8 days ago - Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor were prepared for the downpour, just as they were for a young Chinese team that was the latest to challenge their four-year reign over women's beach volleyball.
9 days ago - The Chinese and the wretched Beijing weather were no match for Misty May-Treanor and "Six Feet of Sunshine." May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, playing through a steady and sometimes driving rain to beat China in straight sets and extend their winning streak to 108 matches in a row.
10 days ago - The smile returned to Kerri Walsh's face long before the match was officially over, and the player known as "Six Feet of Sunshine" was back to her usual, bubbly self.
19 days ago - The Brazilians lost their first set before figuring things out. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, the heavy favorites on the men's side, couldn't pull themselves together quickly enough and lost their Olympic debut to the No. 23 seed in the 24-team field.
20 days ago - A person briefed on the incident says the victims of a deadly stabbing attack at a tourist site in Beijing on the first day of the Olympic Games were the in-laws of the U.S. men's volleyball coach.