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Welcome to TBD #27!  After a summer sabbatical the boys are back!  PJ, Conor and Bill catch up on their summertime activities, including PJ's 50th bday celebration, Conor's on the move again, Bill's trip to the Southwestern Squash Open along with a look at the PSA season ahead!     *****   REACH OUT:  FAN FOLLOW UP > The Appendix!! In this segment, we will be sharing the feedback, comments, insigh...

Welcome back!  After a long hiatus, Conor , PJ and Bill are back to break down all the controversies from the World Championships. From Hammamy tweets to El Shorbgay's latest grievances, PSA TV bias, rude Egyptian fans, and because it wouldn't be squash without complaining about the officiating, we throw that in as well!    *****   REACH OUT:  FAN FOLLOW UP > The Appendix!! In this segment, we wil...

Conor, PJ and Bill welcome the foremost squash journalist and photographer in the country, Chris McClintick, who, when not covering every US Squash event, the Oracle Netsuite and the Tournament of Champions, indulges in his real passion, live music!  Tune in and listen! REACH OUT:  FAN FOLLOW UP > The Appendix!! In this segment, we will be sharing the feedback, comments, insights, you name it!  So...

Welcome to TBD #24! While lamenting the absence of their co-host Paul Johnson, Bill and Conor forge ahead discussing the recent Windy City Open, Bill's appearance on his new friend Barry Gibbs's In Squash podcast, the continued dominance of Nouran Gohar at Black Ball  and the box office appeal of Mostafa Asal at canary Wharf. Subscribe and listen today!  You never know, if we get enough listeners,...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Squash Radio! This week, Conor is joined by Nathan Lake, a top English professional player.   The episode begins with Nathan discussing his recent matches at the Houston Open and reaching a career high rankings breaking into the 30's. The two discuss what it takes to play for England at the Commonwealth Games, which is one of the sport's highest honors.   Na...

Squash Radio is back with another episode! We have a really special guest this week. Alex Gough, former world #5 and current CEO of the PSA World Tour, joins Conor to discuss all things PSA!   Alex begins the podcast by discussing how he became involved with the PSA, what it was like when he first started in 2008, and how it has constantly evolved and grown since then. He discusses previous tourna...

Welcome back to another TBD episode with your three favorite hosts, Conor, Bill and PJ! This week the guys are joined by John Flanigan and Yoni Ellous from The University Club to discuss all things Windy City Open in Chicago.   The guys start off by doing their best to pronounce Yoni's last name, and then get into the topic at hand. John talks about the behind the scenes work of getting the courts...

Hey there squash fans! This week's guest is Will Hopton, the Executive Director of Squash on Fire in DC, former World #2 Rackets player & Doubles Champion as well as a lover of all racket sports!    The episode starts off with a conversation about Will's background in Rackets. He explains how he got into the sport, his experience with coaching, and his passion for other racket sports.   The topic...

Welcome to another episode of The Break Down with Conor, Bill and PJ!   In an homage to Kornheiser and Wilbon, TBD is proud to present its very first rundown!  Since  the names PTI and PMT are already taken, and PJ’s salary doesn’t leave us any money to defend ourselves against copywrite infringement suits, we need your help producing a name for this segment! In this episode, the guys run through...

Welcome back to another episode of Squash Radio! This week’s guest is former world number 3 player, squash commentator, and cancer survivor: Simon Parke.   The conversation starts off with Parke explaining how he got into squash commentary, and how it related to his squash game. He explains the mental challenges of squash, and reminisces on past games and tournaments.   Conor changes the subject a...

In the first episode of the New Year, Conor and Bill sit down with the most talked about player on the PSA Tour, Mostafa Asal, the 20 year old Egyptian phenom who is taking the sport of squash by storm.  Mostafa discusses what it is like traveling the world at such a young age, his love of chick-fil-a, and driving in Egypt.  While we recorded the episode days before his recently announced suspensi...

Welcome back, squash fans! This week’s guest is most well known for being the Executive Director of Portland Community Squash in Maine: Barrett Takesian. Barrett is the master of building community, which is definitely a theme throughout this episode!   The episode begins with an introduction of a new video project he’s been working on, in which he’s put his business model for growing squash progr...

Conor O’Malley & Bill Buckingham invite on the Head of College Squash to share what’s the latest as the season gets underway.    REACH OUT:  FAN FOLLOW UP > The Appendix!! In this segment, we will be sharing the feedback, comments, insights, you name it!  So reach out us on social media or email  squashradio@gmail.com . As always, thanks for listening!   SPONSOR: This episode of Squash Radio (SQR+...

TBD #20 has arrived!  On this milestone episode, PJ, Conor and Bill are joined by 2021 US Open Semi-finalist and team USA member Olivia Fiechter. Olivia talks about the many ways to pronounce her last name as well as her stunning run to the US Open semis in her hometown of Philadelphia.  In the R&R segment we look back at our most memorable encounters with famous people (not including our interact...

Welcome back, squash fans! This week’s guest is Chris Smith, and the episode is structured a little differently than the others. The majority of it was recorded over three years ago, but was never released, so Conor recently recorded a quick follow up to bring it all together.   The episode starts off with a brief conversation about where Chris is now and what has changed in his life over the past...

Welcome back to another episode of Squash Radio! This week’s guest is Aidan Harrison. Known for developing the squash program at the Onwentsia Club in Illinois, Aidan built the program from the ground up. 20 years later, he’s still enhancing the program daily. He’s responsible for growing the league’s participation by 800% by creating one of the most competitive programs in the state. Aidan is als...

Welcome back, squash fans! This week we’re highlighting a guest that’s very near and dear to our hearts here at Squash Radio. He’s a former #4 player, gold medalist, one of the highest leading coaches in the world, lead commentator on Squash TV and (most importantly), cohost of The Breakdown with Conor and Bill: the one and only, Paul Johnson (aka PJ)!   PJ begins the episode by giving a little ba...

Welcome to TBD #19!  Gather round boys and girls, its story time as Conor, PJ and Bill welcome Squash Stories founder and moderator Jamie Maddox to the show. Jamie discusses the growth of his Facebook group, his alter ego Eshan, and his love of all things "El Shorbagy". You don't want to miss this episode of TBD. It's so good PJ may even give it a listen!   REACH OUT:  FAN FOLLOW UP > The Appendix...

It’s that awesome time of the year again when the community takes time to highlight women’s squash with a week-long, multi-state and country celebration for Women's Squash Week!    We thought this would be the perfect time to connect you to Kim Clearkin, who has been at the forefront of driving women's squash initiative forward for 15 years now, along with being the Senior Vice President at US Squ...

Welcome back, squash fans! This week we have Manek Mathur on the podcast. Most well known for being ranked the #1 doubles player on the SDA Tour, four-time College Squash National Team Champion, DJ and music producer and his new career path in the world of real estate.    The episode starts with Manek’s experience playing at Trinity and the relationships he formed with his coach (Paul Assaiante) a...

This week’s guest is Danielle Maur, former National Director of Racquet Sports at Life Time Fitness, CEO & Co-founder of Global Squash, and named on the list of the top 50 most influential people in the sport of squash by Squash Magazine.   The episode begins with Danielle discussing her time at Life Time Fitness, from how she helped it grow, to her role in the education of the club, to how she ad...

Welcome to TBD Episode 18!  Conor, PJ and Bill welcome special guest Sheldon Anderson.  Sheldon shares his insights on the state of officiating in squash and the continuing steps being taken to further professionalize this critical aspect of the sport.  Based on Sheldon’s long career in the hospitality industry, this episode's R&R segment is devoted to sharing our top hotel experiences.  Have a li...

It’s an honor to have past U.S. #1 Alicia McConnell, in the hot seat today! A sports fanatic from a young age, Alicia’s rise to stardom may have appeared seamless from the outside, but it was certainly not an easy journey. In this episode, Alicia describes the mental health struggles that she went through when she was playing professionally, the immense pressure that she felt, and the lack of supp...

This week on The Breakdown, Conor, Bill and PJ start the episode off by checking in with each other and touch base on what they’ve been up to over the past couple of weeks, from PJ arriving back in the states, to golf games, to Bill’s love of Gerry Gibson.   This episode mostly focuses on two main topics: the guys’ top three favorite sports movies of all time, and the Olympics. Of course squash co...

In this episode of Squash Radio (SqR), Conor sits down with Anderson Good, the former Head Men’s and Women’s Squash Coach at George Washington University (GW). Anderson has the distinction of being one of the youngest Head Coach of a Division 1 program in college squash history.  He took over the reins of the GW program from the talented Wendy Lawrence. The GW program made headlines in the Squash...