At the races, Part 11

Sister Kathy won her race at Bowling Green tonight. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2028587&target=893187

Theonlycardyouneed was 8th at Wapakoneta last night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2028656&target=889427

At the races, Part 10

Sister Kathy races Wednesday night at the Wood County Fair. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=820401&target=893187

At the races, Part 9

Sister Kathy was 3rd last night at Raceway Park, details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2026265&target=893187

Rights and Responsibilities

I found two great articles from Greg Lalas of CNN/Sports Illutrated:

The American Soccer Fan's Bill of Rights:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/greg_lalas/07/07/bill.rights/index.html

And, since you can't have rights without responsibilities:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/greg_lalas/07/21/us.fans/index.html

GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!

The tentative schedule for the Napoleon LadyCats' 2008 season:

8/18 vs. Defiance
8/23 @ Maumee
8/26 vs. Archbold
8/30 @ Delta
9/2 @ Lima Sr.
9/6 vs. Marion Harding
9/9 vs. Continental
9/13 vs. Sandusky
9/16 @ Findlay
9/20 vs. Wauseon
9/23 vs. Fremont Ross
9/27 @ Bowling Green
9/30 @ Toledo Start
10/4 @ Whitmer
10/7 @ Bryan
10/11 vs. Rossford

Hertha Berlin - Liverpool 0:0

Marko Pantelic (left) fights off a Liverpool defender

Hertha Berlin played Liverpool to a 0-0 draw in an exhibition match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Hertha goalie Christian Fiedler stopped a Dimitry Voronin penalty kick in the 59th minute to preserve the 0-0 tie.

God's Gift to Coffee Drinkers

The French press - where has this been all my life? I bought mine at Starbucks - and I'm using coffee (the Wildcat's Roar blend) from the Country Gourmet in Napoleon.

At the races, Part 8

Sister Kathy will be racing Thursday night at Raceway Park. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=818647&target=893187

On a sadder note, Maumee Lane has been retired. The poor guy just had too many aches and pains to keep racing. He will be placed with the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption service :

http://www.horseadoption.com/

Brondby, Hamburg, Hertha show off new threads

Brondby's new home jersey
Hamburg SV's new away jersey
Hertha Berlin away
Hertha Berlin home jersey

Brondby (of Denmark), Hamburg SV, and Hertha Berlin unveiled their jerseys for the upcoming season. Sponsors for Hamburg and Berlin, Emirates Airlines and Deutsche Bahn, respectively, are unchanged for 2008/09. Brondby announced a partnership with UNICEF.

Hertha whip Otaci 8-1

Hertha Berlin opened Intertoto Cup play with an 8-1 victory over Nistru Otaci of Moldova. Lukasz Piszczek led the scoring parade with 3 goals and an assist. Marko Pantelic added two goals and an assist.

At the races, Part 7

Sister Kathy was third last night at Oak Harbor. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2022729&target=893187

Theonlycardyouneed was 6th. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2022731&target=889427

Sadly, none of the fair's concessionaires offered Deep-fried Pop Tarts.

Win Photo from Ottawa

Here's Sister Kathy's win picture from the Putnam County Fair in Ottawa.

At the races, part 6

Maumee Lane was 7th last night at Hoosier Park. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2021219&target=873998

Sister Kathy and Theonlycardyouneed race Monday at the Ottawa County Fair in Oak Harbor:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=816393&target=893187

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=816395&target=889427

Photos from the weekend:

From the Cleveland City v. Western Mass soccer match on July 4 at Cleveland State...Cleveland (in green) easily defeated the thugs from Western Mass. (in red) 3-1. Western Mass leads the United Soccer Leagues in yellow and red cards received.

Who ate all the pies? 22! 22!

Crocodinho does the "lawnmower dance"

At the races, Part 5

Sister Kathy was 4th at the Madison County Fair on Sunday. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2019868&target=893187

Theonlycardyouneed was 6th. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2019829&target=889427

Derby Day, German Style - Kamsin wins!

Kamsin (right) runs through the rain, defeating Ostland by three lengths, to win the 139th BMW Deutsches Derby in Hamburg on Sunday. (Photo - Racingpost.co.uk)

Der Weg zum Deutsches Derby, Teil 7 - The field is set

The field for the 139th BMW Deutsches Derby, with jockeys and post positions:

1 Liang Kay T.Hellier 2
2 Top Lock M.Dwyer 14
3 Walzertraum L.Dettori 6
4 King of Rome J.Murtagh 10
5 Il Divo E.Pedroza 13
6 Akiem A.Suborics 12
7 Kamsin A.Starke 5
8 Soum J.Victoire 4
9 Solapur T.Mundry 7
10 Lancetto A.Helfenbein 3
11 Satier K.McEvoy 16
12 Ostland A.de Vries 8
13 Narcisco J.Palik 17
14 Agapanthus F.Johansson 1
15 Adelar D.Boeuf 9
16 Santero J.Lermyte 15
17 Secundus J.-P.Carvalho 11