Upstate Upstarts: Rochester and St. Lawrence are Looking to Rock the Men’s College Squash...

By Bill Buckingham Photos by Michael Bello The wall of fame right outside the office of St. Lawrence University coach Chris Abplanalp, boasts plaques of former athletic stars, the most popular with the tour groups being...

Matthew Achieves One of the Great Surprises

By Richard Eaton Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com It was one of the three or four greatest World Championships surprises of all time. Those who witnessed the U.S. Open final only sixteen days before might rate it...

Cincinnati Launches New Model of Growth

By James Zug Neal Tew is the purveyor of a new method of developing squash: the nonprofit club. Tew grew up playing at the Cincinnati Country Club. He was one of Don Mills’ protégés. The class...

Access Squash Academy

By Pia A. Floresca One of the biggest international efforts in squash in the past decade has been the quest to join the Olympic Games. In each of the past two campaigns, an Access Youth...

Going Her Own Way

By Chris McClintick In the spring of 1922, Howard Roark—the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead—chooses to leave his architecture school, not compromising his personal architectural beliefs in adhering to the school’s conventionalism. Nearly...

Snoring Rhinos and Other Tales: a Review of Nick Matthew’s Memoir

By James Zug Nick Matthew Sweating Blood: My Life in Squash Cheshire, England: internationalSportGroup, 2013 It is a shame but inevitable. Like everywhere else in their careers, Nick Matthew and James Willstrop are now placed side by side...

Will’s World Go Mental

By Will Carlin The target for competitive shooters is incredibly small. The fifty meter rifle target has a diameter roughly equal to the length of a dollar bill. The 10-point bull’s-eye is 10.4mm wide (a...

Your Serve December 2013

I want to congratulate you for the new direction you've taken with Squash Magazine. The November 2013 issue is the best ever, with lots of information about what's happening around the U.S.  I hope...

The Top: Current PSA Players Longest Winning Streaks (Matches)

Current PSA Players Longest Winning Streaks (Matches) Ramy Ashour EGY 49 Mike Corren AUS 26 Nick Matthew ENG 25 Amr Shabana EGY 23 Rafael Alarcon BRA 22 Jan Koukal CZE 18 Nicolas Mueller SUI 18 Steven Finitsis AUS 18 Abdullah Al Muzayen KUW...