U.S. Open 2012

By James Zug If the British Open is the church of squash (hallowed but lately not as central to our lives) the United States Open...
By James Zug 1989 We had lost to Harvard in the regular season in 1989, 6-3 in Cambridge. A week later we beat them in...
SMAG-Books 12 Summer Reading: Herewith is our second literary salon where we review the latest books about squash. Three of the four books were self-published; the...
By James Zug Drexel University’s symbol is the dragon. It is not the only college with a legendary serpentine reptile as a mascot (Minnesota State...
By James Zug The 2011 (Part Two) U.S. National Intercollegiate Doubles Championships came to Philadelphia as a part of the U.S. Open’s first weekend. After...
  By James Zug It is a sign of rude and robust health that the lingering feeling about the 2011 Women’s World Juniors Squash Championships was...
By James Zug It is not what you accomplish. It is what you overcome. Charles Mallet-Prevost Brinton died in June 2011 at the age of ninety...
By James Zug It is almost ten in the morning and Amanda Sobhy is finally coming to school. It is her senior year and she’s...
Hours after Amanda Sobhy won the world juniors, the World Squash Federation sent out a press release, “Sobhy Soars to World Title Success,” declaring...

May His Tribe Increase

By James Zug Hashim Khan, who I think can fairly be described as the greatest squash-racquets player of all time, made his American debut in...