Taylor: Falling in love with sand volleyball
About this time last year I got exciting confirmation that I was going to be volunteering in the Olympic News Service at the 2012 London… Continue Reading »
Kerri Walsh
Athletic department adds women’s sand volleyball
The women’s sand volleyball team will begin its inaugural season on April 2 when it faces Santa Clara for the first of eight games this season.
Olympic update: Medal count climbs for Stanford athletes
Stanford student-athletes and alumni are busy competing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Here are some of the highlights from Day 7 to Day 15:
Taylor: Life on the beach
I’m lucky enough to be volunteering at the London 2012 Olympic Games and even luckier to have a relatively interesting role in press operations. Unfortunately, I’m not really supposed to go into too much detail about this right now, due to both general security concerns and exclusive deals that the International Olympic Committee has with various media organizations. I am, however, getting to watch a lot of beach volleyball.
A glance at Stanford’s Olympic gold contenders
Thirty-seven Stanford students and alumni will be competing in the next couple of weeks in the London 2012 Olympic Games, leading to hopes of yet another large medal haul for the Cardinal. Here we present some of the potential highlights for Stanford fans, focusing on the teams and athletes most likely to be able to bring home gold based on past success:
Tree Tweets
A compilation of some of the most interesting and entertaining Twitter feeds from the Farm.
Taylor: Here comes the madness
Flying into the U.K. last week, the capital lay mostly hidden beneath a bank of cloud and mist. Occasional breaks in the gray hinted at green fields and brick houses, but nothing really out of the ordinary. No sign that just a week later, it would be host to one of the world’s biggest sports events: the Summer Olympics.
Alumna Walsh wins gold in Moscow
Former Stanford women’s volleyball standout Kerri Walsh won gold at the FIVB Swatch Moscow Grand Slam in Russia this week, playing alongside partner Misty May-Treanor.