After introspective 2020, “gushy” Claes and partner Sponcil preparing for Olympic challenge
Kelly Claes was about to head for the airport. She and partner Sarah Sponcil were ranked eighth in the world, third in the USA...
SANDCAST: Learning doesn’t stop with Pri Lima, now more a coach than a player
It’s always been the people.
Pri Lima knew that volleyball was the game for her -- not handball, in which she competed on her high...
Southern Cal Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame announces 2021 candidates
Another star-studded group of athletes and coaches makes up the list of candidates for the 2021 class of the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall...
Another — yes, another — NCAA beach season looms large for LSU’s Kloth, Nuss
When the season ended last spring, LSU was ranked No. 1 in NCAA beach volleyball. Taryn Kloth, the indoor All-American at Creighton who transferred...
SANDCAST: Angie Akers, beach volleyball’s running, kickboxing Olympic coach
Angie Akers tried. She tried virtually every way possible to get out of this game.
Fate had a good chuckle at that one.
Retiring from professional...
SANDCAST Mailbag: How does off-season training differ from in-season? Other fan questions
No matter what kind of year this would have been -- normal, COVID-impacted, enormously successful -- the day before Thanksgiving is, officially, off-season for...
Part 3 of our interview with April Ross, telling stories from Brazil
The Olympian is in Brazil with her partner, Alix Klineman. In this third of three parts, April Ross talks about training with the best...
SANDCAST: Chris Meade on CROSSNET, the million-dollar idea beach volleyball didn’t know it needed
The ideas, as they tend to go in the wee hours of the morning with a group of just-out-of-college aged kids, were terrible. All...
Part 2 of our April Ross interview, including choosing Alix Klineman, getting a new...
April Ross and her partner, Alix Klineman, are training in Brazil.
In this second of three parts of our extended interview, among the topics we...
3-part interview with beach volleyball Olympian April Ross, who is training in Brazil
April Ross and her partner, Alix Klineman, are in Brazil training, both on the beach and in the gym.
We talked to April on Monday...
