December 2012- Archive

12-31-12 Squash Weddings Etc from Fram Gommendy

12-31-12 Dipika Pallikal Looks Ahead by Nandini Kumar

12-31-12 Fantasy Squash League Underway

12-31-12
Squash Slowly Regaining Popularity In New South Wales

12-31-12 Resolved, from the Squashist

12-31-12 Adidas Feather Team Js from Pierre Bastien

12-31-12 Los Angeles Beachfront Fitness Fanatics Under Fire

12-31-12 Seven Job Seekers Die In South Africa Fitness Test

12-31-12 UFC Commissioner Says Most Fighters Smoke Dope

12-30-12
Sports Illustrated Recognizes Nicol David


12-30-12
Peterborough, Ontario Club Hanging On

12-30-12 Georgetta Morque On PST 2013

12-30-12 Video: Nick Matthew On The Forehand Volley Drop

12-30-12 Video: Squash Circuit Training from Raphael Kandra

12-30-12 Fire At Shut-Down UK Club Called Suspicious

12-30-12 Fitness Apps Of 2012

12-30-12 Ivan Lendl Called Tennis Teacher Of The Year

12-30-12 2012 Athlete Tweets Set To Music

12-30-12 Sports Marketers Debate Future Of RGIII

12-29-12 Top 10 CSA Stories Of 2012

12-29-12 Job Opening: Head Coach, Massachusetts

12-29-12 PST Returns To Philly Next Week by John George

12-29-12 Dan Kneipp Signs Off At The Top

12-29-12
Hardball Singles Updates from Tefft Smith

12-29-12 When Your Squash Partner 'Endorses' Your Coding Skills On LinkedIn...

12-29-12 Asics Gel Tactics from Pierre Bastien

12-29-12
Best Table Tennis Shots of 2012


12-28-12
500+ Juniors Descend On British Junior Open


12-28-12 Squashsite's 2012 At A Glance, January-April

12-28-12
Registration Closing On New York Grand Open

12-28-12 Squash Canada & Dunlop Renew Partnership

12-28-12 Updated Men's CSA Division 3 Team Rankings

12-28-12 Hi Tec S300's from SquashSource

12-28-12 Jonathon Power Combination Drill Video

12-28-12 Federer Reportedly Earned $6 Million For South American Exhibitions

12-28-12 Riot Police Stop Brawl At Youth Football Game

12-27-12
Holiday Cheer From The WDSA


12-27-12 The Squash Poet by Mick Joint

12-27-12
A New Episode Of Help My Squash Game from Barb Cooper

12-27-12 The Disappearance Of Pro Scoring, from the E-Zine

12-27-12 Updated CSA Women's Division 3 Team Rankings

12-27-12 Hi Tec M106's from Pierre Bastien

12-27-12 Back & Forth In 2012 from No-Let

12-27-12 Exercise And The Ever-Smarter Human Brain by Gretchen Reynolds

12-27-12 Quirky US Tennis Champion Art Larsen Dies At 87

12-27-12 112 Sports Moments Of The Year

12-26-12
My Side Of The Victory by Nicol David


12-26-12 Video: 2012 World Open Finals Roundup

12-26-12 Ghosal and Chinappa Take Indian Titles

12-26-12
From The Archives: Heather McKay Has A New Racquet by Jim Kaplan


12-26-12 Merry Christmas from Squash Source

12-26-12 Fitness Trends For 2013

12-26-12 Sports' Secret Weapon: Sleep

12-26-12 One Night At Dodger Staduim by Steve Dilbeck

12-25-12
Rosner Replaces Ramy In World Series Finals At Queen's by Howard Harding

12-25-12 Gladiatorial? by The Squashist

12-25-12
Video: Maria Toor Pakay Rallies On

12-25-12 Trinity Men's Team Happy To Have This Detter

12-25-12 The Art Of Squash by Michael Fiteni

12-25-12 CSA Men's Video: F&M v St Lawrence from Michael Bello

12-25-12
Former NFL Lineman Says He Let QB Get Hurt

12-25-12 Packers Fans Help Shovel Lambeau Field

12-25-12 Caroling, Caroling by Alfred Burt

12-24-12
Ashour Withdraws From World Series Finals, Cites Hamstring


12-24-12 Iqbal Invincible In Islamabad by Howard Harding

12-24-12 Leave it to Las Vegas! by Bob Hanscom

12-24-12 Joelle King Looks To 2013

12-24-12 The Forehand Drop Masters

12-24-12 Slingshot Mechanics by Richard Millman

12-24-12 Adidas Feather Team W's from Pierre Bastien

12-24-12 Ricky Martin Spends $6 Million On NY Condo But Has Court Access

12-24-12 The Curious Case Of Lee Child by Bryan Curtis

12-24-12
Why Richard Branson Gave $400,000 to an 18-Year-Old by Katie Morell


12-23-12
Nicol David: I Might Play Another Seven Years


12-23-12 Massaro Proud To Make World Final But Disappointed

12-23-12 Video: Women's World Semifinal Roundup

12-23-12
Teenagers Nasir & Danish In Islamabad Final by Howard Harding


12-23-12 The Relative 'Truth' About Tactics And Strategy from Kenneth Tuttle

12-23-12 Adidas Adizero Prime Indoor Shoes from Pierre Bastien

12-23-12 Adidas Feather Team Men’s Shoes

12-23-12 Olympian Suzy Hamilton Not Alone Going Off Track by Rick Telander

12-23-12 Hamilton Latest Olympic Athlete To Crash And Burn by Kurt Badenhausen

12-23-12 Beach Tennis & Paddleboard Yoga Take Off In Aruba by Becca Hensley

12-22-12
David Dominates Massaro To Win 7th World Open Title

12-22-12 Cayman World Open Blog from Steve Cubbins

12-22-12 Ashour & Willstrop Are Top Seeds For January PSA World Series Finals by Howard Harding

12-22-12 Mehboob Downs Khan In Islamabad Upset by Howard Harding

12-22-12 Video: Men's 2012 World's First Round Highlights

12-22-12
2012 Pakistan Results Depressing by Waqar Hamza

12-22-12 Merry Christmas From Squash UK

12-22-12 Puma Vibrant VI Squash Shoes from Pierre Bastien

12-22-12 Barry Faguy On Rules & Refereeing

12-22-12
Tennis Ref Reinstated After Murder Case Dropped


12-21-12
Massaro Beats El Weleily 13-11 In The 5th To Set World Final With David


12-21-12 PSA Can Bank On Bankers Hall Pro Am In Calgary by Howard Harding

12-21-12 Willstrop, Matthew, Gaultier, Ashour To Headline January TOC As Draw Released, by Howard Harding

12-21-12 US Junior Open Wrap from Kristi Maroc

12-21-12 Philadelphia Cricket Club Wins Zoning Approval To Revamp Squash Facilities

12-21-12 Sport-Specific Classes Added At Chelsea Piers, Connecticut

12-21-12 Boston College Tops CSA Women's Club Rankings

12-21-12 Harrow Surf-Themed Racket from Pierre Bastien

12-21-12 Under The Tin - Shabana v Willstrop

12-21-12 Serena Williams Says Wozniacki Impersonation Not Racist

12-21-12 US Olympian Reportedly Worked As An Escort

12-21-12 Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places by Nick Hoppe

12-20-12
WSF Presents Olympic Case To IOC by Howard Harding


12-20-12 Two Olympic Bid Promo Films Unveiled

12-20-12 Women's World Open Quarters Report from Steve Cubbins

12-20-12
SDA Midseason Summary by Rob Dinerman


12-20-12 A CitySquash Look Back At 2012 from Tim Wyant

12-20-12 Stanford Tops CSA Men's Club Rankings

12-20-12 Fram's Corner, from Framboise Gommendy

12-20-12 Yonex SHB-SC2EX Shoes from Pierre Bastien

12-20-12
Average College Football Assistant Makes $200,000

12-20-12 Best, Worst US Sports Media 2012 by Richard Deitsch

12-19-12
El Weleily Over Pallikal In Grand Cayman As World Open Quarters Set


12-19-12 Manchester World Championship Countdown Begins by Howard Harding

12-19-12 London Borough Mayor Gets Tips From Peter Barker

12-19-12
ATCO PSA World Series Finals Field Set by Howard Harding

12-19-12 Third WSA Title For Waters In Mediterranean Open

12-19-12 Bronxville's Murray Siblings Profiled

12-19-12 Video: Women's CSA Dartmouth Fall Classic from Michael Bello

12-19-12 Hi Tec Rackets from Pierre Bastien

12-19-12 The Incredi-Balls Take 6 by Mick Joint

12-19-12 Sports Illustrated's 33 Most Off-Beat Swimsuit Photos

12-18-12
Women's World Open Report from Steve Cubbins


12-18-12 Cayman World Open Blog

12-18-12
Top-Seed Illingworth Wins PSA Challenger Event In Florida by Howard Harding


12-18-12 Lobban Marks Bratislava Breakthrough by Howard Harding

12-18-12 President & World No1 Lead IOC Squash Presentation

12-18-12 Willstrop: World Men's Ends With Ferocity

12-18-12 Job Opening: Assistant Pro, San Francisco

12-18-12 Yonex SHB-SC2EXs from Pierre Bastien

12-18-12 Ridiculous Tennis TV Comedy Coming To Fox

12-18-12 In Newtown, Golden Retrievers Arrive To Comfort Survivors by Melissa Locker

12-17-12
Women's World Open First Round Report by Steve Cubbins


12-17-12 Nicol David Starts Strong Against Egyptian Kawy

12-17-12
Field Stocked For January NY Tournament of Champions by Howard Harding

12-17-12 Companion Grand Open Amateur Event To Include Free TOC Tickets

12-17-12 Video: Men's World 2012 Semis Roundup

12-17-12
Donna Urquhart Squash Equipment from Pierre Bastien

12-17-12 Head Radical Pro II Shoes from Pierre Bastien

12-17-12 Coach to Chris Kluwe: Shut Up and Punt by David Daley

12-17-12 Stamford Unites In Honor Of Newtown Victims

12-16-12
Cayman Women's World Qualifying Finals Report by Steve Cubbins


12-16-12
Nicol David Eyeing Seventh World Title

12-16-12 US Squash Announces Partnership With SquashSkills by Kristi Maroc

12-16-12 Adidas Opticourt Team Light from Pierre Bastien

12-16-12 Simply Spectacular by Mick Joint

12-16-12 Barclay White by James Zug

12-16-12 Canada Takes Double Gold At Canadian Junior Open

12-16-12 World's Strongest Woman Down To Earth by Kevin Acee

12-16-12 Former Tennis Star Andrea Jaeger Grieves At Sandy Hook Elementary School

12-16-12 Football Fanatics by John Branston

12-15-12
Ashour Beats El Shorbagy 11-8 In The Fifth To Win World Championship by Howard Harding


12-15-12 Third All-Egyptian World Final In Five Years A Marathon by Rod Gilmour

12-15-12 Video: Ashour v El Shorbagy, Game 4 Monster Point

12-15-12 Yathreb Adel Over Maria Toor Pakay As Cayman Women's World Qualifier Underway

12-15-12 Career-Best #5 Joelle King Primed For World Cayman Open

12-15-12 Illingworth & Delierre Gain In Florida Challenger by Howard Harding

12-15-12 US Junior Open Begins Today With 800 Players by Kristi Maroc

12-15-12 Harvard's Farag & Sobhy: Squash Egyptian Style, by Craig Lambert

12-15-12 Deportation Player Gets Emergency Reprieve

12-15-12
Pakistan Official Says Female Players As Important As Males

12-15-12 Squash Great For Hobbits As Well As Humans

12-14-12
Egyptians Rule In $325K World Open Semis by Howard Harding


12-14-12 Willstrop & Matthew Lose Epic Matches by Rod Gilmour

12-14-12 Pakistan Official Says Player Facing Canadian Deportation Is A Fraud

12-14-12 Georgetown Women's Team Launches "Squash Diabetes" Campaign

12-14-12 Detroit Athletic Club Announces 3-Year Relationship With PST During Palmer-Lincou Exhibition

12-14-12
John Lau's University Club To Host 41st Pacific Coast Doubles

12-14-12 US Squash Embarking On Broad 2013 Initiatives To Improve Squash Experience by Kristi Maroc

12-14-12 Video: Assaiante's Trinity On Renewed Title Quest

12-14-12
CSA Men's Video: Drexel v Amherst from Michael Bello

12-14-12 It’s Baaaaaack by Pierre Bastien

12-14-12 This City Smells : eating on $5 a day, by Tracy J. Gates

12-13-12
Men's World Open: Willstrop, El Shorbagy, Ashour, Matthew Make Semis by Howard Harding

12-13-12 World Champs Quarters Blog

12-13-12
World Open En Bref #3 from Squashsite


12-13-12
Former US Team Member Hope Nichols Prockop To Sing National Anthem At Boston Celtics Game

12-13-12 Peter Nicol's SquashSkills Introduces 7-Day Free Trial

12-13-12
Video: Adlon Adams Interviews Yale's Hywel Robinson


12-13-12
Mike Way Coaching Seminar At Harvard On January 5th

12-13-12 Princeton's Callahan Looks Forward After Unforgettable Year by Victoria Majchrzak

12-13-12 Ivy League Men's December Update

12-13-12  Lauren Nelson (Wesleyan University) and Brian Mullen (Conn College) Named CSA Players Of The Week

12-13-12
Video: A New Episode of Help My Squash Game from Barb Cooper


12-12-12
Ashour, Willstrop, Matthew, Gaultier Into World Open Quarters by Howard Harding


12-12-12 World En Bref #2 from Squashsite

12-12-12 Matthew & Willstrop Carry British Hopes Again by Rod Gilmour

12-12-12 Trinity Men "All In" For 14th Title Run

12-12-12 John Illig On Drexel Versus Middlebury

12-12-12 Draws Set For Women's Cayman World Open

12-12-12 English Double In Swiss Junior Open by Howard Harding

12-12-12
Canada's Asif Khan Khalil Fears Deportation Consequences

12-12-12 Asics Gel Domain 1 from Pierre Bastien

12-12-12 McEnroe Tells Andy Murray To Cheer Up

12-11-12
World Open Into Round of 16 As Simpson Scores Marathon Upset by Howard Harding


12-11-12
Willstrop Taking Inspiration From Past Qatar Memories by Rod Gilmour

12-11-12 Six Egyptians Into World Open Final 16

12-11-12 Qatar PSA World Squash Champs Blog

12-11-12
Scottish Player Killed Walking Home From Christmas Party


12-11-12 StarGazer Chats With Raneem El Weleily

12-11-12
Defending Champion Princeton Men Pass First Test

12-11-12 Asics Gel Domain 4790s from Pierre Bastien

12-11-12 SNAP Is Not A Game, by Tracy J. Gates

12-11-12 Tennis Player Wozniacki Imitates Serena Williams To Mixed Reviews

12-11-12
The Story of Bo and Joe, by Michael Weinreb


12-10-12
World Open, Day Four: Ghosal Gains Indian Breakthrough by Howard Harding


12-10-12 Hewitt And Quick Surge To US Open Doubles Title by Rob Dinerman

12-10-12 Mudge And Gould Annex Inaugural US Open Doubles Crown by Rob Dinerman

12-10-12
India's Pallikal Keeping Low Profile


12-10-12 Plan For Hardball by Tefft Smith

12-10-12 Updated Men's College Team Rankings

12-10-12 Weekend College Highlights from Michael Bello

12-10-12 Ramy Ashour Racket from SquashSource

12-10-12
Harrow Jonathan Power Custom Spark

12-10-12 Bill Ott's Top 10 Sports Books Of 2012

12-9-12 Tragedy Strikes Los Angeles Squash Community by Bob Hanscom

12-9-12 Matthew's World Title Defence Successfully Underway by Howard Harding

12-9-12 New York Based Aussies Cuskelly & Alexander Advance At World Open

12-9-12
Qatar En Bref #1 from Squashsite

12-9-12 Qatar Men's World's Examined, from No-Let

12-9-12 December CSA Women's Team Rankings, from Michael Bello

12-9-12 Hewitt/Quick To Face Krizek/McElhinny For WDSA US Open Title

12-9-12 Mudge/Gould, Mathur/Badan Into $30K US Open Doubles Final

12-9-12 Teen Phenoms Scarce In Pro Tennis

12-9-12 Dodo Birds Change UC Berkeley Logo After 144 Years

12-9-12
Average Major League Baseball Salary Hits Record $3.2 Million


12-8-12
Illingworth Knocked Out In World Open First Round, Delierre Advances


12-8-12 World Open First Round: Gawad Grabs First Scalp In Doha by Howard Harding

12-8-12 Job Opening: Squash Director, Virginia

12-8-12
Trio of Gemmell Sisters Makes Impact on Ivy Squash by Jacob Lynch

12-8-12 Cara Kaufman (Wellesley) and Jay Dolan (Middlebury) Named CSA Players Of The Week

12-8-12
WDSA US Open Doubles Underway

12-8-12 SDA US Doubles Into Semis

12-8-12 Prince O3 Black Racquet from Pierre Bastien

12-8-12 Wallbangers Movie, "I Don't Keep Runner-Ups" from No-Let

12-8-12 Report: 75% Of NFL Players Own Guns

12-7-12
Qualifying Complete In $350K Men's World Championship by Howard Harding

12-7-12 Matthew Looking To Be First Since Jansher To Win Three Worlds by Rod Gilmour

12-7-12
Qatar Also A Battle For London Showdown


12-7-12 Former WSF President Ronnie Sinclair Dies

12-7-12 Weekend PST Northeast Open Stocked With College Players

12-7-12
$30K SDA US Open Doubles Underway In Delaware


12-7-12
Power Academy Announces 2013 Summer Camps

12-7-12 (Nearly) Every Piece of Equipment from the 2012 Hong Kong Open by Pierre Bastien

12-7-12 Video: Upper Body Rotation Examined

12-7-12 Study Says Blood Doping May Not Work

12-7-12 LAPD Says Tennis Ref Murder Probe Handled Correctly

12-7-12 NFL Considers Eliminating Kickoffs

12-6-12
Doha Delivers Dramatic Men's World Championship Year End by Howard Harding


12-6-12 Alan Thatcher: Daryl Selby Stirs Up A Toxic Argument

12-6-12 Willstrop Says Standard Of Pro Game At All-Time High

12-6-12 WDSA Stars Put On Show In Cincinnati

12-6-12 CitySquash Fall Highlights

12-6-12 "Club From Hell" Parallels At Scottish Club As Heaters Saved By Lottery Grant, No Word On Frank

12-6-12 "Shot and a Ghost" On Simon Briggs' List Of Year's Best Sports Books

12-6-12
Coach Jack Wyant Installs New Wrinkle At Penn

12-6-12 Video: Amherst v Drexel Women from Michael Bello

12-6-12 Asics Gel Game 3s from Pierre Bastien

12-6-12 Six Foot Eight Transsexual Athlete Debuts On JC Basketball Team

12-6-12 California Couple Kidnaps Handyman, Forces Him To Repair Dishwasher

12-5-12
Ramy Ashour Leads World Series Standings After Hong Kong by Howard Harding

12-5-12 Sky Sports To Cover PSA World Series Finals Live

12-5-12 Avila Powers To Veracuz, Mexico PSA Title by Howard Harding

12-5-12 Top Pakistani Woman Maria Toor Pakay Profiled

12-5-12
Nia Gill and Nia Lovell Are StreetSquash Captains Of The Month

12-5-12 Ivy League Scrimmage Photos from Michael Bello

12-5-12 Adidas Stabil Optifits from Pierre Bastien

12-5-12 Sandy by James Zug

12-5-12 Palmer, Lincou To Head Up Detroit Hops Challenge by Mick Joint

12-5-12 The Relationship Between Sex And Sports by Sarah Spain

12-5-12 David Beckham Exits With Class, Leaves Lasting Mark On MLS

12-4-12
World Squash Federation Hails Hong Kong Olympic 'Inspection' Success by Howard Harding


12-4-12 Nicol David, Champion And Ambassador, Charms IOC Guests by Duncan Mackay

12-4-12 Rod Gilmour: Potential Hong Hong Embarrassments Outweighed By Calibre Of Men's Final

12-4-12 England's Emily Whitlock Wins WSA Title In Madison, Wisconsin

12-4-12 Shaun Shakes Off Coleman In Edmonton PSA Final by Howard Harding

12-4-12 Allam British Open Confirmed For 2013 At KC Football Stadium

12-4-12 Jonathon Power Announces March Adult Training Camp In Toronto

12-4-12 Growing Pains For John White's Drexel Squads On New England Trip

12-4-12
Sam Selonick Is StreetSquash Volunteer Of The Month


12-4-12 Dunlop Blackstorm Graphite from Pierre Bastien

12-4-12
Soccer AR Dies After Attack At Youth Game In The Netherlands


12-4-12 Anytime Fitness Opens 2000th Club In Ten Years

12-3-12
Ashour Over Willstrop In High Calibre $150K Hong Kong Open Final by Howard Harding


12-3-12
David Triumphs With Seventh Hong Kong Title


12-3-12 En Bref #5: The Ups & Downs Of Reporting The Hong Kong Open

12-3-12
Qualifier Ben Coleman Crashes Into PSA Edmonton Final by Howard Harding

12-3-12 PST Viet Nam Report

12-3-12
No 3 Ranked Harvard Men Beat Rochester 5-4

12-3-12 Fourth Ranked Cornell Men Over Columbia 5-4

12-3-12 Weekend College Highlights from Michael Bello

12-3-12 Video: Rosner Cross Court Nick

12-3-12
Dunlop Blackmax Titanium from Pierre Bastien

12-3-12 Miami Tennis Event Uses Models As Ball Girls

12-2-12
Rain Affects Hong Kong Men's Semis As Willstrop & Ashour Make Final


12-2-12 HK Women's Semis Report: Nicol David, Camille Serme To Vie For Title

12-2-12 College Women’s Action: UVA Sweeps Final Round, Defeats Vassar, 6-3 by Rob Dinerman

12-2-12 Hong Kong En Bref #4 from Squashsite

12-2-12 $225,000 Hong Kong Open Draws

12-2-12
Barker Into World Top Five In New PSA Rankings by Howard Harding

12-2-12 Big Movers in December Women's Rankings Despite Unchanged Top5

12-2-12 Reader: HK Open Production Bolstering Olympic Chances

12-2-12 The Harrow Vapor, from Pierre Bastien

12-2-12  The Too-Much-Running Myth Rises Again, by Alex Hutchinson

12-2-12
Four NCAA Basketball Players Arrested In Dorm Burglary Spree

12-2-12 Media Pioneer Sees Runaway Sports Programming Costs

12-1-12 Olympic Bid Suffers Potential Setback Amid Multiple Defaults In Hong Kong by Rob Dinerman

12-1-12
Hong Kong Beckons Anglo/Egyptian Men's Semis, by Howard Harding


12-1-12 David, Grinham, Kawy, Serme Into $70K Women's Hong Kong Semis

12-1-12 PSA & ASB Courts Join Forces

12-1-12
English Qualifiers Prevail In Edmonton by Howard Harding

12-1-12 Assaiante's Trinity Men Ranked Second Entering Opening Weekend by David Kingsley

12-1-12 Tufts Men Off To 4-0 Start Under McManus

12-1-12 Adidas Court Stabil 10s from Pierre Bastien

12-1-12 NFL Players Reportedly Using Viagra

12-1-12 Murder Charges Dropped Against Tennis Referee