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 National Dog Day: Celebrating all the ways that dogs make life better National Dog Day: Celebrating all the ways that dogs make life better  National Dog Day   is celebrated on August 26th every year in the United States. It is a day to celebrate all breeds of dogs and to recognize the irreplaceable roles they play in our lives.  It is a day to show appreciation for working dogs that protect us and provide invaluable services, such as guide dogs, therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, and police dogs. It’s also a day to raise awareness about the number of dogs that need to be rescued and adopted. Many people celebrate by spending extra time with their dogs, posting pictures on social media, or even adopting a new pet. History  National Dog Day was founded in 2004 by animal welfare advocate and pet lifestyle expert, Colleen Paige.  The date of August 26th was chosen because it’s the date that Paige’s family adopte...

  Hovland sets Olympia Fields record with 61 to win BMW Championship OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) — Viktor Hovland delivered the best round of his career at the right time, making birdie on all but two holes on the back nine Sunday for a 9-under 61 to break the course record at Olympia Fields and storm past Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick to win the BMW Championship. What looked to be a two-man race between Scheffler and Fitzpatrick turned into a one-man show by Hovland. He headed to the back nine four shots behind. In the end, Scheffler and Fitzpatrick had to hole out from the fairway to catch him. Both closed with a 66, a score that normally would be enough to win on a day like this. They had to settle for runner-up to Hovland, who won for the second time this year and never looked better doing it. Hovland only had one putt longer than 15 feet on the back nine. He closed with birdies on the 17th and 18th, the two hardest hole...

  Relevent Sports, the billionaire’s media group selling football to America Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy . Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found here . https://www.ft.com/content/18f1a34b-22e4-4ee1-b522-403eeec073a7 Encouraged by the lucrative potential of making US spectators fall in love with European football, a billionaire father and son-in-law duo are betting they can sell the world’s most popular sport stateside. Relevent Sports Group, a New York-based media company backed by real estate mogul Stephen Ross and led by chief executive Daniel Sillman, is fighting for a piece of an international gold rush involving teams, leagues, sport brands and media companies. The bid comes as the US is due to c...