Sean Rosenthal News

It's been three years since Phil Dalhausser hit the big time in beach volleyball with Todd Rogers - and began to change it.

" Some of the top names in professional beach volleyball will be in town this weekend for the AVP Crocs Tour Ocean City Open.

Casey Jennings experienced a long and wearying Saturday, playing in three grueling matches late into the afternoon with partner Matt Fuerbringer at the AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open.

Despite an impressive career and a recent resurgence on the pro beach volleyball circuit, Jeff Nygaard will never become poster child for the AVP Crocs Tour.

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. - Nicole Branagh andElaine Youngs won their third tournament this season, beating Lisa Rutledge and Brooke Hanson 21-18, 21-15 Sunday in the final of the AVP Crocs Tour San Diego.

Brian Ching scored on a header in the 20th minute and Pat Onstad stopped a penalty kick in the 83rd minute to lift host Houston to its first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids yesterday.

After performing a series of slow-motion and fast-forwarded crowd waves, fans at Stadium Court were asked Sunday by the emcee of the Assn.

Professional beach volleyball's only stop in San Diego, the AVP Crocs Tour San Diego, will take place May 1-3 at Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort in Valley Center.

Reigning Olympic gold medalists and top-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers moved through the contenders' bracket to win the AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open on Sunday.

Todd Rogers expected the increased autograph requests. He expected the increased media attention.

The ocean breeze will be absent and the seagulls far away, but the city of Riverside is about to prove that the beach is hardly a necessity for beach volleyball.

The Association of Volleyball Professionals will begin pouring 3,500 tons of sand today in downtown Riverside for a tournament next week.

All this weekend listen to be caller 29 so you can your prize pack to the very first ever pro beach volleyball to hit the Inland Empire it the 99.1 AVP weekend.

Despite six Olympians and two thrilling finals, the AVP Crocs Tour might be a one-time event in Panama City Beach.

After getting washed out on Saturday, the field of the AVP Crocs Tour Panama City Beach Open couldn't wait to play on Sunday.

The wind and rain expected this weekend could be a good sign for Adam Roberts. They could wash away last season.

To bikini or not to bikini, that is the question. When NCAA officials met this past Thursday in Washington, D.C., to vote on adding beach , ahem, "sand" volleyball to its list of emerging sports that could ...