Tag: Kerri Walsh Jennings
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Tokyo ticket buyers to lose 20% CoSport fee; Milan-Cortina logo...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
(For coverage of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s new protest regulations for...
THIS WEEK I: Winter isn’t quite here yet; U.S.’s Dershwitz looks for Sabre gold...
We’re just finishing the transition to winter sports this week, so the schedule is a little light. In the first of two preview sets...
SCOREBOARD: Roberts and Valente dominate for U.S. in BMX Freestyle Park and Track Cycling
Highlights and results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● BADMINTON ● China and Thailand win two in Macau Open
As China can be considered the...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Heidrich and Verge-Depre claim first-ever World Tour golds in Moscow
The first win is always the hardest and for Swiss Olympians Joana Heidrich and Anouk Verge-Depre, it finally came in the Moscow four-star tournament...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: Brazil vs. U.S. showdown in women’s 4-star in Moscow
The FIVB World Tour will conclude with the World Tour Final in Rome (ITA) in early September, and this week’s tournament in Moscow (RUS)...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: Final 5-star tournament of the season is the Vienna Major, with...
Heading toward the World Tour Final in Rome in early September, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour for 2018-19 will stage its last 5-star...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: Dual World Tour events underway in Canada and Portugal
The FIVB World Tour is speeding into its final three weeks, with dual three-star and four-star events in Canada and Portugal. While the top...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Americans Klineman and Ross triumph at Gstaad 5-star major!
Something special is happening in women’s beach volleyball and the U.S. pair of Alix Klineman and April Ross are the protagonists.
After pairing up in...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: They did it again … Mol and Sorum win third in a...
With the FIVB World Championships now less than a month away, it’s the perfect time to be playing your best ball and that’s what...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Walsh Jennings and Sweat win first gold together in Jiajiang four-star
There has been plenty of reason to doubt the chances of three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings – now 40 – on the...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: Acid test for three U.S. women’s duos in Brazil four-star
While the sport of beach volleyball was born in Southern California, Brazil has become one of its cultural centers, with a deep connection to...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: A new Brazilian pair triumphs in Port Dickson Open in Malaysia
Both are well-known names, but volleyball fans are not used to seeing them together: Alison Cerutti and Alvaro Filho of Brazil. Alison was half...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Laird and Palmer salvage Aussie pride with win in Sydney Open
The FIVB World Tour 3-star tournament in Sydney (AUS) was supposed to be about top-seeded Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho defending their title in...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Bansley & Wilkerson top American duos in Mexico
Canada's Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson continued their stroll through the FIVB World Tour with another win, this time in a women-only, 3-star tournament...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: Canadian stars Bansley & Wilkerson in Mexico this week
A fairly minor FIVB World Tour 3-star tournament is underway in Chetumal (MEX), but with a couple of important entries.
The headliners are Canada’s Heather...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: FIVB World Tour lands in Las Vegas!
The continuing expansion of the FIVB World Tour for 2018-19 brings a 4-star event to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds at MGM Resorts in...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: U.S.’s Klineman and Ross win in Yangzhou 4-star
American April Ross was the “kid” alongside beach volleyball immortal Kerri Walsh Jennings when they won a bronze medal at the Rio Games in...
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