2011

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    Brigada Cuba!

    A very young team but very talented! Coach Juan Carlos Gala’s 2011 “brigada” has been training in Peru to prepare for the 2011 season. The Cuban squad led by the scoring machine, Kenia Carcases, is scheduled to compete at the 2011 Volleymasters Tournament in Switzerland (June) and after a 2 year absence they will compete […]

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    New Format for 2014 Worlds

    Bad news for the defending World Champions (Brazil & Russia)… The FIVB has revised the qualification format for the 2014 World Championship. They’ve decided that only the hosting team gets direct qualification and the defending champion will no longer receive the same privilege. The hosts Poland (men’s tournament) & Italy (women’s tournament) are the only […]

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    Mireya’s New Job

    It’s been 11 years since she retired from the sport but Cuba’s living volleyball legend is still a very busy woman. Just a few days ago, Mireya Luis was named as the new Beach Volleyball coordinator of the Cuban Volleyball Federation. Prior to this new position, Queen Mireya was a member of the IOC Athletes’ […]

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    Lloy Ball Retires

    He’s done so much for the sport and we deeply respect his decision. Lloy Ball Retires… According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the 2008 Olympic Gold medalist will retire this year after he finishes his commitments with his current club team, Zenit Kazan. “Non comincerò la prossima stagione. A 39 anni  penso di aver dato abbastanza. […]

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    The Deutschland Troop

    Coach Raul Lozano has officially revealed Germany’s 2011 Roster. This is Lozano first year coaching our German BBs and we hope that it will be a fruitful year. Germany has improved so much in the last 2 years. Viel Glück!

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    Aguero VS Picci

    Since we don’t get to see matches from the prestigious Italian League, we suggest you to watch this HIGH LEVEL clash between Tai Aguero, Megan Hodge, Lindsey Berg and Team Villa Cortese VERSUS Queen Francesca Piccinini and Team Bergamo as soon as possible before the link disappears.

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    Congrats Carson!

    Lefties Rock! Lefties Rule! UC Irvine’s one and only coz there’s no one else CARSON CLARK has been named as the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II National Player of the Week as well as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week. We hope he has enough room in his dorm for these 2 prestigious NCAA […]

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    Antiga Retires

    We knew it was bound to happen this year… After 13 years of representing the National Team of France, Outside Hitter Stephane Antiga has officially announced his retirement today. Stephane known for sporting different hair colors in the early 2000s won a bronze medal at the 2002 World Championship & silver medals at the 2003 […]

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    You Can’t Lie in Korea

    No no no no no babe, no no no no don’t lie! You’ve been warned! If you ever play volleyball in Korea, make sure you remember this… Korean League Rule: If there is a “close call” the head ref will call over the other 4 line judges and consult. If a coach still disagrees with […]

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    The TSV Giesen Celebration

    TSV Giesen/Hildesheim, Champion of Germany’s A2 League, received an invite from their major sponsor to celebrate around town driving in 7 Mercedes Benz convertibles. The guys also had the opportunity to meet the mayor and sign the city’s Golden Book. Awesome! We better get an invite the next time it happens. Hahaha! Kidding. The BEST […]

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    To Mike From Lindsey…

    An inspiring letter from 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, Lindsey Berg, for the legendary Mike Hebert, former volleyball coach of University of Minnesota. Mike was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease in 2004 and has been working closely with Minnesota Medical Foundation to research more on the disease.

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    Sean & Paul Made It!

    Happy! Yippee! Yehey! Our American BBs made it to the Playoff Round of the Serie A which starts on April 7th. The Italian club teams of Americans Sean Rooney & Paul Lotman have qualified for the Playoffs of the prestigious Italian League. Sean Rooney & Team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza finished 4th while Lotman, American […]

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