Adventures with Aggie

In this episode of AWA, we spoke with Armani Cotton. Armani is from New York, a Yale basketball alum, and has played basketball for many teams in Europe including Stella Artois Leuven Bears in Belgium, Paderborn Baskets in Germany, and is currently Amerrud Baskets in Norway. He is also the owner of DOSA Sports, a youth skill-development program instructed by current, former, and pro Division One Student-Athletes from the Ivy League to the PAC-12 and every conference in-between. 

In this episode of AWA, we spoke with Diamond Leung, Managing Editor at The Athletic BIZ about his experience in sports writing, journalism, and editing. We also chatted about recent trends in sports journalism that have impacted The Athletic and other news outlets in many ways. 

In this episode of AWA we spoke with Juan Pablo Torres central midfielder for NYCFC. Juan comes from Georgia, grew up playing soccer there, got the opportunity to go to Belgium to play, and then found himself in New York City playing for NYCFC. He joined us from his hotel room in the MLS bubble!

In this episode of AWA, we spoke with Tom Feng, table tennis champion and Olympian. He graduated from NYU, competed regularly in competition during his time in college, and walked in several New York Fashion Week shows. 

We spoke with Keanu about his soccer career playing for numerous clubs in England and representing Guyana internationally. Now he plays in the USL for Memphis 901 FC. 

In this episode of AWA we spoke with Enzo Li, Basketball Coach for the Beijing Ducks. He is a graduate of Tshinghua University and Columbia University, former Game Reviewer at NBA, and former Video Coordinator and Graduate Assistant for the Columbia University Basketball Team.

In this episode of AWA, we heard from Alex Massot, Head Soccer Coach at Fram Reykjavík and UMF Sindri, Former FC Barcelona training camp coach in Iceland, and coaching mentor at Iceland Football Federation. 

In this episode we spoke with Mootaz Chehade about his experience in sports writing and journalism as well as his current role in Partnerships and Digital Content at 433, a full-service, football (soccer) focused, digital and social media agency.  

We chatted with Juan Bermudez from Bogota, Colombia. He attended NYU, worked for NYC Sports and Playbook. Now he has just launched his own consulting firm called Wit Sports Consulting. 

In this episode of AWA, Aggie spoke with Andrés Linares who is a sports photographer for many different teams and is working on creating his own style of sports photography. He is from Bogota, Colombia, and is currently living in New York. He has photographed teams including NY Red Bulls, NYCFC, and the Colombia National Squad.