Emily Day and Betsi Flint: Weekend warriors
It was a look that featured a strange blend of joy and exhaustion, one athletes know all too well. Emily Day and Betsi Flint had just wrapped up their first day at AVP San Francisco, playing the maxim...
11 Jul 201823min
Chase Budinger: Dunking over P Diddy to bouncing on the AVP
Oh, God. It was happening again. Chase Budinger had felt this before. He’d felt these nerves, that extra surge – no, surge might not do it justice, the extra deluge – of adrenaline. He knew what happe...
4 Jul 20181h 25min
Tri Bourne: I'm not back yet, but the warm up has begun
I’m not exactly back, BUT things are finally getting interesting for me! I’ve been touching the ball and hitting the gym for a few weeks now and mentally it feels amazing. Physically, it hurts so goo...
2 Jul 201839min
Nicolette Martin: Just keep playing
It’s just after 6 a.m. on June 23, and Nicolette Martin leans into her seat at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, a massive cup of coffee in hand, exhausted from both an early morning travel-day wake up and ...
27 Jun 20181h 10min
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan, the No. 1 team in the world with an even higher ceiling
The pause, so slight, so innocuous, but present nonetheless, said more than words could. And, to be fair, Melissa Humana-Paredes did put a nice verbal spin on her and Sarah Pavan’s quarterfinal loss a...
20 Jun 20181h 5min
Sarah Sponcil, Pac-12 Champ, National Champ, AVP finalist
It may seem difficult to imagine at first, what with a Pac-12 title, an NCAA Championship and an AVP final under her belt in the span of just a few weeks, but yes, Sarah Sponcil does struggle from tim...
13 Jun 20181h 3min
Taylor Crabb just keeps playing -- and just keeps winning
There stood Taylor Crabb, arms raised, trophy in hand, smiling for cameras. A familiar pose that’s becoming quite regular for Crabb. It doesn’t matter if he’s on the left side or the right, with Jake ...
6 Jun 20181h 12min
Patty Dodd: Manhattan Champ, National Champ, and more importantly, Coach
Patricia Orozco knew Mike Dodd was serious the day he picked her up at UCLA in 1985. She knew he was serious because, after taking her to Marine Street for a crash course in beach volleyball, he took ...
30 Mai 20181h 6min
