USA Team Handball Blogs

Olympic Fever

Tue Feb 09 02:00:00 -0500 2010

Flying home from Vienna last week, I shared a couple flights with members of the USA Luge Team, as well as a few ski jumpers. Many were headed to Salt Lake for final preparations before Vancouver. A day later, my wife, headed to the midwest, sat back-to-back in the airport lounge with two USA… Read More

Gary Hines Leads OL Bayern in Scoring - and more!

Mon Jan 18 10:20:00 -0500 2010

On the heels of the first U.S. event of the year in West Point, and on the eve of the European Championships in Vienna, American handballers are back on the court all across Europe.  Here's the latest: KEITH FINE / TSV Bayer Dormagen / Regionaliga West (3rd Division) Bayer Dormagen II… Read More

Busy pre-Holidays

Tue Dec 08 12:14:00 -0500 2009

As you know, we spent the last week moving from temporary offices in South Salt Lake to comfortable new digs on the second floor of Snaplock Industries, the parent company of USA Team Handball sponsor SnapSports.  We're thankful to SnapSports for the space - in addition to professional space… Read More

Americans in Europe - Weekend of Nov. 20-21

Tue Nov 24 13:29:00 -0500 2009

USA Team Handball tracks the play of American handballers in Europe on a regular basis.   KEITH FINE / TSV Bayer Dormagen / Regionaliga West (3rd Division) The youngest team in the Regionaliga continues to struggle, but USA keeper Keith Fine also is getting immense amounts of… Read More

This Weekend in Europe

Tue Nov 17 13:09:00 -0500 2009

A busy weekend saw most Americans in Europe in action.  TSV Bayer Dormagen II 24:37 Soester TV Keith Fine started in goal, but the young team around him allowed wave after wave of attacks and squad lost for the tenth time in 11 games this season. TV Oberkirch 33:34… Read More

This Weekend in Europe

Mon Nov 02 12:30:00 -0500 2009

I'm getting more and more proficient navigating the world of European handball sites and every Sunday/Monday I find myself checking up on our American athletes to see how they are doing.  We also enjoy hearing from them on a regular basis.  We're going to try to update information like… Read More

'Things are Getting Tense Here'

Thu Oct 01 13:18:00 -0400 2009

"Things are getting tense here," said Dieter Esch this evening from Copenhagen.  The chairman of the board of USA Team Handball was dining with Polish Federation president Andrzej Krasnicki, who is also a leader in the Polish Olympic Committee.  The pair was waiting for the arrival of IHF… Read More

Farrell shines on The Story

Thu Sep 24 14:51:00 -0400 2009

Here in Salt Lake City, we just listened to Jen Farrell's lengthy interview on public radio's The Story.  Host Dick Gordon spent about 20 minutes giving Farrell the opportunity to tell her story - from her introduction to women's handball in 2004, to the USA's attempts to qualify for World… Read More

The United Nations of USA Handball

Thu Sep 17 12:23:00 -0400 2009

A few days after the return of our U18 Boys & Girls teams from Germany, it's clear that the trip was beneficial in many ways.  Read the recap story for the details, including quotes from the athletes who were representing the USA in an international competition for the first time in their… Read More

Overheard in Chicago

Fri Sep 11 11:26:00 -0400 2009

We are wrapping up four days in Chicago for the Olympic Assembly, SportLink, Media Summit and various other meetings.  Dieter Esch, Brad Krassner, Lauren Harrington, Matt Van Houten, Mike Cavanaugh and I are just some of the individuals here with connections to handball in America.  It has… Read More

Your U18s Take the Stage

Fri Sep 04 01:31:00 -0400 2009

Converging from across the USA, Brazil, Norway, Iceland and Germany, the USA U18 national teams gathered in Dormagen, Germany on Thursday for their first ever international competitions. Just hours after stepping off flights, both teams acquitted themselves quite well.  Congrats to the Women,… Read More

Fly By

Fri Aug 28 18:24:00 -0400 2009

We caught up with Southwest Regional Director Pat Coggin in a very fun and unique way on Thursday night.  Major Coggin, as he is known in the Air Force National Guard, is an A-10 Warthog instructor - and this week found him leading drills with wingman Chris Reeder.  The pair buzzed into… Read More

Headin' home

Fri Aug 07 20:04:00 -0400 2009

It was a busy and hopefully momentous week in Colorado Springs.  As I head home tonight, our U17 National Team candidates have two more practices - tonight and in the morning - before they'll find out which lucky 28 players (14 boys, 14 girls) are headed to Dormagen, Germany in September for… Read More

Coaching Resources

Sat Aug 01 01:08:00 -0400 2009

Have a few minutes?USA Technical Director Mariusz Wartalowicz has posted an array of reading material for Coaches under the Resources tab here at www.usateamhandball.org.  Whether you're looking for inspirational reading, goalkeeper drills or "Quantitative Trend Analysis," there's plenty there… Read More

WCAP Athletes In Salt Lake City

Wed Jul 22 13:39:00 -0400 2009

Jonathan Harmeling and Keith Fine, 2008 graduates of West Point, visited the Salt Lake City offices of USA Team Handball this week ad participated in two workouts with regional coach Marko Brezic. Harmeling and Fine were scheduled to meet with commanders from the World Class Athlete Program,… Read More

One Event Membership

Thu Jul 16 09:06:00 -0400 2009

We're getting set to launch our 2009-10 membership drive and one new aspect will be a one-event membership.  We're following USA Triathlon's lead on this one.  It's designed for an individual who wants to participate in a USA Team Handball sanctioned event, but hasn't yet come to the… Read More

The Olympic Network

Wed Jul 08 12:55:00 -0400 2009

USOC today announced the formation of the the US Olympic Network, a joint-venture with Comcast, that will hit the airwaves after the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  USOC CEO Stephanie Streeter gave National Governing Bodies a sneak peek via conference call this morning, before the announcement was… Read More

The Children Shall Lead the Way

Fri Jul 03 08:52:00 -0400 2009

On the eve of our most patriotic weekend, it was exciting to announce this week our candidates for the U17 National Team Selection Camp in Colorado Springs.  A total of 48 boys and girls, ranging from 13 to 19 will convene in Colorado Springs on August 2nd and scrap for slots on National teams… Read More

Progress in Colorado

Wed Jun 24 02:15:00 -0400 2009

Mariusz Wartalowicz and I had the opportunity to watch the Colorado Springs Landsharks youth handball club tonight.  The Landsharks are coached by two Olympians - Kathy Rex and Greg Morava - plus USA Women's National Team goalkeeper Anca Stephens.   More than 25 young athletes were dressed… Read More

OJ Chase - 15 Years Later - The Hand …

Wed Jun 17 01:53:00 -0400 2009

If you were watching SportsCenter on Tuesday night, they referenced one of the most memorable moments in sports television history - the OJ Simpson chase on June 17, 1994.  I remember being furious that the chase was preempting World Cup soccer coverage. But tonight I noticed that the LAPD… Read More

We've Moved

Sat Jun 06 10:24:00 -0400 2009

Welcome to the consolidated www.usateamhandball.org.   After nearly a year of operating two websites, we've put everything in one place - and we're happy to call the US Olympic Team official home page our one and only destination for US handball news.  Before going too far, let me say I… Read More

Handball Season Underway

Thu Sep 04 15:30:04 -0400 2008

Dozens of handballers, from cagey veterans to first-time novices, have taken to courts around the country this week - including right here at headquarters in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Warriors' 2008-09 campaign kicked off Tuesday with practice at the sparkling Taylorsville Recreational Center… Read More

New Site, Beijing & Tabitha Lowey

Tue Aug 12 12:16:05 -0400 2008

All eyes are on Beijing, where the first four days have yielded few surprises, but hours and hours of action and heroics.  Kudos to NBCOlympics.com for webcasting virtually every game, plus giving Dawn Allinger-Lewis and Andrew Catalon several opportunities to broadcast games for MSNBC as… Read More

Seeking U.S. Women to Play in Russia

Wed Jul 30 18:46:27 -0400 2008

USA Team Handball (USATH) has received an offer from a prominent Russian Elite Division handball club to host two female American players for the 2008-09 season. The club is seeking two talented, young, athletic women to travel to Russia in late August and spend the season (approx. 9 months)… Read More

She Can Kick, Too!

Thu Jul 24 03:08:49 -0400 2008

Congratulations to USA Team Handball player Maren Hendershot-McCrary, who was named Wednesday to the Mountain West Conference All-Decade team for women's soccer. Hendershot is still ranked as the second all-time goal scorer in Brigham Young University history. She scored 52 goals in her career at… Read More

Home Office Help

Mon Jul 21 11:44:09 -0400 2008

This morning I am posting the first of what will be multiple job postings for USA Team Handball. This is the easy one - a Marketing/Office assistant to help Amir Haskic and I at the home office in Salt Lake City (which unfortunately is still in a home, not in an office). In coming days and weeks,… Read More