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SANDCAST roundtable: 'Play in as many tournaments as you can'
Episode 55
It became a recurring motif, though not exactly a conspicuous one. If you’re a regular listener to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Tra…
7 years, 9 months ago
Karissa Cook: Old fart, hood rat, awesomely effective volleyball
Episode 54
Call it old fart volleyball. Call it hood rat volleyball. Call it dirty or creative or funny or crafty or whimsical or whatever other name you’d like…
7 years, 9 months ago
Katie Spieler: 'Go out on the court and be you'
Episode 53
The beginning of the best year of Katie Spieler’s burgeoning career began at once brutally and spectacularly.
The brutal, as it tends to go in sports…
7 years, 9 months ago
Eric Zaun: The Happy Gilmore of the AVP Tour
Episode 52
The first thing you must know about Eric Zaun is that you cannot call him Eric Zaun. Don’t laugh. He’s serious. Maybe. Sort of. Well, you never can k…
7 years, 10 months ago
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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago