Outdoors and Sailing Writer

Angus Phillips

1 article 2017

Angus Phillips is a journalist known for his coverage of outdoor sports and sailing. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2017, writing about competitive sailing, likely covering the America's Cup. He previously spent decades as an outdoors and sports columnist for The Washington Post.

Cup Half Empty

July 7, 2017 · Books and Art, sailors, Magazine

Well, that was quick! The 35th America’s Cup was over in a heartbeat. It took barely a month for Emirates Team New Zealand to buzzsaw through a fleet of four challengers before shellacking the U.S. defender, Oracle Team USA, 7-1, to snatch yachting’s oldest prize. This was not your father’s…