2017 Press Archive

• December 12, 2017: The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles 2004 Person of the Year Matt Hopkins.
• Winter, 2017: Columbia Magazine profiles freshman Mack Meller who placed 2nd in this year's North American SCRABBLE Championship.
• December 6, 2017: Honolulu Magazine profiles NASPA's recreational club organized by Darren Seu and Claire Dunham.
• Marty Gabriel and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.
  • January 15, 2018: The Illinois Home Page interviews Marty and Scott about their achievement.
  • January 8, 2018: The Purple Pawn includes the record in its list of monthly gaming news.
  • November 17, 2017: The Journal Gazette and Times-Courier reports on the achievement.
• November 27, 2017: Fairfield's Hamlet Hub reports that Dustin Brown will be coaching the Pequot (CT) Library's SCRABBLE Club for children.
• November 17, 2017: The Valley News covers the annual Catamount Cup where players from Northern Vermont face off against a team from Southern Vermont.
• November 16, 2017: The New Yorker interviews Will Anderson, Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, Kate Fukawa-Connelly, Jesse Day, Debbie Stegman, and Joe Edley about their favorite, most improbable, worst, most patient, most regretful, and most humbling plays.
• November 5, 2017: WLOS covers the Asheville (NC) tournament directed by Bill Snoddy.
• October 6, 2017: Per the Wall Street Journal, Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is an avid SCRABBLE player on his iPad. NASPA co-president Chris Cree issues a challenge to Terry.
• September 25, 2017: Skidmore College interviews Junior World SCRABBLE champion Matthew O'Connor '20.
• 2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship
  • September 2, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi reports on the words played at the NASC in Business Insider.
  • September 2, 2017: The Daily Tarheel interviews Division 3 player and University of North Carolina alum Mark Abadi.
  • August 25, 2017: The Concord (MA) Journal profiles NASC Division 3 winner Jack Peters.
  • August 20, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi provides an account of the NASC in Business Insider.
  • August 14, 2017: Brandeis Now interviews Division 3 champion and Brandeis student Jack Peters.
  • August 5, 2017: Lancaster (PA) Online reports on local resident Will Anderson's win at NASC.
  • August 1, 2017: Word Freak author Stefan Fatsis interviews 2017 NASC champion Will Anderson and runner-up Mack Meller about NASC and reviews one of their matches on Slate.
  • July 31, 2017: Word Freak author Stefan Fatsis interviews 2017 NASC champion Will Anderson on the Slate podcast Hang Up and Listen.
• Youth SCRABBLE - Coverage of Ian Whitehurst and Kevin Zeng being named as the top Elementary School team.
  • August 28, 2017: Ridgefield Press
  • August 12, 2017: Danbury News Times
  • August 7, 2017: Ridgefield Hamlet Hub
  • August 4, 2017: Ridgefield Press
• July 7, 2017: Joshua Zinn from the radio program Houston Matters interviews Robin Lewis of Houston (TX) NASPA Club #359.
• July 1, 2017: The Journal-Gazette & Times Courier reports on the attempt by Scott Garner and Marty Gabriel to set a Guinness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.
• June 14, 2017: The Weston (WV) News profiles Kaia - Peace Corps volunteer, librarian, and SCRABBLE player.
• May 21, 2017: The Welland Tribune interviews Chris Lipe, youth player Tyler Lee, and director Sue Tremblay at the 3rd Niagara Falls (ON) International Open.
• March 29, 2017: The Commercial-News previews the 12th annual SCRABBLE for Literacy tournament in Danville (IL).
• March 23, 2017: The Orlando Sentinel profiles Casselberry/Orlando (FL) NASPA Club #438 on its 20th anniversary.
• Toronto (ON) School SCRABBLE Championship
  • March 26, 2017: CTV News covers the Toronto Championship as well as a School SCRABBLE competition in Edmonton (AB).
  • March 23, 2017: CTV Toronto covers the 9th annual Toronto (ON)School SCRABBLE Championship.
• January 30, 2017: The Philadelphia Inquirer reveals the impact that a Marian Anderson concert had on Philly SCRABBLE legend Matt Hopkins as a child.
• January 22, 2017: Coverage of the 7th annual Ottawa-Montreal Scrabble Challenge