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Rio test event gives U.S. beach volleyball stars glimpse of 2016 Games

What better way to preview the 2016 Rio Olympics than testing out Copacabana Beach? That’s exactly what the top four U.S. men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams are doing this weekend when they face off against Brazil in a team event in Rio de Janerio through March 1. Here are some of the athletes’ first impressions of…

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Walsh Jennings wins four 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball awards

Lausanne, Switzerland, January 26, 2015 – USA’s three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings capped another brilliant season on the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Beach Volleyball by being voted the winner of four season awards. Joining Walsh Jennings in receiving the special season awards announced recently by the FIVB include Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta…

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The 2014 Volleyball Year in Review

What was the best moment of the year for volleyball?   Was it when the men’s volleyball team at Loyola Chicago won their first-ever NCAA title? And then not too long ago the Penn State women’s volleyball team won their 6th NCAA title in 8 years. Or how about when the USA Men’s National team…

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AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour recognizes top performances with 2014 season awards

Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross named women’s team of the year after winning all seven AVP tournaments; Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson selected men’s team of the year; Ross and Gibb are MVPs

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Sun Sees Rebound on Horizon for Pro Volleyball Circuit

SPORTS: Renews several key sponsors, seeks new TV deal Chris Casacchia Monday, September 29, 2014 Donald Sun is facing another big challenge as his second year of running a revived professional beach volleyball tour comes to an end. The Costa Mesa-based Association of Volleyball Professionals’ two-year broadcasting deal with CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive…

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The Number 1’s Come Out On Top

It was the best way the season could have ended… A packed stadium with standing room only, some of the best athletes in the US competing for the championship title, all of which happened on a beautiful and sunny last summer day.   Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross ended the season on a high…

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As Season Comes to an End…

As summer comes to an end, we begin to reflect on the 2014 season. There have been ups and downs: partner break ups, upsets and injuries. But aside from all of that, all of the athletes have put on quite a show and have not let down the amazing crowds we’ve had at all of our…

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From Cincinnati to Atlantic City

It was hot and humid, and it also down poured rain… But the players fought amid the adversity, and the fans in Cincinnati stayed through it all.   To see photos from the AVP Cincinnati Open, Sports Illustrated posted an album with great action shots of the players. Check it out here.   On the men’s side it…

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Best American Female Athletes

Have you ever googled something along the lines of “top American female athletes of all-time”? Thinking of the laurels of Kerri Walsh Jennings’ career, you might be thinking she must be among the best all-time, and others must think this as well! But what happens when you google just that? You get lists that name…

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