Travis Mewhirter's Blog, page 11
March 6, 2018
FIVB Power Rankings: Dalhausser, Lucena on top; Latvia rising
The first major of the season is in the books, and I’ve decided to experiment with something I haven’t seen before in beach volleyball but...
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March 5, 2018
Breaking down Fort Lauderdale Major with Theo Brunner
Fifth place? Had you told Theo Brunner, prior to the Fort Lauderdale Major this past weekend, that he’d take fifth place, in a field featuring...
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March 3, 2018
Phil Dalhausser reverts to jump serve, takes U.S. into semifinals vs. Latvia
Just a few months ago, sitting at the kitchen table of Tri Bourne, Phil Dalhausser made a concession: It was no longer worth it to...
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March 2, 2018
John Hyden, the Eighth Wonder of the World, and Theo Brunner into the quarterfinals
I cannot name to you the seven wonders of the world. But I can give you the eighth. His name is John Hyden. Hyden is...
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February 28, 2018
Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter leading Canada with ‘one and done volleyball’
April is when the full-time volleyball begins. But the real battle annually begins in late January and early February, when Canadians Sam Schachter and Sam...
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February 21, 2018
Is p1440 the Next Big Thing in beach volleyball?
It’s not a tour. That’s the first thing that Dave Mays, this week’s guest on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, wants...
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February 14, 2018
Amanda Dowdy and Avery Drost, taking home the first golds of winter
Contrary to popular belief, the first gold medal of the winter was not, in fact, won by 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard, who snatched the slopestyle...
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February 3, 2018
A gold weekend for Americans in FIVB Shepparton
Chase Frishman was sitting on his porch in Victoria Beach when he laughed a little at his own irony. He struggles, he said, for whatever...
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February 2, 2018
TJ DeFalco on a path to becoming ‘the best of all time’
They’re laying it on thick now, the coaches, and the names just keep pouring in: Reggie Jackson, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Reid Priddy,...
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January 31, 2018
SANDCAST with AVP champion, FIVB Rookie of the Year Sara Hughes
Perhaps you needed proof. Proof that Sara Hughes is, indeed, the one to fit the headline of this very podcast: That she is fit to...
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