By Men’s water polo group play at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opens on Saturday at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center when the United States faces host Japan. 12 teams will compete to advance for eight spots in the quarterfinals; the Olympic men’s final will be held on August 8. Click
By It’s Settled: Water Polo is the Hardest Sport
The Tokyo Olympics officially begin tonight with opening ceremonies taking center stage on NBC here in the States (7:30 PM EDT; 4:30 PDT). And it wouldn’t be an Olympic year without publications discovering water polo and making lists, one of which forever settles the question “which is the most difficult
Win or Lose, MAWPC Championship a Victory for La Salle Men in Program’s Finale
In the new normal that is American collegiate water polo due to COVID-19, competition has been inconsistent at best and often faces insurmountable obstacles—ones that leave most everyone dissatisfied. Except for the Explorers of La Salle, who will play George Washington at 11:30 a.m. today in the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Water
About Total Waterpolo(s)
In the summer of 2018 I was shuffling through Facebook, which I tend to avoid, and saw I’d received a message. It was from a very well-known coach. He complained, “what do you have against the new FINA rules that were being proposed?” It was a good question: what do
Orange Lutheran’s Signal Win over Mater Dei
Only four fall seasons ago a genuine discussion took place among observers that went something like: I can’t see how any team can catch up to Mater Dei. At the time the Monarchs’ boys water polo team from Santa Ana, CA had won 105 consecutive matches and had a trophy case
Six Reasons Water Polo Most Boring Olympic Sport to Watch | BreakingNews.ie
Water polo fans, you have it all wrong. You thought you picked yourself one of the coolest, fastest, wettest sports around – fun to play, exciting to watch, an Olympic fixture, all that stuff. You’d be wrong, and there are a grand total of six reasons why. So says the
The Case for Garrett Danner
One year ago in La Jolla UCLA dethroned USC to win its first NCAA men’s water polo championship in a decade. They repeated tonight with a 10-7 title win over the Trojans, largely founded on the play of their conference’s Most Valuable Player, goalkeeper Garrett Danner. In that final match a year
Browner Tweets Apology for Water Polo Crack
New England Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner tweeted an apology on Thursday aimed at American fans of water polo. They surged to social media outlets after the Super Bowl participant appeared to discredit the sport earlier in the week. Sorry 2 all the folks I offended with my water polo tweet. I
Super Bowl Defender Takes Jab at Water Polo
Updated: Browner Tweets Apology Lost in the endless pre-game yammering that has preceded America’s great chili cookout known as the Super Bowl® (take the Seahawks) was a glancing blow to our beloved sport by New England Patriots defensive back Brandon Browner. Quoted earlier in the week as favoring the (kinda) intentional aggravation
Tony Azevedo’s Future & USA Waterpolo
Originally posted at BadmenBlog. Clint Dempsey patrolling the World Cup pitch in an Irish national team kit? Kobe Bryant leading the fast break for Team Italia? Impossible! Well, at least astronomically unlikely. Not so much for Tony Azevedo, widely considered the best American water polo player ever. The only four-time
