Beach Volleyball Digest: Evan Cory’s major statement; Mailbag podcast! AVCA Pairs Championships; Sophie Bukovec mic’d up!

2024-11-21T13:20:55+00:00By |

November 18 Statement. Made. Good afternoon, beach volleyball fans, No matter who you voted for, what your religious beliefs are, or if you mix your Thanksgiving plate or keep everything separate, there is one thing that can unite us all: Fall is the best season. And nobody loves the fall more than Evan Cory. In the fall of 2022, he made the semifinals of the Dubai Challenge out of the qualifier, and made the main draw in three straight Challenge events. Last weekend in China? How about...

Beach Volleyball Digest: Hello Bello! The AVP League concludes; Martins Plavins will never conclude; Dain Blanton on the pod

2024-11-12T01:41:58+00:00By |

November 11 Hello Bello Brothers Good evening, or boa noite, beach volleyball fans, And greetings from the Rio de Janeiro airport. I'm here with Kyle Friend and our lovely silver medalist buddies, Terese Cannon and Megan Kraft, who won their third straight Elite16 medal, one of just three teams in the world to do that in 2024 (any guesses on the other two?). Per usual, these final events where we're commentating in person are continued experiments for what the content will look like moving...

Beach Volleyball Digest: NEW SANDCAST MERCH! Anouk and Joana on the podcast; Back to Brazil we go; AVP playoffs are set

2024-11-04T17:28:18+00:00By |

November 4 New Look For The Pod Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Since I announced my departure from California a few months ago, many have been wondering, understandably: What is going to happen to the pod? Our answer was, and remains, mostly nothing -- except more. Me leaving for Florida has served as an invitation for us to expand our talent pool. Kyle Friend is increasing his presence on the podcast. Soon, Savvy Simo and Jaden Whitmarsh will as well. We're adding content from Florida,...

Beach Volleyball Digest: Karch is going for the cycle; Our second referee on the podcast; VBTV successes

2024-10-28T17:20:38+00:00By |

October 28 The New Look USA Volleyball Good morning, beach volleyball fans, I've been in Florida for less than a month -- and we LOVE IT -- and in that span, USA Volleyball has become unrecognizable from the one I left at the end of September. And, to be clear, I am not saying that's a bad thing. While the indoor teams shined in Paris -- silver for the women, bronze for the men -- the beach side of the operation just endured our first Olympic Games without a medal, and we haven't hosted a...

Beach Volleyball Digest: Match of the year in Joao Pessoa? Dutchies on the Pod; AVP League report

2024-10-21T19:57:26+00:00By |

October 21 A Golden Men's Gold Match Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Or bom dia, as they say where I'm writing this, in our hotel in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, home of the most recent Elite16 event. Recency bias, potentially, but Kyle Friend and I were on the call for the final 12 matches of the event, and I'd put the men's final, between Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, and Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, as a top-five match of all-time, and probably my No. 2. It was that good. If you don't...

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