DJ puts end to heated Olympic volleyball spat with John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’
When tensions rose in Olympic beach volleyball, the best solution was to return to the well at the opening ceremony. When players from Canada and Brazil got into an argument during the beach volleyball final, a DJ stepped in and played John Lennon’s “Imagine” to ease tensions. It worked beautifully. At the Olympics, a heated […]
Kerri Walsh Jennings explains why Santa Monica would ‘ideally’ be home of beach volleyball in 2028 LA Olympics
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Otherworldly spectacle of beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower rocks Paris – literally | Paris Olympic Games 2024
TWatching beach volleyball beneath the Eiffel Tower can be unsettling. It’s not the imported sand engineered to not stick to the players’ bodies. It’s not the pretentious hosts pumping up the crowd. It’s not the perfectly timed competition to take in the beautiful sunset. It’s not the picture-perfect light show centered on Paris’ greatest monument. […]
Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape, eliminated from Olympics
PARIS — Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, was eliminated from the Paris Olympics on Sunday night after he and his partner Matthew Immers lost in straight sets to Brazil. In his fourth and final match, van de Velde was met with a […]
Egyptian beach volleyball team blast French hijab ban
Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball team last week condemned France’s move to ban its players from wearing the hijab after a match at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Marwa Abdelhadi and Doaa Elghobasy, who will represent Egypt at the 2024 Paris Olympics, wore hijabs, black leggings and long-sleeved T-shirts during a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain. […]
Meet the artist Peter Spens whose job is to paint beach volleyball
He calls himself a “caveman” with brushes, oil paints and large canvases, among photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses, all with the aim of photographing beach volleyball at the 2024 Olympics, but with very different approaches. “They’re collages of moments,” says 63-year-old British painter Peter Spence about his work. A photograph captures a particular […]
Female athlete partially paralyzed by transvestite volleyball player speaks out about Olympics controversy
The 2024 Olympics initially drew outrage as a ritualistic attack on Christianity, but are now drawing further criticism over the perception that they encourage aggression against women. The controversy surrounds two fighters in particular: Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algerian hulk Imane Kherif. Blaze News previously reported that both fighters were disqualified from the 2023 Women’s […]
Florida school employee who let son play on girls’ volleyball team receives 10-day suspension
A high school employee in southeast Florida has been suspended without pay for 10 days after allegedly violating the state’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act by allowing her teenage son to play on the girls’ volleyball team. Jessica Norton worked as a computer information specialist at Monarch High School, about 15 miles north of Fort […]
Florida Broward County school board suspends Jessica Norton after transgender daughter played girls volleyball
A Florida school official who allowed her transgender daughter to play on her high school’s girls volleyball team was found by a school board on Tuesday to have violated state law but suspended her for 10 days, saying firing her was too harsh. The Broward County School Board voted 5-4 to suspend without pay teacher […]
Chase Budinger earns first Olympic beach volleyball win after NBA change
Chase Budinger’s second act has begun. The former NBA player won his first Olympic beach volleyball match on Monday alongside teammate Miles Evans. The pair defeated France’s Arnaud Gautier-Latte and Youssef Crewe in Pool F action, 21-14, 21-11 in two sets. His basketball roots, which include seven seasons in the NBA, were evident in the […]