Travis Mewhirter's Blog, page 10
April 17, 2018
Wining and dining Hall of Famer Jose Loiola
To read through the old LA Times archives, to dig through all of the gushing, flattering pieces, is to remember Jose Loiola as a man...
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April 11, 2018
The weird-athletic Witt sisters prep for rookie season as professionals
Don’t let them fool you, these Witts, with their Colgate smiles and constant giggles and impossibly amiable personalities. Then again, how could you not be...
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April 4, 2018
Stanford beach volleyball at the athletic and academic top
Stanford beach volleyball is, in one aspect at least, no different than any other athletic team in that every member has their role. Like, say,...
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March 29, 2018
SANDCAST is giving back to the community that has already given it so much
The idea began, fittingly enough, sometime around Christmas, the giving season. The podcast that Tri Bourne and I host, SANDCAST, was doing well in its...
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March 27, 2018
Talking LSU beach volleyball, building a program…and crawfish boils
A common issue being navigated by the vast majority of college beach volleyball coaches: “What tools did they have in their indoor game?” LSU beach...
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March 24, 2018
Alix Klineman just keeps on winning
This feature on Alix Klineman appears in the March issue of DiG Magazine. Read more features in DiG, which include a column from Casey Patterson,...
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March 20, 2018
A high school junior just reminded me why I write
I received an email from a reader on Tuesday morning. This isn’t anything new. I receive a lot of emails – or texts or tweets...
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March 15, 2018
AVP Huntington Beach: This is going to be madness
This is a lot to take in. In case you missed it, the AVP sent out a press release detailing the format of the AVP/FIVB...
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March 14, 2018
Drinking wine, talking volley with Maddison McKibbin
Maddison McKibbin was finished. Finished with volleyball. Finished with being overseas. Finished with not being paid. Finished with the shady ownership of international volleyball teams....
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March 7, 2018
Canada re-establishing itself as a beach power with Sam Schachter and Sam Pedlow
Sam Pedlow remembers the crying. There he was, a full-fledged Canadian, playing hockey, his country’s past-time sport, the American equivalent of football, at a fairly...
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