Volleyball notes: USAV cancels, AAU still on, coaching carousel, Iowa settles, USAV HOF
From USA Volleyball finally canceling its national girls and boys championships, to AAU hanging on — or as one person texting me, “And we...
12 volleyball movies: We start with Spiker, Miracle Season, and Girls With Balls (really)
Yep. I’m a confirmed volleyball nerd. As such, I’ve been collecting volleyball movies for years with the intention of someday having a volleyball movie...
Athletes Unlimited takes unique approach launching women’s pro volleyball in America
There is going to be another attempt at women’s professional volleyball in America, but this one hoping to launch in February 2021 will be...
Different than 1980, but FIU’s Buck-Crockett, USA teammates know what this is like
Quarantine has a whole different meaning for Rita Buck-Crockett.
For starters, the FIU beach and indoors coach now has to work at home, which in...
Read on: Here’s a list of favorite volleyball books to help with quarantine boredom
Time to come clean.
John Forman? Those Volleyball Coaching Wizards books you wrote with Mark Lebedew that you sent me? I haven’t read them.
Chris Austin?...
Volleyball was family for Harlan Cohen, who died last week at 85
Legendary volleyball coach Harlan Cohen died last week at 85. But simply calling him a legendary coach doesn't begin to cover it.
In its announcement...
“Crazy” times for USA Olympians as men, women deal with postponement
(Note: Updated 5 p.m. Thursday with quotes from Chiaka Ogbogu, thanks to Megan Kaplon.)
John Speraw used to leave his house in San Juan Capistrano...
Ebony Nwanebu heads home from Italy but forced to leave beloved Kylo behind
A stray dog lurks around every corner in Turkey. A 2019 article by the New York Times estimated around 130,000 dogs roam free in...
So many stories about coronavirus and its affect on volleyball: We’ve got the links
There are so many stories out there about coronavirus and its effect on volleyball.
We’ve certainly posted our share. Saturday we had one about former...
Waiting, little communication, 300 Euro taxi ride: Frustrations of getting home for August Raskie
Like so many Americans playing pro volleyball in Europe, August Raskie had been waiting.
First, waiting to see if Italy’s Serie A1 volleyball league would...