Dave Barry: Beach volleyball is the sport of lonely kings and fine Russian women
Kansas City Star
On the day I went to beach volleyball, the stadium was packed, and they had the mandatory announcer incessantly asking the audience members how they were doing and telling them when to cheer. I can remember a time, decades ago, when if you went to ...
See all stories on this topic »Beach volleyball: Music-loving Canadians hit losing note
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Canada's Martin Reader enjoyed the music but failed to hit a winning note as his pairing with Joshua Binstock lost to Norway's Tarjei Skarlund and Martin Spinnangr in the Olympic men's beach volleyball tournament on Monday.
See all stories on this topic »volleyball: China pair put opener nightmare behind them
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Beijing bronze medalists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen put a nightmare start to the Olympic women's beach volleyball tournament behind them on Monday with a win against Switzerland's Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr.
See all stories on this topic »US volleyball star Destinee Hooker gets to work
ESPN
Destinee Hooker, an opposite for the top-ranked U.S. women's volleyball team, opened the Olympics with 21 points in a 3-1 victory over South Korea. The team's second match on Monday will be considerably more challenging: They face Brazil, the team that ...
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Beach Volleyball: US Olympic Teams Go 4 For 4 To Open London 2012 Games ...
Huffington Post
The defending beach volleyball gold medalists opened the 2012 tournament with a straight-set win over Japan on Sunday night, their seventh consecutive Olympic victory. The win kept the United States a perfect 4-0 in pool play, something the Americans ...
See all stories on this topic »Beach volleyball: US holders start in style
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic men's beach volleyball champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser of the United States beat a Japanese pair in convincing fashion on Sunday in a night-time pool match that had spectators dancing the conga in the ...
See all stories on this topic »Chinese beach volleyball team that won bronze in Beijing bounces back from ...
Washington Post
... bronze medalists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen, the Chinese pair that was upset in the very first match at Horse Guards Parade, beat Switzerland on Monday to improve their chances of reaching the knockout round of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
See all stories on this topic »Volleyball: Short can be sweet in sport of giants
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - The notion that all volleyball players need to tower over the net like beanpoles was put to rest at the Olympics on Monday when China's little libero Zhang Xian stole the show. Standing just 1.67 meters tall among a team of giants, Zhang ...
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Kansas City Star
On the day I went to beach volleyball, the stadium was packed, and they had the mandatory announcer incessantly asking the audience members how they were doing and telling them when to cheer. I can remember a time, decades ago, when if you went to ...
See all stories on this topic »Beach volleyball: Music-loving Canadians hit losing note
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Canada's Martin Reader enjoyed the music but failed to hit a winning note as his pairing with Joshua Binstock lost to Norway's Tarjei Skarlund and Martin Spinnangr in the Olympic men's beach volleyball tournament on Monday.
See all stories on this topic »volleyball: China pair put opener nightmare behind them
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Beijing bronze medalists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen put a nightmare start to the Olympic women's beach volleyball tournament behind them on Monday with a win against Switzerland's Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr.
See all stories on this topic »US volleyball star Destinee Hooker gets to work
ESPN
Destinee Hooker, an opposite for the top-ranked U.S. women's volleyball team, opened the Olympics with 21 points in a 3-1 victory over South Korea. The team's second match on Monday will be considerably more challenging: They face Brazil, the team that ...
See all stories on this topic »
| USA's Rogers-Dalhausser can cement legacy in London USA TODAY LONDON – Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have earned more money and seen more countries and achieved more glory than they ever imagined when they first started making a living with sand between their toes — as professional beach volleyball ... See all stories on this topic » | USA TODAY |
Huffington Post
The defending beach volleyball gold medalists opened the 2012 tournament with a straight-set win over Japan on Sunday night, their seventh consecutive Olympic victory. The win kept the United States a perfect 4-0 in pool play, something the Americans ...
See all stories on this topic »Beach volleyball: US holders start in style
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic men's beach volleyball champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser of the United States beat a Japanese pair in convincing fashion on Sunday in a night-time pool match that had spectators dancing the conga in the ...
See all stories on this topic »Chinese beach volleyball team that won bronze in Beijing bounces back from ...
Washington Post
... bronze medalists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen, the Chinese pair that was upset in the very first match at Horse Guards Parade, beat Switzerland on Monday to improve their chances of reaching the knockout round of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
See all stories on this topic »Volleyball: Short can be sweet in sport of giants
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - The notion that all volleyball players need to tower over the net like beanpoles was put to rest at the Olympics on Monday when China's little libero Zhang Xian stole the show. Standing just 1.67 meters tall among a team of giants, Zhang ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Olympics 2012: Women's beach volleyball results; USA v. CZE live stream tonight Examiner.com The 2012 Olympic Games have gotten off to great start for the women's beachvolleyball team. The ladies are a perfect 4-0 after April Ross and Jennifer Kessy swept their match Sunday night vs. Argentina 21-11, 21-18, right on the heels Kerri Walsh Jennings ... See all stories on this topic » | Examiner.com |
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