Kerri Walsh (pictured at left), half of the two-time Gold Medal-winning beach volleyball duo of Walsh and Misty May-Traenor, announced this week that she and husband, Casey Jennings are expecting their first child in the spring. What’s more: she told “Access Hollywood” radio host, Billy Bush that the baby was conceived in China, right after the Gold Medal match.
Walsh and May-Traenor both indicated in post match interviews that they wanted to take some time off from beach volleyball to start families. Walsh certainly wasted no time with her plans.
Walsh and May-Traenor are the first duo to win back-to-back Olympic Gold …read more

It was bound to happen sometime, but the Gold Medal beach volleyball duo of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh finally lost a match, breaking their 112 match winning streak. They fell to Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh in the finals of the AVP Crocs Shootout in Mason, Ohio on Sunday, 21-19, 10-21, 25-23. The last time they lost a match was on August 19, 2007, also to Youngs and Branagh.
May and Walsh won the Gold Medal in women’s beach volleyball in Beijing earlier in August, their second consecutive Gold Medal.

All of the United States Gold Medalists from the Beijing Olympics are making the rounds of the late night talk shows this week. Last night it was Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh on David Letterman, talking about the Gold Medals, meeting President Bush, and playing in bikinis. Take a look:

The crowds have gone home; the athletes, journalists, and dignataries have boarded flights for cities all over the world; the scores of volunteers have turned the Bird’s Nest back into an empty stadium; and the torch has been handed over to the British. In other words, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad are now history. It’s time to get some sleep.
International Olympic Committee President, Jacques Rogges said on Sunday that his favorite Olympic moment was that of Matthew Emmons, the American shooting contender who blew a chance at the Gold Medal in Athens by shooting the wrong target in the …read more

The unbeatable team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh continued their reign as the world’s best beach volleyball duo, beating the Chinese pair of Wang Jie and Tian Jia in straight sets Wednesday to win the Gold Medal. They are the first pair to win two Gold Medals in Beach Volleyball and the first to go undefeated in two Olympic competitions.
In the sometimes pouring rain, the Chinese did make the match interesting. They were one of the few teams to challenge May/Walsh in the tournament, even leading the Americans for a few points.
Earlier in the day, China’s Xue Chen …read more

Kerri Walsh of the United States and her beach volleyball partner, Misty May-Treanor are off to a good start in defending their 2004 Gold Medal. They won in straight sets against Japan on August 10 and Cuba on August 12.
However, all was not well after the match with Japan when Walsh discovered that her wedding ring had flown off of her finger during play. Twenty Olympic volunteers combed the more than 17,000 tons of sand with rakes and used metal detecters to locate the ring. After about 20 minutes, volunteer Song Zhendong found the ring and was rewarded by Walsh …read more

Few will argue that the United States women’s beach volleyball duo of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are the best in the world. The pair are three-time world champions and the defending Olympic Golf Medalists. In addition, they are riding a winning streak of 90 matches. Below are some highlights from their 2004 Olympic matches: