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These press releases and articles appeared in 2025.

* December 17, 2025: [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-real-3-idiots-podcast-4235409/episodes/show-200-the-real-3-idiots-wor-276531618 The Real 3 Idiots] interview NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] about competitive Scrabble.
* December 10, 2025: [https://c-ville.com/inside-a-local-scene-built-on-letters-and-camaraderie C-VILLE Weekly] visits Charlottesville (VA) NASPA Club #543.
* November 17, 2025: [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-episode-378-competitive-scrabble/id1444669327?i=1000737063724 Why? The Podcast] interviews NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] about competitive Scrabble.
* August 16, 2025: [https://quillette.com/2025/08/16/podcast-298-what-does-it-take-to-develop-a-scrabble-shaped-brain/ Quillette] podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews [[John Chew]] about the world of competitive Scrabble.
* [[2025 Scrabble Players Championship]]
** [[2025 Scrabble Players Championship]] champion [[Nigel Peltier]]
*** September 10,2025: [https://katu.com/news/arc-pdx/portland-resident-wins-scabble-players-championship ARC PDX]
*** August 28, 2025: [https://www.opb.org/article/2025/08/28/scrabble-champion-portland/ OPB Think Out Loud]
*** August 18, 2025: [https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/08/portland-man-wins-national-championship-in-this-classic-word-game.html The Oregonian]
*** August 15, 2025: [https://portlandtribune.com/2025/08/15/nosedive-zosters-piani-and-kolo-portland-man-wins-10k-at-national-scrabble-championship/ Portland Tribune]
** Galesburg (IL) mayor and Division 1 player [[Peter Schwartzman]]
*** August 26, 2025: [https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/the-current/galesburg-mayor-peter-schwartzman-scrabble-championship-nationals-local-tournament-september-13-14/526-ea904b14-02cf-46db-a338-b7706e815be6 WQAD8]
*** August 18, 2025: [https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/galesburg-mayor-places-at-national-scrabble-championship/ Our Quad Cities]
*** August 18, 2025: [https://www.wgil.com/2025/08/18/galesburg-mayor-shines-at-u-s-national-scrabble-championship/ WGIL]
** August 15, 2025: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C9vJoCzH0QM0Wd7RfY_lqoF-PTKv_ft5/view?usp=sharing NASPA Press Release]
** August 7, 2025: [https://www.seattletimes.com/life/hes-played-scrabble-since-he-was-5-how-he-became-a-national-champ/ Seattle Times] picks up Lexington Herald-Ledger article about [[Mack Meller]] (original article behind pay wall).
** August 5, 2025: [https://whatsupmag.com/news/anne-arundel-county-to-hold-international-scrabble-tournamen/ What's Up Magazine]
** August 5, 2025: [https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/this-week-in-the-dmv-scrabble-showdown-in-anne-arundel-county/2025/08/05 Baltimore Post-Examiner]
** August 1, 2025: [https://www.kcaw.org/2025/08/01/after-summer-in-sitka-rising-scrabble-star-takes-on-back-to-back-national-championships/ KCAW-FM] interviews [[Chloe Fatsis]] on the eve of the SPC.
** July 30, 2025: The [https://www.kentucky.com/video/article311519910.html Lexington Herald-Ledger] interviews Lexington (KY) resident [[Mack Meller]] as he prepares to defend his title at the SPC in Maryland.

2025 Press Archive - Revision history

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