The Play Ground

Super Bowl, Schmooper Bowl. For those of us who skipped football for the Puppy Bowl, the most important contest on the tube is the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11 & 12. For a behind the scene look at this dogworld, check out Going for the blue: inside the world of show dogs and dog shows by Roger A. Caras, famed animal-rights activist who served as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for eight years. USA Network and CNBC will be airing coverage of the dog show from Madison Square Garden. Woof.