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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2954″ display=”pro_mosaic”]by Kevin Cody One month after returning home to Hermosa Beach from the Paris Olympics, beach volleyball Olympians Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, and Chase Budinger, and Miles Evans, brought home first place honors from the Hermosa Beach Open. It wasn’t the AVP Hermosa Open. It was an old-school Hermosa Open with […]
by Kevin Cody In mid-July, just two weeks before representing the U.S. in beach volleyball at the Paris Olympics, Andy Benesh and partner Miles Partain announced a sponsorship agreement with Skechers. Manhattan Beach-based Skechers is best known for its shoes. But Skechers also manufactures apparel, ranging from moisture-wicking, SPF40 tank tops to pickleball dresses. Athletes […]
Manhattan Beach Open Thursday, August 15 through Sunday, August 18 The Manhattan Beach Open is preceded on Thursday with inductions at 3:30 p.m. of 2023 Manhattan Beach Open winners Trevor Crabb, Taylor Sander, Betsi Flint, and Julia Scoles. The tournament runs Friday through Sunday with many of the world’s top ranked beach volleyball players. General […]
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2943″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”] Photos by Chris Miller The best beach volleyball players this side of Paris are competing Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, in the Charlie Saikley Manhattan Beach 6 Man/Woman Beach Volleyball Tournament. The tournament is a highlight of the International Surf Festival, which continues through Sunday, August 4. International […]
by Paul Teetor The Dodgers desperately need reinforcements – and the trade deadline is Tuesday afternoon at 3. So by the time you read this you’ll know if they’ve done anything significant to shore up a team that badly needs shoring up. Especially on their pitching staff, but also for the infield and the bottom […]
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2936″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]The 16th Street, Hermosa Beach volleyball courts were the site of an exhibition match last Thursday, July 18, between beach volleyball 2020 Olympic gold medalists Alix Klineman and April Ross, and beach volleyball 2024 Olympic gold medalist hopefuls Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng. “The matches were a way for Sarah and […]
by Randy Angel Editor’s note: Redondo Beach native Sean Rosenthal went to the Olympics twice with partner Jake Gibb. They finished fifth both times, in Beijing in 2008, and in London in 2012. Rosenthal also won two AVP Manhattan Beach Opens, 2009 with Olympics teammate Jake Gibb, and in 2014 with Phil Dalhauser. The following […]
How Mike Dodd won a silver medal at the Olympics first Beach volleyball competition by Mark McDermott Whatever faint hope Mike Dodd may once have harbored to be an Olympian had faded a decade and a half earlier by the time beach volleyball was named an Olympic sport in 1995. He was 38 years […]