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NEWS ABOUT: volleyball

volleyball stories: 5 news summaries

US Volleyball Coach's Family Pulls Together After Stabbing

McCutcheon 'not indulging in anger'

Aug 11, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though his heart is broken, Hugh McCutcheon won’t indulge in anger as he grieves for his father-in-law, Todd Bachman, brutally stabbed to death in Beijing on Saturday. "It hurts. I think it's something no one should have to go through,'' the US Olympic men’s volleyball coach... More »

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murder • murder-suicide • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • stabbing • volleyball • Olympics • Hugh McCutcheon • Todd Bachman • Barbara Bachman • Elisabeth Bachman

 Bush's Brush 
 With Olympic
 History

Bush nearly pats gold medalist's backside after making good play

Aug 10, 08 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush's visit to the US women’s volleyball team sparked a quirky photo and Internet sensation today, Andrew Malcolm blogs in the Los Angeles Times. After Bush took tips from two gold medalist players, he made a fine play—and volleyballer Misty May-Treanor bent over to let him slap... More »

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sports • 2008 Beijing Olympics • volleyball • George W. Bush • Misty May-Treanor • Kerri Walsh

Relative of US Olympic Coach Killed in Beijing

After stabbing two, Chinese man throws himself off tower

Aug 9, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(AP) - A knife-wielding Chinese man attacked two relatives of a coach for the US Olympic men's volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing one and injuring the other on the first day of the Olympics today, team officials and state media said. The man then committed suicide by throwing... More »

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China • suicide • murder • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • volleyball

Britain Seeks 'Giant' Steps at 2012 Olympics

Heightened emphasis for London Games has yielded taller jocks

Feb 29, 08 8:24 PM CST
(Newser) - A, ahem, heightened push to make Britain's sports teams more competitive by the time London hosts the 2012 Olympics has added 52 new athletes to the country’s handball, rowing, and volleyball squads, the Telegraph reports. The “Sporting Giants” program sought tall applicants—over 6-foot-3 for men and 5-11... More »

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sports • 2012 London Olympics • volleyball • Sporting Giants • handball • Steve Redgrave • rowing

UCLA Looks to Pretty Up Pauley

Famed arena may get small improvements or even a reconstruction

Feb 27, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - There is no question UCLA's Pauley Pavilion needs a makeover, but Bruin Nation is in an all-out debate as to whether it just needs some Botox or whether the old girl needs a complete facelift, reports the Los Angeles Times. Changes on the table for the famed Westwood Arena range... More »

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NCAA • basketball • Los Angeles • UCLA • gymnastics • Pac-10 Conference • Pauley Pavilion • volleyball • renovation

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