June 30 Coffee And Mountains Are Coming Good morning, beach volleyball fans, It's the best week of the year: Gstaad week. (If and when FSU wins an NCAA Championship, Gulf Shores might replace it, but for now, it's Gstaad) So beware, all of you on Instagram and any other social media mediums, there will be many, many pictures and videos of beach volleyball players sipping espressos and coffee with the greenest, biggest, most God-blessed, cartoonishly beautiful mountains you've ever seen in the...

June 23 Didn't See That One Coming Good morning, beach volleyball fans, And greetings from -- you guessed it! -- a Delta lounge. Back in my home away from home: The T Lounge in the Atlanta airport. Fresh off a red-eye from California, where I coached *assisted* the USA Volleyball U21 men alongside Alvaro Filho. I'm headed back to Virginia Beach for a little recruiting at a p1440 National Championship, one of roughly 3890 "national championships" this summer. You know who's also coming home,...