Will’s World Hit the Road, Jack
By Will Carlin
So, the national rankings came out last month. Judging by the rancor in New York City, the ten-year experiment on ratings and...
Will’s World Timing is Everything
By Will Carlin
First, there are the world rankings. One of them is ranked number one in the world and one of them is ranked...
Will’s World Anticipation
By Will Carlin
In early 2005, Jennie Finch was the most famous softball player in the world (“softball” here being the larger- ball form of...
Will’s World The Referees’ Call
By Will Carlin
Here is a secret about referees who climb the officiating ladder: almost all of them got into refereeing because they wanted the...
Will’s World Inside The Player’s Studio
James Lipton is the dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. Pleasantly plump, bespectacled, balding with...
Will’s World Learn From the Pros
Alan Thatcher introduced Peter Barker first. Dressed in all black and not wearing a warm-up, Barker quickly walked down the aisle outside the left wall of...
Will’s World Control
In 1972, a number of Yale University students replied to a help wanted ad seeking proofreaders for pay. When these students arrived for their appointments,...
Will’s World Waist Not
By Will Carlin
In mid-January earlier this year, I finally did something I had been putting off for a long time. I didn’t want to...
Will’s World The Good Player
Actually, it doesn’t matter to me one bit whether you’re any good at squash. If you’re reading this magazine, the odds are you are. You’re probably...
Will’s World Reading in the Off Season
By Will Carlin
The first time I was given a summer reading list at the end of a school year, it was a list of “suggested”...