Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
@lempika7.bsky.social
🏀📚Author #BasketballEmpire ⚽️📚#MakingOfLesBleus. Historian 🇫🇷 sports & #sportsdiplomacy, director FranceAndUS 🇺🇸🇫🇷
✒️Writer 📣Comms Consultant, I also teach #globalsports at NYU. Former HistoryAtState. Views=my own
https://linktr.ee/lkrasnoff
✒️Writer 📣Comms Consultant, I also teach #globalsports at NYU. Former HistoryAtState. Views=my own
https://linktr.ee/lkrasnoff
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A Little (Re)Introduction
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
Congrats Haiti!
The team last contested the tournament in 1974, but were maligned by biased media for matchday performances that weren't as bad as reporters wrote, as per this Sleeper Hit History explainer youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...
@soccerpolitics.bsky.social
@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social
The team last contested the tournament in 1974, but were maligned by biased media for matchday performances that weren't as bad as reporters wrote, as per this Sleeper Hit History explainer youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...
@soccerpolitics.bsky.social
@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Congrats Haiti!
The team last contested the tournament in 1974, but were maligned by biased media for matchday performances that weren't as bad as reporters wrote, as per this Sleeper Hit History explainer youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...
@soccerpolitics.bsky.social
@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social
The team last contested the tournament in 1974, but were maligned by biased media for matchday performances that weren't as bad as reporters wrote, as per this Sleeper Hit History explainer youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...
@soccerpolitics.bsky.social
@cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social
Reposted by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
⚽ Les Bleus verront l'Amérique. Portée par sa superstar Kylian Mbappé, auteur d'un doublé et héros du match, l'équipe de France a réussi sa mission et a brillamment décroché son billet pour le Mondial-2026 en écrasant l'Ukraine (4-0), jeudi au Parc des Princes.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
⚽ Les Bleus verront l'Amérique. Portée par sa superstar Kylian Mbappé, auteur d'un doublé et héros du match, l'équipe de France a réussi sa mission et a brillamment décroché son billet pour le Mondial-2026 en écrasant l'Ukraine (4-0), jeudi au Parc des Princes.
Here's the return of your Friday Sports Diplomacy Spotlight
Meet Zohair Ghenania, Founder & President of FFF Academy New York who is creating new transatlantic plays by mixing education and football (soccer).
🆕 FranceAndUS Voice franceussports.com/voices/062-z...
Meet Zohair Ghenania, Founder & President of FFF Academy New York who is creating new transatlantic plays by mixing education and football (soccer).
🆕 FranceAndUS Voice franceussports.com/voices/062-z...
⚽0️⃣6️⃣2️⃣ Zohair Ghenania — FranceAndUs
Meet Zohair Ghenania, Founder and President of the FFF Academy New York who is creating new transatlantic plays by mixing education and football (soccer).
franceussports.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Here's the return of your Friday Sports Diplomacy Spotlight
Meet Zohair Ghenania, Founder & President of FFF Academy New York who is creating new transatlantic plays by mixing education and football (soccer).
🆕 FranceAndUS Voice franceussports.com/voices/062-z...
Meet Zohair Ghenania, Founder & President of FFF Academy New York who is creating new transatlantic plays by mixing education and football (soccer).
🆕 FranceAndUS Voice franceussports.com/voices/062-z...
⏰ Countdown to the NBA’s 80th with #BasketballEmpire🏀
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Today’s lesson is how storytelling via #sportsdiplomacy prism allows players unique ways to connect, engage w/teammates & fans, making valuable contributions across culture, technical & knowledge 🧵
Image: NBA France
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Today’s lesson is how storytelling via #sportsdiplomacy prism allows players unique ways to connect, engage w/teammates & fans, making valuable contributions across culture, technical & knowledge 🧵
Image: NBA France
October 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
⏰ Countdown to the NBA’s 80th with #BasketballEmpire🏀
D-1️⃣
Today’s lesson is how storytelling via #sportsdiplomacy prism allows players unique ways to connect, engage w/teammates & fans, making valuable contributions across culture, technical & knowledge 🧵
Image: NBA France
D-1️⃣
Today’s lesson is how storytelling via #sportsdiplomacy prism allows players unique ways to connect, engage w/teammates & fans, making valuable contributions across culture, technical & knowledge 🧵
Image: NBA France
Fridays Sports Diplomacy Spotlight
Meet Fabrice Gautier, the “Flying Osteopath” whose work with athletes on both sides of the Atlantic & Team France built bridges #BasketballEmpire
Here's the newest FranceAndUS Voice www.franceussports.com/voices/061-f...
Meet Fabrice Gautier, the “Flying Osteopath” whose work with athletes on both sides of the Atlantic & Team France built bridges #BasketballEmpire
Here's the newest FranceAndUS Voice www.franceussports.com/voices/061-f...
🏀0️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ Fabrice Gautier — FranceAndUs
Meet Fabrice Gautier, the “Flying Osteopath” whose work with athletes on both sides of the Atlantic builds bridges as he translates and fine-tunes French understandings of the United States and vice v...
www.franceussports.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Fridays Sports Diplomacy Spotlight
Meet Fabrice Gautier, the “Flying Osteopath” whose work with athletes on both sides of the Atlantic & Team France built bridges #BasketballEmpire
Here's the newest FranceAndUS Voice www.franceussports.com/voices/061-f...
Meet Fabrice Gautier, the “Flying Osteopath” whose work with athletes on both sides of the Atlantic & Team France built bridges #BasketballEmpire
Here's the newest FranceAndUS Voice www.franceussports.com/voices/061-f...
Great visual storytelling via @NBAFrance on the league's French cohort as it prepares to tipoff its 80th season. Nods to Parker, Diaw & Fournier too.
🏀📚 This real-life impact is chronicled in my book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA & WNBA www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...
🏀📚 This real-life impact is chronicled in my book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA & WNBA www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Great visual storytelling via @NBAFrance on the league's French cohort as it prepares to tipoff its 80th season. Nods to Parker, Diaw & Fournier too.
🏀📚 This real-life impact is chronicled in my book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA & WNBA www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...
🏀📚 This real-life impact is chronicled in my book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA & WNBA www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
Merci bcp Dr Yann Descamps for visiting w/my NYU Applied Research class to share your Paris2024 research, that on stereotypes in video games, views from France and a historian’s more dispassionate reading of today’s global sports world. Greatly appreciated!
Merci bcp Dr Yann Descamps for visiting w/my NYU Applied Research class to share your Paris2024 research, that on stereotypes in video games, views from France and a historian’s more dispassionate reading of today’s global sports world. Greatly appreciated!
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
Merci bcp Dr Yann Descamps for visiting w/my NYU Applied Research class to share your Paris2024 research, that on stereotypes in video games, views from France and a historian’s more dispassionate reading of today’s global sports world. Greatly appreciated!
Merci bcp Dr Yann Descamps for visiting w/my NYU Applied Research class to share your Paris2024 research, that on stereotypes in video games, views from France and a historian’s more dispassionate reading of today’s global sports world. Greatly appreciated!
A Little (Re)Introduction
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A Little (Re)Introduction
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵
I was wondering when someone would move to try to keep them in CT… or New England at the very least.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the WNBA warning it to stay out of negotiations between the Mohegan tribe and potential new ownership groups for the Sun, and that "attempts... to block efforts to keep the Sun in CT could violate federal antitrust laws."
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
Senator warns WNBA to stay out of Sun sale talks
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the WNBA on Monday warning the league to stay out of negotiations between the Mohegan tribe and prospective new ownership groups for the Connect...
www.espn.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I was wondering when someone would move to try to keep them in CT… or New England at the very least.
Me watching the 4th quarter of this France vs Georgia EuroBasket knockout match (it’s a 3pt game with 6:50 left)
kermit the frog is looking at a green object
ALT: kermit the frog is looking at a green object
media.tenor.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Me watching the 4th quarter of this France vs Georgia EuroBasket knockout match (it’s a 3pt game with 6:50 left)
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.
Learn more 🙌 www.franceussports.com/voices/060-c...
Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.
Learn more 🙌 www.franceussports.com/voices/060-c...
🥋0️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ Clarisse Agbegnenou — FranceAndUs
Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.
www.franceussports.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.
Learn more 🙌 www.franceussports.com/voices/060-c...
Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.
Learn more 🙌 www.franceussports.com/voices/060-c...
RIP Giorgio Armani, fashion designer and friend of basketball extraordinaire
Fun fact: I worked at his flagship NYC store during grad school, where among the many valuable things I learned is the art of the fold.
Fun fact: I worked at his flagship NYC store during grad school, where among the many valuable things I learned is the art of the fold.
Olimpia Milano, baloncesto de alta costura… hace más de 10 años escribí sobre el histórico club lombardo y su propietario Giorgio Armani.
www.baskonistas.com/olimpia-mila...
www.baskonistas.com/olimpia-mila...
Olimpia Milano, baloncesto de alta costura
Giorgio Armani convirtió su apoyo en algo más que un importante patrocinador para Olimpia Milán
www.baskonistas.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RIP Giorgio Armani, fashion designer and friend of basketball extraordinaire
Fun fact: I worked at his flagship NYC store during grad school, where among the many valuable things I learned is the art of the fold.
Fun fact: I worked at his flagship NYC store during grad school, where among the many valuable things I learned is the art of the fold.
Reposted by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
🚨🚨You can now pre-order my book, THE LONG GAME, on the United States men's national soccer team and its messy rise from total international irrelevance to, well, TBD!🚨🚨
I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨🚨You can now pre-order my book, THE LONG GAME, on the United States men's national soccer team and its messy rise from total international irrelevance to, well, TBD!🚨🚨
I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
Really enjoying this France v Slovenia EuroBasket match Allez les Bleus!
August 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Really enjoying this France v Slovenia EuroBasket match Allez les Bleus!
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
While you were on vacation, the hoops world was hard at work. With all eyes on EuroBasket 2025 and its NBA stars, here’s a repub of my 2015 book review of "Le Continent Basket"
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/8/...
@beastofberglund.bsky.social
While you were on vacation, the hoops world was hard at work. With all eyes on EuroBasket 2025 and its NBA stars, here’s a repub of my 2015 book review of "Le Continent Basket"
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/8/...
@beastofberglund.bsky.social
A history of basketball's European growth and development — Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
While you were on vacation, the basketball world was hard at work. Across the globe, FIBA tournaments were played or prepared for as countries vie for national bragging rights. Now, with all eyes on E...
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight
While you were on vacation, the hoops world was hard at work. With all eyes on EuroBasket 2025 and its NBA stars, here’s a repub of my 2015 book review of "Le Continent Basket"
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/8/...
@beastofberglund.bsky.social
While you were on vacation, the hoops world was hard at work. With all eyes on EuroBasket 2025 and its NBA stars, here’s a repub of my 2015 book review of "Le Continent Basket"
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/8/...
@beastofberglund.bsky.social
👀 Following along as Guerschon takes the mantle of Team France captain after long tenures by Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw
NBA players on EuroBasket 2025 rosters:
Italy
🏀Simone Fontecchio
Spain
🏀Santi Aldama
France
🏀Guerschon Yabusele
🏀Bilal Coulibaly
🏀Zaccharie Risacher
🏀Alex Sarr
Israel
🏀Deni Avdija
Slovenia
🏀Luka Doncic
3/3
Italy
🏀Simone Fontecchio
Spain
🏀Santi Aldama
France
🏀Guerschon Yabusele
🏀Bilal Coulibaly
🏀Zaccharie Risacher
🏀Alex Sarr
Israel
🏀Deni Avdija
Slovenia
🏀Luka Doncic
3/3
August 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
👀 Following along as Guerschon takes the mantle of Team France captain after long tenures by Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw
Am really excited to see how this could shake up French football! @soccerpolitics.bsky.social
Can Paris FC shake things up in Ligue 1 this season? 🤔
Jonathan thinks they offer a new 'identity' to French football 🙌
New Ask OTC! 👉 lnk.to/otc
Jonathan thinks they offer a new 'identity' to French football 🙌
New Ask OTC! 👉 lnk.to/otc
August 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Am really excited to see how this could shake up French football! @soccerpolitics.bsky.social
Reposted by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
Delighted to say I have launched a new French football podcast 🎙️😍
The first episode with @tomwfootball.bsky.social and @andpscott.bsky.social is now available 🥳
Lots to discuss after an eventful opening round in #Ligue1 🔥🔥🔥
The first episode with @tomwfootball.bsky.social and @andpscott.bsky.social is now available 🥳
Lots to discuss after an eventful opening round in #Ligue1 🔥🔥🔥
Episode 1: Marseille fall at the first as Giroud rolls back the years
Across the Channel podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Delighted to say I have launched a new French football podcast 🎙️😍
The first episode with @tomwfootball.bsky.social and @andpscott.bsky.social is now available 🥳
Lots to discuss after an eventful opening round in #Ligue1 🔥🔥🔥
The first episode with @tomwfootball.bsky.social and @andpscott.bsky.social is now available 🥳
Lots to discuss after an eventful opening round in #Ligue1 🔥🔥🔥
A great resource for those looking for French-language sport & sport history options to flesh out their Fall syllabai 😉
✨ En attendant lundi et le fabuleux récit consacré à Pape Diouf, l'ancien président de l'Olympique de Marseille, je vous invite à (re)découvrir les parcours de Jack Johnson, Annette Kellermann, Matthias Sindelar, Carlos Caszely, Sócrates, Hassiba Boulmerka, les...
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August 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A great resource for those looking for French-language sport & sport history options to flesh out their Fall syllabai 😉
Yay! Come for today’s insights, stay for the history.
Supplements to the chapter on women’s hoops history from FranceAndUS on how France was a place for U.S. women to hoop before Title IX programs got off the ground
www.franceussports.com/voices/042-a...
www.franceussports.com/voices/038-g...
Supplements to the chapter on women’s hoops history from FranceAndUS on how France was a place for U.S. women to hoop before Title IX programs got off the ground
www.franceussports.com/voices/042-a...
www.franceussports.com/voices/038-g...
August 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yay! Come for today’s insights, stay for the history.
Supplements to the chapter on women’s hoops history from FranceAndUS on how France was a place for U.S. women to hoop before Title IX programs got off the ground
www.franceussports.com/voices/042-a...
www.franceussports.com/voices/038-g...
Supplements to the chapter on women’s hoops history from FranceAndUS on how France was a place for U.S. women to hoop before Title IX programs got off the ground
www.franceussports.com/voices/042-a...
www.franceussports.com/voices/038-g...
Hmmm 🤔 while I understand the need to finance hosting the Games, this feels perhaps a bridge too far…
In a first for the Olympic and Paralympic movement, LA28 will sell naming rights to venues for its Games - with a nine-figure price tag.
My SBJ story on how the IOC changed policy on this, which venues could be sold and how.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
My SBJ story on how the IOC changed policy on this, which venues could be sold and how.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
LA28 to become first to sell naming rights to Olympic, Paralympic venues
In a groundbreaking move, LA28 will be able to sell venue naming rights during its Olympics and Paralympics, a change that marks a significant shift from the IOC’s longstanding policy and that stands ...
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hmmm 🤔 while I understand the need to finance hosting the Games, this feels perhaps a bridge too far…
C’est la France 🇫🇷🏀
I spoke with Gabby as she embarked on her epic rise, and she talked of how playing in Europe helped her professionally and personally.
Some of it’s in this FranceAndUS Voice while the full story is within #BasketballEmpire
www.franceussports.com/voices/007-g...
I spoke with Gabby as she embarked on her epic rise, and she talked of how playing in Europe helped her professionally and personally.
Some of it’s in this FranceAndUS Voice while the full story is within #BasketballEmpire
www.franceussports.com/voices/007-g...
August 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
C’est la France 🇫🇷🏀
I spoke with Gabby as she embarked on her epic rise, and she talked of how playing in Europe helped her professionally and personally.
Some of it’s in this FranceAndUS Voice while the full story is within #BasketballEmpire
www.franceussports.com/voices/007-g...
I spoke with Gabby as she embarked on her epic rise, and she talked of how playing in Europe helped her professionally and personally.
Some of it’s in this FranceAndUS Voice while the full story is within #BasketballEmpire
www.franceussports.com/voices/007-g...
Reposted by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
While I don't support its cancelation, I do think it's funny they made a TV show about the Lakers and ended it right when they lost to the Celtics. Boston wins again
August 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
While I don't support its cancelation, I do think it's funny they made a TV show about the Lakers and ended it right when they lost to the Celtics. Boston wins again
Chilling indeed, and magnifies the risk and duty of care that needs to be involved when strategizing player/athlete engagement via social media
‘I’m sitting behind the bench’: Inside sports’ escalating stalking problem
A chilling investigation by Carson Kessler.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
A chilling investigation by Carson Kessler.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
‘I’m sitting behind the bench': Inside sports' escalating stalking problem
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Chilling indeed, and magnifies the risk and duty of care that needs to be involved when strategizing player/athlete engagement via social media
Reposted by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
As I do each year over at the other place, I want to use my following to help #clearthelist for some teachers!
If you are a teacher and need help clearing your list of needed classroom supplies, reply to this post with a link to your list. I'll share as many as I can over the next few days.
If you are a teacher and need help clearing your list of needed classroom supplies, reply to this post with a link to your list. I'll share as many as I can over the next few days.
August 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As I do each year over at the other place, I want to use my following to help #clearthelist for some teachers!
If you are a teacher and need help clearing your list of needed classroom supplies, reply to this post with a link to your list. I'll share as many as I can over the next few days.
If you are a teacher and need help clearing your list of needed classroom supplies, reply to this post with a link to your list. I'll share as many as I can over the next few days.