[r9etb]

Ryan Borghoff, portraying the bratwurst, said Simon "just hit the costume and she fell over."

"These things are so top-heavy that it doesn't take much," he said.

With the Italian sausage and hot dog down and out, Borghoff went on to win the race.

"Somebody had to, I guess," he said.

Sports writers live for the day they can write something like this. "Portraying the bratwurst." LOL!!! It just doesn't get any better than that.

[Akira]

Sports writers live for the day they can write something like this. "Portraying the bratwurst." LOL!!! It just doesn't get any better than that.

Agreed!!! I never thought I'd read the following line in a true news story, but there it was on espn.com:

"As they jogged by, Simon swatted the Italian sausage, who went down in a heap. The giant hot dog stumbled over the sausage and also tumbled to the ground."