Volleywood's PSA: Stop the HATE! Stop the BULLYING!

I am not a celebrity at all but I am optimistic my video can make a difference. I know I CAN...I know WE CAN. Let's stop the HATE! Let's stop the BULLYING! Let's reach out to those who feel they're alone and to those who don't feel they are accepted just because they're gay. Love is the answer. We can change things! We can make a different. Right NOW! -Volleywood's ACE

Friendly Match #4: USA vs BRAZIL!

Team USA lost for the 4th in a row against the mighty Brazilians in 4 sets. 25-22/ 25-20/ 18-25/ 25-20. Yikes! Brazil won all the 4 friendly matches they hosted against the 2010 Grand Prix Champs. Both teams will now return to the gym and continue their preparations for the 2010 World Champs which starts in a month. Good luck ladies!

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FULL USA VOLLEYBALL ARTICLE: http://usavolleyball.org/news/2010/09/30/u-s-women-fall-to-brazil-in-four/38804

Brazil: New Setter!

Rezende BRINGS ANOTHER SETTER! Even is the ill MARLON feels better for the 2nd Round, the staff has decided NOT TO LET HIM PLAY since he's not physically ready. He lost more than 5 kilos since he got pre-diagnosed with Chrons disease. Tears. The REPLACEMENT is a TV reporter who has played professionally and he is ALEX OLIVEIRA! (Whatever happened to Mauricio Lucatella?) From what we read, Rezende has NOT yelled at ALEX since he joined the practice. Well you better get ready bb, Rezende is saving his screams when the team plays against Poland and Bulgaria. Good luck! Feel better Marlon!

ALEXANDRE OLIVEIRA

"This could be my first and last World Championship since I am already 33. I want to play out there even for a second." -MARLON

USA: The Guys In Ancona

2010 World Champs: Well Well Well Stanley, Salmon and Priddy are all pumped to play in the 2nd Round hosted by the city of Ancona in Italy. We really miss and we can't believe that Clay hasn't texted us. Bb must be really busy enjoying the tourney! LoL!

Clay is too tall for this big. Look at his feet! LoL! In case we crash in his room, we don't mind sleeping on top of him  on the floor.  Loves it.

He might not look that hot in pictures, but Daddy RILEY SALMON is sexy in person. We're not kidding.

MAX HOLT (left) must be busy reading Volleywood chatting with his girlfriend while REID PRIDDY is all relaxed listening to KESHA his favorite songs. 

USA: Donald Suxho

USA: He might not be in Italy with the team our favorite setter spent a few hours with students at Natick High School. We ♥ what DONALD SUXHO is doing! We appreciate the time he spent to promote the sport to our generation. Suxho said "I'm always looking to help out the youth, they're our future..." Awwww We Miss you BB!

 

Update: Paula Pequeno

The MVP from the 2008 Beijing Olympics tries to recover in time for the 2010 World Championship which is just a month away. Recover Fast Paula! We want to see you in Japan!

Friendly Match #3: USA vs BRAZIL!

Brazil won the 3rd friendly match against the USA in front of 6,500 Brazilian fans! 25-20/  25-12/  25-22. 


The Olympic Champs started with Dani Lins, Sheila, Sassá, Natalia, Fabiana and Thaísa. Libero Fabi.


While the Americans relied on A-Glass, Hodge, Larson, Hooker, Bown and Akinradewo. Libero - Sykora.

Last friendly match is scheduled tomorrow.

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2010 Men's World Champs: Going Home

They might be going home after failing to qualify to the next round but we know they will come back stronger the next time we see them. We truly admire their great attitude! They worked hard and played their best battling against the best teams in the world. We wish them the best!

2010 World Champs: Poland vs Germany 5th Set

WATCH: POLAND vs GERMANY! This is the best match of the tournament so far! We closed our eyes a few times since we were too nervous to watch the 5th set! Seriously, we screamed when Poland won! By the way, GERMANY is on the edge of not making it to the next round. They need to defeat Canada in 3 games. G-luck!

FRANCE: Antiga & Team!

Well well well half of the French players had to spend a few hours when the elevator malfunctioned somewhere in the 45th or 46th floor. Nice right? If PIERRE PUJOL was there, we wouldn't mind at all! Anyways, the guys got bored while waiting so they started taking pictures as if they were in the new scary movie "The Devil". Well well well we got bored too tonight so we decided to doodle on their pics. Enjoy!

CONNECT THE DOTS!

Try to find us...LoL! The ARROW says it all. J-kidding!

PRETTY!

HI BB!

Download: USA vs BRAZIL!

The 201 World Grand Prix Champs are in Brazil for a series of Friendly Matches as part of their preparations for the upcoming 2010 World Champs. Since Volleywood loves you, we have the LINKs TO DOWNLOAD the match! Enjoy!

Friendly Match #1: USA vs BRAZIL


Set 1: http://www.multiupload.com/XQH17ZHZIF

Set 2: http://www.4shared.com/file/OgxOZseN/Bra-Eua-250910-2.htm

Set 3: http://www.multiupload.com/4N2ZBR8ES4

Set 4: http://www.4shared.com/file/TLsvfCV7/Bra-Eua-250910-4.html

Set 5: http://www.4shared.com/file/2yiiIj8s/Bra-Eua-250910-5.html




Friendly Match #2: USA vs BRAZIL


set 1: http://www.multiupload.com/QKIQD8O4KO

set 2: http://www.multiupload.com/CBPO0IK7H1
 
set 3: http://www.multiupload.com/JIEWFCA7SD

set 4: http://www.multiupload.com/XPEZRFVL82

set 5: http://www.multiupload.com/F4845YS9AQ

OR GO TO THIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/Cl4udioBRAZ 

2010 Men's World Champs: LIVE COVERAGE Sept. 25th!

2010 Men's World Champs: LIVE COVERAGE: (Saturday 9.25.10 @ 8:00am US PST) www.FROMSPORT.com : Brazil vs Tunisia/ Egypt vs Iran/ France vs Czech/ Russia vs Cameroon/ Argentina vs Venezuela. Links for other matches will be posted soon! For now, Don't FORGET to set your ALARM! It's LIVE so can't miss it! Goodnight...

Was Misty May on her BROOM?

A FAN of MISTY MAY sent us a letter sharing a FORGETTABLE experience with the Olympic Champ this evening at a book signing. We'll try not to say anything but READ THE NOTE BELOW & you be the JUDGE. She must've been on her broom for acting that way. This post is from a real experience. READ BELOW:

"drove by... the store, saw that there was NO LINE NO SIGNS or anything posted... Menlo park is a pretty quiet city to begin with but Keplers books has had A LOT of famous people go there like andre aggassi, madeline albright, next is jimmy carter!

i walk in... there's only a few people there...5 high school girls maybe 3 adults. misty's photographer, i think...she took a picture of us with the book it was our turn to see her...

i kinda stood there in delight to see her... but she just kinda reached for the book to sign it. we shared that we were long beach state alumns too NO RESPONSE... only way we knew she heard is that she wrote Go Beach in our book. told her i was excited to see her..NO RESPONSE... i asked for a hug.... and got a hug.

then we kinda just walked away. as we were walking out i asked the other high school girls, how long they had been there and was misty kinda like 'that' the whole time...and they said yeah and that was that...

there was a restaurant next door that had A LOT OF people there but its funny---no one knows an olympic gold medalist is 100 feet away. i wanted to scream out: MISTY MAY TREANOR IS IN KEPLERS BOOKS...GO AND SAY HI! hoping all the people would make her smile or something.

totally wasn't what i was expecting...from what i see on tv she's so lively and energetic.

if you look at her FB page, she writes: ...I have a book signing tonight at Kepler's in Menlo Park and I am excited to see everyone!!!

im still hoping that i just caught her on a bad day and will give her the benefit of the doubt. i'd like to still picture misty like the lively girl on tv. maybe i'll wait till the next time i see her, to make my final judgemnt if she's an idol or ex idol. they're only human can't put up a happy face all the time. well, then again... this is a book signing...she has to fake it maybe. if i saw her on the street and she wasn't happy, then that's fine... like i said, can't expect them to be happy butterflies 24/7.

by the way im still a fan... would like to see her smile more even if it hurts. haha.

THOUGHTS?

Brazil's Tournament Bus!

2010 Men's World Champs: FIRST LOOK @ BRAZIL's TOURNAMENT BUS! Sooooo Zeksi! Coach Rezende and team are using (borrowing) a bus from the Italian Armed Forces. Wow! They're so special! We also learned that there's an "officer" who takes the team from their hotel to the competition venue. Wow! THOUGHTS? We wont mind sitting beside Murilo. (Forget Jacqueline! Hahaha!)

2010 Men's World Champs: France!

FIRST LOOK @ FRANCE: The team took this pic while inside the elevator and by the looks of it they seem petrified! Yikes! Maybe they saw that little kid from The Grudge! Hahaha! Anyways, good luck to Stephane Antiga, Pierre Pujol and team! GO FRANCE! (Call us if you still can't get out!)

Volleywood's "WHAT IF?": If POPE BENEDICT was A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, which POSITION HE WOULD PLAY? Amen

Matej Cernic

Italian outside hitter MATEJ CERNIC talks about the World Champs too. We used to like him but then we got over him easily after we saw Savani. We broke his heart. Hahaha! We still love you bb but we love Savani more.(Can anyone pls TRANSLATE what he's saying? Tnx!)

Cristian Savani

Italy's Cristian Savani speaks about the 2010 World Champs. We don't understand what he's saying but we know he's talking about us especially when he smiles.Giggles Giggles Giggles. (Can anyone pls TRANSLATE what he's saying? Tnx!)

Team USA's CRIB!

Volleywood EXCLUSIVE! Don't you just <3 us? We're able to find out where Clay, Reid and team are staying in Reggio Calabria for the first round of the 2010 World Champs. We must admit that although they fly in Economy, USAV & the tourney organizers have great taste! We want to stay here! (Sorry Volleywooders! We can't completely disclose the name of the hotel to protect the privacy of the athletes.) THOUGHTS?