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A former Carol Stream volleyball coach was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for soliciting sexually explicit videos from a 16-year-old boy. Michael Liedtke, 35, pleaded guilty last year to one count of receipt of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. He was sentenced to six years and 11 months in…

The University of Pennsylvania has canceled the remainder of their women’s volleyball season after discovering what the university calls “offensive” posters in the team’s locker room.

Spearheaded by a concerned suburban Chicago parent, a little-known Illinois law called ‘The Physical Fitness Service Act’ is being used to frame a class-action lawsuit against two Illinois volleyball coaches.

Spearheaded by a concerned suburban Chicago parent, a little-known Illinois law called “The Physical Fitness Service Act” is being used to frame a class-action lawsuit against two Illinois volleyball coaches.

David Baker has a vision. He sees a state-of-the-art stadium; eight fields in a youth sports complex (plus three more on campus); an indoor arena; a center for athletic performance and safety; a player care center; and a hotel. All of it — and more — surrounding the Pro Football Hall of Fame, of which Baker is president & CEO....

The Department of Defense Warrior Games will hold its closing ceremonies on Saturday night at Navy Pier, but for competitors and fans alike, the week-long competition has created a lifetime of memories.

The Department of Defense Warrior Games are normally held on military bases, but the competition is wrapping up after a strong and inspiring week in Chicago. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the reaction from competitors as the event comes to a close.

Iranian sports fan and activist Darya Safai returned to the Olympic volleyball venue Monday repeating her message and hoping the whole world hears: “Let Iranian Women Enter Their Stadiums.” After discussions with about a half-dozen venue officials leading up to the Iran men’s team’s match with defending champion Russia, she was allowed to stay and hold her sign in a...

With two losses in two matches, the U.S. men’s volleyball team was on the verge of being eliminated from advancing to the quarterfinals. Team USA entered play on Day 3 of the preliminaries Thursday with zero points, trailing France and Canada by three points for the final spot to advance. Of course in order to do that, the Americans had...

Defending bronze medalist Italy beat the U.S. in four sets in their second preliminary stage of the men’s volleyball tournament on Tuesday. The teams traded opening sets before Italy won the third and fourth, both 25-23. Each team plays five times in pool play, with the top eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals.

The U.S. men’s volleyball team was overwhelmed Sunday in its first match in Rio, losing in straight sets to Canada.

Team USA’s run at gold got off on the right foot.

Reid Priddy’s volleyball story would not end this way, as many around him figured it might. The picture itself is still painful to see even two years later: The hard-hitting American down on a volleyball court in Bulgaria, face to the floor and grimacing, his taped-up hand gripping his injured right knee after he landed awkwardly following a hit. Even...

The Brazilian torch relay for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has kicked off with volleyball player Fabiana Claudino running the first leg after the torch was ignited by embattled President Dilma Rousseff.

Seeing a stranded baby sea lion in the middle of a busy Carlsbad road, a concerned volleyball coach put his beach towels to good use and guided the confused animal back to the sea.

Rutgers fired its football coach and athletic director on Sunday, stripping the athletic department of its most prominent employees after a season that was a failure on and off the field.

No boys allowed. A school board in Lehigh County confirmed a committee’s decision to ban boys from its field hockey team after concerns they caused injuries to girl players.