🏀📚Author Basketball Empire ⚽️📚#MakingOfLesBleus. Historian 🇫🇷 sports & sports diplomacy, director FranceAndUS 🎓Clinical Assistant Prof at NYU Tisch Institute for Global Sports. Fmr HistoryAtState. Views=my own https://linktr.ee/lkrasnoffhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mzb4bsxokc2vThank you World Affairs Council of Maine! A joy to speak about sports diplomacy's Swiss Army Knife-like abilities at your Fall Foreign Policy Forum, esp how narrative, memory & need are ingredients. 🙏 Thanks Reagan Carey, Russell Walters & Michelle Lenihan for a great exchange🦞🫐01 Nov 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzb4bsxokc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3myscqyv4622c#SportsDiplomacy Thursday in Portland, ME Three more sleeps til World Affairs Council of Maine's Fall Foreign Policy Forum: Sports Diplomacy & the Power of Game. Can't wait to join Reagan Carey, Russell Walters & Michelle Lenihan for this stellar conversation https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/Nyd4Kmlq0i4SBJzleHHEtA26 Oct 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3myscqyv4622chttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3myk6a6x6p22s📣Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight The NFL plays its 1st Paris Game Sunday when the Saints take on the Steelers. Thanks to #FranceAndUS you can impress your students with scintillating savoir faire about American football’s transatlantic story 😉 https://www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2026/10/23/azcv40qsjke93g5d0exid5id7xk8tx23 Oct 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk6a6x6p22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mybejiqfms2uOk WNBA Finals Game 2. On y va, Les Valkyries! 😉20 Oct 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybejiqfms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mvg6tzdrnc2kOn y va, allez les Bleues 💪 🏀13 Sep 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg6tzdrnc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3munqye7n4s2e🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 5️⃣ France starts its #FIBAWWC quest this Friday w/new captain Gabby Williams at the helm. I've spoken with Gabby about her transatlantic story. 👉 And it's stuck with me, for she articulated the real life impact of athletes' sports diplomacy practice.04 Sep 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3munqye7n4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mumda7f4as2g🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 4️⃣ 💡The first French players in NCAA D1 programs kicked off a new era of transatlantic hoops diplomacy that benefitted the game on both sides of the Atlantic. More in #BasketballEmpire https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketball-empire-9781350384170/ and #FranceAndUS https://www.franceussports.com/voices/category/Basketball03 Sep 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumda7f4as2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mujutcwe6225🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #3️⃣ 👉There’s no French in the #NBA without women’s basketball and “Les Demoiselles de Clermont” of the 1970s. That team, Clermont Université Club (CUC), featured legendary stars Jacky Chazalon and Élisabeth Riffiod (maman to NBA Champion Boris Diaw) who:02 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujutcwe6225https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3muhcajksrk2s🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #2️⃣ France contributed to global game, snagging bronze at 1st FIBA Women's World Cup 1953 “Our players came very close to becoming world champions—and, frankly, they would have deserved it, even acknowledging the Americans’ superiority” Coach R. Busnel (Basket-Ball April 1953)01 Sep 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhcajksrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mvfo5kv2p22aAhead of today's France vs USA FIBA Women's World Cup final, its a great time to re-up my recent series around Les Bleues, which contextualizes their renaissance within the global game. Helpful both for historians as well as media covering today's game (and aftermath) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfo5kv2p22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3munqye7n4s2e🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 5️⃣ France starts its #FIBAWWC quest this Friday w/new captain Gabby Williams at the helm. I've spoken with Gabby about her transatlantic story. 👉 And it's stuck with me, for she articulated the real life impact of athletes' sports diplomacy practice.04 Sep 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3munqye7n4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mumda7f4as2g🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 4️⃣ 💡The first French players in NCAA D1 programs kicked off a new era of transatlantic hoops diplomacy that benefitted the game on both sides of the Atlantic. More in #BasketballEmpire https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketball-empire-9781350384170/ and #FranceAndUS https://www.franceussports.com/voices/category/Basketball03 Sep 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumda7f4as2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mujutcwe6225🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #3️⃣ 👉There’s no French in the #NBA without women’s basketball and “Les Demoiselles de Clermont” of the 1970s. That team, Clermont Université Club (CUC), featured legendary stars Jacky Chazalon and Élisabeth Riffiod (maman to NBA Champion Boris Diaw) who:02 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujutcwe6225https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3muhcajksrk2s🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea #2️⃣ France contributed to global game, snagging bronze at 1st FIBA Women's World Cup 1953 “Our players came very close to becoming world champions—and, frankly, they would have deserved it, even acknowledging the Americans’ superiority” Coach R. Busnel (Basket-Ball April 1953)01 Sep 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhcajksrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mueu2ie3f225🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 1️⃣ Women’s hoops in France has a long history. Frenchwoman Alice Miliat, sports pioneer and “the apostle of women’s basketball,” helped basketball gain traction by 1910s w/1st French championship played by early 1920s. Qi Basketball has more https://www.qibasket.net/2020/02/04/lhistoire-de-lequipe-de-france-de-basket-feminine-episode-1-les-pionnieres-du-basket-1893-1927/31 Aug 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueu2ie3f225https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3muety3jbqk25Les Bleues’ FIBA Women's World Cup roster features 8 current clutch #WNBA players https://justwomenssports.com/reads/2026-fiba-world-cup-wnba-players-roster-tracker/ Learn more about FIBA’s #2 ranked team before first tip Friday as I share 5 key ideas from #BasketballEmpire, #FranceAndUS & forthcoming work to contextualize Les Bleues 😉31 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muety3jbqk25https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3msxmmbvcks2aPart of sports diplomacy's appeal as a tool is that, “It’s shiny and sexy and fun,” as I told The Washington Diplomat. That's because “sports provides connection through emotion, regardless of whichever countries we come from or what [issues] could divide us.” https://washdiplomat.com/how-sports-diplomacy-is-changing-how-nations-connect/13 Aug 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxmmbvcks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mrwt6irju22p📣 Friday 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight What's the connection between one of planet’s biggest football stars & the first French celebrity in the US? Here's me on Les Bleus, liberté, and Mbappé taking on Lafayette's rockstar mantle for World Cup Analysis 2026 https://worldcupanalysis.ws/world-cup-analysis-2026/liberte-egalite-mbappe-les-bleus-and-america-at-250/31 Jul 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwt6irju22phttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mqxa54ju5s2h🫣🫣🫣18 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxa54ju5s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mqmz5ptww22bOk, second half is a chance to reset. Allez Les Bleus14 Jul 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmz5ptww22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mqmvfi6ibc2wOk mes amis, on y va!14 Jul 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmvfi6ibc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mpx2gnyrqc2zThis game is batty bananas crazy with energy and I am here for it!06 Jul 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpx2gnyrqc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mpnxrjzemk2cWell, that was a lot of fun! 🙌 Many thanks @britishcouncil.bsky.social for having me on #OurWorldConnectedPodcast to discuss World Cup with Christine Wilson. Listen then let me know: at this point in the tourney, who is winning the soft power game? https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-insight/our-world-connected-podcast/the-beautiful-game02 Jul 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnxrjzemk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mplws5jazs27As DRC are presently playing England, thought its a good time to remind you of this great Sleeper Hit History" episode about the DRC's last FIFA World Cup trip in 1974 (they were still known as Zaire) https://youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?si=vyGc6JZ8eJKC7mJT01 Jul 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplws5jazs27https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mpjnzpwvd225This game is crazy mad fun to watch on Telemundo30 Jun 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjnzpwvd225https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mp6qiujgp22jAhead of the France 🇫🇷 vs Norway 🇳🇴 match at “Boston Stadium” I’m thinking of the different ways the Bay State and its capital have fostered Franco-American #sportsdiplomacy over time. More via the FranceAndUS project https://www.franceussports.com/backgrounders/bostons-role-in-the-franceandus-sports-story26 Jun 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6qiujgp22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3moyuw6dkqk26Exciting news! To fête Les Bleus at FIFA World Cup, Bloomsbury is offering a sweet 35% discount on my first book, The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010, which examines the French football & youth systems. Use code GLR AT8 through June 30 https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-of-les-bleus-9798216246374/24 Jun 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyuw6dkqk26https://bsky.app/profile/lempika7.bsky.social/post/3mouv44ee622gWhat if the most interesting thing about today’s France v Iraq World Cup match is not the on-pitch action? What if its the FFF's brand identity and its sports diplomacy partnership with Iraq to train-up the Lionesses of Mesopotamia? More from me here https://www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2026/4/2/joy-and-changing-the-narrative-the-surprising-example-of-sports-diplomacy-storytelling-within-fifa-2026s-group-of-death22 Jun 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:3zbinnfgi464dgexveghyxt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouv44ee622g