Omar Amr is renowned for his perseverance in the water polo world. Too small, they said, to play at a high level he excelled at UC Irvine. In 2000 he...
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We’ve threatened to do it for too long. Now it’s here. It’s the first of hopefully many Total Waterpolo Podcasts. Today we feature two conversations. First, Total Waterpolo contributor Michael...
Covid-19 has derailed the plans of many who anticipated competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The huge event has been postponed until 2021, an outcome that has drawn comparisons...
A shattering loss to the Dutch in the 2008 Olympics final led to some turnover for the USA Women’s National Team. Four years later they arrived in London with a...
While we shelter-in-place it’s a good time to take a look at the past. Here we offer some nostalgic videos from the American and global water polo scene. The USA...
The Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo thus summer will not take place. The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee announced that the games would be delayed until...
Online lists can provide some of the best entertainment on the interwebs. Take, just for example, the list below of “Best Olympic Water Polo Athletes of All Time,” where Peter...
Kaleigh Gilchrist had the Olympic pedigree well before her selection to the 2016 U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team. She and her teammates ended a dominant tournament with a gold-medal performance...
The glow has barely subsided for the gold medalist U.S. Women’s Water Polo team, a young outfit that appears poised to dominate the global game for the foreseeable future. Credit...
Fewer younger Americans are catching five-ring fever, at least according to a report on multi-channel viewing behaviors during the Rio Olympics. NBC’s TV ratings were down significantly compared to London, 17%...
