Yes, men's college beach volleyball is a real thing that exists in the United States. [...]

January 27 The Weight of Silver Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Years ago, Michael Phelps produced a phenomenal documentary titled The Weight of Gold, which digs into, amongst other things, the stress related to pursuing -- and even achieving -- an Olympic gold medal, or a medal of any color. While we are not in the documentary-producing business -- not yet, anyway -- we did have Melissa Humana-Paredes, she of the historic silver medal won in Paris alongside Brandie Wilkerson, on the...

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Marlie Monserez, [...]

Marlie Monserez is currently loving her job as a setter for the Atlanta Vibe of [...]

January 13 Mother Nature: Undefeated Good morning, beach volleyball fans, This is typically a lighthearted and easy read of a newsletter. But after seeing all of the images from Los Angeles and, specifically, the Pacific Palisades, this past week, it's difficult to avoid a more somber tone. Miles Partain, Olympian and good friend of ours and the beach community, lost his home, as have dozens of friends from a church we went to in the Palisades. It's wild. Miles wrote a heartfelt post on...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Alexis Durish had done the usual song and dance of a fall [...]

January 6 Happy New Year, y'all Good morning, beach volleyball fans, And a happy New Year! Hope everyone is still hitting the gym and doing whatever it is they've resolved to do in 2025. I'm back on the 5 a.m. wake-up routine, hence the early email. We at SANDCAST have resolved to continue growing, as 2024 was our most explosive year yet: 52% of our listeners discovered us in 2024 alone, we eclipsed 1 million audio downloads, our YouTube had more views in a single year than the previous six...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Mark Paaluhi didn’t have to do any of it. Didn’t have to [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Just how good are Ana Patricia Silva and Duda Lisboa? By many [...]