http://volleyball.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-21T23:35:34Z Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/22/beal-candidacy.htm <p>The news that USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal is putting his name in the hat for a new job kind of slipped under the radar this week. Yes, it was big on Twitter for a few minutes, there was a press conference held and a few online news outlets picked up the wire story. But these briefs were largely lacking in detail.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/22/beal-candidacy.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/22/beal-candidacy.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:04:10 +0000 2012-02-22T01:04:10Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/korean-scandal-widens.htm <p>Seriously. Match-fixing. In volleyball. Am I the only one who is obsessed with this story? The investigation just keeps on going. Now there are <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120216001103">female volleyball players being investigated</a> for deliberately altering the outcome of matches.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/korean-scandal-widens.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/korean-scandal-widens.htm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:35:34 +0000 2012-02-21T23:35:34Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/ncaa-men-stanford-no1.htm <p>There's another new No. 1 in town according to the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-2-20-12/">AVCA Poll</a>. This week, the position belongs to Stanford after a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/od/ncaa/a/Stanford-No-1.htm">very impressive win</a> over former No. 2 UCI. Stanford becomes the third No. 1 team in the last four weeks. BYU fell after the Stanford losses and UCLA, the No. 1 team of the last two weeks, lost in five to what had been a struggling Long Beach squad last week.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/ncaa-men-stanford-no1.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/21/ncaa-men-stanford-no1.htm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:11:38 +0000 2012-02-21T23:11:38Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/15/banned-for-life-korea.htm <p>South Korea is getting serious about punishing athletes that engage in match fixing. This week it was announced that four volleyball players who they believe <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/skoreas-volleyball-association-imposes-lifetime-ban-on-4-players-over-match-fixing/2012/02/13/gIQAr28y9Q_story.html">rigged results</a> for monetary gain have been banned for life.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/15/banned-for-life-korea.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/15/banned-for-life-korea.htm Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:04:48 +0000 2012-02-15T12:04:48Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/fivb-video-replay.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/volleyball/1/0/e/2/-/-/hawkeye170.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" width="170" height="136" align="left" />Technically, the FIVB went on record this week saying that volleyball is "nowhere near ready" for the implementation of the video replay. But in FIVB-speak I think that "nowhere near ready" might actually mean "almost ready."</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/fivb-video-replay.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/fivb-video-replay.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:35:05 +0000 2012-02-14T23:35:05Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/ncaa-men-pacific-bests-lbsu.htm <p>Long Beach State continues to struggle, though they came close to beating Stanford this week. After a five set battle with the Cardinal, however, they turned around and lost to Pacific in four. The 49ers are now 5-6 overall and just 1-5 in MPSF play. Coach Andy <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.gazettes.com/sports/lbsu/long-beach-state-men-s-volleyball-snakebit-by-tigers/article_abbbc482-5541-11e1-a0ea-001871e3ce6c.html">Read said after the match</a> his team wasn't tired from the loss to Stanford and gave credit to the Tigers who are now 2-5 in MPSF play and 4-8 overall. Long Beach fell just one spot in this week's AVCA poll to No. 10 while Pacific moved up three spots to No. 12.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/ncaa-men-pacific-bests-lbsu.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/14/ncaa-men-pacific-bests-lbsu.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:11:53 +0000 2012-02-14T15:11:53Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/prince-harry-plays-beach.htm <p>I can't believe I've found a way to mention Prince Harry twice in a month. But with the London Olympics fast approaching, the young Prince is out fulfilling his role as Ambassador to the Games. Apparently, his love for volleyball is no passing fancy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/prince-harry-plays-beach.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/prince-harry-plays-beach.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:41 +0000 2012-02-08T10:54:41Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/ncaa-men-byu-falls-ucla-leads-poll.htm <p>Former No. 1 BYU was knocked out of the top spot this week after losing two matches to Stanford in Provo. Stanford won in four sets on the first night and three on the second. It should be noted that Taylor Sander, BYU's leading hitter,&#160; did not play in the match. Sander is out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand. BYU did get a boost from the return of Senior MB Futi Tavana after missing the team's first seven matches. With the losses BYU fell two spots in the<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-2-6-12/"> AVCA Poll</a> to No. 3 while Stanford jumped three spots to No. 4.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/ncaa-men-byu-falls-ucla-leads-poll.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/02/08/ncaa-men-byu-falls-ucla-leads-poll.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:11 +0000 2012-02-08T03:34:11Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/january-volleyball-review.htm <p>The first month of 2012 is in the books. If you missed any of the coverage from this month here's a quick look back at what transpired in the world of volleyball and here on About.com.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/january-volleyball-review.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/january-volleyball-review.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:37 +0000 2012-01-31T21:41:37Z http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/ncaa-men-lewis-no-6.htm <p>Here's a little word problem for you. If Lewis beats Penn State and Penn State beats Stanford, does that mean that Lewis can beat Stanford? I'm not sure it does. But this week's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-1-30-12/">AVCA Poll</a> says yes. Lewis comes in at No. 6 on the poll, one place above Stanford (who they haven't played) at No. 7, but strangely one place below Penn State (who they have played and beaten.) Hmmmm...</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/ncaa-men-lewis-no-6.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://volleyball.about.com/b/2012/01/31/ncaa-men-lewis-no-6.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:53:42 +0000 2012-01-31T15:53:42Z