We found out yesterday that Thierry Henry has been passed over for yet another award. This one FIFA Player of the Year, in favor of finalists Ronaldinho, Cannavaro, and, yes, Zidane. (Does anybody really think that Zidane had a better year than Henry? So why is he on the list and Henry’s [...]

Yes, this is close to two weeks late. I kept intending to post it, but then I would get distracted by unsubstantiated transfer rumors and sweet-yet-somehow-troubling pictures of Thierry Henry.
But I do want to take the opportunity to congratulate Bleus captain Patrick Vieira for receiving his 100th cap in the France-Greece game on [...]

It’s official. The Ballon d’Or goes to Italy’s Cannavaro. (Who I actually like. Even though he’s Italian. Don’t tell anybody.) Yes, he probably deserves it. But so does Thierry Henry, who polled third after Cannavaro and Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
As I see it, though, there are three bright sides [...]

To keep you up to date on where some of your favorite Bleus may (or may not) be playing after January, here are a few transfer rumors.
First, that Trezeguet-to-Lyon rumor is SO yesterday. Jean-Claude Blanc of Juventus says, “Trezeguet will not leave in January.” Can’t get much clearer than that. [...]

So it’s no big secret that Lyon’s in the market for a striker because all of theirs keep breaking. (Fred? Out. Benzema? Out. Govou? Ditto.) Rumor has it that they’re interested in one of my favorite (hopefully not former) Bleus, David Trezeguet. To the tune of 30 [...]

Well, the new FIFA rankings are out. The results (or at least the only ones I care about):
1. Brazil
2. Italy
3. Argentina
4. France
Hmm. I’m questioning their ranking criteria. Let’s think about this:
France vs. Brazil. How did that last matchup end? Oh, right. France won.
France [...]

Occasionally in my journeys ’round the internet I will find things that are sweet. Touching. And somehow just…kind of…wrong.
It brightens my day to bring these things to your attention.

It’s kind of a given that, in general, clubs hate Raymond Domenech.
The one current exception to this rule is River Plate, Argentina. They are (or should be) at this moment kissing Domenech’s boots for getting the Gonzalo Higuain hype machine going less than two months before the January transfer window.
The news reports (scroll down [...]

It seems that Marco Materazzi wants to come to France to promote his new book, “What I Really Said to Zidane.” Problem is, France has said that they are unable (and unwilling) to expend the effort and money which would be necessary to guarantee his safety.
(Aren’t this guy’s fifteen minutes up yet???)
Hey, [...]

I was thinking about writing on the race issue and Les Bleus anyway because the topic seems to come up frequently. But it’s always nice when some total idiot like French politician Georges Freche comes along and says something to make my job easy.
From AP: “Georges Freche, from the southern Languedoc-Roussillon [...]