Staying Alive
By Will Carlin
Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet was tired.
His opponent, Englishman Daryl Selby, knew this, and so perhaps he can be forgiven for being certain he’d...
Lighting Up Blue
By Will Carlin
Rich Furman likes to fish. An architect by trade, Rich is a fifty-something squash coach with grey eyes that sometimes turn piercing...
Will’s World: Take Note
By Will Carlin
My high school squash notebook looks like a rainbow. For some unremembered reason, I was rigorous about keeping my notes in a...
Will’s World: White Elephant
by Will Carlin
In 624 BC, Nepal was called Lumbini. The king of one of Lumbini’s tribes was a warrior named Suddhodana. Known as the...
Mr. Weymuller
By Will Carlin
When I was eleven years old, I thought that wearing a Captain Kirk uniform to school was pretty cool. I was sure...
Will’s World: The Fade
By Will Carlin
Ten years ago, I had a conversation with James Willstrop—the future number one player in the world.
James explained how hard it...
Forget it
By Will Carlin
It was a tough moment for Roger Federer. He already was down a set in the final of the 2017 Swiss Indoors...
Will’s World: A Wolf at the Door
By Will Carlin
It was early morning, and the stands at the Tournament of Champions in Grand Central Terminal were empty. Below the bleachers, despite...
Will’s World: The Bull
By Will Carlin
Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist, lived most of his adult life in France. Even during the Second World War, while the Germans...
It’s About Time
By Will Carlin
Howard Armitage is about to hit his third off-balance shot in a row. He has been on defense since his backhand return...