Aug 24th, 2008 · The U.S. men's volleyball team wasn't supposed to be contending for a gold medal at the Olympics. But after the father-in-law of coach Hugh McCutcheon was murdered in Beijing just as the games began, the team went on a streak and won the Gold Medal.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · U.S. men matched their female teammates in winning gold in beach volleyball, while American teams kept up their steady advance in pursuit of indoor volleyball, basketball and baseball. Overall, the U.S. medal pile topped 100, but China continued to lead in gold medals.
Aug 21st, 2008 · A lasting symbol of the 2008 Summer Olympics will no doubt be U.S. beach volleyball popcult phenoms Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor outspiking China's Wang Jie and Tian Jia in Thursday's rain-soaked gold medal final.
Aug 18th, 2008 · American sports fans have many traditions, but one bit of fan Americana that hasn't translated in Beijing is the beach volleyball's "party vibe." So two longtime announcers did some Olympics training of their own: working with Chinese DJs to pump up the sound and get the fans up and dancing.
Aug 18th, 2007 · Karch Kiraly, the 46-year-old volleyball champion, is about to retire after almost 30 years dominating the sport in America. He excels as the ultimate team player on both the court and the sand, where he made beach volleyball the popular, eye-pleasing sport it is today.
Jul 27th, 2007 · Organizers have dressed up standard summer camp fare like kayaking and volleyball with mandatory pro-Putin lectures and posters lambasting Russian opposition leaders.
Jun 21st, 2005 · Athletes on the sands of Miami Beach, Fla., have taken up a sport that's new to these shores -- footvolley. Said to have originated in Brazil in the '60s, footvolley looks a lot like volleyball, except that players can't use their hands.