Travis Mewhirter's Blog, page 13
December 18, 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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December 13, 2017
SANDCAST No. 7: Finally meeting Geena Urango
Prior to last Monday, when Tri Bourne and I recorded a podcast with Geena Urango that came out today, I had seen her probably 100...
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December 6, 2017
SANDCAST with April Ross is exactly why I love doing this podcast
My dad is not a volleyball guy. He’s a Steelers fan. He roots passively for the Penguins. The Pirates are as tortuous to him as...
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December 1, 2017
The sunshine sport is missing the Sunshine State
I can’t remember the day, exactly, but I can remember the week. It was the last in April. Ben Vaught, Joel Blocksom and I were...
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November 29, 2017
SANDCAST No. 5: Finding balance with April Ross, part one
Who will be April Ross’s partner in 2018? That and more in our in-depth interview on this week’s SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and...
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November 24, 2017
Chaim Schalk, Canadian Olympian turned U.S. defender, joins SANDCAST
Chaim Schalk had been to the United States before. The Alberta native has actually been an American citizen his entire life — his mother is...
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November 18, 2017
Choctaw volleyball, and why high school sports will always be pure
I was sitting in my living room, writing one final pregame story for the crosstown rivalry game between UCLA and USC on Saturday night, when I saw the news on Twitter: The Choctaw High School...
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November 16, 2017
Why the AVP should have its own Olympic qualifying process for Tokyo 2020
Tri Bourne mentioned it almost as a side to the conversation: USA Volleyball is tinkering with the idea of having an Olympic trial for Tokyo 2020. We were sitting at his kitchen table in his...
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November 7, 2017
Ryan Doherty, The Most Interesting Man in Beach Volleyball, joins SANDCAST
Dos Equis had it all wrong when the beer company casted actor Jonathan Goldsmith as its “Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign. It missed out on Ryan Doherty. Even amongst a group of peers with circuitous routes...
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November 1, 2017
The SANDCAST debuts, with the new Tri Bourne: Buddha Tri Bourne
Welcome to the first episode of The Sandcast: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, presented by Marriott Vacation Club Rentals and brought to you by VolleyballMag.com. The podcast will delve into all areas...
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