Should a Kent State Golden Flashes baseball player need any more reason, though, to apply all of his attention and concentration to the next pitch, he might want to remember this funny and unintended gaffe by the company that makes College World Series T-shirts for the NCAA.
The NCAA is selling T-shirts recognizing all of the teams that will play in the College World Series which begins this weekend in Omaha, Neb. Kent (46-18), making its first-ever World Series appearance, will begin tournament play Saturday against Arkansas (44-20).
Charles Apple writes for copydesk.org about the blunder. He refers to a photo, carried on the copydesk.org website, of the T-shirt backs, and writes:
Rhett Umphress, on his Twitter account, has tracked the NCAA's diss of the Golden Flashes.Check out the second one from the bottom: “Kentucky St.” In fact, that should be Kent State. The Golden Flashes are from Kent, Ohio, a few miles southeast of Cleveland.Kentucky State — home of the the green and gold “Thorobreds” — is in Frankfort, Ky. And, no: They are not playing in the College World Series.
Thanks to Rhett Umphress of ESPN The Magazine for tweeting this one today.
The mistake was quickly corrected, and KSU sources today told The Plain Dealer's Elton Alexander that the error was caught in the mock-up stage and no T-shirts with the wrong name were printed.
Nonetheless, the Golden Flashes have even more incentive to make Ohio proud.
Updated 5:04 p.m. EDT to reflect that error was made by T-shirt company and was caught before any shirts were printed.
Source: www.cleveland.com
Inquest into ex-Kent police chief David Ainsworth - Kent Online
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A high-ranking former Kent police chief at the centre
of an investigation into allegations he sexually harassed female
colleagues took his own life, a coroner has ruled.
David Ainsworth, who rose to the rank of assistant chief constable at Kent after 22 years in the force, had relocated to Wiltshire at the time of the investigation.
He was facing up to 24 allegations from women across the two forces.
The then Deputy Chief Constable with Wiltshire police was found hanged while under investigation for making sexist remarks to female colleagues.
Brian Moore, the former chief constable of Wiltshire Police, said the force had offered support to David Ainsworth in the weeks before his death.
The inquest heard Mr Ainsworth felt the force was "gunning for him" and feared he would "lose everything" as a result of the investigations.
But his former boss Mr Moore - now head of the troubled UK Border Force - said Mr Ainsworth's welfare was taken seriously.
Trowbridge Coroner's Court in Wiltshire was told investigations into alleged sexist behaviour covered DCC Ainsworth’s two years with Wiltshire Police AND his 22 years at Kent.
The high-flying officer - who earned £110,00 a year and was nicknamed ‘The Brain’ due to his intelligence - was accused of telling one female ‘nice buttons’, while looking at her top, in one of the claims.
Coroner David Ridley heard the allegations relating to Mr Ainsworth's time in Kent surrounded two text messages - but the court was not told the exact nature of the claims.
But the inquest was told yesterday Mr Ainsworth had been researching suicide methods on the internet up to one month before he died.
The information was revealed through examinations of the officer's personal computer.
They included viewing websites on hanging and started on February 25 - shortly after he received statements of those making allegations against him.
The last search was made on March 21 - one day before he died.
DCC Ainsworth’s partner Joanna Howes previously told the inquest how she found her boyfriend hanging in the garage of their cottage on March 22.
Mr Ainsworth, 49, was removed from regular duties last September as South Wales Police conducted an external inquiry. He joined Kent Police in 1986, before leaving to work in Wiltshire.
While in Kent, he took on a number of roles, including head of the force inspectorate, area commander at north Kent and head of the force communications centre.
David Ridley, coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, recorded a verdict Mr Ainsworth had taken his own life.
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