccer

sergiño dest impresses in his american debut and

Gyasi zardes scores twice as u.s. routs canada, 4-1. D2

men’s college basketball

the improvement of sophomore guard aaron wiggins

gives Maryland more options on both ends of floor. D2

high schools

this time, it’s a rout: no. 5 Good counsel hammers

no. 2 Gonzaga, 44-14, in wcac football semifinal. D7

college Football satUrDaY

games to Watch

nationally

michigan state at 15 michigan

noon, Fox

4 georgia at 12 auburn

3:30 p.m., cBs

8 minnesota at 20 iowa

4 p.m., Fox

10 oklahoma at 13 baylor

7:30 p.m., aBc

locally

23 navy at 16 notre Dame

2:30 p.m., nBc

Virginia tech at georgia tech

3:30 p.m., nBcsw

Pig with a past: the story behind

the Minnesota-iowa hardware. D4

Jets at redskins
tomorrow, 1 p.m., wttG-5

over the line: the nFl is sanctioned violence. But this was too much. a1

capitals at bruins

today, 7 p.m., nBcsw

Wizards at magic

tomorrow, 6 p.m., nBcsw

BY JUSTIN JOUVENAL

AND LES CARPENTER

Washington Redskins safety
Montae nicholson placed a fran-
tic call to the family of Julia Crab-
be at 1:07 a.m. Thursday and told
Crabbe’s brother something had
gone wrong with the 21-year-old
he had been dating. The family
said nicholson told them the
young woman was overdosing.
“My son said: ‘Why are you
calling me? You need to call 911 or
take her to the hospital,’ ” said
Herman “Butch” Crabbe III, Ju-
lia’s father.
The call touched off a push to
save Julia Crabbe’s life, one that
ultimately came up short. Crabbe
was later pronounced dead at a
Loudoun County hospital, a short
distance from nicholson’s home,
and the Loudoun County sheriff’s
office is investigating the circum-
stances leading up to it. The ac-
count of that night from Crabbe’s
father is the first provided by her
family, who wonder whether
more could have been done to
save her life.
Herman Crabbe said his
daughter h ad been dating nichol-
son for about six months. on
Wednesday evening, Julia Crabbe
had been out with her brother
before she dropped her sibling off
at her father’s house, Herman
Crabbe said. Julia Crabbe drove
off in nicholson’s car, possibly
heading toward nicholson’s
home.
Mark Dycio, an attorney for
nicholson, said his client would
not be commenting but said Crab-
be and nicholson had gone out to
dinner Wednesday night with
some friends before going back to
nicholson’s home in an Ashburn
townhouse community near the
Redskins’ training facility. n ichol-
son later told J ulia Crabbe’s b roth-
er that he and some people were
playing video games on the lower
level of his house w hen Julia Crab-
be went upstairs to use a bath-
room, Herman Crabbe said. At
some point, nicholson heard a
thump, according to the account
provided to Julia Crabbe’s broth-
er.
nicholson went upstairs and
found Crabbe on the floor of the
bathroom, according to the ac-
count provided to Julia Crabbe’s
brother. The door had to be forced
open because her body was block-
ing it.
At some point, nicholson
placed the call to Julia Crabbe’s
brother.
Dycio said nicholson and an-
other man, who was not identi-
fied, transported Julia Crabbe to
the hospital after they found her
around 1:30 a.m. Dycio said they
thought it would be quicker than
waiting for an ambulance because
Inova emergency Room-Ashburn
Healthplex is close to nicholson’s
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OD death

has family

seeking

answers

Redskins’ Nicholson

silent on how events

unfolded at his home

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