April 14 Walk-off Aces Work Good morning, beach volleyball fans, This weekend was complete and utter chaos in the beach volleyball world, but I'd like to pause here for a moment and state one objective fact: No drama on the sand, this weekend or the next, can rival that of the Masters. Watching that on the flight home from Cal Poly -- more on that in a sec -- was as thrilling sports theater as I can remember watching. My heart is happy for Rory McIlroy, and all seems right in the golf world....

April 7 "Everyone is Good" Good morning, beach volleyball fans, That quote above is from John Mayer, head coach of former No. 2-ranked LMU who had front-row seats to more chaos in NCAA Beach Volleyball, where -- take a deep breath -- Cal Poly upset both LMU AND UCLA...and then lost to Long Beach. LMU recovered from both the Poly Loss and a stunner to Stetson... to also beat UCLA, who had been ranked No. 1 for several weeks this season, while USC stumped Stanford. In Tallahassee, meanwhile,...