Will’s World A Losing Battle?
By Will Carlin
He rolled his eyes. He was embarrassed. But it wasn’t because of something he did; he was embarrassed because of what I was...
Will’s World Michael Rothenberg
Editor’s Note: After the tragic death of Michael Rothenberg in Brooklyn, NY, we proudly reprint below the eulogy given by Michael’s best friend, Will...
Will’s World A Little Relish with That
By Will Carlin
On a cold October evening a number of years ago, I was on the phone with fellow squash player, Derrick Niederman. I was...
Will’s World Not Up to PAR
By Will Carlin
"I have stopped playing league and I am not going to play very many tournaments,” Paul Marotta, an avid New York A...
Will’s World Top 2008 Highlights: New Takes and New Beginnings
By Will Carlin
When Barack Obama was elected President in the fall of 2008, many credited his campaign’s use of the Internet as “groundbreaking” and...
Will’s World The Spin of the Racquet
By Will Carlin
"Rough or smooth?”
Remember that? For those of you who don’t, this was the most common method of deciding serve for many years....
Will’s World For Your Consideration
By Will Carlin
The first referee players of a certain vintage remember is a short, dark-haired man with a large moustache and beard and a...
Will’s World Baird E. Haney
By Will Carlin
I wasn’t sure which one was Baird. Standing in front of me were two young men, both recent graduates of Tufts University,...
Will’s World Endgame
On the second Monday of May this year, James Willstrop, a 24-year-old British National Champion from Leeds, played David Palmer, an Australian from New South...
Will’s World The Four-Year Itch
By Will Carlin
The squash question I get asked most often, even when it is not a leap year, is “When is squash going to...