Eating on the Run
by Candace Chemtob, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Let’s be realistic—eating healthy is not always easy. This is especially true for athletes, young or old, professional or amateur. Balancing school, training, tournaments, and work makes for...
Tribulations and Triumph: Hanson Puts Injury-Riddled Year Behind Him With First S.L. Green Title
by Chris McClintick
Chris Hanson entered the 2017 S.L. Green National Singles fully fit for the first time in nearly a year. He considered himself lucky even to be at the tournament.
The 2015-2016 season was...
Blatchford Blasts Home a Title
By Chris McClintick
Olivia Blatchford’s U.S. career came full circle during the 2017 U.S. Women’s Championship at Chelsea Piers Connecticut.
Although only twenty-four years old, Blatchford was making her tenth consecutive appearance in the National Singles,...
National Singles Records Extended in Philly
By James Zug
After three years in Charlottesville, the National Singles returned to Philadelphia for a large, exciting and record-extending tournament. The 106th annual championships were hosted by Philadelphia Cricket Club (PCC), with many matches...
Douglas and Stefanoni Reaffirm Junior Dominance; West Coast on the Rise
By Chris McClintick
It was a banner year for Andrew Douglas and Marina Stefanoni, as both players repeated as national junior champions.
While the 2016 National Juniors served as Douglas’ coming out party, the eighteen-year-old New...
National Doubles Goes a Mile High
by James Zug
The eighty-second Monticello Associations U.S. Squash Doubles Championships had a distinctly Rocky Mountain flavor. One hundred and twenty-three teams came to Denver this past March, making it the largest National Doubles ever...
Crimson Women Go Undefeated With Fourth Consecutive Howe Cup; Bantam Men Pluck Potter Cup...
by Dent Wilkens
Photography by Michael T. Bello/mtbello.com
The two leading college teams of this decade—the Harvard women and the Trinity men—captured the 2017 national intercollegiate team titles. Each took a very different route to get...
Love is Love is Love: Jenny Duncalf & Rachael Grinham—Champions On Court, Pioneers Off...
By James Zug
Jenny Duncalf and Rachael Grinham are two of the greatest squash players of the early twenty-first century and leaders on the professional world tour. As they mature in their careers, they have...
Three New American Squash Clubs
by James Zug
Building your own squash club is a common dream amongst passionate players. Three new facilities that opened earlier this year each offer different models of turning those visions into bricks-and-mortar reality.
Squash On...
Time for the Beach: Two New Novels
By James Zug
Eden
Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press, 2017
A family struggling to overcome devastating secrets while in a beautiful place is the core of Jeanne Blasberg’s debut novel.
Blasberg is most well-known to this...