Tournament of Champions

On ESPN3 with Molly (notice distance from the back glass)

What an evening in New York City. I've wanted to attend the Tournament of Champions, a squash tournament held in Grand Central Station, since I learned about the venue as a freshman, but I never bought tickets because the schedule conflicted with Choate. Even while on my gap year, I delayed the purchase of tickets, because leaving in the middle of the week while employed is not particularly convenient. Two weeks prior to the tournament, I thought to myself, "when will there ever be a good time to see this tournament," and mustered up enough confidence to splurge on the tickets. To my surprise, seats were still available, but as the images below show, in the absolutely worst section. By pure coincidence, my friend Molly also happened upon two equally bad tickets and we were sitting next to each other. Before the final started, two JP Morgan associates volunteered their box seats to Molly, and graciously she invited me to sit with her. I don't mean to brag, but money can literally not buy these tickets. We were sitting in a JP Morgan (tournament chief sponsor) box 3 rows directly behind the back glass. Frank Stella -- you might have heard of him -- was sitting in a box adjacent to ours. The squash itself was exceptional. Nick Mathew bested James Willstrop in 4 games to reclaim his number one ranking.