Nicolas Anelka

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Some of you may recall that, about a week ago, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced that it could move to all-electronic tolling within about five years' time. Unremarked at the time was how the switch......

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Wednesday night ended, and Thursday morning begins, with something approximating a budget deal in place. And that seems as good a way as any to start off the countdown of The Top Five Things You......

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We hope you had your jingle bells sufficiently rocked and your halls suitably decked during this weekend's annual Pennsylvania Society bacchanal in New York City. Because it's back to school and down to work on......

World Cup 2010: FRANCE FIFA ranking: 8 Overall World Cup record: 25-16-10 Coach: Raymond Domenech Best performance: Winner 1998 Overview: Having been steered into the World Cup by the hand of Thierry Henry, a foul that went uncalled in a qualifying...

Last week it was defender William Gallas overturning his dune buggy during a race with teammates in the French Alps. On Tuesday it was striker Nicolas Anelka coming a cropper on his mountain bike as he and the rest of......

Fans have certainly traveled farther to reach the World Cup than did Mario Sabah and his sons Ismael and Matias. But they'd be hard-pressed to match the Sabahs for adventure. The family sent off from Montevideo, Uruguay, in February 2007......

Mexico Coach Javier Aguirre made one change to his lineup for Thursday's crucial game with France, replacing playmaking defender Paul Aguilar with the more defense-minded Hector Moreno, who will primarily be charged with marking French star forward...

A lot has been made about the France/Uruguay match being boring.  A large reason for the perception of a boring match is Uruguay's defensive style of play.  La Celeste knew France was the better side and would have to focus on surviving with a draw...

The meltdown of France continues apace. On Saturday, Les Bleus tossed forward Nicolas Anelka off their team after he and Coach Raymond Domenech had gotten into a spat at halftime of France's 2-0 loss to Mexico in Polokwane earlier in......

The mutiny is complete. The French World Cup team, in total disarray before the tournament even started, is now refusing to practice. Winless and goalless heading into Tuesday's final group-play game, the French players did not take the field Sunday,........

The soap opera swirling around the French World Cup team took another bizarre turn -- if that's even possible -- when Coach Raymond Domenech appeared alone at a news conference Monday to say some of his players may not want......

When the French team sent petulant striker Nicolas Anelka back to France over the weekend after his profane rant against Coach Raymond Domenech, he joined a list of shamed participants who have been sent home from the World Cup over......