AVP Hermosa: Sometimes, you must simply be the man in the beach volleyball arena
I had to appreciate the irony. Even after I had shared a very long, cathartic [...]
AVP Hermosa: Calling all ghosts of beach volleyball’s past
The first thing Kevin Cleary will always remember is the crowd. It didn’t begin as [...]
AVP San Francisco: We’ve entered the era of the Baby Court
I’m doing it. After AVP San Francisco, I’m pouring myself a big, heaping, ice cold [...]
AVP San Francisco: Embracing the process… in Redwood City
It’s a process. That’s what they say, at least. And even after AVP San Francisco, [...]
AVP Midseason Awards: Billy Allen, Stafford Slick, Phil Dalhausser leading the way
Contrary to other major sports, which get an All-Star break or a dunk contest or some form of intermission, beach volleyball heads into the midpoint at its busiest juncture, with two five-star FIVBs, two AVPs, an NVL and the World Series of Beach Volleyball all in the same month. That said, it’s time to take a look at some mid-season awards, and what players are in line to take home some hardware at the end of the season.
AVP Seattle: Billy Allen able to enjoy a win; Stafford Slick has gone Hulk mode
Billy Allen couldn’t enjoy it. Not a year ago. Not really. A year ago, Allen [...]
AVP Seattle: Is the score freeze actually kind of a good thing?
When the freeze rule initially came out, I hated it, both as a player and a fan. But after watching Ed Ratledge and Reid Priddy storm back to win a three-setter in AVP Seattle, I might be coming around.
AVP Seattle Open preview
The AVP is making its fourth stop of the year, in Seattle, and it is rife with excellent storylines. Former partners playing in first-round matchups? Finally a good break for Rafu Rodriguez-Bertran? Olympians in the qualifier...again? Another loaded women's field?
PODCAST: Phil Dalhausser, Olympic gold medalist, joins Paper Courts
He is The Thin Beast, a gold medalist, perhaps the greatest American blocker of all time, if not in the whole world. Listen to Phil Dalhausser's path to becoming one of the GOATs.
Let’s not break up Casey Patterson and Theo Brunner just yet
Put the dynamite away. Stow the C4. Let the fuse remain unlit. Let’s not blow [...]
