🏐 Setting the tone
LOVB enters unique multiyear partnership with smart gym company Tonal
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League One Volleyball (LOVB) and home gym system Tonal have partnered to offer volleyball-centric workout programs and a unique family-focused program. The pro women’s volleyball league won’t launch until November, but it secured Tonal’s first league partnership.
February 09, 2024
⛷️🏐 Between two poles
NCAA skiing and men's volleyball are officially back
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Skiing and men’s volleyball are officially back this week, so brush up with our primers then fill the fall sports void with pancakes and fresh powder.
January 03, 2024
🏆 Sweeping the floor
Texas wins back-to-back national championships
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For the second straight year, the aforementioned Texas Longhorns brought brooms to the national championship court — this time sweeping the Nebraska Cornhuskers 25–22, 25–14, 25–11 in front of yesterday’s record-breaking indoor NCAA volleyball crowd.
December 18, 2023
🏐 Pancakes and butter
Nebraska and Texas will meet in the NCAA volleyball national championship game
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Last night’s semifinals saw overall No. 1–seed Nebraska and defending champ No. 2 Texas dig out spots on Sunday’s championship court.
December 15, 2023
🏐 Here comes the sun
A preview of the women’s volleyball national semifinals
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The women’s volleyball national semifinalists take the court in Tampa, FL, tomorrow night, hoping to make Santa’s victorious list for the opportunity to wrap their season with a championship bow on Sunday.
December 13, 2023
And then there were four in the NCAA volleyball tournament
And then there were four in the NCAA volleyball tournament
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Four familiar faces — three No. 1 seeds and one No. 2 seed — emerged victorious from Saturday’s national tournament’s tumultuous regional round, booking their tickets to Thursday’s national semifinals in Tampa, FL.
December 11, 2023
Setting up the Round of 16 of the NCAA volleyball tournament
Setting up the Round of 16 of the NCAA volleyball tournament
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December 06, 2023
The national tournament survivors jump back into the fray with this week’s Regionals — tomorrow’s Round of 16 plus Saturday’s quarter-finals — hosted by the highest-seeded team left in each bracket quadrant (in this case, the four No. 1 seeds).
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NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview
Ep #349

NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview

March 14, 2024

Happy Pi Day!

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are serving up slices from a stacked sports weekend ahead.

First up, the gals preview what’s bound to be a massive NWSL season before the new campaign kicks off on Friday. From a new media rights deal, to new expansion teams entering the fold, to star players rocking new jerseys, there’s a lot to unpack on the pitch.

Then for part two, El and Steph are hooping it up ahead of Selection Sunday on March 17th. The women’s and men’s March Madness brackets drop on St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s no luck needed here with these two as your guides to the college game.

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University of Oregon female athletes file class action sex discrimination lawsuit against their school
University of Oregon female athletes file class action sex discrimination lawsuit against their school
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The plaintiffs are claiming the university’s distribution of NIL resources between male and female athletes is unequal, and a potential Title IX violation.
December 04, 2023
Teams to watch at the 2023 NCAA national volleyball tournament
Teams to watch at the 2023 NCAA national volleyball tournament
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Move aside, Harry Styles — the real serves are coming from the NCAA volleyball court, where 64 teams will battle for the national championship beginning tomorrow and culminating with the title game on Sunday, December 17th.
November 29, 2023
Breaking down the 64-team field at this year's NCAA volleyball tournament
Breaking down the 64-team field at this year's NCAA volleyball tournament
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Don’t blink because 64 squads will begin their single-elimination national tournament run tomorrow or Friday, and by late Saturday night, only 16 will remain in the natty hunt.
November 29, 2023
Nebraska wins five-set thriller over Wisconsin to stay undefeated
Nebraska wins five-set thriller over Wisconsin to stay undefeated
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Nebraska ruined Wisconsin’s undefeated season (and protected their own) with an electrifying five-set dub, likely stealing the top poll spot later today.
October 23, 2023