A few odds and ends of Bleus News:
First, the French blogosphere is cracklin’ with rumors on who, oh, who, might have said those anoymous nasty things about Thierry Henry. Nothing verified yet, but chances are it wasn’t Patrick Vieira, Lilian Thuram, or Gregory Coupet, all of whom have spoken out in Titi’s defense. [...]

I just love bestowing holiday gifts on my loved ones. (And Materazzi.) So guys, here you go!
For All the Anonymous Trashers of Thierry Henry: Lumps of Coal! All of you! Because how lame and boring is it to blog about anonymous comments? (Oh, wait. It’s actually [...]

I know you’ve been thinking: “So! Laurie! What’s up with former Bleus goalkeeper Barthez these days!” Well, gosh, it’s funny you should ask. Because he’s, y’know, retired. Except… Well, maybe not!
Rumor is that my second-favorite** former Bleu is chatting with Nantes about a post-New-Year’s return to the game. [...]

Okay, three things I want to see in the Vikash Dhorasoo film, “The Substitute”:
1. Zidane’s Headbutt
2. Titi’s melon énorme
3. Domenech’s tarot cards.
4. Zidane’s Headbutt
Oh, wait, that’s four. But I think Zidane always merits a double mention.
So are any of these things actually in the movie, filmed by perennial [...]

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My goal is to not write anything about a certain French Arsenal striker with the initials T.H. for at least several days. But that will have to start tomorrow, because this is about transfer rumors, and Thierry Henry is apparently on the block. Not a huge surprise. Arsenal isn’t doing so hot [...]

I have to admit, I grew up yelling, “Third base is the fence post, home plate is the tree root” and trying unsuccessfully to make Barbie ride horses, so I kind of missed that whole fashion-and-accessories thing. So maybe somebody else can explain to me what, exactly, a “Fashion Ambassador” does? I’m trying [...]

Martha and Bob have covered the details, so I’ll just say: C’mon, guys. Suck it up and work through your post-World-Cup grief the way I did:
With lots of French wine and a couple hundred Zidane YouTube videos.
Here. Let me help the process along.

One of Henry’s France teammates finally came to his defense on Thursday, refuting those egotism charges. France Team Captain and longtime Henry pal Patrick Vieira said in l’Equipe*, “This general suspicion is unbearable, because it rests on anonymous remarks, impossible to prove… If [what the teammates said about Henry] had been the case, I [...]

Now’s the time when we each get to say, “My Team of 2006 can totally kick your Team of 2006’s butt.” Except when they have the same players, in which case my Thierry Henry will battle your Thierry Henry to a hard-fought draw.
I went in not planning to vote French, but in [...]