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How can a Mormon fit in on the "big party" beach volleyball circuit? Quite well, if you're LDS rising star Casey Patterson.
If Manhattan Beach got a taste of beach volleyball past last month, maybe this weekend is a feast of the future. It might be looked upon as a modest start, but the resurrection of a domestic beach tour has to start somewhere.
NEW YORK - Locked out of NBA arenas, Kevin Love is headed to the beach. Beach volleyball, that is.
Beach volleyball Defending women's champs in final again
TARANAKI results from National AAA tournament played at Ohope Beach on Thursday: Women, R. Reidy (NP) & J. Waller (Auck) b S. Turner & H. Griffiths 2-0 (21-10, 21-10); b N. Moreland & N. Tung (Auck) 2-0 (21- 12, 21-13); lost to M. Keller & M. Grossen (Switzerland) 2-0 (18- 21, 11-21); quarterfinal, lost to E. & E. Nystrom (Finland) 0-2 (12- 21, 19-21); playoff for 5th, b S. Easterbrook (Auck) & A. Malcolm (Rotorua) 2-0 (21-11; 21-0); final placing, 5th.
FIJI Water is very excited to partner with the AVP," said John Cochran, President, FIJI Water. "It's the perfect drink to be consumed by healthy athletes, like the competing volleyball players, who want to be at the top of their game. This year's AVP tour will bring huge crowds of players and Ems to the beach, providing an ideal environment for FIJI Water to keep everyone hydrated during the intense matches while delivering important health benefits from our unique and natural source.
Last spring, it appeared beach volleyball was on its way to becoming the next big sport at the college level. But now, after approving it as an "emerging" sport for Division I and Division II schools, the NCAA is facing a pushback from dozens of universities that oppose the move.
Here's this big, inexperienced guy from -- ha! -- Bountiful, Utah. Why would these Left-Coasters allow him to join their hallowed beach volleyball games?
[Dain Blanton]'s success notwithstanding, bringing the sport to kids hasn't been easy. "It's a tough sell," said Blanton, who became the first African American to win a major beach volleyball event. "A lot of kids don't have access to a beach." That hasn't stopped Blanton from trying to get kids involved. "Dain's Day at the Beach" is a program Blanton established to teach kids the sport. "Basically, I bring kids from the YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club to a volleyball clinic," he said. Having an annual AVP event in Brooklyn could be the answer to broadening the sport's horizons, according to Blanton. "It definitely should be an annual event," said Blanton, whose parents are native New Yorkers. "It's going to be cool.
Beach volleyball took a spike off the face Friday when the Association of Volleyball Professionals canceled the rest of its 2010 season due to funding difficulties. The players learned the fate of the remainder of their season at 4 p.m. Friday when a conference call was canceled and they received an e-mail from tour CEO Jason Hodell and commissioner Mike Dodd.
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