outsidetheglass

A junior at Drexel and All American squash player, Alina Bushma talks about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected her and her family.

What is the difference between squash and golf? Dixon Hill, a top U.S. junior in both sports, takes a stab at that age-old question.

New York City is one of the toughest real estate markets in the world. Harry Saint solved it, putting in the first commercial squash clubs in Manhattan back in the 1970s. Here is the story of how squash was transformed.

Squash on ships has been a theme ever since the Titanic had a court. In the post-Second World War era, RMS Queen Elizabeth had a busy squash court, as Paddy Swanson recalls.

Squash and sex and selling the game. Steve Line takes us behind the scenes off perhaps the most explosive photographs in squash history.

A former world champion and world No.1, Laura Massaro has just come out with a must-read memoir.

Barrett Takesian helped create the pathbreaking Portland Community Squash. Now, the thirty-one year old is helping US Squash make community squash a movement that is dramatically changing the game.

The voice of tennis at the US Open, Andy Taylor has become a fan favorite as emcee of squash’s Qatar Classic. How he got to Doha is a tale that includes radio morning shows, buckets of ice and The Price of Right live with Jerry Springer.

Now back at England Squash, Chris Robertson is continuing his run as a world-class squash coach. But he was once a rising star as a player, coming out of Brisbane, Australia to capture the World Junior title in 1984.

This month Access Youth Academy is opening an exciting, eight-court facility in San Diego. Renato Paiva, the executive director of Access, tells of his remarkable journey from being a junior player in Brazil to leading an innovative urban squash program.

The Conjuror, Qamar Zaman, is the subject of Steve Line’s story behind one of squash’s all-time classic photographs.

The founder of the squash and education movement, Greg Zaff talks about the original business plan, the people and values that inspired the creation of SquashBusters twenty-five years ago.

Squash’s legendary patriarch, Jonah Barrington, talks with OTG about his early years in the game, including how he scraped through to win his first British Open in 1966.

One of the world’s leading referees, Marko Podgorsek speaks to Outside The Glass about squash in one of the more hidden and underappreciate corners of the game, Slovenia.

In mid-December 2020, Enzo Corigliano died in upstate New York. The twenty-three year-old was a star on the St. Lawrence squash team. His coach, Scott Denne, speaks about his tragic death and the importance of conversations about mental health.

The most successful coach in college squash history, Paul Assaiante talks with OTG about ownership, recruiting, parenting and the fear of failure.

At the 1994 British Open, Steve Line shot one of the most legendary images in twentieth century squash: Mir Zaman Gul smacking heads with Anthony Hill. Line tells OTG the story behind the photograph.

The national coach of Qatar, Ong Beng Hee had a storied playing career that started with a huge leap of faith: not yet sixteen, he turned pro and moved from Malaysia to England.

In our continuing series of exploring off-court passions, OTG turns to Lefika Ragontse. The former Trinity star is the owner of Dread Sports and operates three squash clubs in Maryland and New Jersey. But his first love is diamonds.

Gilly Lane is the head coach of men’s squash at Penn. As a player and a coach, he has seen the crippling effects the fear of failure can have on a squash player and has some profound and simple ideas about what to do about it.

Over the past thirty years, John Massarella has progressed along all the stations of a referee—from marking matches at his club to handling local, national and eventually international events and culminating in refereeing world championship finals. He started with pen and paper and now touches the iPad to keep score and he’s worked under seven different refereeing systems. Massarella speaks of his...

Danzig, Bellamy, Rutnagur—the cohort of great squash journalists is small and hard to join. This month, as he turns eighty-five, one of the elder statesmen, Martin Bronstein, tells us about his favorite moments in his forty-plus-year career.

A U.S. Squash Hall of Famer, Anil Nayar talks with OTG about a couple of pivotal milestones in his career, including the 1969 National Intercollegiates—one of the most famous moments of sportsmanship in squash history.

The greatest doubles player in history, Damien Mudge captured a record 169 tournaments over his twenty years on the pro tour. But it wasn’t always the smoothest journey for the Australian.

James Green is the behind-the-scenes leader of Manhattan Community Squash, the exciting new facility in the heart of New York. Green is one of the most articulate proselytizers for the new model of non-profit, community squash, with accessibility being the core value.