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.
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Rawle Alkins, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Christ the King, added offers this week from Cincinnati and Seton Hall after those schools watched him in Las Vegas, coach Joe Arbitello confirmed to SNY.tv.
Villanova offered Alkins a month ago and Fordham was the first to offer in April.
“He has great upside,” Arbitello told SNY.tv. “He spent the summer getting his grades together, working out and working camp. He is the most complete sophomore I’ve ever coached.”
Alkins will be on display in the Big Strick Classick Aug. 10 at the Gauchos Gym, when he plays on the NYC East team alongside Syracuse pledge Chris McCullough, Terry Larrier, Isaiah Briscoe, Isaiah Whitehead, Khadeen Carrington and others.
