It’s not hard to take a look around and realize story telling is the central focus of my creative passion. From avp.com (not currently active, but will return soon), to UniversalSports.com, to pbvatour.com, to hansstolfus.com, to Volleyball Magazine, to DiG Magazine, to Spike Magazine…the...

Beth is a friend. A great friend. A friend currently driving cross-country to Atlanta to begin a brand new phase of her life as Graduate Assistant Coach for her alma mater, Georgia State. Her musical taste is brilliant, therefore the request of this playlist was only natural. In fact, it should have...

Upsets are the name of the game these days on the AVP NIVEA Tour. I’m just fortunate enough to have a few green chairs and an HD Flip Cam to capture the personalities of the Tour’s best players post and pre-upset. Mike Morrison — Following his first-round victory over the No. 3 seeds,...

Per the request of friends who read the Long Beach Recap pre-edit, I’m posting one original paragraph here that didn’t quite make the cut. Why it got hacked, I have no idea? “Case in point: Sunday afternoon in Long Beach. Hyden and Scott start off serving Todd short and outside...

"Better the pass, better the set." -Karchy Part three of the summer series for prepvolleyball.com At the most recent Tour stop in Belmar, N.J., I directed an AVP Juniors Camp for 12 local children looking to learn a little something about the beach game. We started with passing, moved on to...

Twenty-some-odd years ago, I visited Matsumoto’s Shave Ice for the first time on the North Shore of Oahu while vacationing with my family. The affair was immediate: a young 13-year-old Iowan viscerally attracted to the sweet taste of syrup-flavored ice in a cone-shaped cup. I simply couldn’t...

Changing sides of the court proved all the difference as Nicole Branagh returned to the podium for her second win of the season with Misty May-Treanor. Theme of the weekend in Long Beach: Change. In the women’s final, Misty May-Treanor and Nicole Branagh changed sides of court — Misty to...

Mike Morrison led his team to an upset victory over third-seeded Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena to open up the draw in Long Beach. Less than one week ago in Hermosa Beach, Mike Morrrison and Eyal Zimet suffered two unexpected losses early Saturday morning and found themselves on their way home far...

Ty Tramblie's athleticism and AVP points have made him Fred Souza's partner of choice. Welcome back, Hot Stovers. This edition is a combo platter of straight-forward and succinct, so don’t blink or you might miss it. Long Beach is our first 16-team main draw of the 2010 season. It was originally...

Misty May-Treanor will dig, dive and pass on familiar sand this weekend in Long Beach. The last time the AVP Tour visited Long Beach, Calif., the world was in full preparation for the 29th Summer Olympiad in Beijing. Former Long Beach State All-American setter Misty May-Treanor and her partner, Kerri...