Scheisse!

Sadly, Germany lost 1-0 to Spain in the European Championship Final on Sunday (photos from Kicker.de)

At the Races, Part 4

Sister Kathy won her race at the Putnam County Fair Friday afternoon. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2016498&target=893187

AND....Maumee Lane won at Hoosier Park on Sunday evening. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2017444&target=873998

At the Races, part 3

Sister Kathy races Thursday night at the Putnam County Fair in Ottawa. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=811538&target=893187

Der Weg zum Deutsches Derby, Teil 6

Liang Kay (above), winner of the Oppenheim-Union-Rennen at Cologne on June 15, has been installed as the favorite for the BMW Deutsches Derby on July 6. (photo:galopponline.de)

Behold the Deep-Fried Pop Tart!

Ahhhh...the county fair, where the ingenuity of food vendors knows no bounds. Witness above, the deep-fried Pop Tart, quite tasty with a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.

At the Races, part 2

Sister Kathy was second at Paulding last night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2013789&target=893187

At the Races, part 1

Sister Kathy will race at the Paulding fair tomorrow night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=809754&target=893187

Now on sale....

The United States Trotting Association has dipped into its extensive photographic archives to produce "100 Years in Harness", now available for $27.95 through http://shop.ustrotting.com/ .

Particularly notable is the cover photo, taken at the Henry County Fairgrounds in Napoleon in 1947.

Der Weg zum Deutsches Derby, Teil 5

Walzertraum (above), owned by Gestut Schlenderhahn, likely punched his ticket to the BMW Deutsches Derby, winning the Group 3 German Tote Bavarian Classic in Munich on Sunday, defeating pre-race favorite Kamsin. (photo: galopponline.de)

The final prep race is the Oppenheim-Union-Rennen at Cologne on Sunday.

HEY HEY HOCKEYTOWN!!!!!!

The Detroit Red Wings are your 2008 Stanley Cup champions!

(photo: Detroit Free Press)

We are the champions....

Holstein Kiel are champions of the German Oberliga Nord by 4 points over Altona 93.

(photo: Holstein-Kiel.de)

What, you thought this would be about the Red Wings?

Stanley Cup Suit-Off

Vote for your favorite hockey analyst's suits in ESPN.com's Stanley Cup Suit-off featuring ESPN's Barry Melrose and CBC's Don Cherry:


http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=3504
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=3501
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=3500

For what it's worth....I was warned that I would be deported from Germany if I had purchased a suit from Don Cherry's tailor to wear to Paul & Katrin's wedding.