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5750 |
3937 |
9687 |
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1191 |
766 |
1957 |
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| 1/1/2009 |
Central Coast stories of the year: Mr. Rogers’ golden neighborhood
The favored United States tandem of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhaussser began their 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China by losing to a longshot duo from Latvia in the first round of the men’s beach volleyball tournament. They ended their Games with their expected gold medal. That story ranks as number two of the Lee Central Coast Newspapers’ Top 10 sports stories of the year.
Read more from Santa Ynez Valley News
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| 12/31/2008 |
‘I hereby resolve to ...’
We shouldn’t be surprised. If you’re Misty May-Treanor and you’ve already won more beach volleyball tournaments than any other woman and you’ve got two gold medals to boot, it’s safe to assume she’s driven. So what do you do when you’re taking time off and healing a ruptured Achilles tendon? Oh, I don’t know. How about start a foundation, go back to school to earn a master’s degree, have a child...
Read more from Daily Pilot
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Beach volleyball: Top Kiwis in world-class form
The 2009 New Zealand beach volleyball tour opens this weekend on Christchurch's Sumner Beach, with Kirk Pitman and Jason Lochhead looking to show home crowds the form that took them to a world tour semifinal for the first time last year.
Read more from nzherald.co.nz
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| 12/30/2008 |
FIVB President Jizhong Wei’s Season’s Greetings
Lausanne, December 30, 2008 – As we approach the end of a truly historical year for the FIVB, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest wishes and Season’s Greetings to the Volleyball Family around the world.
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| 12/23/2008 |
AVP stars get ready for the holidays
As the holidays quickly approach and the New Year will soon be here, one cannot help but look back at all that took place in 2008. For the AVP, 2008 was a very successful year as it saw the debut of its Hot Winter Nights indoor tour in January, another great AVP Crocs Tour during the summer and an exciting performance by all of its Olympic athletes in Beijing.
Read more from avp.com
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| 2008 FIVB Beach Volleyball
Media Guide
Handbook |
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| The Manhattan Beach Open
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THE MANHATTAN BEACH OPEN The Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball
A 188 page hard-cover book that is worthy of showcasing on your coffee
table! This book highlights the history of the Manhattan Beach Open
from the first event in 1960 to the most recent in 2006. There
are nearly 1,000 rare and contemporary photographs of the legends,
players, fans, crowds, and characters of this renowned event. Each of the winning
teams, all honored with bronze plaques, on the Manhattan Beach Pier's
prestigious "Beach Volleyball Walk Of Fame" are acknowledged and honored with
summaries of their championships as well as a captivating photo layout of their
memorable beach volleyball careers. Also included is an account of every
Manhattan Beach Open that has ever been staged.
Click here to order
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Jan 17 |
AVP HWN |
Uncasville Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 22 |
AVP HWN |
Grand Rapids Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 23 |
AVP HWN |
Kansas City Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 24 |
AVP HWN |
Indianapolis Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 29 |
AVP HWN |
Minneapolis Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 30 |
AVP HWN |
Omaha Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jan 31 |
AVP HWN |
Cedar Falls Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 5 |
AVP HWN |
Columbus Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 6 |
AVP HWN |
St. Louis Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 7 |
AVP HWN |
Cleveland Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 12 |
AVP HWN |
Portland Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 14 |
AVP HWN |
Salt Lake City Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 19 |
AVP HWN |
Reading Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 20 |
AVP HWN |
Uniondale Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Feb 21 |
AVP HWN |
Charlottesville Hot Winter Nights |
M&W |
TBD |
| Apr 14-19 |
FIVB |
Brasilia Open, Brazil |
M&W |
US$380,000 |
| Apr 28-May 3 |
FIVB |
Shanghai Open, China |
M&W |
US$380,000 |
| May 12-17 |
FIVB |
Rome Open, Italy |
W |
US$190,000 |
| May 20-24 |
FIVB |
Osaka Open, Japan |
W |
US$190,000 |
| May 27-31 |
FIVB |
Myslowice Open, Poland |
M |
US$190,000 |
| May 27-31 |
FIVB |
Seoul Open, Korea |
W |
US$190,000 |
| Jun 25-Jul 5 |
FIVB |
World Championships, Stavanger, Norway |
M&W |
US$1,000,000 |
| Jul 7-12 |
FIVB |
Gstaad Grand Slam, Switzerland |
M&W |
US$600,000 |
| Jul 14-19 |
FIVB |
Moscow Grand Slam, Russia |
M&W |
US$600,000 |
| Jul 21-26 |
FIVB |
Marseille Grand Slam, France |
M&W |
US$600,000 |
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