Adding insult to injury

This just in, Maria Sharapova’s dog’s ball has been stolen.

Allegedly, cunning mini thief "Sniffles" (pictured below) is to blame. According to our sources, the trouble began when Alla Kudryavtseva shocked Wimbledon audiences by beating Sharapova. It was then that Sniffles blatantly stole (and ravenously chewed on) the winning tennis ball from the Sharapova/Kudryavtseva upset match.

Sharapova’s pup "Dolce" could not be reached for comment.

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Double fault, Jennifer L.!

35 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Comrade Tennis Ball says:

    I haz a flavur.

  2. Dexter Fishmore says:

    Mmmm…. Sharapovaaaah…

    Wait, what?? Dogs, wha? What were you saying?

  3. 260Oakley says:

    Excuse me, but I believe you are referring to “Maria Shar-Peivya.”

  4. Metz says:

    Looks like Sniffles is charging up lasers to make sure the ball isn’t stolen back.

    Let me just add, OMG EARFLOPPAGE!

  5. AuntieMame says:

    Looks like there’s more floof than dog.

  6. binky-mama says:

    I see a nose, some laser eyes, some stubbular nubbins which could be appendages, however I think this might be a Tribble rather than a puppeh.

  7. Clare2 says:

    luv those eyes…

  8. Chocolate nosicle!!!

  9. The score: Love-Love!

  10. Juniper Jupiter says:

    WAIT A MINUTE HERE!!!
    Dust bunnehs don’t bark!!

  11. Subhangi says:

    GEEEEEEP!!!

    ::snorgle::

  12. hon glad says:

    No no it was Knockabollockova who took the ball.

  13. Lizzy says:

    Um, excthuthe me, but thith dutht bunneh floof monthter sthole mah tennith bawl.

  14. Theresa says:

    Hon Glad- SNORT!

  15. Okay, so if we use the tennis ball as an indicator of scale, that means [inputs numbers, drops pencil, puts equations in the sun to ripen] this pup is *tiny*.

  16. Katrina says:

    Peg of Tilling- I love it when scientists use jargon!

    Tiny, for very small units of Tiny.

    That dog is – is that a dog?

  17. R says:

    LOL! Juniper,Juniper!

  18. chanpon says:

    To Maria: Put the camera away or the tennis ball gets it.

  19. wagthedogma says:

    Wow! Those new extra-thick Swiffers really CAN pick up anything!

  20. willis says:

    omg what kind of dog is that?! i want one!

  21. Ray says:

    lawl
    I’m going to play tennis this Friday!
    I’ll be on the watch for that pup!

  22. Katrina says:

    LOL wagthedogma.

  23. Katrina says:

    Rachel- I’ll give you a zillioooon dollars for that pup when you find it on the tennis court.

  24. Katrina says:

    I mean Ray. Sorry.

  25. Theo says:

    I mean Rachel Ray. The “terrorist”.

  26. wagthedogma says:

    Well, she is, but not because of her faux-jihad couture. ;)

    Actually, doesn’t “keffiyeh” kind of sound kind like a Dunkin Donuts menu item? “Yeah, gimme a large keffiyeh, no cream, three sugars. To go.”

  27. Theo says:

    Wag — I wouldn’t know. My membership in Snob makes Dunkin Donuts expressly verboten.

  28. AuntieMame says:

    I haven’t been to Dunkin Donuts in a thousand years, but I would have thought that your choices at DD were caf or decaf. I didn’t know they ran to the swanky stuff.

  29. Kris says:

    I go to Dunkin’ Donuts on a regular basis to get my grandmother a coffee. I believe you can get hazelnut there, and also some -ino type drinks (crappacino whatevers…)

    I worked in a 7-11 for 3 years as a teenager. I HAAAAATE the smell of coffee.

    Back to the…HEY, someone stole my floor mop!

  30. wagthedogma says:

    More like “expresso-ly verboten,” would it not be, fair Ed.? ;)

    [I am so deeply moved that words cannot espress... o never mind - Ed.]

  31. scooterpants says:

    Dolce probably could not be reached for comment because Sharapova ate him with a nice Chianti and same fava beans.
    i saw her on Ellen and she said the dog wasnt hers, even acted with distain and jealousy towards the “stupid dog” saying “the commercial was supposed to be about ME!, not about the *dang* dog”.
    Dolce and his agent are obviously much smarter than the ‘tennis champion’ .

    this lil guy is the cutest lil dust-buster though no?

  32. Katrina says:

    Oh, Scooterpants, say it isn’t so. I’m bummed, truly. I thought that lovely gallery of Dolce pictures was real and that she loved taking pictures of her fluffy friend.
    I need a pasickie and a tissue. But the truth is better than a lie, but it was so cute. Fooh-birds. I don’t like her any more.

    Yes, this is the cutest little critter. I hope he stays away from *the tennis champion*. What kind of puppy is this- does anyone know?

  33. Kris says:

    It looks like a Maltese to me.

  34. scooterpants says:

    sorry Katrina- tis true indeed, i would not tell a un-truth.
    but ! all the more for US lovers of all animals then !

  35. Todd says:

    Think it’s a West Highland White Terrier, Westie for short.