Godspeed, Becky

This was hushed: South Dakota born and raised Becky Hammon (center front) was not among the 29 players selected to tryout for the US Olympic women's basketball team. It is not so hushed now: and the sheer incredulity! Unimaginable. The star player on each of the WMBA teams - the two star players- at least should be invited. Becky Hammon has been the face of the WNBA this century. America needs to pause, and listen. I am a Becky Hammon fan: always have been, always will be.

With not really representative pics of Australia's Penny Taylor

No surprises in the selection of the US Olympic women's indoor volleyball team. Unfortunately.

I have searched for three hours now for a good picture of the US women's indoor volleyball team, and found not one. Mug shots of the twelve players, yes: a good picture of the team, no. I am convinced that such does not exist. How about, instead, a coupl'a two three good photos of the Japanese swimming team arriving at the Olympic village with . . . adrenaline and humility and modesty in the face of a world of competitors; not 'ho-bitch funky attitude that this retarded world just does not appreciate that this sport belongs to us, adrenaline in the Olympic village. Humility. Adrenaline.

2008 USA Women's Olympic Indoor Volleyball Team

#	Name	Pos	Ht	Hometown	College	Born
1	Ogonna Nnamani	OH	6-1	Bloomington, Ill.	Stanford	7-29-83
2	Danielle Scott-Arruda	MB	6-2	Baton Rouge, La.	Long Beach State	10-1-72
3	Tayyiba Haneef-Park	OPP/OH	6-7	Laguna Hills, Calif.	Long Beach State	3-23-79
4	Lindsey Berg	S	5-8	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Minnesota	7-16-80
5	Stacy Sykora	L	5-10	Burleson, Texas	Texas A&M	6-24-77
6	Nicole Davis	L	5-4	Stockton, Calif.	Southern California	4-24-82
7	Heather Bown	MB	6-3	Yorba Linda, Calif.	Hawai'i	11-29-79
9	Jennifer Joines	MB	6-3	Milpitas, Calif.	Pacific	11-23-82
10	Kim Glass	OH	6-3	Lancaster, Pa.	Arizona	8-18-84
11	Robyn Ah Mow-Santos	S	5-9	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Hawai'i	9-15-75
12	Kim Willoughby	OH	6-0	Napoleanville, La.	Hawai'i	11-7-80
15	Logan Tom	OH	6-1	Salt Lake City, Utah	Stanford	5-25-81

Head Coach: Lang Ping Assistant Coaches: Yong Li, Sue Woodstra, Tom Hogan

Lang Ping is currently the only female head coach of a national volleyball federation with a team in the top 20 world ranking.

This is the official site for indoor volleyball.

Women's Olympic Games 2000 Qualified Teams 1.China (host country) 2.Italy (1st World Cup) 3.Brazil (2nd World Cup) 4.U.S.A. (3rd World Cup) 5.Algeria - Africa 6.Kazakhstan - Asia * 7.Russia - Europe 8.Cuba - Norceca 9.Venezuela - South America 10.Poland (1st World Olympic Qualification) * 11.Serbia (2nd World Olympic Qualification) * 12.Japan (3rd World Olympic Qualification) * * The Asian Continental Qualification Tournaments were played combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Japan

FIVB World Ranking: 1. Brazil 2. Italy 3. Cuba 4. USA 5. Japan 6. Serbia 7. China 8. Russia 9. Poland 10. Korea * 11. Dominican Republic * 12. Kenya * 13. Germany * 14. Netherlands * 15. Peru * 16. Turkey * 17. Thailand * 18. Chinese Taipei * 19. Puerto Rico * 20. Egypt * 21. Algeria 22. Kazakhstan 29. Venezuela * not qualified for the2008 Olympic Games