Archive for the ‘Squash’ Category
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
By Sarah Odell
What does it mean to be the best? I pondered this recently while studying the lacquered hardwood board at the Greenwich Country Club listing past winners of the North American Open Doubles Tournament. How many winners – spanning more than 50 years – were American? Most. It wasn’t until ...
Posted in Squash, The Athletes | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 7th, 2011
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By Sarah Odell
Egyptian squash player Nour Bahgat is doing what women at the top of their game do: Challenge the guys.
Bahgat, who won the 2009 Women’s Collegiate National Championship her freshman year, recently became the first female ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
By Sarah Odell
When the NCAA decided late in 2010 to cut squash from the emerging sport list, most people didn’t notice the decision, let alone realize the profound impact on the sport moving forward. But this decision is like hitting the serve out at nine-all in the fifth.
Some background: 14 ...
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
By Sarah Odell
Women’s squash is at a crossroads. I have written in this blog about huge strides that we have made with women’s doubles in the last year, but the women’s game as a whole -- singles and doubles, professionals and amateurs -- is in crisis. Women are being denied ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
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By Sarah Odell
I’m not ready to declare this next decade the Era of Women’s Doubles Squash (not yet, at least), but this past weekend was ...
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
By Sarah Odell
What keeps so many women from playing post-collegiate competitive sports?
In squash, it’s a challenge to get young women to travel to Baltimore or Philadelphia or Boston for a tournament. Getting them to commit to a once a week practice? Finding a woman to play with at the club? ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
By Sarah Odell
I was an odd mix of girly girl and tomboy growing up. I only wore dresses that twirled, and a perfect Friday afternoon left me covered in dirt, running around a field hockey pitch in cleats and shin guards. There were no showers near the fields, so my ...
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
By Sarah Odell
How appropriate that I happened to be at my parent’s when Sunday’s New York Times Magazine asked on its cover “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” Oh great, I thought to myself, yet another article about why my generation hasn’t lived up to expectations. I picked up the magazine ...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
By Sarah Odell
Just a few months ago, it was hard to think of a time when I wouldn’t be going to school -- and wouldn’t have a two-hour practice built into my day. But that time has come. I’ve graduated from college, landed my dream job at Harper Collins publishers ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
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By Sarah Odell
This weekend, the Under 25 Doubles Championship takes place in Greenwich, Connecticut. Just yesterday I learned that there may not be enough women to make a draw. I have seen first hand the trend that US Squash is worried ...
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