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January 23, 2018

Sara Hughes becoming the role model Misty May-Treanor was to her

On one of the walls in Sara Hughes’ bedroom is a poster of Misty May-Treanor. It’s been there since she was little, when Hughes began...

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Published on January 23, 2018 19:08

January 16, 2018

Trevor Crabb is bringing back the smack to the AVP Tour

If you didn’t get to the Hermosa Beach Pier early on July 22, you would have been too late. There would have been no seats...

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Published on January 16, 2018 22:50

January 10, 2018

SANDCAST Your Brains Out with Billy Allen and John Mayer, Part 2

It’s a wonder how they’re not brothers, John Mayer and Billy Allen. Similar demeanors – calm, collected, neither too high nor too low. Similar styles...

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Published on January 10, 2018 12:17

January 4, 2018

The Hague, day one: Miles Evans and Billy Kolinske continue to prove themselves

Miles Evans has heard you. He knows he doesn’t get the credit he and Billy Kolinske deserve for what has been, by all accounts, an...

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Published on January 04, 2018 13:23

January 3, 2018

SANDCAST Your Brains Out: Joining forces with Billy Allen and John Mayer

I honestly have no idea how I stumbled across Billy Allen and John Mayer’s podcast, Coach Your Brains Out. My best friend from home, Jason Wheatley,...

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Published on January 03, 2018 17:55

December 28, 2017

My answers to Tim Ferriss’ Tribe of Mentors questions

Perhaps the biggest discovery I made for myself this year was the Tim Ferriss Podcast. I forget how I came across it, but it has...

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Published on December 28, 2017 19:37

My answers to Tim Ferris’ Tribe of Mentors questions

Perhaps the biggest discovery I made for myself this year was the Tim Ferris Podcast. I forget how I came across it, but it has...

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Published on December 28, 2017 19:37

SANDCAST No. 9: Chase Frishman just keeps getting better

It was sort of alarming, how easy it looked. Chase Frishman and Mike Brunsting had never qualified for an AVP main draw before. Not together,...

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Published on December 28, 2017 13:44

December 20, 2017

SANDCAST No. 8: The powerful inwardness of Phil Dalhausser

A few months ago, I was reading a book called Barbarian Days, written by a writer, William Finnegan, whom I’d never heard of prior to...

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Published on December 20, 2017 13:06

December 19, 2017

AVP and Amazon Prime, Kerri Walsh’s new tour, and the growth of the game

If you follow any volleyball players or sponsors or tours on Instagram, you’ll notice that one of the most commonly used hashtags is #GrowTheGame. The...

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Published on December 19, 2017 18:48