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Auto RAcing SATURDAY 3:30 p.m. SBT2 NASCAR Cup Series Pocono Or- ganics 325. From Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (N) Boxing TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN Andrew Moloney vs. Joshua Fran- co. (N Same-day Tape) THURSDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN Top Rank Main Card: Moloney vs. Nagrete. Jason Moloney meets Oscar Negrete in a bantamweight bout from MGM Grand in Las Vegas. (N) SATURDAY 11:00 p.m. ESPN Miguel Berchelt vs. TBD. Main Card, TV Azteca Studios, Mexico City, Mexico. EquEstRiAn SATURDAY 5:00 p.m. WNDU 0 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. (N) golf THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. GOLF Travel- ers Championship, First Round. (N) 6:00 p.m. GOLF Utah Championship, First Round. (N) FRIDAY 3:00 p.m. GOLF Travelers Championship, Second Round. (N) 6:00 p.m. GOLF Utah Championship, Second Round. (N) SATURDAY 1:00 p.m. GOLF Travel- ers Championship, Third Round. (N) 3:00 p.m. WSBT 6 Trav- elers Championship, Third Round. (N) 6:00 p.m. GOLF Utah Championship, Third Round. (N) SUNDAY 1:00 p.m. GOLF Travel- ers Championship, Final Round. (N) 3:00 p.m. WSBT 6 Trav- elers Championship, Final Round. (N) 6:00 p.m. GOLF Utah Championship, Final Round. (N) MARtiAl ARts SATURDAY 5:00 p.m. ESPN UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker - Prelims Jennifer Maia vs. Viviane Araujo, wom- en's flyweights. From UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (N) 8:00 p.m. ESPN UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker - Prelims Jennifer Maia vs. Viviane Araujo, wom- en's flyweights. From UFC Apex in Las Vegas. (N) outdooRs SATURDAY 10:00 a.m. ESPN2 Fishing Bassmaster Texasfest. (N) RugBy SATURDAY 11:30 p.m. ESPN2 Super Rugby Crusaders vs Chiefs. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch, Canter- bury, New Zealand. (N) soccER MONDAY 3:00 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Manches- ter City FC vs Burnley. Manchester City welcomes Burnley to Etihad Stadium in matchround 30 of the Premier League. (N) TUESDAY 1:00 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Leicester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion. From King Power Stadium in Leices- ter, East Midlands, En- gland. (N) 3:15 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Totten- ham vs West Ham. Totten- ham Hotspur hosts West Ham United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Pre- mier League matchround 31. The away team has won six of the last seven competitive fixtures be- tween these clubs, includ- ing Spurs' 3-2 PL victory at London Stadium this season. (N) WEDNESDAY 1:00 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Manches- ter United FC vs Sheffield Palace. Liverpool plays Crystal Palace at Anfield in matchround 31 of the Premier League. The Reds are unbeaten in 55 Premier League home fixtures, since a 2-1 defeat against the Eagles on April 23, 2017. Christian Benteke scored both goals for the visitors. (N) THURSDAY 1:00 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer South- ampton vs Arsenal FC. From St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, Hamp- shire, England. (N) 3:15 p.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Chelsea FC vs Manchester City FC. From Stamford Bridge in London. (N) SATURDAY 12:30 p.m. WSBT 6 NWSL Soccer Teams TBA. (N) United. From Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Man- chester, England. (N) 3:15 p.m. NBCSN Pre- mier League Soccer Liverpool FC vs Crystal SUNDAY 11:30 a.m. NBCSN Premier League Soccer Watford vs Southampton. (N) Page 2 June 22 - 28, 2020 crossword solution sudoku solution Delroy Lindo on his titanic performance in 'Da 5 Bloods' NEW YORK (AP) I n the jungle of Spike Lee's sprawling and anguished "Da 5 Bloods," Delroy Lindo's titanic per- formance as a Vietnam vet- eran rises to a ferocious, even Shakespearean pin- nacle. Lee's film, now streaming on Netflix, follows four Afri- can American veterans who decades later return to Vietnam to find the remains of their fallen squad leader (Chadwick Boseman) and lost gold. Lindo plays Paul, the most tragic figure of the bunch, a soldier haunted by PTSD. Mangled by disap- pointment, xenophobia and rage, he has turned into a supporter of Donald Trump and wears a "Make Ameri- can Great Again" hat. In Lindo's intense perfor- mance, "Da 5 Bloods" turns almost mythic in its decon- struction of African Ameri- can history in U.S. combat and in war films. For the 67-year-old Lindo, it's a mountain-peak perfor- mance in a career, first established on the stage, that began with a trio of films with Lee (1992's "Mal- colm X," 1994's "Crooklyn" and 1995's "Clockers"). Lindo's gravity has long been felt in roles large and small, from "Get Shorty" to "Heist," but "Da 5 Bloods" gives Lindo one of his full- est showcases. If there's Oscar buzz this year, he'll have it. "I am deeply proud of this work," Lindo said in a recent phone interview from the Bay Area home he shares with his wife and 18-year-old son. Lindo built his perfor- mance on research, meet- ing with two cousins who served and a number of Vietnam vets. He reread the oral history of African Americans in the Vietnam War, "Bloods," and watched the 1974 documentary "Hearts and Minds." And he attempted to funnel centu- ries of pain for black Ameri- can soldiers into a colossal, larger-than-life character. Lindo felt the role closely enough that, in an inter- By JAKE COyLE AP FiLm WritEr CONtiNUED ON PAGE 16

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