Volleyball

Beach volleyball: American champions crash out
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, gold
medalists in the men's beach volleyball in Beijing in 2008, were knocked
out of the London Olympics by a low-ranked Italian pair on Friday in the
biggest upset of the tournament so far.
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Volleyball: Poland defeat Britain in "home" teams clash
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - Poland made the Earl's Court volleyball arena their own
on Saturday as an army of supporters roared them on to a 3-0 win over hosts
Britain. More red and white flags than Union Jacks were on show in the west
London venue and the ...
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Beach volleyball: No ball sports? Cook gets last laugh
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - A sign that reads "ball sports prohibited" is all that
is left on Sydney's Bondi Beach at the spot where beach volleyball players
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst won Olympic gold for the host nation at
the 2000 Games. But unlike the ...
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Beach volleyball: Cheerful Chinese get Russian revenge
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese women's beach volleyball pair Xue Chen and Zhang
Xi powered into the Olympic quarter finals on Saturday with an easy win
over a Russian pair that soothed the pain of their shock defeat to another
Russian team in their first ...
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US women's volleyball gets top slot
ESPN
LONDON -- Destinee Hooker scored 19 points and the U.S. women's volleyball
team clinched the top spot in its pool with a preliminary-round victory
over Serbia in straight sets Friday at the London Olympics. The top-ranked
United States has won all four ...
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Brazilian men advance in Olympic beach volleyball
Sacramento Bee
LONDON -- Reigning world champions Emanuel and Alison beat Germany 21-16,
21-14 on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic beach
volleyball tournament. The Brazilians, the top-seeded team at the London
Games, beat Jonathan ...
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Setting the table: Albanian-born volleyball player helps keep US men on
course ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He decided he wanted to play volleyball for Southern California — a
choice he calls a defining moment — and became one of the bright lights
at a school with a long history of volleyball success. In his freshman year
Suxho set a then-NCAA single-match ...
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US Olympic Beach Volleyball 2012: 5 Questions with Kerri Walsh
Bleacher Report
Staged in London's best venue—just an errant spike away from 10 Downing
Street—and buoyed by London's rowdiest, most well-lubricated crowd, beach
volleyball has quickly become the darling discipline of the 2012 Olympic
Games. And for that plumb ...
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Olympics Preview: "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius' Debut, Michael Phelps ...
E! Online
Olympics Preview: "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius' Debut, Michael Phelps'
Farewell, Beach Volleyball Babes. by Natalie Finn Today 5:00 AM PDT. Tweet.
Oscar Pistorius, Misty May-Treanor, Allyson Felix Michael Steele/Getty
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Olympic Outlook: U.S. volleyball in Dream-land
CBSSports.com (blog)
Maybe it's the U.S. women's volleyball team we ought to be comparing to the
Dream Team. No, Destinee Hooker, Logan Tom, Lindsey Berg and Co. aren't
dominating people on the scoreboard the way LeBron, Melo, and Kobe are
these days, or the way ...
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