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ARLINGTON, Texas — “Frustrating loss,” USA Karch Kiraly said Saturday after his team fell 29-27, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23 to Poland in Volleyball Nations League. “It felt like we were trying to climb out of quicksand a lot and we were down most of the match.” The American women have to climb out of it in […] The post “Frustrating loss” for USA women to Poland in Volleyball Nations League appeared firs…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Things ramp up here Saturday and Sunday for the USA women’s volleyball team in Volleyball Nations League. After sweeping Bulgaria on Friday to improve to 4-2 and move up to sixth place in the 16-team field, the Americans go back-to-back against two of the better teams in the world. At 4:30 p.m. […] The post USA sweeps Bulgaria; readies for Volleyball Nations League matches with…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Germany may be taking its lumps in the Volleyball Nations League, but Lena Kindermann is having a breakout tournament. “They say she came out of nowhere,” Germany coach Alexander Waibl said. Perhaps, but not to him. After Kindermann left Jacksonville State, the Alabama school that plays in the ASUN, she joined the […] The post Jacksonville State standout Kindermann making her m…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Canada took another step towards clinching its first Olympics spot since 1996 with a sweep of Germany on Thursday in Volleyball Nations League. Earlier at UT Arlington, Poland swept Korea and then Türkiye beat Serbia in four sets. In Macao, China, Japan swept France and Brazil beat the Netherlands in four. At […] The post Volleyball Nations League: Gray, Canada overpower German…

There the scores stayed, stuck at 10-9 in the third set between two young American teams with a great deal of interest back home and no way of knowing what was happening save for the slow tick of the online scoreboard. Yet there was no more ticking. For 10 minutes, Deahna Kraft and Lexy Denaburg […] The post Deahna Kraft, Lexy Denaburg advance in Stare Jablonki Challenge on “nothing to lose” mind…

The USA women opened the second round of Volleyball Nations League with a four-set win Tuesday over Canada, but then had two days off. Friday they’ll begin three matches in three days by playing Bulgaria, Poland and Türkiye. Wednesday in Arlington, Texas, Bulgaria beat Korea in five sets and Türkiye beat Germany in four. In […] The post USA rests as China, Italy, Bulgaria, Türkiye notch Volleybal…

HERMOSA BEACH, California — There would be no daycare services needed. Not for Dave and Mary Shoji. They had a free one available, any day of the week, Monday-Sunday. Plenty of babysitters, too. Lots to do. It just so happened that those baby-sitters were a smattering of the best volleyball players in the country, and […] The post Erik Shoji: The beauties, challenges of life as the best libero in…

Kathryn Plummer had 14 kills, Jordan Thompson had 13 and Jordan Larson 12 as the USA women beat Canada 25-22, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20 Tuesday to open the second round of Volleyball Nations League play. The outcome in UT Arlington’s College Park Center left both teams 3-2. The Americans now have two days off before playing […] The post Plummer, Jordans lead USA to Volleyball Nations League win over Ca…

Like so many of us who covered basketball the past five decades, we interviewed, got to know and couldn’t help just loving Bill Walton. And we all had stories. The greatest player when healthy. The Grateful Dead. The best guy. My favorite, a little different, follows. I first met him Thanksgiving week of 1989 when […] The post Grateful for time spent with Bill Walton, some volleyball ties, and a …

The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began the first week of March back in Doha, and the final event of the Olympic qualification cycle will be the Ostrava Elite16, which ends on June 9. We’ll be providing […] The post Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Chase Budinger, Miles Evans nearly lock…