This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is our monthly fan-question episode, though we didn't actually take any specific fan questions, as all of them centered on two topics only: Who is going to win the Olympics? What is Bally's purchase of AVP going to do for the sport of beach volleyball?
Now, before we begin: Savvy Simo and Mewhirter recorded this episode late Tuesday night. We were aware that Taylor Crabb had tested positive for COVID, and that Tri Bourne was on a flight bound for Tokyo. However, at the time, the information wasn't public, and, per Bourne's request, SANDCAST was not going to be the one to break that news. So we didn't chat about it, and we're still hoping Crabb can get a negative test in time to compete.
That said, what we do discuss on this episode includes:
- Bally's purchase of the AVP, and the potential upside a casino with deep pockets can bring to the sport of beach volleyball
- Why April Ross and Alix Klineman are the favorites to win gold in Tokyo
- Why Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Samba, and not Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, are the favorites to win gold in Tokyo
- Much more on the Olympic Games
- The exciting AVP Next Gold event in Atlantic City
- And, as always, much, much more.
ENJOY!
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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20! https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball
This episode is also brought to you by Chasing Gold, a new non-profit founded by Matt Callahan and SANDCAST host Travis Mewhirter, aimed at funding aspiring Olympians to relieve the financial burden of traveling around the world. Read more and donate today at www.chasinggold.org!
SHOOTS!
Road to Paris: Dutchmen are Flying, China is Rising, Qatar is Returning, Chase and Miles Are Surging
Terese Cannon: Scrapping a six-year Olympic plan to ’go play because you like playing’
Seain Cook: ”An idiot who plays beach volleyball? That’s good.”
Megan Rice was always ”just one opportunity away” from her massive breakout season
Road To Paris: Maybe those USA partnership changes weren’t such a bad move after all
Fall Mailbag! Tri Bourne on the hot seat! Why doesn’t the AVP stream on YouTube? Where’s Sponcil?
DJ Klasnic is living the volleyball dream and then some
Steve Obradovich, and the revival of fours beach volleyball
The Road to Paris: WORLD CHAMPIONS! And a historical weekend in Mexico
Hailey Harward: Playing ”like a kid on the playground” with gratitude and joy
Road to Paris, World Champs Edition: SIX USA teams win pool
Kelly Cheng and Jordan Cheng, ”get to dream together” as husband-wife, player-coach
Road To Paris: Ana Patricia and Duda vs. The World
Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece: The Good Stewards of The High Performance Community
Jon Alvarez, Volleyball Life, and ”volleyball people doing cool things for volleyball”
Trevor Crabb is always taking receipts. Now he’s literally cashing in
The 3X NCAA Champion Nourse Twins have ”nothing else but to be themselves”
Road to Paris: $1M purse, Olympic bids, massive points -- a full preview of the World Championships
Taylor Crabb, Taylor Sander, and ”the most satisfying victory in the world”
Andy Benesh: The blocker who is helping to revive USA Beach Volleyball
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