Tallahassee: Where roots for a family are alas being planted
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Since we moved from California to Tallahassee, Florida – go Noles! – [...]
Beach Volleyball Digest: Match of the year in Joao Pessoa? Dutchies on the Pod; AVP League report
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...
Lesson No. 6 From Nine Years in California: Get in Nature
As word began to make the rounds that I was stepping back as a player [...]
Beach Volleyball Digest: We’ve landed in Tallahassee; Troy Field delivers two hours of gold; AVP League’s midway point
October 14 We're a Florida Family Now Good morning, beach volleyball fans, We're back with our regularly scheduled programming here on Mondays with Beach Volleyball Digest. I've intended to write a Digest but moving across the country and living out of boxes and dodging two hurricanes and meeting 28 girls and a number of staff and trying not to get lost on a college campus every day has required my utmost attention, and still does. Alas, I only made one wrong turn on campus at FSU last week,...
Lesson No. 5 From Nine Years in California: Choosing Your Friends Today is Choosing Your Habits Tomorrow
There are many moments in my life I can label as turning points, or “hinge [...]
Beach Volleyball Digest: Is Marcio Sicoli the GOAT of beach coaching? AVP League weeks 1 and 2; Travis’ last week in California
Marcio is Spelled GOAT Good afternoon, beach volleyball fans, Every sport seems to have regular [...]
Lesson No. 4 From 9 Years in California: Say No to Everything
I am a sucker for a good commencement speech. One of my favorites is Neil [...]
Lesson No. 3 From Nine Years in California: Say Yes to Everything
Sometime in 2014, I can’t tell you exactly the day or month or occasion, Brandon [...]
Lesson No. 2 From 9 years in California: Don’t Burn The Boats
If you read the first lesson I’ve learned in the nine years I’ve been living [...]
Lesson No. 1 From 9 Years in California: “Buy the ticket. Take the ride.”
I have lived in California for nine years. This was longer than I expected, to [...]
