THEY'RE WITHIN SPIKING DISTANCE : U.S. TEAMS ARE IN THE HUNT FOR VOLLEYBALL GOLD.Byline: Joe Jares Daily News Staff Writer If tattoos are charms to ward off evil and bring good luck - as human billboard A human billboard is someone who applies an advertisement on his or her person. Most commonly, this means holding or wearing a sign of some sort, but also may include wearing advertising as clothing or in extreme cases, having advertising tattooed on the body. Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1966, and has won six NBA Championships since. has perhaps proved - then the U.S. men's volleyball team will do well when play begins at the Omni in Atlanta. Lloy Ball Lloy Ball (born February 17, 1972 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana) is a former American volleyball player, who represented the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. , America's 6-foot-8 setter from Indiana, has the Olympic rings emblazoned between his shoulder blades. Among his other adornments (such as silver polish on his toenails at practice the other day), he has a tattoo of a python wrapped around a volleyball. For those of you not charmed by charms or turned off by tattoos, we turn to a local consultant, Paul Sunderland Paul Benedict Sunderland (born March 29, 1952) is an American sportscaster based in Los Angeles, California. Over his broadcast career, Sunderland has covered almost every major sport played in Southern California. of Malibu - former basketball star at Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks, former volleyball star at Loyola Marymount, Olympic volleyball gold medalist (1984) and current sportscaster. He and Chris Marlowe This article is about the sportscaster. For the 16th century dramatist see Christopher Marlowe. For the American cabaret composer see Christopher Marlowe (composer) Christian ("Chris") Marlowe (born September 15, 1951) is an American sportscaster based in Denver, Colorado. will call indoor volleyball for NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , and probably the beach volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. finals as well. ``I think that both teams, the U.S. men and women, have a chance to medal, which is obviously good,'' said Sunderland. ``The women have potential to get in the gold-medal match.'' From Sunderland, other sources in the sport and our own investigations and speculations, here are some spikes for you to dig: U.S. women: Outside hitter Tara Cross-Battle out of Long Beach State has a great stage - or court - name and the game to go with it. She was MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of the World Grand Prix
World Grand Prix is a 1986 Sega Master System Formula One-type video game. last year, has Olympic Games and Italy pro experience. Depth and experience are American assets. For instance, middle blocker Paula Weishoff (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ), 34, won't start but will be an important cog. She's an Olympic veteran and played seven years in Italy. Outside hitter Teee Williams (Hawaii) was a U.S. stalwart at the Barcelona Games - she had 22 kills against Japan. Lori Endicott (Nebraska), Elaina Oden (Pacific), Elaine Youngs (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ), Tammy Liley (Arizona State) - this is a talented group. It won the 1995 World Grand Prix and will be playing before home crowds in Atlanta. Never discount that advantage. It's coached by Terry Liskevych, former coach of men at Ohio State and women at Pacific. Other women's teams: Cuba, Cuba and more Cuba. Its women are ``fabulous,'' according to Sunderland and every criteria imaginable. It has won everything but that Grand Prix just mentioned. That includes the 1992 Olympics and the 1995 Pan-Am Games. U.S. men: Coached by Fred Sturm (UCLA, coach at Stanford), they are talented and deep, but despite 6-8 Ball, 6-7 middle blocker Bryan Ivie (USC), 6-8 middle blocker Jeff Nygaard (UCLA) and 6-5 outside hitter John Hyden (San Diego State), they are small by world standards. Nygaard and Hyden have good jump serves, but the rest are so-so at it. Ivie is the best hitter, but Sunderland says the team has ``no designated hitter.'' This is vital, because back-row hitting has come into the game, so if a team has a powerhouse, unstoppable spiker, no matter where he is in the rotation, ``you can set the same guy 25 times in a row.'' There are many assets, not least among them the all-around play of 6-4 outside hitter and captain Bob Ctvrtlik (Pepperdine), 33. He does a hundred important things. For instance, he and Hyden are the primary serve receivers. That's so difficult in these days of jump serves that a third man is needed; Ctvrtlik (stuh-VERT-lick) picks that guy each time, depending on various circumstances. Other men's teams: The Italians are the favorites, although not overwhelmingly. They have an excellent coach in Argentine Julio Velasco. They have a load of good players honed in the Italian pro league. ``Their athletes are highly paid,'' said Sunderland. ``In their own country they are as big sports stars as the best of their soccer players. There's just lots of great players in Italy right now. . . . They sent their second team to last year's World League, and they won. They rested all their vets and their second team won.'' THROUGH THE YEARS BOB CTVRTLIK (Pepperdine) 1985: Helps U.S. win World Cup; helps Waves win NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association title, beating USC at Pauley Pavilion. 1986: Helps U.S. win World Championship. 1988: Stalwart on America's Olympic-championship team in Seoul. 1994: Named U.S. captain. 1995: Named to the FIVB FIVB Federation of International Volleyball All-Star Team; shares U.S. MVP honors with Ivie. LINDA HANLEY (UCLA) 1981: First-team All-American on the coaches' team. 1995: Wins career-high $40,175 in beach tournaments. BRYAN IVIE (USC) 1987: Regarded as the top high school middle blocker in the nation, for Mira Costa in Manhattan Beach. 1990: MVP on NCAA All-Tournament team. 1991: Picked as National Player of the Year by the college coaches and Volleyball Monthly magazine. 1992: Return from knee injury is key in U.S. winning bronze medal at Barcelona. 1995: Shares U.S. MVP honors with Ctvrtlik, after winning it outright twice before. DAN LANDRY (UCLA) 1993: Sets NCAA Tournament two-match record with .575 hitting percentage as Bruins win national title. 1995: Winner of Tommy Haine Coaches Award. JEFF NYGAARD (UCLA) 1992: NCAA Freshman of the Year. 1993: Co-MVP of NCAA tournament as Bruins win 14th title. 1994: Collegiate Player of the Year. 1995: Third straight year as first-team All-American; second straight year as Player of the Year. TOM SORENSEN (Pepperdine) 1992: Helps Waves win NCAA title, beating Stanford. 1993: Makes All-American for third time. JEFF STORK (Pepperdine) 1984: Taft High alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. makes All-American for third time for Waves. 1988: Helps America win gold medal at Seoul Olympics. 1992: Helps America win bronze medal at Barcelona Olympics. 1993: MVP in Italian pro league. 1994: For second time is MVP of Bud Light 4-Man League. PAULA WEISHOFF (USC) 1980: Leads the Trojans in attack percentage (.381); makes All-American team. 1984: MVP of the U.S. team in the Los Angeles Olympics Los Angeles Olympics may refer to:
Olympic Games • • . 1992: MVP of the entire Olympic women's tournament at Barcelona. ELAINE YOUNGS (UCLA) 1991: Helps Bruins win NCAA title. 1992: Makes NCAA All-Tournament team for second straight year, and coaches' All-American for second straight year. When to Watch Women: July 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 (Pool play); July 30, Aug. 1 (playoffs); Aug. 3 (medals) Mwn: July 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 (Pool play); July 31, Aug. 2 (playoffs); Aug. 4 (medals) CAPTION(S): Photo, 2 Boxes Photo: (color) Captain Bob Ctvrtlik, spiking a bal l against Japan recently, will lead the U.S. men's volleyball team, which will contend for a medal in Atlanta. Daily News File Photo Box: (1) THROUGH THE YEARS (see text) (2) When to Watch (see text) |
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