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Here's Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl (which mostly sucked this year, thanks to a Disney tie-in and no beagles) compressed to about a minute. No, there aren't any halftime show highlights featuring kittens. The real Super Bowl halftime will feature plenty of that. [Video from Animal Planet. Music is this.] More »
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Via Fox 2 St. Louis, we now have the most endearing story of 2012. David Backes is a good hockey player. They don't have to do good work to stand out. But Backes is the captain of the St. Louis Blues—they're good too, mind you, with the second-highest point total in the Western Conference—and he has 16 goals and 21 assists on the season, and, nonetheless, he's saving puppies: More »
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As if you weren't already paying too much to see Justin Turner mash on Dillon Gee's behalf, a recent internet groundswell sheds light on another gross perversion inherent in the Citi Field experience. A dog, Coffee, sits outside the stadium, ostensibly for your amusement, in sunglasses or a Groucho Marx disguise, with a WRIGHT 5 jersey on its back and a pipe in its mouth. There's a plastic jug for donations at its feet. More »
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Today in animal cruelty and terrible affronts to school pride: someone allegedly poisoned four Tamaskan dogs with familial ties to the N.C. State mascot, Tuffy, in Elizabeth City, N.C. From the News & Observer: More »
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Actually, the dog looks mostly scared and confused by all loud, insane people screaming at him, but still ... CUTE PUPPY! [YouTube, via Brooks] More »
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If you're like me, you're eschewing a Super Bowl party this year and inviting all neighborhood pets over to watch Puppy Bowl V, which should have the same amount of peeing on the carpet anyway. More »
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Want your fill of barking, chewing and indiscriminate pooping that doesn't involve a night out with Najeh Davenport? Then gather your Scooby Snacks and settle in for Puppy Bowl IV; the only part of Super Bowl Week that lives up to the hype. The starting lineups were announced this morning, and once again it looks like anyone's ballgame. More »
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