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.
Tyler Ennis’ 35-foot game-winning 3-pointer reached all the way to the Vice President of the United States on Thursday.
Joe Biden, a Syracuse Law School alum, called Ennis to congratulate him on the game-winner in Syracuse’s 58-56 victory over Pittsburgh.
The above photo was Tweeted out by the VP’s official Twitter.
Biden is known to root for the Orange. His office previously Tweeted out this photo of him wearing a “Beat Duke” shirt.
For more on Ennis’ backstory, watch this video documentary we did two years ago when he was at St. Benedict’s Prep — long before Ennis became an ESPN sensation.
