National Team | Courtney Thompson shines but USA misses Grand Prix volleyball finals

Team USA misses qualifying for championship round for the first time in five years

National Team | Courtney Thompson named to USA roster for big Brazil series

• Rematch of the 2012 Olympic Finals set for this weekend and next week

UPDATE: Visit usavolleyballcup.com for live stream of Match 1 (7PM July 5) and Match 2 (5PM July 6)

Olympians Courtney Thompson (L) and Nicole Davis will be on the roster
for all four matches against Brazil 

Pac-12 | Washington will play Stanford and Cal just once each in 2014

• Cal will not visit Seattle and Washington will not travel to Stanford in 2014

Sand | This road to college volleyball began on Seattle sand

• West Seattle star Eastyn Baleto will bring beach skills to New Mexico

National Team | UW grads Thompson & Hagglund set USA to victory over Germany

Red, White & Blue has a decided Purple & Gold tint in Montreux, Switzerland

• USA def. Germany 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21)
• next: USA vs. Japan | May 28 | 12 noon (Pacific)

National Team | Washington volleyball alum Kylin Muñoz contributes to USA’s tournament gold

• USA men and women both win NORCECA World Championship qualifying event in Colorado Springs

Two volleyball players from Washington to compete for US National Team

• Washington’s Kylin Muñoz (Monroe HS) and USC’s Alexis Olgard (Mead HS) named to roster for NORCECA Qualifiers in Colorado Springs

Men’s indoor and women’s sand volleyball champions crowned

• Washington alums win overseas tournaments; Gabbi Parker turns pro

NCAA | Final Four redux: Washington volleyball to host Wisconsin in 2014 preseason

Washington, Wisconsin, USC and Maryland agree to four-year Pac-12 vs Big Ten series

Sand | Husky Volleyball Hits the Beach [Terry Wood]

• Washington vs. Oregon | 10 AM | April 12 | Portland
• Washington vs. Portland State | 12 PM | April 12 | Portland
• Washington vs. Boise State | 2 PM | April 12 | Portland

Life after college volleyball: some make millions

Playing overseas, elite American volleyball players can earn like a pro

NCAA | Washington volleyball alums take root 3,000 miles away

Sanja Tomasevic hired by Keno Gandara at Miami

NCAA | Coaches with Washington connections move up the coaching ladder

Former UW standout Stevie Mussie now a Penn State assistant; father of current UW player Bailey Tanner heads up Pepperdine

International | Courtney Thompson’s professional team faces uphill Champions League battle

Washington alum’s Swiss team drops first leg of quarterfinals to Russian powerhouse

• Dinamo Kazan def. Voléro Zürich 3-1 (20-25, 25-14, 27-25, 25-22)
• next: Voléro Zürich @ Dinamo Kazan | February 11

Seattle | Super Bowl Parade

A departure today from the usual volleyball fare. Seattle Police say we were among 700,000 to line downtown streets for the Seahawks' Super Bowl Parade. Photos, from Lower Queen Anne, by Leslie and Jack Hamann.

The Lombardi Trophy

Marshawn Lynch, cigar and Skittles in hand, leads the parade

Lynch rides the Ducks

Pete Carroll

Typical scene: Seahawks juggling Google glasses, cellphones and cameras

Legion and Lombardi

Hugs all around

Richard Sherman

Lombardi on Lower Queen Anne

Russell Wilson