By USC sports information Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Dain Blanton, who was on the coaching staff of USC’s three national championship beach volleyball teams, has been named head coach of the Women of Troy, USC athletic director Lynn Swann announced on Friday, July 26.
With continued success on Friday, all four American women’s pairs won their pools at the FIVB Four Star in Tokyo. Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil did so in the most impressive fashion, downing reigning world champs and tournament No.
HERMOSA BEACH–It took Abril Bustamante precisely one minute to respond to a text message from Sara Hughes asking if she wanted to play in the 2019 AVP Hermosa Beach Open. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, duh,’” Bustamante recalled after qualifying for the main draw alongside Hughes.
Thursday was a great day to be a U.S. women’s team at the FIVB Tokyo Four Star. It was not nearly as good of a day to be a U.S. men’s team. All four American women’s pairs won both pool play matches on the first day of main draw action at the Olympic test event...
BOSTON (AP) — A California entrepreneur pleaded guilty Wednesday to paying $250,000 to get his son into to the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit.
It was an otherwise innocuous Monday when the Canadian beach volleyball community reached and unleashed its peak fury which, because it’s Canada, really wasn’t much fury at all. More just a few confused and disgruntled fans reacting to a picture Tri Bourne had put up of Chaim Schalk.
The AVP returns to Hermosa Beach on Thursday, the 53rd time a domestic event has been run on what is arguably the deepest sand in the country. And that deep sand takes a toll on the calves, placing a premium on staying in the winners bracket.
p1440 made the following announcement Wednesday: p1440, the digital media platform co-founded by 5x Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings, today announced the company’s first Series A investor, Theresia Gouw, one of Silicon Valley’s top VC’s and co-founder of Aspect Ventures.
BOSTON (AP) — A California man accused of paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California is expected to plead guilty to a federal charge.
Price Jarman was a rookie this past season in the Brazilian Superliga with Volei Um Itapetininga. Jarman’s club, in its first season in the Superliga, exceeded expectations by qualifying for the playoffs after finishing eighth in the regular season standings.