Revisiting my East picks ... and the Drury hit

John Buccigross isn't afraid to look back at his East predictions, but he isn't very happy about that Chris Drury hit.

2002 Retriever Trials results

Final results from the 2002 Great Outdoor Games in Lake Placid

The human factor

The bond between dog and handler supercedes the training of the retriever and the ability of the handler.

Tennessee team wins SRS

Tennessee team wins SRS, Games berth

A different kind of wind

Windy takes Games qualifier

Golden finish at SRS

Golden finish at 'brutal' La. event

N.C. team leads Retrievers

Rankin is a relative newcomer to retriever trials, but the 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever played the part of a cagey veteran in Tuesday's Retriever Trial preliminary round.

Jackson's Achilles finally golden

J. Paul Jackson finally feels vindicated. Jackson and Achilles won the gold medal Wednesday in the Retriever Trial, silencing the team's biggest critic on whether they were good enough to do it. Never mind that Jackson is his own biggest critic.

Round 1 upends Retriever field

The Games already are serving up athletes and setting others down. After the first round of the Retriever Trial, the last two years' gold medalists have barely survived, an alternate is one of the top dogs and the favorite is going home.

Tenn. retriever team wins gold

MADISON, Wis. — J. Paul Jackson didn't give his Labrador retriever its name, but he helped the canine live up to it during Wednesday's final round in the retriever trials of the ESPN Great Outdoor Games presented by Dodge.

Tenn. retriever team wins gold

MADISON, Wis. — J. Paul Jackson didn't give his Labrador retriever its name, but he helped the canine live up to it during Wednesday's final round in the retriever trials of the ESPN Great Outdoor Games presented by Dodge.

Jackson's Achilles finally golden

J. Paul Jackson finally feels vindicated. Jackson and Achilles won the gold medal Wednesday in the Retriever Trial, silencing the team's biggest critic on whether they were good enough to do it. Never mind that Jackson is his own biggest critic.

N.C. team leads Retrievers

Rankin is a relative newcomer to retriever trials, but the 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever played the part of a cagey veteran in Tuesday's Retriever Trial preliminary round.

Round 1 upends Retriever field

The Games already are serving up athletes and setting others down. After the first round of the Retriever Trial, the last two years' gold medalists have barely survived, an alternate is one of the top dogs and the favorite is going home.

Scott Greer and Liza, of Friendship, Tenn., managed a sixth-place finish Tuesday