They called Sharif Khan the “Sheriff of Squash”— hardball squash, to be exact, the North American varietal of the walled-in racquet game that enjoyed a rise in popularity during the fitness-club boom of the 1970s and 1980s. And now he’s told his story, with the help of squash writer Rob Dinerman and his third wife, Karen Khan, in a new memoir, The Sheriff of Squash. “It’s a fascinating journey, and I’m amazed that I’ve done it,” Sharif Khan was saying in an interview one wintry recent morning. Before the patriarch passed, Sharif Khan had the chance to speak with him in their native tongue of Pashto. In the beginning, Sharif Khan didn’t choose the game, it chose him.

Source: thestar December 28, 2018 22:52 UTC