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Kerri Walsh Jennings is back for one more beach volleyball run

by admin | Feb 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW

It wasn’t long after the Tokyo Olympics, the first Games that Kerri Walsh Jennings missed since 1996, that the beach volleyball legend finally made the phone call. Walsh Jennings, now 44, dialed now-41-year-old Logan Tom, her teammate at Stanford in 1999 and on the...

Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes, beach volleyball’s new sensation, win World Tour Finals

by admin | Jan 30, 2023 | Representation, SEW

In just a few months since reuniting, Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes have become not just the best women’s beach volleyball team in the U.S., but also, arguably, the world. Cheng and Hughes, former partners who got back together for a 2024 Olympic run, won the World Tour...

He built a volleyball power on optimism. He’s fighting cancer the same way.

by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Barry Goldberg is an optimistic man, the kind who tells people it’s a great day regardless of the weather. For the past 33 years, he has built a dominant women’s volleyball program at American University, a school not known much for sports, by never obsessing over...

U.S. women’s volleyball team takes fourth at world championship

by admin | Oct 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. women’s volleyball team finished fourth at the world championship, one year after winning the program’s first Olympic title in Tokyo. The Americans were swept by Italy 25-20, 25-15, 27-25 in Saturday’s bronze-medal match. The U.S. lost its previous contest to...

Kerri Walsh Jennings eyes ‘legend of legends’ partner for Olympic beach volleyball run

by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Kerri Walsh Jennings wants to partner with 2000 Olympic indoor volleyball teammate Logan Tom for a beach volleyball bid for the 2024 Paris Games. “I gave myself until June to figure out if I’m retired or not because I still have the fire in my heart,” the 43-year-old...

How Louisville’s Tori Dilfer willed — and worked — her way to the brink of history-making perfection

by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW

A FEW HOURS before their final game of the regular season, the Louisville volleyball team files into its gym. The players are fearless because they have earned the right to be — Louisville clinched the ACC title two nights before — and at ease with their...

The extraordinary courage of NCAA volleyball star Asjia O’Neal

by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW

ON A SPRING afternoon in Austin, Texas, Asjia O’Neal nonchalantly walked into the Heart Hospital of Austin for her cardiology appointment, a twice-a-year routine she had been keeping most of her life. She changed into a hospital gown, lay down, and a nurse...

Six Teams to Watch in 2021 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament

by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW

With the 2021 NCAA women’s volleyball tournament kicking off Thursday, there are a few teams that stand out in the bracket. From top-seeded teams to potential Cinderella’s, here are six teams to look out for throughout the tournament. Read More

Olympic Volleyball Player April Ross Has an Urgent Health Message That You Need to Hear

by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW

At this point, professional beach volleyball player April Ross has acquired quite the accessories collection, having amassed Olympic medals in every hue. But there’s one neckpiece that might mean even more than all the gold, silver and bronze in the world: A...

Team USA’s final Olympic gold, and U.S. women’s volleyball’s first, is the ultimate story of persistence

by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Jordan Larson is in an “elders group chat.” The members list is a who’s who of American volleyball excellence. And in the weeks, days, even hours leading into Sunday’s Olympic gold medal match, as Larson, 34, cried more than ever before, struck by the emotion of the...
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