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LOVB Austin defeats Omaha to clinch league’s inaugural championship

Crown them: No. 5 seed Austin is your inaugural League One Volleyball (LOVB) champion after sweeping No. 6 Omaha in three sets during yesterday’s title match. But Austin’s dominant win only tells half the story — here’s how the underdogs rose to the top in a playoff weekend filled with twists.

April 14, 2025

Everything you need to know about LOVB, PVF, and the evolving volleyball landscape

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Before the fun begins, here’s everything you need to know about both leagues, their differences, and the massive growth in the game of volleyball. Bump, set, slay, indeed

January 08, 2025

Everything you need to know about the 2024 AU Pro Volleyball season

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Professional women’s volleyball is having a moment, with three pro leagues swinging into action over the next four months. Up first? AU Pro Volleyball. So today, we’re breaking down everything you need to know before AU takes the court for five weeks of exhilarating play.

September 29, 2024

Teams to watch at the 2023 NCAA national volleyball tournament

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Move aside, Harry Styles — the real serves are coming from the NCAA volleyball court, where 64 teams will battle for the national championship beginning tomorrow and culminating with the title game on Sunday, December 17th.

November 29, 2023

Nebraska women's volleyball played in front of the largest crowd for a women's sporting event

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ICYMI: Nebraska women’s volleyball played in front of a rowdy crowd of 92,003 people on Wednesday, the largest attendance ever for a women’s sporting event.

September 01, 2023

College rapid recaps: You’re hot then you’re cold

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December 06, 2021

College: It’s a call we’ll never get

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The GIST: While we wait for the single-elimination women’s volleyball championship tournament to begin, the college football coaching carousel is serving up all the drama.

December 01, 2021

College: So offended that we had to double check

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College: So offended that we had to double check

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November 29, 2021

The GIST: Break out the tissues, because it was a holiday weekend full of upsets in college sports.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #453

Drama & dysfunction: How the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Dončić era imploded

April 22, 2025

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Drama & dysfunction: How the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Dončić era imploded

The NBA is so the drama.

If you thought the first few games of the NBA playoffs were exciting, just wait until you hear what’s going on behind-the-scenes. On Monday, ESPN dropped a bombshell article detailing the Dallas Mavericks’ dysfunction amidst the blockbuster trade that sent franchise star and generational talent, Luka Dončić, to the LA Lakers.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz share their takeaways from the report, including the questionable decisions general manager Nico Harrison has been making for years. Don’t miss this one.

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