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Current Year
- September 5, 2020: Decorah News reports on Iowan Mike Johnson being named a SCRABBLE Expert.
- August 6, 2020: Yahoo! Life discovers some high-scoring words on the NASPA Records page.
- July 29, 2020: The Sun Chronicle interviews expert player Bradley Whitmarsh.
- July 18, 2020: Sports Destination Management interviews John Chew about NASPA and our championship.
- July 6, 2020: Yorkton (SK) This Week interviews John Chew about the organization of tournament SCRABBLE.
- The inclusion of slurs in the lexicon
- October 5, 2020: Howard Warner, the president of the New Zealand Association of SCRABBLE Players, looks at the impact of the issue on international play.
- October, 2020: SCRABBLE Grandmaster Scott Appel writes about the decision to remove slurs in his monthly column - Your Word Against Mine - in Games World of Puzzles.
- July 16, 2020: Openly interviewer Oscar Lopez speaks to John Chew about the decision to remove slurs. Interview begins at 23:50.
- July 16, 2020: Mandatory discusses the decision to remove slurs.
- July 16, 2020: The Great Courses Daily examines what makes words taboo in light of the decision to remove offensive slurs.
- July 16, 2020: Associations Now interviews John Chew about the decision to remove slurs.
- July 16, 2020: Julie Rose interviews Arkansas player Josephine Flowers on Top of Mind on BYUradio. The interview occurs about 1 3/4 hours into the episode.
- July 14, 2020: News Talk 780 KOH announces the decision.
- July 14, 2020: Language reports on the decision to remove slurs.
- July 14, 2020: Mass Live recaps the issue.
- July 12, 2020: Click Lancashire reports on the decision.
- July 12, 2020: The Gamer covers the issue.
- July 12, 2020: The Irish Post discusses the possible removal of CULCHIE.
- July 11, 2020: Kildare Nationalist comments on CULCHIE as one of the offensive words.
- July 10, 2020: Stefan Fatsis reports on the drama following the decision in Slate.
- July 10, 2020: Miles Klee writes an essay about the decision in Mel.
- July 10, 2020: Mix 93.1 covers the decision.
- July 10, 2020: Reuters reports on the decision.
- July 10, 2020: Irish Central summarizes the NEWSTALK interview about CULCHIE.]
- July 10, 2020: Newstalk FM host Sean Moncrieff talks with John Chew about the offensiveness of CULCHIE.
- July 9, 2020: Sam Leith offers his opinion in Unherd.
- July 9, 2020: Deseret News outlines the issue.
- July 9, 2020: Cox Media Group outlets report on the decision.
- July 9, 2020: Express columnist Virginia Blackburn offers her opinion.
- July 9, 2020: Nova reports that CULCHIE might be removed.
- July 9, 2020: PR Daily wrapup quotes Hasbro press release and John Chew's letter to members.
- July 9, 2020: CNN interviews John Chew about the decision to remove slurs.
- July 8, 2020: The Telegraph reports on the issue. An edited version of this article appeared in Canada the following day in the National Post.
- July 8, 2020: USA Today recaps the New York Times article.
- July 8, 2020: WiLD 94.9 reports on the issue.
- July 8, 2020: ABC News Radio interviews John Chew about the issue.
- July 8, 2020: NPR reports on the decision to eliminate slurs.
- July 8, 2020: BBC News reports on the debate.
- July 8, 2020: Daily Mail columnist Christa D'Souza frets that WRINKLIES may be removed.
- July 8, 2020: Winged Nation summarizes the debate.
- July 8, 2020: Gay Nation looks at the issue from the LQBT perspective.
- July 8, 2020: Yahoo! Sports reviews the issue.
- July 8, 2020: Mashable discusses the debate.
- July 8, 2020: Kotaku reports on the decision to remove slurs.
- July 8, 2020: The John Oakley Show interviewed John Chew from 15:35 to 15:45.
- July 7, 2020: Out reports on the issue.
- July 7, 2020: The New York Times interviews John Chew and NASPA members about the inclusion of slurs. Hasbro announces that NASPA has agreed to remove all slurs.
- July 6, 2020: Reuters reports on the debate.
- July 6, 2020: The Times interviews John Chew and WESPA Chair Chris Lipe about the removal of slurs.
- July 5, 2020: The Daily Mail recaps the debate on removing slurs.
- June 29, 2020: Calgary Eyeopener host Rob Brown interviewed John Chew about removing slurs from the NWL.
- June 25, 2020: Article about CBC As It Happens interview includes additional comments from NASPA member Frank Tangredi.
- June 24, 2020: John Chew appears on As It Happens on CBC. Interview begins at about the 28-minute mark.
- June 24, 2020: The Globe and Mail interviews NASPA CEO John Chew.
- June 18, 2020: Stefan Fatsis discusses the debate on the inclusion of slurs in the lexicon in Slate.
- June 2, 2020: The Daily Hampshire Gazette interviews NASPA Member and Youth Player Jack Carpenter who placed 2nd in last weekend's online School SCRABBLE Championship (OQuaSSA).
- May 11, 2020: The Montclarion recaps the appearance of NASA member Mina Le on Jeopardy!
- April 26, 2020: The Saige Jones podcast interviews Joe Edley about his life (and SCRABBLE career) and the impact of meditation.
- COVID-19 Coronavirus
- March 7, 2020: Nautilus reports on the role of tile values and luck in SCRABBLE - including quotes from John Chew, Stefan Fatsis, and Lynda Woods Cleary.
- February 5, 2020: The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder reports on the Montreal vs. Ottawa tournament held on February 1.
- January 29, 2020: Pacific NW Magazine visits Seattle (WA) NASPA Club #253.
Older Mention
- September 30, 2016: CBC covers Shediac (NB) tournament.
- 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship
- August 12, 2016: Spartanburg Herald Journal interviews David Gibson.
- August 11, 2016: Spartanburg (SC) CBS affiliate WSPA and Myrtle Beach (SC) CBS affiliate WBTW cover the victory of local resident David Gibson.
- August 11, 2016: Local NPR affiliate WBOI interviews David Gibson, Mack Meller, and Heather McCall at the NASC.
- August 10, 2016: Hasbro press release wraps up the event.
- August 10, 2016: New England Public Radio interviews Division 3 winner Ben Greenwood.
- August 8, 2016: Fort Wayne Fox affiliate WFFT interviews Jesse Matthews.
- August 7, 2016: Fort Wayne ABC affiliate 21Alive and The Journal Gazette interview Dallas Johnson and Robin Pollock Daniel who describes SCRABBLE as "chess with tiles."
- August 6, 2016: The Journal Gazette interviews NASC director Dallas Johnson amid play on Day 1.
- August 6, 2016: Local news channel WANE-TV covers the NASC on Day 1.
- August 5, 2016: News-Sentinel profiles local players Kathleen Long, Timothy Long, and Dan Wenger.
- August 5, 2016: Terre Haute Tribune Star previews NASC in Fort Wayne.
- July 24, 2016: Stamford Advocate covered weekend tournament held in Stamford (CT).
- July 21, 2016: Victoria News interviews Victoria (BC) NASPA members Tim Thielmann and Rhonda Reece.
- July 17, 2016: KRAL interviewed tournament director David Klionsky about the Robb Griffith Memorial tournament scheduled for July 23rd in Durham (NC).
- July 1, 2016: JG-TC reports on attempt of Marty Gabriel and Scott Garner to break Guiness SCRABBLE record.
- June 8, 2016: Global News reports on Shediac (NB) tournament scheduled to celebrate 90th anniversary of 1st crossword game invented by local resident Edward MacDonald.
- June 9, 2016: John Chew interviewed in the Moncton Times & Transcript in an article by James Foster entitled “Shediac stakes its claim as Canada’s Scrabble capital” about the history of the Scrabble game and the first tournament to be held in Atlantic Canada in the fall.
- June 6, 2016: John Robertson and Andy Saunders, authors of A's Bad As It Gets, cited in Sports Illustrated article on 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.
- June 2, 2016: Omaha Magazine coverage of Omaha NASPA Club #582.
- May 21, 2016: News-Sentinel and WOWO coverage of Fort Wayne (IN) tournament.
- May 19, 2016: Wall Street Journal interviews 2015 world champion Wellington Jighere. Features photos of 2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship and Chris Lipe who is quoted along with Stefan Fatsis.
- 2016 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship
- 2016 North American School SCRABBLE Championship
- February 3, 2016: The Oklahoman interviews members of the Oklahoma City club for a lengthy feature article.
- January 21, 2016: Newsworks interview John Green about the ASAP School SCRABBLE Program in Philadelphia.
- January 14, 2016: Omaha.com reports on George Asaka and the Omaha Scrabble Club.
- November 22, 2015: The Lexington Herald Leader reports on the Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic, interviewing Lindsey Dimmick, Steve Bush, Jeff Clark, Joey Krafchick and others.
- September 30, 2015: CBC reports on research led by Peter Sargious into the brains of SCRABBLE players.
- 2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship
- July 23, 2015: Chris Cree talks about Nigel Richards winning the French WSC on The Daily Beast.
- May 25, 2015: John Chew interviewed by CTV News Channel about the new words in the Collins word list.
- May 21, 2015: John Chew interviewed by NPR and Reuters about the new words in the Collins word list.
- May 17, 2015: Noah Kalus and Zach Ansel's win at the 2015 North American School SCRABBLE Championship and subsequent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel reported on by the Times Herald-Record (of Middletown, NY), the Poughkeepsie Journal, Oneida Dispatch, Ridgefield Press, Toy News, and others.
- April 21, 2015: 2014 National SCRABBLE Champion Conrad Bassett-Bouchard and others mentioned in an article entitled “Winning SCRABBLE and the Nature of Expertise” in Scientific American.
- 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship
- December 9, 2014: 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship runner-up Chris Lipe interviewed in Rome Sentinel.
- November 24, 2014: 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship runner-up Chris Lipe mentioned in Business Insider.
- November 23, 2014: 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship runner-up Chris Lipe mentioned in The Telegraph.
- November 23, 2014: 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship runner-up Chris Lipe mentioned in The Independent.
- November 22, 2014: John Chew leads off a BBC News story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship.
- November 21, 2014: Jesse Matthews, John Chew, Adam Logan and others featured in a story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship on AlJazeera.com.
- November 21, 2014: John Chew quotes briefly in a BBC News story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship.
- November 20, 2014: Conrad Bassett-Bouchard gives SCRABBLE tips to OPB leading up to the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship.
- November 10, 2014: Evan Berofsky featured in an article in the Oakland Press.
- 2014 National SCRABBLE Championship
- 2015 Changes to OSPD and OTCWL
- August 27, 2014: Robin Pollock Daniel quoted about the new words on the Colbert Report.
- August 5, 2014: Chris Cree and John Chew help MentalFloss with some fun facts about our game.
- August 5, 2014: John Chew gives the Canadian perspective on the new words in the National Post
- August 5, 2014: Robin Pollock Daniel quoted at length in an article about the new words in the Globe and Mail
- August 5, 2014: John Chew quoted in an article about the new words at Forbes.
- August 5, 2014: Chris Cree quoted in a Reuters article about the new words.
- August 5, 2014: 18-minute interview with Simi Sara on CKNW 980 with John Chew about the new words.
- August 5, 2014: ABC News talks about our new words.
- August 4, 2014: John Chew quoted briefly in the New York Daily News on the new edition of OSPD.
- August 4, 2014: Robin Pollock Daniel quoted in an AP story about new words coming into OSPD.
- August 4, 2014: Chris Cree and John Chew quoted by CNN (Spanish translation) on the new words.
- March 16, 2014: John Chew mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article “This Scrabble-Playing Robot Is a Sore Loser”
- 2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown
- 2010 National SCRABBLE Championship
Previous Years
Older Press Releases