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Medal
Bracket (on
Beach Volleyball Database)
Match Results and Schedule (on
FIVB.com)
Tournament
Ranking so far (on
FIVB.com)
Photo
Gallery (on
FIVB.com)
Dalhausser & Rogers
also win Gold! (on
FIVB.com) Beach Volleyball Schedule
and Results
(official
site) 2004
Athens Results (on
FIVB.com) |
|
| Pix
of Misty with her partner-to-be, Maksim
Chmerkovskly,
on "Dancing with the Stars" |
|
| "Gold
medalist to star on Dancing with the Stars"
(Article
on AVP.com) |
|
| "Misty
May-Treanor trades beach for ballroom"
(Misty
to try her hand -- feet! -- at "Dancing with
the Stars"! Article on the Orange County
Register website) |
|
| Audio:
Radio Interview with Ryan Seacrest (from
Beijing, on KIIS FM) |
|
| PREVIEW:
M&K
vs Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China
(Misty
and Kerri are 5-2 in their previous matches) |
|
| "Golden
girls repeat as champions" (Very
well done story on AVP.com) |
|
| "Walsh:
Misty and I were warriors out there" (Excellent
article on FIVB.com) |
|
| "May-Treanor,
Walsh first duo to win back-to-back golds"
(Excellent
AP story by Mary Motzko on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "May/Walsh's
win proves historic, iconic"
(Another
equally excellent story, this one by Alan Abrahamson
directly for NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "Their
reign continues" (Excellent
article in Misty's local newspaper, the Long Beach
Press-Telegram) |
|
| "May-Treanor
Named Women’s Olympic Beach Volleyball Most
Outstanding Player" (Article
on FIVB.com) |
|
| "May-Treanor's
second top medal evokes emotion in husband" (Poignant
story on MLB.com about Matt's response to Misty's
victory) |
|
| "PURDY:
Why Gold Medals Don’t Rust In The Rain (And Why
Kerri Walsh Never Played On The Beach As A Kid)" (Great
story by Mark Purdy on a blog on the website of the
San Jose Mercury News) |
|
| "Walsh's
perfect finish is golden in Beijing beach volleyball" (Good
story on Palo Alto Online, including information
about Kerri's Stanford days) |
|
| "Even
the unlikeliest of opponents doesn't stop
May-Treanor, Walsh" (Great
article on ESPN -- includes a video interview) |
|
| "Kerri
Walsh and Misty May-Treanor win second consecutive
gold" (Superb
article in the Los Angeles Times!) |
|
| "Kerri
Walsh, Misty May-Treanor capture second straight
gold" (Great
story on the website of the N.Y. Daily News) |
|
| "American
beach volleyball duo shine on sodden sands"
(Excellent
blog by Andy Bull in the British Guardian for
America) |
|
| "PURDY:
Why Gold Medals Don’t Rust In The Rain (And Why
Kerri Walsh Never Played On The Beach As A Kid)"
(Great
blog story in the San Jose Mercury News) |
|
| "May-Treanor,
Walsh secure gold – now it's time to make other
plans" (Another
excellent story by ISRAEL GUTIERREZ, this one in the
Wichita Eagle of Kansas) |
|
| "Walsh,
May-Treanor reign over China; take home second gold"
(Fun
conversation with E.M. Swift on the Sports
Illustrated website |
|
| "May-Treanor
& Walsh claim second Olympic Beach Volleyball
gold medal"
(Article
on FIVB.com) |
|
| "Misty
May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Win Back-to-Back Gold
Medals" (Excellent
article on something called the Bleacher Report,
"the open source sports network") |
|
| "Killer
instinct will yield to maternal for U.S. pair"
(Good
story on SFGate, the website for the San Francisco
Chronicle) |
|
| "May-Treanor
and Walsh win another beach volleyball gold"
(Another
great story by ISRAEL GUTIERREZ in the Kansas City
Star) |
|
| "U.S.
women's volleyball duo defends its gold in style,
and rain" (Nice
story on the website of the Star-Ledger, a New
Jersey newspaper) |
|
| "Sherrington:
Life's a beach" (Blog
on the website of the Dallas News ) |
|
| "To
put it mildly: Misty, Kerri on a roll: The
best team in the world to take on China's top squad
in the women's final"
(Another
great story by Jon Ackerman on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "May,
Walsh the best U.S. sports can offer: Volleyball
stars not only great athletes, they're great people" (Mike
Celizic of MSNBC.com -- in a very well-written
opinion piece, extols the personal virtues of Misty
and Kerri, of which there are of course many!) |
|
| "Bikini
Babes Trump Dr. Phil's Couples Therapy" (Don't
be turned off by the headline. This is one of
the better examinations of the chemistry between
Misty and Kerri that I've read. Commentary by
Scott Soshnick, on Bloomberg.com) |
|
"Beach
Volleyball dominates Olympics coverage" (Decent
story on the N.Y. Daily News, despite a little too
much emphasis on the "skin thing.")
Photo
Gallery: "The Women of the Games" |
|
| "Q
& A WITH DAN GLENN: Harboring fond memories of
star" (Delightful
Q&A with Dan Glenn, who was Misty's high school
volleyball coach at Newport Harbor High. On
the website of the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa
Daily Pilot) |
|
| "Volleyball
Beauty Kerri Walsh Against the Net at 2008 Olympics"
(Story
on Hollywood Today) |
|
| "After
Beijing Games, future is uncertain for Walsh"
(Great,
great article by Mark Purdy on the website of the
Contra Costa Times) |
|
| "Looking
beyond the bikinis"
(At
last, a good story on the subject -- by Ken Marantz
on the Daily Yomiuri Online website) |
|
| Blog
entry from Misty about Beijing on her official
website: Ni Hao! |
|
| "107
wins and counting for finals-bound Misty
May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh" (Superb
story on the website of the N.Y. Daily News) |
|
| "A
one-sided victory for American twosome" (Excellent
story on SFGate.com, the website for the San
Francisco Chronicle) |
|
| "Walsh,
May-Treanor in beach v'ball gold medal game" (Another
great story by Jimmy Golen, this one on the AP
website itself) |
|
| "Treanor
hopes to see wife win gold"
(Sweet
story on MLB.com) |
|
| "Walsh's
husband arrives for her 30th birthday"
(Another
sweet story on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "At
Golden Gate" (Good
AP story in the Long Beach Press-Telegram) |
|
| "Misty,
Kerri to play for gold"
(An
excellent AP story carried on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "May-Treanor,
Walsh are set for gold medal match with win over
Brazil" (Another
quite excellent story from the keyboard of ISRAEL
GUTIERREZ of the Kansas City Star) |
|
| "American
beach volleyball duo as good as advertised"
(Nice
story on the website of the Colorado Springs
Gazette) |
|
| "Pre-Olympic
favourites in beach volleyball showdown"
(Good
early story
on the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre) |
|
| "May-Treanor,
Walsh keep rolling"
(Brief
early story from the Los Angeles Times) |
|
| "Beach
volleyball - May-Treanor's scatters mother's ashes"
(Poignant
article on Reuters of India) |
|
| "News
uncovers beach volleyball ace Kerri Walsh's
mysterious new accessory"
(The
mystery of that thing on Kerri's shoulder is
uncovered at last! -- story in the N.Y. Daily News) |
|
| Overall
Stats and Play-by-Play
for Semifinals: M&K vs.
Tian Jia
and Wang Jie
(from official website) |
|
| SEMIFINALS:
Misty and
Kerri trounce the 6th-seeded Brazilian team
of Talita
Antunes and Renata
Rebeiro 21-12, 21-14 in 39 minutes to reach the
Gold medal match. Their opponents will be Tian
Jia and Wang
Jie who survive a marathon 1:13 match against
their compatriots, Xue
Chen and Zhang
Xi, 22-24, 29-27, 15-8. |
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| PREVIEW:
M&K
vs Talita Antunes and Renata Rebeiro of Brazil
(Misty
and Kerri are 4-0 in their previous matches) |
|
| PREVIEW:
Tian
Jia and Wang Jie vs. Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (Tian
Jia and Wang Jie are 15-6 lifetime in their
match-ups, but Xue Chen and Zhang Xi have won two
out of their last three matches) |
|
| Pix
of Semifinal victory in the Chinese People's Daily
(of all
places!) |
|
| "Semifinals
set, two countries guaranteed a medal: Both
remaining U.S. teams still the favorites"
(Yet
another very well done story by Jon Ackerman for
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "Preview:
Who will meet May-Treanor/Walsh in beach volleyball
final?"
(Story
on the Chinese website, China View, a production of
the Xinhua News Agency) |
|
| "U.S.,
China storm into semis of beach volleyball"
(Good
article on the Reuters website) |
|
| "Youngs'
Olympic career ended by youngest Chinese duo"
(Excellent
story by Jon Ackerman for NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "No
American final for women's side"
(Good
story on AVP.com) |
|
| "China
& USA claim Olympic Beach Volleyball women's 'Final
Four' berths"
(Story
on FIVB.com) |
|
| "Chinese
Women Guaranteed Olympic Beach Volleyball Medal"
(Story
on FIVB.com) |
|
| "Kerri
Walsh Turns 3-0 In Beijing; Spikes Competish"
(Story
on AccessHollywood.com) |
|
| "Branagh,
Youngs lose to China in beach volleyball"
(Really
good story on by Jimmy Golen of AP, as carried in
the Boston Globe) |
|
| "Chinese
beach volleyball duo ousts Americans"
(Story
on the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre) |
|
| "Today’s
women win with skin"
(Interesting
story about the gradual acceptance of bikinis in
China -- article written by XIAO CHANGYAN in The
Star, a Malaysian publication of Star Communications) |
|
| "The
Fab Fortnight"
(For
those interested in a staid, upper-crust view of the
Beijing Olympics -- and some condescension about our
heroines -- here's an article on the website of The
New Yorker magazine) |
|
| "Beach
Volleyball's Moment"
(Thoughtful
article in the Wall Street Journal about the future
financial efficacy of the AVP) |
|
| Video:
Interesting interview with the AVP's Leonard Armato
by Forbes.com |
|
| Overall
Stats and Play-by-Play
for Semifinals: M&K vs.
Talita
Antunes and Renata
Rebeiro
(from official website) |
|
| QUARTERFINALS:
Misty and
Kerri capitalize on their experience to down the newly-formed
but still 3rd-seeded Brazilian tandem of
Larissa Franca and Ana Paula Connelly (subbing for
the injured Juliana Felisberta Silva), 21-18, 21-15. |
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| Photos:
"Misty and Kerri's Beijing adventure"
(on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"The
top women's team from Brazil is no match for
May-Treanor, Walsh" (Excellent
story by Jon Ackerman on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"Experience
carries U.S. pair to semifinals"
(Very
thoughtful, well-done story by Luciana Chavez on the
website of the Kansas City Star) |
|
|
"Golden
Girls nearing an Olympic encore"
(Another
excellent AP story by Jimmy Golen, carried here by the
Long Beach Press-Telegram) |
|
|
"Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh advance to
semifinals: The
U.S. women's team defeats a newly formed Brazilian
partnership"
(Superb
article by K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, here
carried by their sister paper the Los Angeles Times) |
|
|
"Tough
Chinese to meet in beach volleyball semi-finals"
(Story
on Reuters) |
|
|
"Ousted:
Branagh, Youngs fall to China" (All-American
Final ruined by the Chinese youngsters, Xue and Zhang.
Excellent
story on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"Misty/Kerri
survive scare, put scare into rest of the field"
(Excellent
story on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"Kerri
Walsh's B-Day Wish: A Gold Medal!"
(Sweet
story on People.com) |
|
|
Video:
Looking
ahead to Quarterfinals with Karch and Chris Marlowe
(on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| Preview
for Quarterfinals:
M&K
vs. 3rd-seeded
Larissa Franca and Ana Paula Connelly
of Brazil (from Beach Volleyball Database) |
|
| Overall
Stats
and
Play-by-Play
for Quarterfinals: M&K vs.
Larissa Franca and Ana Paula Conelly of
Brazil
(from official website) |
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| ROUND
OF 16: After
a scare in Game 1, M&K win handily 24-22, 21-10
over Liesbeth Mouha and
Liesbet van Breedam of Belgium |
|
|
Video:
Misty and Kerri
survive their scare in Round 4!
(on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
Video: The Cheerleaders
(You
know you like 'em! -- on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"After scare, May-Treanor,
Walsh advance"
(Excellent
story on NBCOlympics.com, as usual) |
|
|
"May-Treanor, Walsh keep
unbeaten streak going"
(Story
on Chicago Tribune's website) |
|
|
"Play heats up in fight to
stay"
(Story
on the Reuters website) |
|
|
"WOMEN'S
BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM KEEPS ROLLING"
(Story
on the website of the N.Y. Post) |
|
|
"Misty May-Treanor and
Kerri Walsh dig deep to avoid a sand trap"
(Good
if brief article on the website of the Los
Angeles Times) |
|
|
"Top U.S. beach pair
survives scare to advance"
(Story
on the Canadian Broadcast Centre) |
|
|
What is that on
Kerri's shoulder anyway?
(Good
article on the website of the N.Y. Daily News) |
|
|
"Mom's Ashes and Other Odd
Olympic Traditions"
(Story
on the website College on the Record) |
|
|
"Beach Volleyball's Moment"
(Interesting
article in the Wall Street Journal on the future
financial prospects of the AVP and beach volleyball in
general) |
|
|
"U.S. Beach Volleyball's
Kerri Walsh: 'I just develeoped a new superstition"
(Fun
article on Access Hollywood) |
|
|
"Treanor enjoying wife's
success"
(Good
article on MLB.com) |
|
|
Overall
Stats
and
Play-by-Play
for Round 4: M&K
vs. Liesbeth Mouha and
Liesbet van Breedam of Belgium |
|
|
POOL PLAY, ROUND 3: M&K
win 21-12, 21-15 over
Nila Haakedal and Ingrid
Toerlen of Norway |
|
|
Video:
The Medal Rounds
begin
(discussion
between Karch and Chris Marlowe on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
Video:
Highlights of Misty and Kerri's Round 3 victory
(on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"Quick
Hits from the round of 16 draws"
(Article
on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
|
"Early Starts and Wins for
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor"
(Story
on website of Los Angeles Times) |
|
|
"Olympic
beach volleyball: women remain perfect"
(Story on Orange County Register Beach Blog) |
|
|
"Misty
May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win"
(Story on Fishstripes.com) |
|
|
"Another
day, another win, another star:
1996
Olympic tennis gold medalist Lindsay Davenport stops
by the beach"
(Good story
on NBCOlympics.come) |
|
|
Overall
Stats
and
Play-by-Play
for Round 3:
M&K vs.
Nila Haakedal and Ingrid
Toerlen of Norway |
|
| POOL
PLAY, ROUND 2: M&K
win 21-15, 21-16 over Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara
Larrea Peraza of Cuba |
|
| Video:
Highlights of Misty and Kerri's Round 2 victory
(on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "U.S.
duo enjoy sun, romp in beach volleyball"
(Good
story on USAToday.com) |
|
| "Walsh's
medal quest now has a special ring"
(Nice
AP story by Jimmy Golen via Misty's local newspaper,
the Long Beach Press-Telegram) |
|
| "Big
dig reveals Kerri Walsh's missing wedding ring"
(One
of the many ring stories -- and told well -- on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "103
and counting: May-Treanor, Walsh win again"
(Good
AP story carried on NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "Walsh,
May-Treanor want gold medal, bundle of joy: Beach
volleyball players want to start families"
(Misty
and Kerri becoming Mommies -- almost as big a story
as their quest for a second gold! Good story
on
NBCOlympics.com) |
|
| "Beach's
best combo set for a maternity split"
(Excellent
story on the website of the San Francisco Chronicle,
SFGate.com) |
|
| "First
gold medal, then … baby bottles?"
(Good
story in The Olympian, the local paper in Olympia,
Washington state) |
|
| "Bikini-clad
athletes make good first impression on fans"
(The
Chinese warm up to beach volleyball! -- story on the
website of the China Daily) |
|
| "China's
Tian Jia/Wang Jie make beach volleyball top 16"
(On
China View) |
|
| "Youngs,
Branagh win with Kobe in stands"
(On
NBCOlympics.com) |
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