Publishers Note Relegated to Consies
By Jay D. Prince
As you will no doubt notice quickly, most of the Letters to the Editor we have received over the past few weeks have been addressing the issue of PAR-11 scoring. Most...
From US Squash Balancing Act
By Kevin Klipstein
President Obama has recently come under fire for managing the White House like a boys club, with talk of sports around the water cooler and frequent basketball games with only men. He...
Letters December 2009
Indiscretion
Sorry Will, but you are WRONG! In your last Will’s World column (Lacking Discretion, Oct. 2009), you left squash and entered the world of tennis, where, according to you, foot faults are (in reality)...
Record Participation Marks Harvard JCT
Over 230 junior squash players competed at the Harvard University Murr Center, November 13-15, in the 2009 Frank Millet Championships, part of the U.S. SQUASH Junior Championship Tour (JCT). The draw size marked the largest...
SPA-tlight: Kim Clearkin
Squash Magazine, as part of a monthly feature, will talk to a member of the Squash Professionals Affiliate Program (SPA) to get their take on the state of squash in the U.S. Kim Clearkin,...
Krizek and Grainger Saluted
The Women’s Sports Foundation, founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King to promote sports and physical activity for girls and women, held its Annual Salute to Women in Sports in mid-October. A...
US Pro Squash to Launch 2010 Tour
US Pro Squash, an organization led by Joseph McManus and David Palmer, is launching a US based pro tour in 2010. McManus is a Boston-based entrepreneur, and David Palmer has been the most dominant professional...
Honoring Ed Jocoy
The Buffalo Squash Racquets Association honored Ed Jocoy by naming their season opening tournament after him. The BSRA had a reception to present Ed with a plaque and to unveil a second plaque at...
Award Winning Duo
Last year, Carole Grunberg declared that the 2008 championship was her last Howe Cup.
“I am too old and this is just too hard,” she said at the time, after a grueling weekend of play...
Women in Squash
By Jennifer Gabler
Jeanne Blasberg
Jeanne Blasberg, who recently finished her term as the first woman Board Chair of US SQUASH, came to the game relatively late in life and blossomed as a player in her...