From US Squash Stats and Stories
By Peter Lasusa, U.S. SQUASH Board Chair
Twenty or so years ago I was standing in front of a posted draw sheet helping run a club championship tournament as “Tournament Chair” along with our club...
Squash Pinned by Wrestling
By Rod Gilmour
It was just before Sunday lunch at the Hilton in Buenos Aires, when Jacques Rogge, the outgoing International Olympic committee president, stared down at the white sheet of paper in front of...
Major Long-Term Commitment to Elite Programs from US Squash
On October 1, US Squash launched the Elite Athlete Program (EAP) to financially and logistically support top U.S. players to allow them to train and compete professionally on a full-time basis. The players will...
Editor’s Note
By Jay D. Prince, Editor in Chief
The development of the U.S. Open over the past seventeen years has been staggering. When I first arrived on the scene, the event was held in a small...
U.S. Pro Series and Life Time Fitness
By Chris McClintick
When US SQUASH and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) partnered to launch the U.S. Pro Series in January of 2013, the primary goal was to increase the awareness of squash in the...
For the 17th Time, Squash Comes to Grand Central
By James Zug
Grand Central Terminal. It is a magical place. It is the monumental building, weighty with history and grandeur. It is the largest rail terminal in the world—terminal not station: Grand Central is...
Will’s World One More Point
By Will Carlin
I was hurting. Badly. It was a summer tournament, and it was hot. My soaked shirt clung to my torso, and the grip of my racquet was so slippery that I was...
Squash Flashmob Hits Malaysia
The world’s top squash players turned out in force at the Curve Shopping Mall in Selangor, Malaysia, to stage a flashmob to draw attention to the sport’s bid to be added to the Olympic Games program in...
Will Squash Make the Olympics? A behind-the-scenes look at two factors that might make...
By James Zug
The inclusion of squash in the Olympic Games is an old idea. The earliest documented attempt was in 1947 for the 1952 Helsinki Games (recall that Los Angeles and Minneapolis finished tied for second...
The Path to the Olympics
By George Meiras, chair of the World Squash Federation's Olympic Bid Steering Group
Every four years there is a different system for selecting sports for an upcoming Olympic Games. The process for 2020 is as follows.
Currently...