Rumble in the Bronx Tips This Weekend

The Rumble in the Bronx, one of the premier Grassroots events of the summer, tips off on Friday at Fordham and Manhattan Universities.

The event will feature many of the top teams and players in the nation, including Mike Gilchrist, Dion Waiters and Markus Kennedy of Bob Gibbons champion Team Final.

Also featured will be a New York Gauchos team that includes Doron Lamb, Jason Morris and Shane Southwell. The Gauchos won the King James title.

Kyrie Irving of the New Jersey Roadrunners, Memphis commit Will Barton of Nike Baltimore Elite, Fuquan Edwin of the Playaz, and Gary Franklin of California Supreme are also slated to play.

Catch the full schedule here.

Written by Adam Zagoria

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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.