In response to the annual Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet the Hallmark Channel created a KItten Bowl. It is like the NFL's conference championship games and Super Bowl:   kittens from four animal shelters compete for the right to play in a championship game. If you are a cat lover, it is a must-see next year. The "cathletes" are adorable and, if it is possible, too cute.

 

Some kitten names were Tomcat Brady, Terry Bradclaw, Dan Furrino, Manti Meow, Troy Pawlamalu, Calico Purress, MeowShawn Lynch, Brett Furrve, Dandy Dalton, Tim Teepaw, Ferrell Owens, and Crawling Catpurrnick. Another one was Crazy Legs. Unfortunately they forgot to name one of them Paw Pawslauszny.

 

Of course, the cuteness did not end there. Penalties included biting and "illegal use of paws." Touchdowns were scored by putting a toy in the end zone. PATs followed a few seconds later when kittens jumped onto or over the crossbar. A miss was hitting the bottom of it. Field goals were scored that way too. And as you would expect, toys included miniature footballs. I was surprised the referee never called "pawsonal fouls" because they seemed to think of everything else, including "catcussion" and "a no-cuddle offense." (Of course they also mentioned the wildcat offense and tailgating.) When the announcer reported statistics for a few players two of them were 4 cuddles and 2 cute. When one kitten rolled around in catnip, the announcer said, "That is a violation of the league's substance abuse policy." It was three hours of cuteness.

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