Will’s World One More Point

By Will Carlin I was hurting. Badly. It was a summer tournament, and it was hot. My soaked shirt clung to my torso, and the grip of my racquet was so slippery that I was...

For the 17th Time, Squash Comes to Grand Central

By James Zug Grand Central Terminal. It is a magical place. It is the monumental building, weighty with history and grandeur. It is the largest rail terminal in the world—terminal not station: Grand Central is...

Editor’s Note

By Jay D. Prince, Editor in Chief The development of the U.S. Open over the past seventeen years has been staggering. When I first arrived on the scene, the event was held in a small...

U.S. Pro Series and Life Time Fitness

By Chris McClintick When US SQUASH and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) partnered to launch the U.S. Pro Series in January of 2013, the primary goal was to increase the awareness of squash in the...

Squash Pinned by Wrestling

By Rod Gilmour It was just before Sunday lunch at the Hilton in Buenos Aires, when Jacques Rogge, the outgoing International Olympic committee president, stared down at the white sheet of paper in front of...

Major Long-Term Commitment to Elite Programs from US Squash

On October 1, US Squash launched the Elite Athlete Program (EAP) to financially and logistically support top U.S. players to allow them to train and compete professionally on a full-time basis. The players will...

Squash One Step Closer to Olymics

Squash has taken a substantial leap forward in the race for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics following presentations by the eight bidding sports to the IOC Executive Board in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May...

WSF Ambassador Program Sets Sights On Panama & Venezuela

Malaysia’s record seven-time world squash champion Nicol David will lead this year’s WSF Ambassador Program visit to Panama and Venezuela in June, accompanied by Egypt’s former world junior champion and current world No. 6...

Growth and Funding

In the last five years, U.S. Squash  has paid almost half a million dollars in grants to a variety of causes and programs to further support the growth of squash in the United States. As U.S. Squash...

Publishers Note Will Carlin’s No. 1 Fan

By Jay D. Prince On the heels of my "Psycho Parent's" column in our last issue, and the interestingly large number of emails I received in support of the message I was trying to deliver,...