USF has a 9-20 record overall, and that's pretty much another argument for why this program, no matter who coaches it, including Stan Heath, has no business running around the Big East. Things are never going get better. ...more

March 4, 2009

An old Sussex spaniel taught dogdom a new trick. At 10, Stump became the oldest best in show winner ever at the Westminster Kennel Club, coming out of retirement only last week and walking off with the top prize Tuesday night. ...more

February 11, 2009

Stump, who came out of retirement only last week, is the oldest winner ever at the Westminster Kennel Club show. ...more

February 10, 2009

There's another Super Bowl on TV this week. It's the one for dogs and dog lovers. ...more

February 9, 2009

The NFL had its big show. Now it's time for the Super Bowl of dog shows, and two Spring Hill dogs will compete with the help of two local handlers. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City is the Super Bowl for the K-9 set, but Tampa Bay area residents have a show worth boasting about too - one that draws people from all over the world to the rolling countryside of Hernando County every winter. ...more

January 15, 2009

Pundits in India have a saying: "Those who do good in this life will come back in the next one as a dog in America." They might be on to something. As The New York Times reported this month, the $8 billion estate of the late hotel magnate Leona Helmsley is literally going "to the dogs." ...more

July 20, 2008

Now that Uno, the 15-inch beagle, has captured the crown, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, and now that more than 2,600 other canine competitors have been leashed and crated and hauled home to familiar kennels and sofas, it seems fitting to consider an overlooked aspect of this crowd-pleasing sport: the strange collision of fashion and dog shows. ...more

February 17, 2008

Score one for the regal beagle. Uno, the first beagle to win Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club, has vaulted the breed of Underdog and Snoopy to the highest echelon of doggie stardom. ...more

February 14, 2008

Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. ...more

February 13, 2008