Yellow-Carded

They officially threw out the first hooligan of the 1998 World Cup Thursday when a French court handed the lout a two-month suspended sentence for his attack on police in central Paris following the soccer festival's opening ceremonies. Christopher Kyle, a Scot, dodged actual jail time and won't even be barred from attending future matches. Although, considering Scotland's tough-luck loss to Brazil in the opening match, he might be wishing the judge had thrown the book at him.

They officially threw out the first hooligan of the 1998 World Cup Thursday when a French court handed the lout a two-month suspended sentence for his attack on police in central Paris following the soccer festival's opening ceremonies. Christopher Kyle, a Scot, dodged actual jail time and won't even be barred from attending future matches. Although, considering Scotland's tough-luck loss to Brazil in the opening match, he might be wishing the judge had thrown the book at him.