Merion Says Farewell to Hardball Singles
By James Zug
In February, the U.S. National Hardball Singles Championships had a successful farewell as a national championship at Merion Cricket Club. Eighty-one players from around the continent came to Philadelphia to play with...
SquashBond Promotes Bonds of Friendship in Israel
By James Zug
It sounds deceptively simple. Put two kids in a squash court and let them play.
Nothing is simple in Israel. History, religion, politics impinge—disruptively—on every aspect of life.
“Back in 2012, I was talking...
How to be a Good Squash Parent: A Look at New Books
By James Zug
The Winning Parent: A Parent’s Guide for the Journey of Competitive Sport—A System for Winning Now and Forever with Your Children in Sport
By Daniel Massaro
(New York: Mairs & Shaw Publishing, 2015)
Last year...
Good Literary Length: Three New Books
Good Literary Length: Three New Books
By James Zug
Trading Secrets: Squash Greats Recall Their Toughest Duels
Rod Gilmour
(Durrington, England: Pitch Publishing, 2015)
Oral history books are notoriously unreliable. What one person remembers might not jib with the...
Playing Squash to One Hundred: Fantasy or Reality?
by Robert P. Mosier
Is there anything an aging squash player can do to improve the odds of being on the court or even a national champion at age 100? With average life expectancy...
The Maestro Moves On
By James Zug
Amr Shabana was never absurdly dominant. The Maestro wasn’t like Jahangir Khan going five and a half years without a loss, or Heather McKay not losing a game in sixteen years. Shabana won one match in five and another...
Charlotte Squash Fever
By Chris McClintick
For years, the Providence Square Shopping Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, had festered in a state of abandon. Once a thriving shopping center with more than twenty outlets opened in the early...
Caring With Squash
By Nell Schwed
Freshman at Dana Hall School, squash player and founder of her own nonprofit, Sydney Soloway uses the sport she loves to help children in need through SquashCares.
Soloway’s squash career started early—in the...