Pastures New: Bob Callahan Retires From Princeton Squash After a Revolutionary Career
By James Zug
It was never supposed to work out like this. In the summer of 1981, Princeton’s athletic director asked Bob Callahan, newly-married IBM salesman, to be on a search committee to find a...
Ashour The Happiest Moment of His Life
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
There were many well-publicized reasons why Ramy Ashour’s capture of the British Open title—at a pioneering outdoor venue in Hull City’s soccer stadium—has carried him further along the road...
Massaro British Queen
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
There was a throw-away hint as to why the world’s most successful squash player might suffer her most startling defeat in four years, not long before the British Open...
Spahrs Dominate U.S. Father and Son
Last month the ninth U.S. Father & Son was held and it was no surprise that Chris and Carson Spahr won their first open title. Spahr has long equaled junior excellence.
Christian C.F. Spahr, Jr., known to everyone...
From Dreams to Reality the Making of a National Champion
By Kristi Maroc
Hard work, dedication, setbacks, perseverance and sacrifice are key features of any athlete who has made it to the point of realizing exceptional achievements.
For this year’s S.L. Green U.S. National Champion Chris Gordon,...
The Gould Standard: Ben Gould Retires
by Chris McClintick
They almost withdrew. It was the title they wanted most and the last to elude them on the SDA tour. As the 2015 Briggs Cup was starting, Damien Mudge was nursing a...
Maria Toorpakai—The Squash Pro Who Became a Media Star
By James Zug
A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight
By Maria Toorpakai with Katharine Holstein
(Twelve, 2016)
Within the squash world, it was well-known that Maria Toorpakai had a...
Outside the Glass: David Pearson
Outside The Glass, the world’s oldest squash podcast, is a radio show with a new episode dropping at the beginning of each month. OTG episodes, produced by US Squash, are available many podcast apps...
Opportunity in Chaos: Damien Mudge Retires After Record Doubles Career
by James Zug
Damien Mudge has an intentional relationship with velocity. For twenty years he played professional squash doubles across North America. The very first time he went on a doubles court, his boss and...