CitySquash Success
On the afternoon of Dec. 16, when the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics dismissed its students, high school senior Katiria Sanchez hurried to Prospect Avenue to catch the #21 bus. She texted her...
Take Your Niece to the T.O.She
By Tracy Gates
"UURRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYY?????????” was the exact quote from my niece’s facebook post a few weeks ago. Curious as to what she was reacting to (although as an almost-teenager, she could’ve been distressed about her...
Attention! This is your Captain speaking…
By Tracy Gates
When I got off the court, just one last match remained unfinished. One teammate had won three zip. Another had lost by mere points in five. And I, sadly, depressingly, had lost in three....
Put Up Your Dukes
By Tracy Gates
I went to see a match the other night. A woman I knew from my gym was making her professional debut and I’d never seen her in action. I had seen her...
Where are all the Women?
By Emily Stieff
Six years ago, the number of women regularly playing squash in NYC was dwindling close to none. There were just four league teams made up of about 25 women compared to 48...
Sobhy Summer Threepeat
Amanda Sobhy’s August victory, at the Squash Revolution National Capital Open in Maryland, marked her third WSA title win of the summer, making her the first player to win three WSA events in a...
Going Her Own Way
By Chris McClintick
In the spring of 1922, Howard Roark—the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead—chooses to leave his architecture school, not compromising his personal architectural beliefs in adhering to the school’s conventionalism.
Nearly...
From US Squash
By Kevin D. Klipstein, President & Chief Executive Officer
Last year around this time I wrote about how impressive the top squash professionals were both on and off the court, and how much they deserved...
Eightieth Howe Cup Celebrates Championship Diversity
By Beth Rasin
Could a coveted national championship really be at stake when competitors were smiling broadly and so easily applauding an opponent’s scrappy play? There was so much joy at the eightieth Howe Cup that...
Vassar Goes Co-Ed
By Bill Buckingham
In 1969, Vassar College declined an offer from Yale University to merge institutions. Instead it became the first and only of the original “Seven Sister” schools to become co-ed (Radcliffe was later...