Ryan Bailey (water polo)

IRVINE — Newport Harbor High senior Curtis Fink has never been known for backing down from a physical game of water polo. On Saturday night at Northwood High, Fink and Sailors teammate Dan Stevens got a chance to show their skills against not high...

The Summer Olympics in London helped transfix the eyes of the sports world on representatives of Newport-Mesa. No spotlight was as brilliant as that created when Misty May-Treanor and her partner met fellow Newport Harbor High alumnus April Ross and her...

Reid Chase is constantly moving in the water on offense and defense, making things happen for the Corona del Mar High boys' water polo team. Catch him outside of the pool, and you'll see the mustache that the CdM senior is growing. "I've just been...

Newport Harbor High senior middle blocker Kevin Rakestraw has verbally committed to the Stanford men's volleyball program, his club team, Balboa Bay Volleyball Club, posted on its Facebook page Monday. Rakestraw, who is 6-foot-11, earned Daily Pilot...

Former UC Irvine All-American Ryan Bailey scored two goals in the U.S. men's water polo team's 10-9 loss in the seventh-place game at the London Olympics on Sunday. Tim Hutten, another Anteaters alum, also scored a goal for the Americans, who lost...

The U.S. women's volleyball team will try to earn the country's first Olympic gold medal in the indoor version of the sport on Saturday, when the top-ranked Americans face No. 2-ranked Brazil in the gold-medal match at 10:30 a.m. (PT) at Earls Court in...

Corona del Mar High graduate Tumua Anae will attempt to become the third local athlete to win a gold medal at the London Olympics on Thursday. Anae, a backup goalie on the U.S. women's water polo team, will help the Americans battle Spain in the gold-...

LONDON — Long after the flag-waving ceased and the partisan chants went mute, Ryan Bailey hopped out of the pool, tossing his water polo hat to the deck like a discarded candy wrapper. Then, moments after the last meaningful game of his career, he...

Costa Mesa resident Jake Gibb and Corona del Mar resident Sean Rosenthal, who entered the London Olympics as the top men's beach volleyball team in the world, suffered a stunning loss on Monday and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Gibb and...

BASKETBALL Women Group A Czech Republic 82, Angola 47 United States 114, China 66 Turkey 70, Croatia 65 Group B France 65, Russia 54 Australia 72, Canada 63 Brazil 78, Britain 66 HANDBALL Women Group A Brazil 29, Angola 26...

BASKETBALL Men Group A France 73, Tunisia 69 United States 99, Lithuania 94 Argentina 93, Nigeria 79 Group B Russia 77, Spain 74 Brazil 98, China 59 Australia 106, Britain 75 SOCCER Men Quarterfinals South Korea 1, Britain 1,...

Misty May-Treanor, the former Newport Harbor High standout who grew up in Costa Mesa, along with Kerri Walsh Jennings opened the first round of single elimination with a resounding 21-13, 21-12 victory in 30 minutes against Marleen Van Iersel and Sanne...