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)

📣 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...

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.

🚨🚨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...

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

👀 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

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 🔥🔥🔥

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...

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...

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

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.

One year ago, Steph Curry broke my heart in the City of Light 🥹 France was 3 pts behind Team USA with 3 mins left in the Olympic gold medal match. Then Curry unfurled a series of three-point shots that put to bed French hopes for a victory on home soil www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/5/...

🆕 FranceAndUS Voice Meet Rebecca Ross, a veteran US diplomat who, as U.S. Attaché for the #Paris2024 Games, opened new doors in the transatlantic partnership via sports & helped illustrate the Games’ potential for diplomacy. Read on #sportsdiplomacy www.franceussports.com/voices/059-r...

Nota bene 🗃️ 📚

Head into the dog days of summer with your next great read: #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA 🏅🥈 Understand why #Paris2024 gold medal men’s & women’s basketball games were historic + result of 7️⃣0️⃣yrs of #sportsdiplomacy 🧵

Fierce!! Literally was just talking about what a powerhouse Michele Kang is now in global sports… and not just women’s sports 💪⚽️ 📷 Lucie Cipolla/@lequipe

🚨A few days left to submit an application to be the next European regional Academic Editor for @ijhs.bsky.social - Aug 6 deadline. Application details ⬇️ #sporthistory #skystorians

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I finally made it to Quai 54, the world’s largest street ball tournament, one played in Paris for more than 20 yrs now held at Roland Garros. Fun, record-breaking sold out attendance, 16 countries rep’d on court and the chance to see Nadir Hifi and Matthew Strazel work their magic up close. Chapeau!

Ohh goodie, I was hoping more of sports migrated here from that other place. ALLEZ LES BLEUES!

Ahead of tonight’s Euro 2025 group of death France va England matchup, remember these two countries pioneered the game more than 100 years ago…and gave us the sports world’s first “viral” moment as my 2018 piece for The Athletic chronicled www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Bonjour from Paris, where I’m excited to finally experience the magic and mania of Quai 54 this weekend, being held at Roland Garros—the world’s biggest street basketball tournament. But meanwhile, it’s a football art place. Spotted en route into the city from CDG

Honored to have written SI's official farewell to Greg Popovich. Every minute of covering him was interesting. Hope you enjoy. bit.ly/3TN7p70

Should sports be a college major? Superb question posed, and thanks to the Sports Collective gathering yesterday at Nike NYC HQ, we have a great, growing foundation of really good answers and blueprints for “yes,” “here’s why” and “here’s how.” And yes, I had to represent on NBA Draft Day 😉🏀

Congrats OKC on your NBa Championship Title! What a great series, thrilled that Sam Presti’s work finally payed off. #CarlisleForever

A terrible loss on the sports diplomacy knowledge exchange front

Congratulations Kevin and Mike, what great recognition of your work!! Cannot wait to dive into this tome on football ⚽️ in the Homeland

For those unable to attend our Sports & Leisure History Seminar series on Monday, our latest episode remedied this & sees Noemi Steuerwald of @unibe.ch presents her work on Equestrian sport in the 19th & 20th centuries Listen here: shows.acast.com/sport-in-his... or wherever you get your podcasts.

Both legs of this workshop on basketball in the Middle East have been so enriching, not just content-wise but also exchanging with international colleagues on hoops of all kinds! Thank you @politicsofsports.bsky.social and team for making the magic!

📣 🆕  Inspired by a recent trip to Lithuania, today’s post ruminates on what the game means for that Baltic basketball mecca. 💡The women’s game is key to the game’s “origin story” in Lithuania & much more www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/5/...

🏀 😉 Ahead of this week's Georgetown University in Qatar CIRS basketball workshop on "America's Game in the Middle East," re-upping this interesting conversation between FIBA President Sheikh Saud Ali Al Thani and @politicsofsports.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ps...

🆕 I'm launching a week-long series on storytelling global hoops, inspired by a recent trip to Lithuania to lead a sports diplomacy workshop for the National Sports Agency. In Lithuania, basketball is more than a game: it's a religion. Here's Day One www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/5/...

“Winning is the only way to make history. Participating is good, but leaving a mark is even better.” Very much enjoyed this piece on Wendie Renard as OLF play Arsenal this afternoon. www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...

20 days until the 2025 WNBA season starts

📣 Fridays 👉 Sports Diplomacy Spotlight Today revisit last summer’s magic with my recent article “An American in Paris: Sports Diplomacy and Hoop Dreams at Paris2024.” www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal... Go behind the scenes of French-American sports diplomacy. Among the highlights 🧵

Relistening to this @richarddeitsch.bsky.social @howardbeck.bsky.social chat on topsy turvey changes in sports social media communities ahead of tonight’s NYU Digital Sports Media & Marketing class. Nostalgic for friendships first forged thx to Twitter Sports. Where are my fellow sports historians?

C’est la France 💪 🏀 😉

🏀 🎉 Congratulations to Olympic Vice Champion Dominique Malonga, selected 2nd in last night’s hashtag#WNBA Draft 🙌 Drafted by the Seattle Storm, Dominique’s journey in the W will likely be eased by her Team France and now Seattle teammate Gabby Williams.

Le French Touch

Thanks for keeping Grant's voice alive. The cover story that introduced LeBron James to a broader world. vault.si.com/vault/2002/0...

🆕 #SportsDiplomacy Resource 👉 check out the Sport Soft Power Index from SKEMA Publika publika.skema.edu/sport-soft-p... Read for more on the top 2️⃣5️⃣ countries & criteria used to make the assessment. Thank you to the research team, it was a pleasure to contribute as one of the experts consulted.

🏀 Its a huge weekend for NCAA women's basketball, a reminder that the ties between French & US hoops are decades deep, leaving an imprint on both sides of the Atlantic--especially at the collegiate level. Learn more via the #FranceAndUS project www.franceussports.com/voices/categ...

📣 Thrilled to announce the latest #FranceAndUS Voice courtesy of NYU’s Louis Yeo: 🆕 Meet Jessica Silva, head coach of Brooklyn FC and a pioneer whose transatlantic coaching career is rewriting the playbook for women’s soccer, one hat-trick at a time.  www.franceussports.com/voices/057-j...

📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight Meet DeHart Hubbard, the first U.S. Black athlete to win gold in an individual event at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Lern more via this FranceAndUS piece by historian Dr. François Doppler-Speranza #BlackHistoryMonth www.franceussports.com/voices/012-d...