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 Apr 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 Apr 20181h
Stanford beach volleyball continues to strive for more, with Andrew Fuller
Stanford beach volleyball is, in one aspect at least, no different than any other athletic team in that every member has their role. Like, say, the player whose job it is to remind everyone of their i...
4 Apr 20181h 14min
LSU coach Russell Brock on building a beach power...without a beach
A common issue being navigated by the vast majority of college beach volleyball coaches: “What tools did they have in their indoor game?” LSU coach Russell Brock said. "Being able to evaluate them on ...
28 Mar 201853min
Maddison McKibbin and the making of the Beard Bros
The McKibbins are not all that different from any other set of siblings, if not a touch more hirsute and athletically inclined. They fight. They argue. They point out one another’s flaws, sometimes a ...
21 Mar 201854min
Newcomers highlight first Norceca of the beach volleyball season
Troy Field was, in his own words, “terrified.” “Just so scared to mess up,” he said on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, “to, you know, disappoint this incredible athlet...
19 Mar 201843min
Brotherly love with Maddison McKibbin
Maddison McKibbin was finished. Finished with volleyball. Finished with being overseas. Finished with not being paid. Finished with the shady ownership of international volleyball teams. Finished with...
14 Mar 201853min
There's no crying in volleyball, with Sam Schachter and Sam Pedlow
Sam Pedlow remembers the crying. There he was, a full-fledged Canadian, playing hockey, his country’s past-time sport, the American equivalent of football, at a fairly high level, living up to the e...
7 Mar 201835min
