I just read the good news that striker Djibril Cissé is back in training for Marseille (on loan from Liverpool and merrily dissing the Liverpudlians [yes, it's a real word -- look it up] to keep from getting sent back.) Can a return to Les Bleus be far behind? Let’s hope [...]

When you are the new France World Cup Team Blogger, there are names you like to see pop up on your computer screen. One of those is Grégory Coupet. Because when that happens, you know you have blog post fodder.
Talented? Check.
Photogenic? Check.
Capable of interesting behavior?
Hat trick.
So what’s up [...]

For my first second act as World Cup Blog blogger for Les Bleus, the National Team of France, I would like to officially appoint myself their Unofficial American Team Mom. I think I can do this, because as far as I know the position is unfilled. And if it is filled… [...]

World Cup 2006 is over. Finished. Done. So this will be my only post about the events of last July. But I was reading through old World Cup Blog posts and this Zidane quote was just too juicy to pass up:
“…there is nothing special happening around me concerning this being my [...]