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Later this summer, every news outlet in the world will descend on Paris to cover the 2024 Olympic Games.

It’s a crowded media environment, complicated further by the fact that here in the U.S., NBC is the exclusive rights partner, with video and behind-the-scenes access no other outlet can match.

So what can a sports outlet that wants to compete do? For Yahoo Sports, it decided to hire a bevy of gold medalists to serve as its Olympics correspondents.

The sports platform has hired seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix, who will provide coverage and analysis of track and field events; three-time gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, who will cover beach volleyball; five-time gold medalist Missy Franklin and silver medalist Katie Hoff, who will provide coverage of swimming events; and gold medalist Shawn Johnson East, who will cover gymnastics events for Yahoo.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,...

Forget the NFL or NBA, NBC is betting that the next big thing in streaming might be your local high school football game.

The media giant is launching a new streaming service that’s part ESPN+, part YouTube and part MasterClass, meant to appeal to families, schools and communities with amateur sports teams.

The service, SportsEngine Play, will stream live matches from amateur teams (think high schools, etc.). The company says it has 90 cameras installed in 85 venues; however, coaches or spectators can also stream matches live to the service via their own smartphones or iPads, and NBC Sports is trying to encourage as many schools and coaches as possible to take advantage of the streaming capabilities.

Matches will also be available on-demand.

The service will also launch with complementary content featuring professional athletes, a MasterClass-esque offering with guides for specific sports and general advice for dealing with pressure or mental health,...

NBC Sports Next, a subsidiary of NBC Sports focused on golf as well as youth and amateur sports, has launched a new streaming outlet called SportsEngine Play.

The service is billed by the company as the first of its kind, providing a range of live and on demand video of youth and amateur sporting events and filling a void in a growing sector of American corporate and social life. While a number of digital players offer various features for youth and amateur team members and families, the market is fragmented and social media giants hosting youth sports video don’t offer bespoke services. SportsEngine Play, which is created on a foundation built by NBC Sports, is aiming to be a centralized hub for organizations, leagues, coaches and parents.

Recent estimates from analysts have pegged the global youth sports market at more than $37 billion, which is twice the size of the NFL.

Online content creator, podcaster and Ted Talk speaker Victoria Garrick Browne has signed with UTA in all areas.

She is best known for her social media campaign #RealPost, and as a mental health advocate and a former USC volleyball player who has over 2 million social media followers. Garrick Browne also hosts the weekly podcast Real Pod, which has earned over 5 million downloads across audio platforms and featured guests like Katie Couric, Josh Peck, Rainn Wilson and Kerri Walsh-Jennings, among others.

In 2022, she sold out her first-ever live show at The Hollywood Improv theater. And as the founder and CEO of the mental health nonprofit The Hidden Opponent, Garrick Browne has stood out as an outspoken advocate for athletes and their mental health.

And Garrick Browne has taken her mental health advocacy on the road, speaking at universities to help erase the stigma around the issue, especially for young athletes facing depression and other personal torments.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Natalia Bryant inherited her late father Kobe Bryant's love of sports. While he will forever be remembered as a basketball legend, his 18-year-old daughter is all about volleyball.  As Natalia explained to Teen Vogue for its September cover story, her passion for the game developed at age 9, when her mother, Vanessa Bryant, took her to watch beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor compete at the 2012 London Olympics. The pro won the gold medal that year along with teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings.  "I was watching and [my mom] was like, 'Nani, you're going to love this sport. You're going to love volleyball. I'm calling...

Five-time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings will be cheering the U.S. from home after she and beach volleyball partner Brooke Sweat failed to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Walsh Jennings, 42, and Sweat, 35, lost in the final Olympics qualifying round while competing in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Wednesday, June 2. They were beat by two competitors from the Netherlands.  According to NBC Sports, Walsh Jennings spoke to reporters after the match, sharing, "It's a terrible, terrible feeling... It's been a really rough year, and to lose in a qualifier, it feels really hard right now." "It's a really hard day for us, so I think we'll feel the pain," she...

Staying fit has always been a challenge, whether you’re learning a new sport, committing to a new diet plan or just trying to up your fitness game. But things just got a lot easier thanks to The Skills.

The Skills is a new video instruction platform (somewhat like MasterClass) specializing in high-quality wellness and sports courses taught by professionals. And when we say professionals, we really mean the pros: Shaun White, Michael Phelps and Larry Fitzgerald are just a few of the teachers you’ll find on The Skills.

NBA players are taking all the training tips they learned from years of experience to mobile devices around the world.

The union that represents NBA players has signed a global partnership with Famer, a mobile sports coaching and mentoring platform that in the coming months will enable the athletes and their trainers to share custom training videos with kids and their parents. That part is free.

For an additional cost, however, users will also be able to upload their own videos and receive direct feedback from the players. The company and players would share that revenue.

The Nbpa Training Ground, as the virtual program will be called, will be presented by Spalding. Its launch next week will include participation from a handful of players, including Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic, Andre Drummond of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz, as well as trainers whose clients are professional athletes.

Madison Avenue is rushing to get money down in NBCUniversal’s broadcast of the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo, the latest big TV-sports event to spark heavier demand from advertisers at a time when finding truly big media audiences has grown more difficult.

NBCUniversal said it is on track to take in more than the $1.2 billion in national advertising it secured for its 2016 broadcast of the Rio Olympics, currently the company’s record. NBCU has secured more than $1 billion in national advertising commitments for its Tokyo Olympics broadcast with eight months to go before the Games start, says Dan Lovinger, executive vice president of ad sales for NBC Sports – more than the company had negotiated with eight months to go before its 2016 event.

A good chunk of interest in the Games has come from advertisers who have never taken part in them. “More than half” of the marketers who have signed up are new,...

YouTube vet Grace Helbig is going all in on Facebook Watch.

In September, Viacom Digital Studios (Vds) announced that it was readying a series starring Helbig titled Beast To Beauty, in which the noted dog lover would help New York’s ugliest pets refine their wardrobes, grooming, diet, and decor.

And now, Helbig has revealed a second Facebook Watch series dubbed Ladies First With Grace Helbig -- this one produced alongside Helbig's creator network, Studio71, Variety reports. Bowing tomorrow and comprising eight episodes, the series will see the 34-year-old sitting down with empowered women -- including actress-comedian Margaret Cho, three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, and Peppermint of RuPaul’s Drag Race -- to discuss how they’re making a positive impact on the world. New episodes will roll out every Tuesday at noon Et.

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For the first time during New York Fashion Week, Laureus Foundation USA, a nonprofit that uses the power of sport to better children’s lives, is bringing together fashion and sport to shine a light on Sport for Good.

On Wednesday, September 12th some of the nation’s top athletes will walk the runway to raise awareness and crucial funds for disadvantaged youth across the Us during a fundraising event held at Mercedes-Benz Manhattan in New York City. Super Bowl Champion, Pro Football Hall of Famer, co-host of Gma/Gma Day, NFL on Fox analyst, and fashion designer, Michael Strahan and supermodel, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Karolina Kurkova will kick off the fashion show festivities.

Participating athletes include: Houston Rockets point guard, Chris Paul, Super Bowl Mvp, Marcus Allen, skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk, New York Knicks forward, Lance Thomas, one of the most decorated beach volleyball players ever, Kerri Walsh Jennings,...

ESPN is bringing “Enhanced,” a look into the modern world of sports training and technology from executive producer Alex Gibney, exclusively to ESPN+ — its $5-per-month internet streaming service.

The six-part documentary series, from ESPN Films in association with Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, will premiere on Monday, July 16, on ESPN+. “Enhanced” raises questions about the characters, power struggles, and breakthrough innovations that are driving the greatest athletic performances on the planet.

“Enhanced” is an “edgy, forward-looking collection about the limits of the human body,” said Libby Geist, VP and executive producer for ESPN Films. “It’s a fresh new format for ESPN Films and we are continuing to push our own storytelling boundaries as our projects take on different forms.”

ESPN is putting the docu-series behind the ESPN+ paywall in an attempt to boost subscribership for the fledgling over-the-top service, which launched in April. ESPN+ is Disney’s first direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service,...

ESPN Films will make all six episodes of its new docuseries “Enhanced” available on Monday, July 16, exclusively on its streaming service ESPN+. Executive produced by Academy Award and Emmy-winning filmmaker, “30 for 30” alum Alex Gibney (“Catching Hell”), as well as Stacey Offman, Brad Herbert, Issac Bolden, and Rich Perello. The series includes offerings from filmmakers like Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Alison Klayman, and Paul Taublieb, all focused on some of the more controversial elements of modern sports.

The series, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, aims to take viewers “inside the secret world of modern sports training, technology, recovery and more, and raises questions about the characters, power struggles, and breakthrough innovations that are driving the greatest performances on the planet. The docuseries weaves together moments of greatness, inspiration, and heartbreak with behind-the-scenes looks at the laboratories, institutes ,and academies trying to turn athletic dreams into reality, and big bucks.

Misty May-Treanor is a mom again — to fraternal twins!

The three-time Olympic gold medalist volleyball pro welcomed her second and third children, daughters Mele Alizarin and Mia Kanoelani, on Thursday, Nov. 9, her rep confirms to People exclusively.

“Our family feels so blessed to have welcomed these two little miracles into the world,” May-Treanor tells People.

May-Treanor, 40, is already mom to daughter Malia Barbara, 3, with husband Matt Treanor.

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Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings pretty much does it all.

The three-time beach volleyball gold medalist takes care of three young kiddos, competes in major beach volleyball events and works out three times a day while already training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!

“Sometimes I think I’m Superwoman and I could do everything on my own,” Walsh Jennings, 38, tells People. “But I have a team around me for a reason and I lean on my people.

“So I organize, I plan, prepare, pre-pack lunches and I lean on my people like my husband, sitters and trainers.”

The athlete is mom to sons Joey,...

“Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi said that the reaction to Donald Trump’s era of “regression” will be its own powerful political movement in a talk that spoke to identity, youth and activism at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast in San Francisco on Thursday. “The way I’ve always thought of things, every great revolution has occurred from a great regression — we are witnessing a regression that inspires a movement,” said Shahidi, speaking to a room of media and tech executives at the Dolby Laboratories headquarters. Olympian and three-time gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings also spoke at the event along with digital entrepreneurs Lisa Sugar,...

Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings is aiming to win a gold medal in beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 when she’ll be 41 because, she said on Thursday, “I don’t believe in barriers.” Speaking at TheWrap’s Power Women breakfast in San Francisco, the three-time gold medalist said: “You have to earn your way there. I don’t believe in barriers. I believe my heart will tell me . I pray that my body doesn’t give out — my body feels amazing. I’ve had five shoulder surgeries, I’ve been through a lot, my training is smarter and my diet is.

TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast in San Francisco is underway with featured guest speaker Yara Shahidi, who stars in ABC’s “Black-ish.” Shahidi joins professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings at the annual event. During the breakfast, there will also be a digital panel about “The Pace & Face of Change.” The May 24 breakfast is hosted by TheWrap CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman, at the Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. Also Read: The Scene at TheWrap's 2017 Power Women Breakfast in Washington DC (Photos) The Power Women Breakfast series brings together influential women of entertainment, media, technology and brands.

PopSugar co-founder Lisa Sugar, New Form Digital Chief Creative Officer Kathleen Grace and digital marketing expert Kendra Bracken-Ferguson are among the digital innovators who will speak about the face and pace of change at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast on Thursday. In addition to this panel, “Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi and professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings joined TheWrap at the May 24 breakfast, hosted by TheWrap CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman, at the Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. Also Read: The Scene at TheWrap's 2017 Power Women Breakfast in Washington DC (Photos) The Power Women Breakfast series brings.

Professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings took the stage at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast in San Francisco on Thursday. Walsh Jennings was joined by “Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi and a panel of digital innovators including PopSugar co-founder Lisa Sugar, New Form Digital Chief Creative Officer Kathleen Grace and digital marketing expert Kendra Bracken-Ferguson. The May 24th breakfast is hosted by TheWrap CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman, at the Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. Also Read: Elisabeth Moss on Why She Became a Feminist: 'Our Generation Has Taken Our Rights for Granted' (Video) The Power Women Breakfast series brings.

Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross captured bronze in Wednesday's women's beach volleyball tournament just one night after a disappointing loss in their quest for the gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The American athletes beat out Brazil's top-seeded Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes, but not without a fight. "I have a newfound respect for the bronze medal match because we were devastated the night before," Walsh Jennings told Today's Matt Lauer on Thursday of winning after a defeat in the gold medal match. "Literally devastated. We didn't sleep a wink and we had 24 hours to come to grips...

Katie Ledecky of Team USA made Summer Olympics history on Friday, becoming the first woman since Debbie Meyer of the 1968 Mexico Games to secure the gold medal in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle finals.

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The swimmer’s stamina throughout the 800-meter event was simply astonishing. Not only did she break her own record (again!) by completing the race with a time of 8:04.79, but she finished her swim nearly 12 seconds before second-place finisher Jazz Carlin of Great Britain. Her time in Rio comes to an end with four gold medals,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Ray Donovan, UnREAL, The Fosters and Saturday Night Live! But first, a special Olympics interlude:

1 | Doesn’t it seem unfair that the female gymnasts have to navigate the balance beam while a competitor’s loud floor music plays?

2 | We know Olympics fever is upon us, but did we really need to watch Billy Bush get a Brazilian waxing on Monday’s Access Hollywood? Also, doesn’t it seem like NBC is hitting some...

One Olympics super-fan made his dream of heading to Rio come true - and he has the selfies to prove it. Brent Folan from Fort Worth, Texas, got into the Rio Olympics as a volunteer and has been racking up an envy-inducing number of selfies with the athletes. "It does not seem like real life," Folan told the Wall Street Journal. "It truly feels like a dream." Three years ago, Folan became determined to go to the Rio Olympics, WSJ reports. He wrote in an Instagram post that "after years of planning," his dream of heading to the Games had finally come true.

On Thursday, NBC delivered on its promise to get Leslie Jones to Rio as the Saturday Night Live star touched down for Day 6 of the Summer Olympics. Jones' Twitter coverage of the Games thus far has been can't-miss entertainment: from star-spangled outfits to hilarious motivational chants, the actress' social media presence has even earned rave reviews from Olympians themselves, like Kerri Walsh Jennings. Starting on Wednesday - after accepting the network's invite to be a special correspondent - Jones began to document her journey to Brazil in a series of videos (all featuring an awesome, personalized bitmoji). Just know I'm...

A rainy Wednesday in Rio saw the men's basketball team come back in the second half to defeat Australia, gymnast Sam Mikulak place seventh in the men's all-around competition and Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross advanced in the women's beach volleyball tournament.  Melo's Olympic Record When they're not recording their Olympic exploits on social media (they were cheering on Michael Phelps Tuesday night), the USA men's basketball team continues to rout the competition on their way to expected gold. Their game against Australia gave them a little trouble in the first half, but they emerged victorious at the

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It wasn’t a medal moment, but it sure was suspenseful.

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Team USA’s Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross brought a formidable Olympic record into their final group match in women’s beach volleyball, with an automatic Round of 16 berth on the line: The former sported an undefeated record over four consecutive Olympics (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), with only a single dropped set over that span. Ross, meanwhile, had only one Olympic loss, that coming when she and her prior partner took the silver behind Walsh Jennings and former...

Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings has always had her eye on the prize. Misty May-Treanor retired after the superstar duo won their third straight Olympic gold medal in 2012, but Kerri is back and looking as dominant as ever with her new partner on the court, April Ross. And if we know the first thing about Kerri, it's that she brings her A-game to everything she does. She and Ross have already taken down China and Australia's beach volleyball teams and we can't wait until their group match against Switzerland tonight. In the meantime, here are 10 things to know about Team USA veteran Kerri Walsh Jennings: 1. She Doesn't...

Beach volleyball Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings and actress Leslie Jones are the definition of #FriendshipGoals. The gold medal athlete and the Saturday Night Live star - who is heading to Rio as an NBC contributor after her hilarious Olympic social media videos went viral - are going back and forth on Twitter, congratulating and thanking each other as Walsh Jennings competes for Team USA in Brazil. "When y'all talkin' about women and warriors. We're warriors, you guys. And we've been warriors, and we'll stay warriors. That's Right! USA!" shouts Jones in a Twitter video as she watches Walsh Jennings and her partner April Ross compete.

No one is more hyped for the 2016 Summer Olympics than Leslie Jones. The Saturday Night Live comedian spent all of Saturday taking in the first day of competition in the Games, cheering on Team U.S.A. decked out in red, white and blue. "Yep I love the Olympics it's the only time all countries come together to compete! I love it!!" Jones tweeted, along with a video showing off her star-spangled outfit complete with a flag draped over her shoulders and "Go Team U.S.A." baseball cap. The 48-year-old actress kept up her sports commentary all day long,...

Brazilian beauties Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio will be representing their homeland at the upcoming Summer Olympics, as special correspondents for America's NBC network.

The Victoria's Secret angels have been hired as food and culture contributors for special segments airing during NBC's late night programming, and will also appear in culture features across various platforms.

Alessandra is excited to show off the best of Brazil with her new gig, telling People magazine, "I am so proud that the games are in Rio this year. The city's traditions and beautiful nature set it apart, but the people make the city so special."

And Adriana adds that having the Games in Rio de Janeiro is particularly exciting since citizens across the country are crazy about the sporting world.

"Brazilians are very passionate about sports, sports run in our blood!" she said. "We're just so honoured to have this huge event in our country.

Victoria's Secret angels Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio are heading to Rio! The Brazilians will return to their native country this summer as NBC's food and culture correspondents for the 2016 Rio Games - and the models couldn't be more excited to share their home with the world. "Brazilians are very passionate about sports, sports run in our blood!" Lima tells People with a laugh. "We're just so honored to have this huge event in our country." The Salvador, Bahia, native adds, "This way the whole world will have a chance to experience our culture up close." Lima and Ambrosio, both...

Between raising three kids and training for the 2016 Rio Olympics, beach volleyball superstar Kerri Walsh Jennings has her hands full – but that doesn't mean she can't find the time for the occasional guilty pleasure.

So what's her go-to when it comes to relaxing in front of the TV?

"Anything Real Housewives of…," she says. "Guilty pleasure. I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

Eating is an entirely different story. The three-time Olympic gold medalist says there are no cheat days because she doesn't diet.

"I eat well – It's a lifestyle," she explains. "So I never cheat it's a beautiful thing."...

Between raising three kids and training for the 2016 Rio Olympics, beach volleyball superstar Kerri Walsh Jennings has her hands full - but that doesn't mean she can't find the time for the occasional guilty pleasure. So what's her go-to when it comes to relaxing in front of the TV? "Anything Real Housewives of…," she says. "Guilty pleasure. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Eating is an entirely different story. The three-time Olympic gold medalist says there are no cheat days because she doesn't diet. "I eat well - It's a lifestyle," she explains. "So I never cheat it's a beautiful thing.

Between raising three kids and training for the 2016 Rio Olympics, beach volleyball superstar Kerri Walsh Jennings has her hands full - but that doesn't mean she can't find the time for the occasional guilty pleasure. So what's her go-to when it comes to relaxing in front of the TV? "Anything Real Housewives of…," she says. "Guilty pleasure. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Eating is an entirely different story. The three-time Olympic gold medalist says there are no cheat days because she doesn't diet. "I eat well - It's a lifestyle," she explains. "So I never cheat it's a beautiful thing.

Last year, Kerri Walsh Jennings injured her shoulder. Although she was sidelined for most of the fall, there was one benefit: it helped her and her new beach volleyball partner April Ross become a stronger team. "My injury, it was such a blessing in so many ways because it brought us closer together," the three-time Olympian beach volleyball gold medalist told People at an event hosted by KT Tape. "It broke us down, and it was like 'April, I need you.' 'Kerri, I need you.' " While competing with Ross last summer, Walsh Jennings, 37, dislocated her right shoulder twice.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings knows a thing or two about the sacrifices and mental and physical toughness involved in making it to the Olympic games. Also, that it takes a team of people to help her get there. "It takes a village to win a gold medal," Walsh Jennings tells People, speaking on behalf of her partnership with Dick's Sporting Goods and their Contenders program. "I know it takes a village to do anything great in life and my family is also on the journey as my support system to winning gold in Rio." Walsh Jennings, 37, considers...

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings knows a thing or two about the sacrifices and mental and physical toughness involved in making it to the Olympic games. Also, that it takes a team of people to help her get there. "It takes a village to win a gold medal," Walsh Jennings tells People, speaking on behalf of her partnership with Dick's Sporting Goods and their Contenders program. "I know it takes a village to do anything great in life and my family is also on the journey as my support system to winning gold in Rio." Walsh Jennings, 37, considers...

Josh Hutcherson put his buff arms on display during the Asics charity volleyball match in Long Beach, CA, on Sunday. The Hunger Games actor showed off his surprising athletic skills - including spinning the ball on his finger - as he hit the sand with Team USA stars Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross. Along with a tank top and shorts, Josh was also sporting some facial hair on the beach, a bit of a different look for the usually clean-shaven star. We last saw Josh at the Teen Choice Awards recently, where he posed for photos with Scream Queens' Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, and Keke Palmer and picked up the award for choice movie actor for his role in Mockingjay - Part 1. Josh also had a cute reunion with his costars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth at Comic-Con in July as they promoted the final film in the Hunger Games franchise,...

The multi-hyphenate joins Chloë Grace Moretz and Carrie-Anne Moss on the Broad Green, Denver & Delilah and Foundation Features adaptation. Separately, Clea DuVall lines up a directorial debut and Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings is the subject of a documentary.

Brain On Fire: My Month Of Madness is shooting now in Vancouver and is based on Susannah Cahalan’s memoir about a journalist’s apparent descent into insanity before she is saved by an eleventh-hour intervention.

Gerard Barrett directs the project, which also stars Thomas Mann, Jenny Slate and Richard Armitage.

Broad Green Pictures will distribute Brain On Fire in the Us while partner Mister Smith Entertainment continues to sell international rights after introducing the project at Efm.

In other news, Clea DuVall will make her untitled directorial debut and star for Burn Later Productions on an ensemble that includes Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter and Cobie Smulders. DuVall wrote the original script and will serve as executive producer...

Read More: The Winners of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, best known for being one half of the beach volleyball dream team that included her and long-time teammate Misty May-Treanor, will be the center of a new documentary, produced by Tribeca Digital Studios and Dick's Sporting Goods Films.  The film will follow Jennings as she trains for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with her new partner April Ross, while also balancing her personal life as a mother. "I am thrilled to partner with Dick's and Tribeca as they follow me in my quest to bring home a fourth gold medal," she said. "Representing my country as an Olympic athlete is an honor I take seriously -- but I am the most proud of being a mother, wife and role model to young athletes. I hope my story inspires viewers and provides them a glimpse of how sports have shaped my life.

Here's beach volleyball goddess Kerri Walsh Jennings hangin' with Vince Vaughn after winning a huge tourney in SoCal this weekend ... flaunting a set of abs that would make The Situation jealous. Along with her partner April Ross, the 36-year-old mother of 3 took first place in the Avp Manhattan Beach Open for the second straight year -- the 7th time she's won the tourney in her career. A ton of stars crashed the beach for the...

Beach Volleyball sensation Kerri Walsh Jennings is a true champ of nutrition. The three-time Olympic medalist tells Healthy Hollywood eating right is a big part of her game plan.

"I've lived life where I didn't pay attention to what I eat and I live now where I'm very mindful of what I put in my body and the difference is night and day. Youth is for experimenting and taking things for granted and learning the hard way. What I know now is I feel so much stronger and better inside and out because of the knowledge I have as ...

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Volleyball sensation April Ross has the ultimate beach-ready body.

The professional beach volleyball player was named 2013's USA Volleyball Female Beach Athlete of the Year. Now, she's heading into the 2014 season opener of the Association of Volleyball Professionals (Avp) with a new partner. She's paired with another star of the sand, Kerri Walsh Jennings and she's re-hauled her entire nutrition and training plan.

"I changed everything as far as my team goes. I have a new partner, Kerri. I have a new coach. I have a new strength coach. I'm learning tons of new things. I feel ...

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--Hayden Panettiere and Sofia Vergara meeting members of the USA Olympic Team at CW3PR's "Gold Meets Golden" event - where Hollywood's A-list united with Olympians including Nastia Liukin, Tim Morehouse, Nick Goepper, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Greg Louganis sponsored by Coca-Cola, P&G's "BecauseOfMom" campaign and Natrol Mri-Performance - at the Beverly Hilton in L.A. --Scarlett Johansson – the new brand ambassador of Soda Stream – telling Us her favorite flavor is GingerAle at an event in NYC. --Broke Girls star Beth Behrs celebrating with friends after the People's Choice Awards at Caulfield’s Bar [...]...

After the Ufc icon suffered a horrible, leg-bending injury on Dec. 28, stars and fans rushed to Twitter to express their shock over seeing such a gruesome incident, and also to send their prayers to the ailing fighter.

At almost the exact same time Anderson Silva hit the ground after breaking his leg during his Ufc title fight against Chris Weidman, stars, athletes, and fans took to Twitter to post their reactions. And because Anderson’s leg-bending break was the worst sports injury since Kevin Ware‘s bone-protruding injury in March, there were too many reactions of shock, horror, and sadness to count.

Anderson Silva’s Injury: Stars & Athletes React

Though some celebrities were tweeting about the gruesome injury, most of the notable reactions came from fellow athletes — including Joe Theismann, who suffered a horrific leg break of his own in the ’80s – who wanted to wish Anderson a fast and safe recovery:

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Welcome to the ESPYs! You know, that awards show that happens on a Wednesday on Espn? Yeah, they give out awards to athletes who are like “Thanks, but I totally have an actual championship ring back at home.”

I’ve personally never felt the need to watch the awards show, or as host Jon Hamm calls it “the world’s largest gathering of people wearing sunglasses indoors,” but the idea of missing the Mad Men star hosting was too risky to pass up. Those of you who’ve seen Hamm guest on 30 Rock or make a cameo in Bridesmaids knows...

Just a little over a week after posing nude for the ‘Espn The Magazine’ Body Issue, Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska is facing some backlash from a Catholic youth group. Read on for more details.

World-renowned tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska, 24, is being dropped as an ambassador of a Catholic youth group in her native Poland after she posed nude for the 2013 edition of the annual Espn The Magazine Body Issue. While we thought her photos were a tasteful way to show the beauty of the human body, the Catholic youth movement seems to disagree.

Agnieszka Radwanska Nude Photos In ‘Espn’ Get Her Kicked Out Of Catholic Youth Group

While the Espn The Magazine Body Issue is meant to celebrate the beauty of the human body and all that it can achieve, the Catholic youth group that Agnieszka acted as an ambassador for is focused on one thing — Agnieszka’s lack of modesty.

Even if you’re not into sports, odds are you’d happily sit down with Espn The Magazine’s annual Body Issue. You might flip to the features, which include pieces on how a female athlete’s breasts can be an obstacle (p. 112) and why the 1,700-pound bucking bull Bushwacker “may just have the baddest body in all of sports” (p. 129). But you’re most likely headed straight to the nude photo spreads, which begin on page 51. (You’re welcome.) So you’re not “reading” alone, we’ll read along with you.

• Page 52: Nhra Funny Car driver Courtney Force...

We're used to seeing a lot of muscle from our fave athletes—but not quite this much! Some of the fittest champs in the world bared every pec, quad and yes, even their glute muscles for Espn magazine's 2013 annual body issue, which hits newsstands today. And if you thought watching them on the field made you feel guilty about not hitting the gym, wait 'til you see 'em in them out of their team uniforms! Take three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, who manages to look fiercely fit in the spread, despite posing both while pregnant and after giving birth. The 6-foot-3 beach volleyball player admits that no amount of athleticism can compare with birthing a...