Pétanque is a game that's been enjoyed for more than 100 years in France. Beginners quickly pick it up, but players get hooked as they learn the subtleties of competitive play. Here are the basic ...

Twice a month, la Boule Cadienne meets at Girard Park. The Lafayette club plays pétanque, a French game similar to bocce in which balls are bowled toward a target ball. The second and fourth Sunday of ...

There will be more than angling going on during Wheaton Park District's Fish-O-Rama Saturday, June 19, at Northside Park, 1300 N. West St., Wheaton. At the rectangle of red gravel on the park's south ...

It's not the coffee they come for, it's the dirt. Raked and manicured (though not entirely level to the ire of some), the patch of hard-packed dirt outside 1000 Faces Coffee proves a perfect playing ...

Atop Church Hill, amid one of Richmond's most historic areas, is a little slice of the old country. A rather Bohemian coed group named Les Boulefrogs have said "oui, oui" to the very French game of ...

If drinking bordeaux while eating a croque monsieur and wearing a beret isn’t French enough for you, then grab some friends for a round of petanque. The current form of petanque, best described as ...