James Zug

The inside word on squash from the executive editor at Squash Magazine, squash historian and host of Outside The Glass podcast.

[James Zug @squashword]

Doubles or Everything. The 2024 National Doubles is less than 48 hours from kickoff: 20 draws, 300 players and everyone gets a personalized Harrow bat #itsaphillything

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Nothing like college squash

[James Zug @squashword]

This month is the 120th anniversary of the world’s first professional squash tournament, at Huntingdon Valley Country Club outside Philadelphia. Six pros entered; Alfred Ellis of @theracquetclub was crowned champion, beating John Friel 3-1 in finals.

[James Zug @squashword]

That’s it: no part 3! #happyfeet

[Amanda Sobhy @itssobhytime]

Chatted to @squashword back in 2017 when I did my left Achilles in Colombia, so obviously we had to do part 2 in honor of my right Achilles rupture in HK! Fun to compare stories, mindset, Rehab process, & lessons learned from the first time around! Enjoy!
https://t.co/S8VxJZkIhP

[James Zug @squashword]

This what it looked like in Vanderbilt Hall 12 hours before the first match and 6 hours after the last match @ToCSquash

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Never in history of @ToCSquash has the finals of men’s and women’s draws both been contested by the winners of the previous two ToCs. Tonight two of them will get to hold the coolest trophy in pro squash, made by longtime squash player and promoter Frank Stella

[James Zug @squashword]

Semifinal night @ToCSquash

[College Squash @CollegeSquash]

The @ToCSquash Women's Leadership Program honored Gail Ramsay yesterday afternoon at the Yale Club of NYC. Congratulations to Gail @TigerSquash1 for this recognition!

[James Zug @squashword]

Lingering and hanging out before and after @ToCSquash matches is the norm: sometimes it can feel like 1982 in New York all over again

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Meet you in Grand Central @ToCSquash

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Another brilliant start to another brilliant @ToCSquash with Gail Ramsay @TigerSquash1 honored at 11th Women’s Luncheon

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Big opening night @WeAreOpenSquash as Park Place, Broad Street and Downtown Athletic Club get reincarnated, a quarter of a century later, at FiDi

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Big day in SoFlo with the start of the Florida Squash Open at Kinetic Indoor Racquet Club in @cityofboynton as they continue the process of making squash champions

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For many decades, it was one of squash's enduring mysteries: why could no one confirm Hashim Khan's actual birth date? Now we have a more nuanced explanation of how 1 July 1914 got chosen for the legendary Khan:

https://t.co/2d6dH4uFUh

https://t.co/g4YELPC8dg

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Today’s the exciting conclusion to the thirtieth @USJOSquash with 35 nations represented among the 1,000+ players

[James Zug @squashword]

Gillian Francis writes a great piece in Crain's New York Business about how squash "forces you to be analytical, confronting the parts of your game that need improvement and working on them."
@streetsquash @WeAreOpenSquash

https://t.co/Z1AeM2gigY

[James Zug @squashword]

Hundreds of comments and messages—an outpouring of love, support and respect—have come for world No.4 @itssobhytime after rupturing her Achilles a second time.

After her 1st rupture in 2017, we talked on Outside The Glass about the long road to recovery: https://t.co/kTbjdVJRES

[Amanda Sobhy @itssobhytime]

Couldn’t sleep last night, so decided to get my thoughts & emotions out on paper🙏🏽

[James Zug @squashword]

The GOAT of practical jokes in squash is the Sam Fraidin Match. Finally, after decades of rumors, innuendo and urban legend, Outside The Glass tells the true story
@YaleSquash @StanfordSquash @USSQUASH
https://t.co/zddGyNVd5g

[James Zug @squashword]

A Baltimore squash legend for a half century, the winner of more Maryland state singles titles than anyone else in history, a fierce, fierce, fierce competitor and a lucky survivor of a heart attack on the doubles court: RIP Sandy Martin.

https://t.co/TopABCTdYu

[James Zug @squashword]

Glenn Maxwell's 201 not out yesterday reminded me of Adam Gilchrist's record-setting 149 in 2007 World Cup finals. Gilchrist's secret was lodging a squash ball in his left glove: allowing for a lighter grip and more power. @cricketworldcup
#bestuseofsquashball