(Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)   The US Women’s Water Polo Team continues an impressive run at the 2012 FINA World League Super Final.  The US has gone undefeated in group play and begins the quarter finals tomorrow against Italy.  Australia is the only other team with an unbeaten record going into tomorrow’s prelims. Full results here.   Full Release… [read article]

  The Sullivan Awards are billed as the ‘Oscars of Sports’. And although that’s not really a just comparison, there are some parallels.  I attended last year’s Sullivan awards and watched the amazing Evan Lysacek win the award for his gold medal performance in Vancouver and the entire time I kept thinking:  as great as this is, so many more… [read article]

Last week, the USA Water Polo Women’s National team went undefeated at the 2012 Holiday Cup in Los Alamitos, CA.  Here are some highlights from the final day’s competition in which the US clinched the overall title in the 5-day, 4-nation tournament.  On their way to victory, the US team bested European Champions Italy, as well as last year’s world champion… [read article]

Courtney Mathewson during the Pan American Games.  (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)   The US is now the only undefeated team after three days of match play at the 2012 Water Polo Holiday Cup, taking place this week in Los Alamitos, CA.  During the first three days of competition, the US bested Italy, Canada, and yesterday the US Women’s National Team… [read article]

(Kelly Rulon of the United States during Day Two of the FINA 2011 World Championships.  Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)   After Wednesday’s big victory over Italy, the US Women’s National water polo team was at it again last night, narrowly beating rival Canada 9-8 at the 2012 Holiday Cup. The Holiday Cup is an annual four-nation tournament held over five… [read article]

(Above:  Melissa Seidemann of USA during the Pan American Games;  Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)   Day one of the 2012 Holiday Cup for water polo is in the books and the US team brought down the reigning European champion Italian team in a hard fought match yesterday in Los Alamitos, CA.  It was a good day all around for… [read article]

(Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)   Some of the best players in the water polo world are set to face off in the 2012 Holiday Cup starting at 6:45pm Pacific in Los Alamitos, CA.  The Holiday Cup is a four nation, five-day tournament and provides a great chance for the US team to tune-up and see how they stack up in… [read article]

(Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)   Chocolate milk and event management, what do these two things have in common?  Nothing, but one is delicious and one is very useful.  Oh, and both are made by companies now supporting US teams. Yesterday, USA Water Polo and USRowing both announced new sponsorship deals.  USA Water Polo is teaming up with Nestle’s Nesquik; and… [read article]

  The year of 2011 is in it’s final hours, and we thought this might be a nice chance to take a few minutes and look back at the biggest posts of our first half-year in business.  It’s been an amazing experience for me so far - all told, more than 50,000 people have come to check out the site and… [read article]

  You know what’s tough?  Treading water.  You know what’s even tougher?  Treading water while trying to shoot a ball on goal while people are trying to push you underwater while beating you when the refs aren’t looking (yes, this happens).  Water polo is a tough game and the people who play it are tough! In this video, USA Water… [read article]