Shohei Ohtani, the sport’s largest star, can be taking part in baseball in Anaheim as soon as once more. This time with the Angels’ crosstown rivals. 

When fanbases see MVPs depart their crew in free company, more often than not these gamers are nonetheless acquired warmly as soon as they return. Often there’s a video tribute on the jumbotron adopted by standing ovation from the group. 

A small share of the time, the MVP will signal with a crew that their former fanbase loathes. That is a kind of occasions. 

The Angels followers who’ve attended Angel Stadium this 12 months haven’t had a lot to root for. The Angels’ 29 dwelling wins this season are third to final in baseball, following the White Sox’s 18 and Marlins’ 25. It stands to cause {that a} sure contingency of Angels followers will arrive this weekend at Angels Stadium not searching for a win from the house crew, however seeking to boo the famous person who signed with their largest rival. 

On Opening Night time this season, there have been smattering of boos when Ohtani was proven within the pregame “Calling All Angels” video. Within the annual Dodgers-Angels Spring Coaching exhibition sequence, there have been some lower than heat sentiments thrown in direction of Ohtani as effectively.

Is that booing all for Ohtani, the baseball participant? Undoubtedly not. The boos are extra consultant of their frustration with all that got here earlier than his $700 million cope with the Dodgers. 

The frustration largely lies with Arte Moreno not keen to spend the cash to lock up Ohtani, the participant who offered possession with an obscene sum of money in ticket gross sales, merchandising offers, sponsorships, and commercials. 

The boos can be partly as a result of the Angels misplaced Ohtani with out receiving any prospects again, serving to revamp their farm system and propel them into the subsequent period of the franchise. Clearly, there have been discussions on buying and selling Ohtani whereas he was nonetheless an Angel, as many groups have been keen to half with their prime prospects to be able to retain the star’s providers and attempt to work out a long-term contract. There have been many rumors that the Angels would have acquired groups’ #1-5 prospects, at minimal, in years previous in a hypothetical Ohtani commerce. 

On the sphere, if Ohtani inches nearer to a possible 50-50 season, there can be way more frustration from the fanbase. Ohtani is the odds-on favourite for Nationwide League MVP at this cut-off date, seeking to be part of Frank Robinson as an MVP in each the AL and NL. A 50-50 and MVP season, in a season the place he was not favored to win MVP as a result of he’s a full-time DH and never even pitching, would offer the followers with a sure stage of resentment. 

Shohei Ohtani is likely one of the finest Angels of all time, definitely probably the most distinctive. A modern-day Babe Ruth coming and going out of your crew is lower than preferrred. SHOULD Ohtani be booed? Undoubtedly not. Ohtani helped choose the crew up whereas Mike Trout’s bodily decline started, and saved the franchise greater than related in doing so. You’ll be able to’t actually blame the followers who do, although.

A Ugandan athlete residing in Kenya was attacked and set on fireplace by her boyfriend and is receiving therapy for burns on 75% of her physique, police mentioned.

Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who completed on the forty fourth place within the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her home within the western Trans Nzoia County. She was in important situation as of Tuesday, the BBC reported.

Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom mentioned Monday that Cheptegei’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, purchased a jerrican of petrol, poured it on her and set her ablaze throughout an argument Sunday.

“Her situation seems to be critical with facial burns and bandages,” a MTRH workers member informed AFP, requesting anonymity as they weren’t approved to talk to the media.

The police report didn’t point out if Cheptegei’s youngsters had been harm within the assault.

Ndiema additionally sustained burn wounds, and the 2 are receiving specialised therapy on the Moi Instructing and Referral Hospital in Eldoret metropolis.

Cheptegei’s mother and father mentioned their daughter purchased land in Trans Nzoia to be close to the county’s many athletic coaching facilities.

A report filed by the native chief states that the couple was heard preventing over the land the place the home was constructed earlier than the fireplace began.

The Ugandan Athletics Federation expressed its remorse over the incident, saying Cheptegei had “suffered extreme accidents.”

“This follows an incident involving her Kenyan boyfriend pouring petrol and setting fireplace on her,” it mentioned in an announcement on social media.

Disturbing pattern of gender-based violence

The assault marked the most recent horrific incident of gender-based violence within the East African nation.

A report by the Kenyan Bureau of Nationwide Statistics printed in January 2023 discovered that 34 % of girls in Kenya have skilled bodily violence for the reason that age of 15.

It mentioned ladies who had “been married are more likely to have skilled violence”, noting that 41 % of such ladies reported incidents in comparison with 20 % of single ladies.

The assault on Cheptegei comes two years after Kenyan-born athlete Damaris Mutua was discovered lifeless in Iten, a world-famous operating hub within the Rift Valley within the west of the nation.

Her loss of life adopted the homicide of record-breaking runner Agnes Tirop, 25, who was discovered stabbed to loss of life at her residence in Iten in 2021.

Tirop’s estranged husband Emmanuel Ibrahim Rotich went on trial over her homicide in 2023. He has denied the fees. His trial is ongoing.

AFP contributed to this report.

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei is in a essential situation in a Kenyan hospital, after allegedly being doused with petrol and set on fireplace by a former boyfriend.

The 33-year-old marathon runner, who competed on the latest Paris Olympics, had suffered in depth burns, the physician treating her stated.

She was attacked at her residence in western Kenya, the place she had been coaching.

There are issues concerning the growing circumstances of violence towards feminine athletes in Kenya, a few of which have resulted in loss of life.

Ms Cheptegei is alleged to have been rescued by neighbours after the incident that occurred on Sunday at her residence within the small city of Endebess.

She was getting back from church together with her two youngsters when she was focused.

The alleged attacker additionally sustained severe burns, native police chief Jeremiah ole Kosiom instructed journalists.

“The couple had been heard quarrelling exterior their home. In the course of the altercation, the boyfriend was seen pouring a liquid on the lady earlier than burning her,” Mr Kosiom was quoted as saying.

Ms Cheptegei, from a area simply throughout the border in Uganda, is alleged to have purchased a bit of land in Trans Nzoia county and constructed a home, to be close to Kenya’s many athletic coaching centres.

A report filed by a neighborhood administrator stated the 2 had been wrangling over the piece of land. Police say an investigation is below manner.

The 2 are being handled at Moi Educating and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, the primary city within the area.

The hospital’s senior director of medical companies Dr Owen Benach instructed journalists that “a high-profile affected person” had been “totally sedated due to the extent of the burns”. He stated the hospital was well-equipped to cope with the tough scenario that each sufferers had been in.

Speaking to reporters, Ms Cheptegei’s father, Joseph Cheptegei, stated that he prayed “for justice for my daughter”.

Ms Cheptegei completed forty fourth within the marathon on the latest Paris Olympics.

She additionally received gold on the World Mountain and Path Operating Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2022.

In April 2022, one other feminine runner, Damaris Mutua, was discovered strangled in a house with a pillow over her face within the Rift Valley city of Iten.

It got here months after record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop was discovered stabbed to loss of life in the identical city.

In each circumstances, their companions have been recognized by the authorities as the primary suspects.

Ms Tirop’s husband is presently going through homicide expenses, which he denies, whereas a seek for Ms Mutua’s boyfriend continues.

Males have additionally been focused.

Final December, one other Ugandan athlete, Benjamin Kiplagat was stabbed to loss of life by assailants in Eldoret.

Extra reporting by the BBC’s Celestine Karoney.

(Winston-Salem, N.C. – September 3, 2024) – Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off of their first presidential debate on September 10.

Wake Forest College political communications knowledgeable Nate French can provide perception on why the timing of this presidential debate issues and the way it may set the stage for a successful White Home marketing campaign. 

French, who’s following North Carolina politics and the 2024 race for the White Home, is an affiliate educating professor. He can present pre-and post-debate evaluation, focus on what points will resonate properly with voters and consider how Harris and Trump carry out throughout their televised matchup.  

French seems to be at each verbal and nonverbal communication.

“This debate might be about who seemed presidential, who was capable of talk that they’re commander in chief,” mentioned French. “Did they persuade the undecided or safe their base and which candidate obtained their level throughout the perfect?” 

It’s seemingly that high points together with the economic system, immigration and reproductive rights might be a part of the dialogue.

Along with the controversy content material, French mentioned the timing of this occasion can also be essential.

“The controversy is so near the election, and it issues,” he added. “Early voting is simply across the nook in North Carolina and different states. The matchup can also be totally different this time. How does it look gender primarily based? If you happen to bear in mind, now we have seen Hillary Clinton in 2016, however we haven’t seen one other girl on the principle presidential stage. The final time we noticed Trump was within the debate with President Biden, and he carried out properly, however will we see that once more? So, there might be emphasis on how the candidates not solely reply to the moderator’s questions, however how properly they do in entrance of the hundreds of thousands of individuals watching this debate.”

French has been featured in politics-related tales and interviews by a number of information organizations together with WGHP Fox 8, Australian Broadcasting Company in Sydney, ABC Information Radio Australia and  CTV Information, a CNN affiliate primarily based in Toronto, Canada.

The presidential debate will air reside on Tuesday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m. EDT and is hosted by ABC Information.

One other essential matchup is the vice presidential debate on October 1 between Democratic candidate Tim Walz. (D) Minnesota, Harris’s choose and Republican candidate JD Vance, (R) Ohio, Trump’s choose.

In individual early voting in North Carolina takes place from Oct. 17 – Nov. 2. The final election will happen on Tuesday, November 5.

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