Barreling down South Main Street in downtown Washington, the sheep competing in the final heat of Saturday’s “Running of the Wools” were anything but, well, sheepish. It was a "shear" nail-biter at the finish line, but there could only be one leader of the pack, and this year the title ...

They’re baaaaaaack. On the same weekend that nation’s premier racehorses will be circling the track at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, some not-so-sheepish sheep will be tearing down Washington’s Main Street Saturday for the annual Running of the Wools, which celebrates the ...