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.
NEW YORK — Serena Williams isn’t going anywhere.
Despite her shocking loss to Roberta Vinci in the US Open semifinals on Friday, the soon-to-be-34-year-old Williams should remain the dominant player in woman’s tennis through the 2016 Olympics in Rio and possibly for the next several years.
“She’s still the favorite to do it [win the Grand Slam] next year,” Novak Djokovic said after Williams was stunned in three sets by Vinci, ending Serena’s bid to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to capture the Grand Slam.
Vinci then went on to lose to her Italian compatriot Flavia Pennetta in straight sets in Saturday’s women’s final in a dramatic scene that was capped off by Pennetta announcing her impending retirement.
Who exactly is going to consistently challenge Serena for major titles over the next year or two?
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