
The Oracles of Volleyball: Farewell from Rio
U.S. Olympians share their thoughts on the final matches and overall Olympic volleyball tournament
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U.S. Olympians share their thoughts on the final matches and overall Olympic volleyball tournament

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The Oracles of Volleyball … a veritable who’s who of volleyball greats, including Misty May-Treanor, Lloy Ball, Holly McPeak, Nicole Davis, Kent Steffes, Kim Oden, Scott Fortune, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Bob Ctvrtlik, Dain Blanton, Ryan Millar, Eric Fonoimoana, Gabe Gardner, Todd Rogers, and Danielle Scott-Arruda … commenting on the Rio Olympic Games with their legendary insight/...

Who: U.S. Men’s National Team (4-2) vs Italy (5-1)
When: Aug. 19 at noon EDT

Team USA will play for bronze on Saturday at noon ET

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings defeated Brazil on Thursday morning for bronze at the Olympics

Team USA meets Serbia in semifinal with winner going to Olympic Games final

U.S. becomes only country with men's and women's teams in Olympic semifinals

The Oracles of Volleyball … a veritable who’s who of volleyball greats, including Misty May-Treanor, Lloy Ball, Holly McPeak, Nicole Davis, Kent Steffes, Kim Oden, Scott Fortune, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Bob Ctvrtlik, Dain Blanton, Ryan Millar, Eric Fonoimoana, Todd Rogers, and Danielle Scott-Arruda … commenting on the Rio Olympic Games with their legendary insight. Thoughts on...

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings lost to Brazil in the semifinal and will face one more Brazilian duo, for bronze

Team USA reaches fourth straight Olympic Games semifinal round

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The Oracles of Volleyball What does it take to get through these knockout rounds? KENT STEFFES U.S. Olympian, beach (1996) Olympic gold medalist, 1996 I’m in Alaska right now watching with, of all people my first pro beach volleyball partner Deek Smith and CBVA Legend Dale Hoffman. Come with a lot of positive energy. I...

Brazil handed Dalhausser and Lucena a three-set defeat in the men's quarterfinals on Monday

The U.S. Men win their third straight pool play match, 3-0 over Mexico, and live to play another day

April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings beat Australia to earn a spot in Tuesday's semifinal

Team USA enters Tuesday's quarterfinal round as top seed with 5-0 record