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Jake Gibb isn't finished playing just yet
Episode 51
There are exactly two indicators in Jake Gibb’s house that there is a professional volleyball living there.
One is a panorama of the 1976 Manhattan B…
7 years, 7 months ago
Tri Bourne is BACK ON THE BEACH
Episode 50
Phil Dalhausser stands, hands on his hips, shaking his head.
“That,” he says, “looks so boring.”
He’s watching a young man play volleyball by himself…
7 years, 7 months ago
Caitlin Ledoux: Just doux you
Episode 49
It’s a wonder how Caitlin Ledoux did it, given that she operates with the same 24 hours a day, the same seven days a week, as the rest of us.
There s…
7 years, 8 months ago
Steve Obradovich: The last true beach volleyball entertainer
Episode 48
Rolling with laughter. That’s likely what Steve Obradovich would be doing at the level of trash talk – what little there is, anyway – on today’s AVP …
7 years, 8 months ago
Rafu Rodriguez-Bertran: Winning weird in semi-retirement
Episode 47
Rafu Rodriguez-Bertran was not supposed to win an AVP this year. Heck, he wasn’t even sure if he’d play an AVP this year.
This past winter, he had a …
7 years, 8 months ago
Suckin' down Lobes and sharing sarcasm with Brian Cook
Episode 46
In December of 2017, the AVP made a landmark announcement: It would be partnering with Amazon Prime for the upcoming season, and several seasons afte…
7 years, 8 months ago
Emily Day and Betsi Flint: Weekend warriors
Episode 45
It was a look that featured a strange blend of joy and exhaustion, one athletes know all too well. Emily Day and Betsi Flint had just wrapped up thei…
7 years, 8 months ago
Chase Budinger: Dunking over P Diddy to bouncing on the AVP
Episode 44
Oh, God. It was happening again.
Chase Budinger had felt this before. He’d felt these nerves, that extra surge – no, surge might not do it justice, t…
7 years, 9 months ago
Tri Bourne: I'm not back yet, but the warm up has begun
Episode 43
I’m not exactly back, BUT things are finally getting interesting for me!
I’ve been touching the ball and hitting the gym for a few weeks now and men…
7 years, 9 months ago
Nicolette Martin: Just keep playing
Episode 42
It’s just after 6 a.m. on June 23, and Nicolette Martin leans into her seat at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, a massive cup of coffee in hand, exhausted…
7 years, 9 months ago