Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Paterson, N.J., Travon Woodall has never traveled outside the United States.
When he and his Pittsburgh teammates left Thursday for a 12-day, six-game, three-city tour of Ireland, he had one overriding fear.
“I’m nervous because the thing I’m scared of the most is Leprechuans,” cracked Woodall, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound point guard who starred at St. Anthony under legendary coach Bob Hurley.
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