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Cap ready to tilt, eyes ready to close... Back to my roots. Songs that “will change your life,” as Natalie Portman might say. It’s a transitional period. I need some new jams. Especially for those upcoming Autumn afternoons when the car randomly stops while facing the ocean and...

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...

Lisa Rutledge will look to set new partner Ashley Ivy in Hermosa Beach. Let me be clear: this isn’t your grandmother’s Hot Stove. Instead, it’s more like your niece’s. A video so viral, it cannot even be housed here at avp.com. One take, my kitchen, Flip Cam in my cupboard with a jar of Jif peanut...

April Ross and Jen Kessy embrace afer winning their second straight AVP tournament. There are more than just two stories from this past weekend’s event in Virginia Beach. In fact, there are plenty more. Sure, Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena winning their first open together as a team is top shelf...

Fans enjoying the action on court 1. There’s something you should probably know about me: I will never leave a concert or big game early to beat traffic. Ever. If cars are backed up for miles exiting a venue, generally speaking that means the show was actually worth seeing, and escaping with five minutes...

Stellar AVP competition is one of many reasons to be in Huntington Beach June 3-6. If you read my Huntington Beach Preview from last month’s newsletter then you’re fully aware that watching movies by moonlight is arguably my favorite thing to do on this earth, and for years I’ve been teetering...

Each player's path to the podium on the sand is different; mine took even more turns than this column attempts to recount... Part one of a six-part summer series for prepvolleyball.com.Every volleyball player’s journey to the beach is different. Most start in the gymnasium with a little six-on-six,...

Aaron Wachtfogel is off to a strong start this season and will look to make it to some televised matches with partner Bill Strickland. A little less than a year ago, I raved (via Twitter) about how much I loved the addition of Universal Sports to the beach volleyball television schedule. On July 2, 2009,...

Phil Dalhausser is playing arguably the best volleyball of his life so far this season. I know what you’re thinking; you don’t even have to say it. Another Phil and Todd column, really? Can’t you come up with anything more original than that, Hans? In fact, it’d probably be in my best interest...