Sabina Altynbekova is an 18-year-old who has been making headlines for her gorgeous good looks. But Altynbekova, who just wants to play volleyball, is begging fans to stop posting about her on social media because her teammates are turning on her due to all the attention and her coach is saying "It is impossible to…

We all got excited when Rutgers hired Julie Hermann as its Athletic Director; she was only the third female AD ever at a BCS school. Awesome! Then allegations surfaced that Hermann humiliated and emotionally abused players while coaching Tennessee’s women’s volleyball team 16 years ago. Not so awesome.

In sad news straight out of a particularly dark Gogol tale, Sergey Ovchinnikov, the Russian women's volleyball squad head coach, has reportedly committed suicide because his team failed to shine at the London Olympics.

Two, four, six, eight, to whom do we not allocate? Cheerleaders! At least, that's what the Second US Circuit Court has ruled in a case that pitted women's volleyball against competitive cheerleading. According to the ruling, although cheerleading is physically demanding, it doesn't qualify as a Title IX sport, and…

Notice anything odd about this picture of an "unknown" beach volleyball player at the Olympics, other than the fact that it literally leers at its subject's midsection? For all the objectification of Ryan Lochte that's gone on recently, all pictures of him include, you know, his face rather than his junk. Ditto for…

Despite a new rule that allows female volleyball players to compete in shorts and t-shirts (and thus allow countries whose strict religious rules forbid women from getting full enjoyment out of the summer heat), the U.S. women insist that they will be wearing their bikinis because, dammit, it's still summer and…

Stanley Clayton of USA scores against Bell and Quintana of Cuba during their FIVB World League 2012 semifinal match in Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

The Chinese women's Olympic volleyball team allegedly didn't do so well in the recent FIVB World Grand Prix finals because they hadn't eaten meat for weeks. No, the women aren't PETA advocates; they're abstaining from meat because they're afraid to get any clenbuterol in their system.

London, August 14: Brazil's Angela Vieira plays a return to U.S.'s April Ross and Jennifer Kessy during the gold medal match in the FIVB Beach Volley International Olympic test event tournament at Horse Guards Parade. Horse Guards Parade will host the London 2012 Olympic beach volley competition next year. (AP…

Sydney, December 25: English tourist Mark Meagher, center, dives to hit a volleyball to his mates while celebrating Christmas Day at Bondi beach. Stupid jerks with their sunshine and their relaxation. (Image via AP)

Kansas City, December 18: Penn State players celebrate after winning the second set of their final match against California of the in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. Image via AP

[Muscat, Oman, December 11: Shaffa Aishath of Maldives competes in the women's preliminary beach volleyball against China at Al-Musannah Sports City during day four of the 2nd Asian Beach Games. Image via Getty.]

Texas teen volleyball star Mackenzie McCollum was taken off her team (against school policy) when she became pregnant. When she was finally re-instated, the coach told the entire team about her pregnancy. But she and her family are fighting back.

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Cuban players celebrate their win against Serbia in the women's volleyball quarterfinal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing. Cuba won 3-0. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

US women's volleyball player Robyn Ah Mow-Santos and her son Jordan are pictured after they beat China during a preliminary olympic volleyball pool B match at the Capital Gymnasium, in Beijing on August 15, 2008. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)