Sorry to hear about your dog, Warb. :(
Bingowings: I completely agree with you. You know what's even worse? The fact that sports radio even exists.
This past autumn was awful for me, because I'm a student at the University of Alabama, and I live about two blocks away from the football stadium (aka American football, aka hand-egg). Which means I had to put up with this for four months:
Stephen Fry in America: Alabama (skip to 5:04)