Revision as of 12:36, 12 May 2021

These press articles and releases appeared in 2019.

• December 11, 2019: CTV News visits Winnipeg (MB) NASPA Club #498.
• Ricky Rodriguez attended the WESPA Youth Cup.
  • November 28, 2019: The San Antonio Express-News profiles Ricky Rodriguez before the WESPA Youth Cup.
  • December 2, 2019: San Antonio Express-News published a follow-up article after the tournament.
  • December 31, 2019: KSAT profiles Ricky.
• Dean Saldanha and Dielle Pinto will be on Team Canada at the WESPA Championships in Goa, India, in mid-October.
  • October 12, 2019: Prince George Matters article.
  • October 6, 2019: Vancouver Sun article.
  • September 30, 2019: Richmond (BC) News article.
• September 11, 2019: Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life, a book written by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, features John Chew in its chapter on SCRABBLE.
• August 14, 2019: Barrie Today spotlights the recently formed recreational club in Barrie (ON).
• August 13, 2019: Spectrum News 13 visits Casselberry-Orlando NASPA Club #438 and talks to director Art Moore.
• 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship in Reno (NV)
  • July 26, 2019: Lynnwood Today reports on Lynnwood resident and North American SCRABBLE Champion Alec Sjoholm.
  • July 24, 2019: KOLO 8 ABC interviews Joshua Sokol and John Chew.
  • July 24, 2019: KTVN 2 interviews Deborah Komatsu, Cheryl Kagan, Andy Hoang, and John Chew.
• July 24, 2019: The Angry Grammarian at the Philadelphia Inquirer interviews 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion Will Anderson and John Chew about why slurs are allowed in tournament and club play.
• Cornelia Guest ran a SCRABBLE tournament in conjunction with the Newtown (CT) Bridge Club's 3rd annual Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on June 19th.
  • July 1, 2019: The Newtown Bee covers the event.
  • May 24, 2019: The Newtown Bee announces the event.
• May 8, 2019: WGBY profiles Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 - including interviews with director Brett Constantine, NASC 2018 Div 4 champion Evan Yurko, and 2019 North American School SCRABBLE Championship director Ben Greenwood.
• May 2, 2019: The New York Times interviews NASPA co-president John Chew about the release of the Collins 2019 lexicon.
• Youth player Ricky Rodriguez is interviewed by local San Antonio (TX) media.
  • May 7, 2019: Fox29 in San Antonio interviews Ricky after his return from the North American School SCRABBLE Championship where his team placed 3rd in the Challenge Division.
  • April 26, 2019: The Rivard Report profiles Ricky as he heads to the North American School SCRABBLE Championship.
  • February 1, 2019: CBS KENS-TV interviews Ricky and his mother, Erin, at Austin (TX) NASPA Club #234.
• April 1, 2019: Reader's Digest profiles 2018 NASC champion Joel Sherman in its I Won! series.
• March 21, 2019: Connecticut Magazine profiles NASPA Person of the Year Cornelia Guest with a focus on her Youth SCRABBLE coaching.
• March 8, 2019: An East Oregonian reporter takes on NASPA member John Lauck.
• Business Insider reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi offers SCRABBLE tips to readers:
  • February 10, 2019: Play SCRABBLE rather than Words With Friends
  • February 2, 2019: Avoid these mistakes
  • January 27, 2019: Look out for hotspots
• January 7, 2019: Stefan Fatsis discusses ties in tournament SCRABBLE on the Hang Up and Listen podcast. Jeffrey Jacobson had 3 ties in a 7-game tournament in Levittown (PA) on January 5, 2019.