Brazil Wins Gold Medal In Women’s Volleyball
Brazil beat the US 3-1 to take the gold medal in Women’s volleyball. The US team takes home the silver and China beat Cuba 3-1 for the women’s bronze medal.
For the US team it was a very hard earned silver medal, considering the stabbing incident that they went through when they first arrived in Beijing. [...]
Misty May-Treanor to dance on Dancing With the Stars
There is a leaked list of next season’s competitors that came out this morning. Misty May-Treanor is listed as one of them. So, if you just can’t get enough of Misty May on the volleyball court, look for her in sequins and heels this fall.
Dalhausser And Rogers Win Men’s Beach Volleyball Gold Medal
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States won the men’s beach volleyball gold medal in a great 3 set match with Brazil. Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil won the silver medal and Brazil also came away with the Bronze medal, when the Brazillian team of Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego defeated [...]
Interview With Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh winners of the Gold in Beach volleyball, did a terrific interview on the Today show this morning. You can check it out below.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win Gold Again
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. I watched the end of the match and as usual Misty and Kerri looked unbeatable. Playing in the rain, they beat China’s team in straight sets, which extended their beach volleyball winning streak to 108 matches in a row. Not only [...]
U.S. Women’s Olympic Volleyball team advances
I watched some of the U.S. women’s Olympic volleyball team’s match against China today before I turned it off because it was stressing me out. After watching the women’s gymnastics last night and biting my nails through the commentary of Michael Phelps’ races (that’s the only really tense part— listening to the commentators make [...]
What can you watch tomorrow? Monday, August 11
Late night on NBC you can watch women’s volleyball and women’s 100m breaststroke semifinals. During the day tomorrow, it’s women’s water polo, men’s beach volleyball and more qualifying rounds for swimming. Then in primetime, Michael Phelps his march towards Olympic history in the 200m free. Teammates Aaron Peirsol and Natalie Coughlin have a [...]
Ten U.S. Olympic Athletes to Watch in Beijing
All Olympic athletes are special, but we all know some are more exciting than others (who else was on the Olympic gymnastics team with Mary Lou Retton?). So, here are ten U.S. Olympic athletes that you should definitely watch.
1. Michael Phelps— Could potentially be one of the biggest stories of the China Olympics. [...]
Chinese beach volleyball team training in California
Beach volleyball has not been a staple of Chinese sports for long. They’re hoping for a good showing at the 2008 Olympics, so the team has been sent to Los Angeles to train.