Posts Tagged: Sports Illustrated
From Cincinnati to Atlantic City
It was hot and humid, and it also down poured rain… But the players fought amid the adversity, and the fans in Cincinnati stayed through it all. To see photos from the AVP Cincinnati Open, Sports Illustrated posted an album with great action shots of the players. Check it out here. On the men’s side it…
Read MoreAVP Tour Preview: Talking with the Top Two Seeds in Beach Volleyball
Just a year ago, 21-year-old Summer Ross and her 26-year-old partner Emily Day never expected to be the number one seed headed into the early action of the AVP Tour opener in St. Petersburg on Friday. “I would have been like ‘What? We won’t even qualify!’ I wouldn’t have believed it,” Ross says, laughing at…
Read MoreOlympic Gold Medalist Phil Dalhausser Talks Fitness, Nutrition and Roller Coasters
Before Phil Dalhausser became an Olympic gold medalist and four-time USA Volleyball Beach Male Athlete of the Year, he spent his days playing Daytona Beach tourists for $20 a game. “Because Daytona is a big tourist town, a lot of guys there think they can play,” Dalhausser says. “We’d play them, win an easy 20…
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