MetroSquash Opens New Facility
By James Zug
Photos by Marian Kraus
The MetroSquash Academic & Squash Center, the fourth stand-alone purpose-built urban squash youth enrichment facility in the U.S., opened this spring in Chicago.
The certificate of occupancy was issued on...
USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year Awarded to MetroSquash Mentor Paul M. Cussen
By James Zug
During the gala dinner at the biennial World Doubles tournament in Chicago, US Squash honored Paul M. Cussen with the United States Olympic Committee Volunteer Coach of the Year Award.
Cussen started his...
World Record Broken for Longest Squash Match
By James Zug
Brett Meyer and James Meyer, a father and son duo in New Zealand, are the Guinness Book of World Records holders for the longest squash singles match in history. They set the...
Sconzo Receives Brauns Award
By Chris McClintick
At the gala Saturday night dinner, US Squash honored Lawrence J. Sconzo, Jr. with the 2015 W. Stewart Brauns, Jr. Award.
For almost forty years, Larry Sconzo has been one of the nation’s...
National Doubles Finds a New Home in Philadelphia
By Chris McClintick
Eighty-two years ago, the second U.S. Squash Doubles Championships were hosted on the court that invented the game at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Philadelphia has long been the American beacon of...
Strong Showing Predicted for Pan American Contingent
By Nell Schwed
The seventeenth Pan American Games in Toronto in July will showcase the strongest American squash contingent in history. Of the six competitors, half are returning veterans to the Pan Am stage—Natalie Grainger,...
World Doubles: From MetroSquash to Onwentsia, and Streamed to the World
By Chris McClintick
The 2015 J.P. Morgan & Trunk Club World Squash Doubles Championships commenced with the fanfare of the MetroSquash Academic & Squash Center’s grand opening in Chicago, Wednesday, May 6. Following the ceremonial,...
Will’s World: Loss Avoidance
By Will Carlin
At a few minutes before 5pm on a September Saturday in 2011, Novak Djokovic was facing double match point against Roger Federer in the U.S. Open semifinals. Novak Djokovic clenched his jaw,...