Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a historian, writer, speaker, and consultant specializing in the history of global sport, communication, and diplomacy. Director of FranceAndUS, which highlights sports ties between France and the United States, she lectures on global sports and sports diplomacy at the Robert Preston Tisch Institute for Global Sport, New York University.

Author of Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA, The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France and Views From the Embassy: The Role of the U.S. Diplomatic Community in France, 1914, she has written about global sports for The Athletic, CNN International, VICE Sports, ESPN, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and others. As a Research Associate with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London, she co-directed the "Basketball Diplomacy in Africa" project pegged to the NBA's Basketball Africa League. A veteran of the U.S. Department of State, Krasnoff holds a PhD in History from The Graduate Center (City University of New York), MA in Journalism and French Studies (NYU), and BA in International Affairs (The George Washington University).

Acknowledgements
Glossary
Interview Subjects

Introduction
Prologue

Part I: Foundations
1. "I Didn't Go to France to Play Basketball" 1954-1960
2. Basketball in Crisis, 1960-68
3. Emulating an Idol, 1968-198
4. Triangulating Foundations, 1968-1984
5. New Waves, 1984-92
6. From the Dream Team to Sydney, 1992-2000

Part II: French in the USA
Global Scouting Report
7. Renaissance Man Boris Diaw
8. Transatlantic Champion Sandrine Gruda
9. "We Did It!" Nicolas Batum and Marine Johannès
10. Representing Paris Diandra Tchatchouang and Evan Fournier
11. From Cholet to the NBA

Part III: Going Global
Going Global in the Twenty-First Century
12. Youth Pipelines
13. "Rubbing Shoulders" with African Basketball
14. Contributions to the NBA and WNBA
15. La Vie en Bleu

Epilogue

Selected Bibliography
Index