Tim Bomgren, from Minnesota to the finals of AVP Austin
One day. That’s it. That’s all Tim Bomgren and Taylor Crabb had for practice prior to AVP Austin. Crabb needed an emergency fill-in after Jake Gibb broke his toe. To the lefty from Minnesota he turned...
23 Touko 201852min
Adam Johnson: The Hall of Famer hiding in plain sight
Adam Johnson couldn’t believe it. He’d had some rough losses in his day, narrow losses with a lot on the line. Twice he had been the first team out of the Olympics, and twice it was because of a rando...
16 Touko 20181h
SANDCAST Mailbag: Tri's secret to jumping high, Travis's journey into volleyball
You guys asked – literally, you did ask questions, though not specifically for an entire episode of them – and SANDCAST is delivering. This is our first “mailbag” or “Sandbag” or whatever you’d like t...
14 Touko 201843min
Adam Roberts: Beach volleyball's talent finder
Lay out? Was that what Adam Roberts’ friends said? He didn’t even know what that meant. So you just walked down by the ocean, put a blanket down, and… laid there? Nope. Not Adam Roberts, this week’s g...
9 Touko 20181h
For the Netherlands' Brouwer and Meeuwsen, it's all or nothing
They’re strategy was, simply, to dream on, because what else could they really do? Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen had no prior experience to call upon in the 2013 World Championships. The young...
2 Touko 20181h 10min
For Kelly Reeves and Brittany Howard, it's all gucci vibes
It would seem that Kelly Reeves and Brittany Howard have been playing together for years. At the very least, it would seem as if they’ve been close for quite some time. They smile constantly. Laugh ev...
25 Huhti 20181h
Jose Loiola's legend only continues to grow
To read through the old LA Times archives, to dig through all of the gushing, flattering pieces, is to remember Jose Loiola as a man of near mythical proportions, a beach volleyball Paul Bunyan. How h...
18 Huhti 20181h 17min
'Weird-athletic, scrappy twig-noodle' Witt sisters prepared for rookie seasons
Don’t let these Witts fool you, with their Colgate smiles and constant giggles and impossibly amiable personalities. Then again, how could you not be fooled? Was that McKenna in the Oakleys or Madison...
11 Huhti 20181h
