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Open wide, it’s time for a Spalding sandwich

We’re not the biggest volleyball fans in the world, but for some reason we always seem to find ourselves on the edges of our seats whenever we come across a match. We’ll sit motionless and stare for hours in anticipation of that perfect, glorious moment when one player makes an ideal set and another soars above the net and delivers a 100 mph spike right into their opponents’ grill.

It’s basically the slam dunk of the volleyball world and there’s no sympathy in slamming or spiking – you get a facial and you will get laughed at.

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Volleyball player passed physical just two days before giving birth, murdering baby


We don’t usually report on women’s college volleyball, but we’re going to make an exception for this eerie and disturbing tale out of Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA. On Monday, police revealed that an 18-year-old team member was administered a physical and cleared to play volleyball just two days before she gave birth!

Apparently the girl had been concealing the pregnancy and did such a good job that she somehow passed her physical. The baby was born on August 12, just one day after the mother participated in a “light workout.” She even denied the pregnancy to police and doctors after one of her coaches took her to the hospital for severe bleeding following the birth of the child. Unfortunately, when authorities arrived at the girl’s apartment, the baby girl was found dead of asphyxiation. The county coroner was unsure if the baby had been put in a plastic bag or simply smothered. Investigations are currently underway to discover if the mother actually knew she was pregnant; 39 ½ weeks to be exact.

This whole tale is pretty sickening, but we can’t figure out what we’re more disgusted by: the murdering mom or the lackadaisical physical. Obviously the girl deserves to go to jail for a long, long time for her blatant disregard of human life, but whoever conducted the examinations prior to her clearance has to be held accountable as well. It’s not like the sperm had just cracked the egg here; this chick was over nine months pregnant! We’d normally say just ferret leg `em both and be done with it, but this is one of those cases where we’d much prefer to see a long painful jail sentence as opposed to the quick cries of anguish we usually so thoroughly enjoy.

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[Philly.com]: Passed physical, then she gave birth

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My big fat Greek riot



This should be the only time we hear about
women’s volleyball!

We here in the good ol’ US of A don’t really care about women’s volleyball. Sure, the guys will come out in droves to see Gabrielle Reece or Misty May sport a swimsuit during a traveling beach volleyball competition but that’s about all the fanfare there is. Not like in Greece where they take their women’s volleyball very seriously.

A riot broke out near Athens on Thursday between fans of Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos Piraeus as the rivals decided to take the match to the streets. One man was killed in the melee and seven others were taken to the hospital with injuries. If that’s not bad enough, the Greek government has suspended all professional sporting teams from competition until April 13. That ban includes basketball, volleyball, soccer and several other sports.

Violence in sport is something that affects our entire society … and cannot be tolerated,” government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos said Friday. He went on to say, “These crimes are not anonymous. Specific people are responsible.

And those specific people have rioting down to a science. Two cars and three stores were destroyed as several dozen fans arrived to the riot on motorcycles and hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at the surrounding mob. After the commotion finally subdued, the po-pos raided 15 different clubs that were considered to be supporters of the two volleyball squads and the evidence they found isn’t going to be very helpful to the teams’ fans. Police recovered tons o’ weapons that included pick axes, iron bars and baseball bats.

Suddenly, the Cowboys/Redskins rivalry seems like just some old friends getting together for an afternoon of camaraderie and friendly competition.

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[Local10.com]: Greece suspends pro team sports for two weeks
[Reuters]: 3-sport-Greece suspends team matches after fan death