🏅 A LOVB affair
LOVB employs 75% of USA Volleyball roster for Paris 2024 Olympics
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The U.S.’ Olympic women’s volleyball roster just dropped, and there’s a lot of love for League One Volleyball (LOVB). Nine of the 12 starters and two alternates on Team USA have already signed deals with LOVB Pro, an impressive feat considering the new pro volleyball league won’t begin play until November, well after the Games.
June 07, 2024
🏆 California kings and queens
UCLA and USC win respective NCAA men’s volleyball and beach volleyball national championships
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If this natty round-up feels familiar, it’s because two teams bagged back-to-back ’ships this weekend.
May 06, 2024
🏐 Killin’ it
The NCAA men’s volleyball tournament begins with tomorrow’s quarter-finals
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Even if there are no upsets when the national championship takes the court tomorrow, this year’s tourney is already a testament to the sport’s rising parity.
April 29, 2024
🏐 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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December 15, 2023
Last night’s semifinals saw overall No. 1–seed Nebraska and defending champ No. 2 Texas dig out spots on Sunday’s championship court.
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Ep #384

Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

July 25, 2024
Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are almost here!

In a very special episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dive into gender parity at the Olympics, sponsored by our pals at Canadian Tire. Since 1900 when women first competed at the Olympics to 2024, there’s been enormous progress in terms of gender equity at the Games — and the Paris Olympics will be the most equitable ever.

In addition to discussing the history of women at the Olympics, this episode features two insightful conversations with Kim Saunders of Canadian Tire and Julia Wilkinson, a former Team Canada Olympic swimmer, who have both seen the growth of women’s sports firsthand from a business and athlete perspective. Trust us — you don’t want to miss this.

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🏐 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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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).
December 06, 2023
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