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Fascists Sponsoring Marathons Now, Apparently

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:15:00 EDT

By the time you wake up tomorrow, you might be the winner of Milwaukee's Lakefront Marathon. Because every time they declare a victor, they turn around and get disqualified.

Cassie Peller won the race on Sunday, but was DQ'ed shortly after for accepting a water bottle outside the designated water stations. (Dehydration is secondary to following the rules.)

That made Jennifer Goebel the winner, until photos surfaced online of her listening to an iPod while running. That is, like everything else, against race rules. After a hissy fit on this bulletin board, she was disqualified yesterday.

The crown and the $500 top prize then fell to Corina Canitz, who promptly donated the money to charity, wary of the Lakefront Marathon curse. So as of now, the fastest woman in Wisconsin is a 42-year-old mother of four. Until she's disqualified for, I don't know, breast feeding or something.

Second Lakefront Marathon Winner Disqualified For iPod Use [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

"No Sign Of Any Spirits" In This Milwaukee Hotel

Ben Cohen — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 EDT

"A player for the Dodgers has been known to sleep with a baseball bat for protection after hearing odd noises. And two pairs of Florida Marlins players reportedly demand to share a room... because they're afraid of ghosts." Sure, blame your losses to the Brewers on a haunted hotel. [WISN]

Announcing The Next Book Tour Stop: Milwaukee!

Leitch — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:10:40 EDT

Remember how we said that even though the first leg of the book tour was over, we'd be adding occasional dates throughout the summer? Well, we're announcing the first one: We're heading to Milwaukee! Thursday, May 8!

We look forward to being welcome to the city by new Bucks general manager William Simmons. And if you don't think our appearance has anything to do with the fact that the Cardinals are in town that weekend, well, come on, obviously it is.

Here are the details.

Thursday, May 08, 2008
07:00 PM
HARRY W. SCHWARTZ BOOKSHOP
17145 W. Bluemound Road Brookfield, WI 53005

That's a pretty cool bookstore, too.

So hello, Milwaukee! And stay tuned, Cleveland, Atlanta and "somewhere in Texas!"

God Save The Fan Info [HarperCollins]
God Save The Fan Tour [Deadspin]