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Volleyball at the 2026 Asian Games – Women's tournament
Women's volleyball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya, September 16-22, 2026): 14-team indoor tournament won by China, its tenth title, beating Japan in the final; Thailand took bronze after its historic 2026 Asian Championship win.
Volleyball at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): indoor volleyball at Honda Center, Anaheim, and beach volleyball at Alamitos Beach, Long Beach, 14-30 July 2028; 12 men's and 12 women's teams qualify via 2026 continental championships, 2027 worlds, and world ranking.
Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
Olympic indoor volleyball: men's and women's 12-team tournaments held since Tokyo 1964, governed by the FIVB. First champions were the USSR men and Japan's Oriental Witches women; France and Italy won at Paris 2024.
Volleyball jargon
Volleyball jargon: the rulebook, coaching, and slang vocabulary of volleyball, including dig, set, spike, sideout, rotation, overlap, and the libero (Italian for "free"), the back-row defensive specialist introduced by the FIVB in 1998.
Vsevolod Ishchenko (Всеволод Ищенко)
Vsevolod Ishchenko (Всеволод Ищенко) is a Russian basketball player, born in 2005 in Rostov-on-Don, drafted 56th by Chicago in 2026 and traded via the Lakers to Dallas.
Vyacheslav Atavin
Vyacheslav Atavin (Вячеслав Атавин), born 1967, Soviet and Russian handball left back; Olympic champion 1988 with the USSR, world champion 1993 and 1997, European champion 1996 with Russia.
Vyacheslav Gorpishin
Vyacheslav Gorpishin (Вячеслав Горпишин), born 1970 in Chișinău, is a Russian handball left back: Olympic gold 2000 and bronze 2004, world champion 1993 and 1997, later a coach in Germany.
Vyacheslav Zaytsev
Vyacheslav Zaytsev (Вячеслав Зайцев, 1952–2023), Soviet-Russian volleyball setter and captain, 1980 Olympic champion, three-time Olympic medalist, world and seven-time European champion, Hall of Fame 2013, father of Ivan Zaytsev.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball: Winston-Salem, NC ACC program, 1,660-1,336 all-time, 1962 Final Four, four ACC Tournament titles, coached by Steve Forbes.
Walewska
Walewska (Walewska Moreira de Oliveira), 1979-2023, Brazilian middle blocker; Olympic gold Beijing 2008 and bronze Sydney 2000, Pan Am gold 1999; club titles in Italy, Spain, Russia, and Brazil; died in São Paulo.
Walker Kessler
Walker Kessler (born 2001) is an American NBA center, 7'1", for the Los Angeles Lakers. Auburn NCAA Defensive Player of the Year, 2022 first-round pick, third in 2023 Rookie of the Year voting, traded from Utah in 2026.
Wallace Souza
Wallace Souza (Wallace Leandro de Souza, born 1987, São Paulo), Brazilian opposite spiker; Olympic gold Rio 2016, silver London 2012, fourth Tokyo 2020 with Brazil.
Wally Jones
Wally "Wah Wah" Jones (1926-2014), Kentucky basketball and football star, 1948 Olympic basketball gold medalist, two-time NCAA champion, Indianapolis Olympians player, and Fayette County sheriff. Not the NBA guard Wali Jones or R. William Jones of FIBA.
Wally Szczerbiak
Wally Szczerbiak, born 1977 in Madrid, is a former NBA guard-forward drafted sixth overall in 1999 by Minnesota, a 2002 All-Star, and a 1999 Sweet 16 star at Miami (Ohio), now a CBS analyst.
Walt Bellamy
Walt Bellamy (Walter Jones Bellamy Jr., "Bells"), American basketball center, 1960 Olympic gold medalist, 1961 first overall draft pick, 1962 NBA Rookie of the Year, 20,941 career points, Hall of Fame 1993.
Walt Frazier
Walt "Clyde" Frazier (born 1945, Atlanta) is a Hall of Fame point guard who led the New York Knicks to their only two NBA titles (1970, 1973), starred in the 1970 Finals Game 7, and later became their MSG broadcaster.
Walt Hazzard
Walt Hazzard, also Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, American point guard; UCLA's first NCAA title captain (1964, 30-0), 1964 Olympic gold medalist, 10-year NBA guard, and UCLA head coach 1984-88.
Wang Junjie (王俊杰)
Wang Junjie (王俊杰), born 2005 in Xuzhou, China, is a 6'9" forward from the NBA Global Academy who played for San Francisco, made the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 All-Star Five, and transferred to UMass.
Washington Capitols
Washington Capitols, defunct BAA/NBA team of Washington, D.C., 1946-1951; original 1946 franchise coached by Red Auerbach, 49-11 in 1946-47, lost 1949 BAA Finals to Minneapolis, folded January 1951; not the Washington Wizards.
Washington Generals
Washington Generals, American exhibition basketball team founded 1952 by Red Klotz at Abe Saperstein's request as the Harlem Globetrotters' perpetual opponents; 14,000-17,000 losses, one famous 100-99 win on January 5, 1971.
Washington Huskies men's basketball
Washington Huskies men's basketball: University of Washington NCAA Division I program, now in the Big Ten after leaving the Pac-12 in 2024. Final Four in 1953, coached by Danny Sprinkle, last NCAA bid 2019.
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA's Eastern Conference, based in Washington, D.C. and founded as a 1998 expansion team.
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards, NBA team in Washington, D.C., formerly Chicago Packers/Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, and Washington Bullets; 1978 NBA champions; play at Capital One Arena under Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Tisdale (Wayman Lawrence Tisdale, 1964-2009) was an American NBA power forward for the Pacers, Kings, and Suns and a smooth-jazz bassist; Oklahoma's career scoring leader, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, and 1985 draft's second pick.
Wayne Ellington
Wayne Ellington (The Man with the Golden Arm), born 1987, American NBA shooting guard, 2009 UNC NCAA champion and Final Four MOP, 13-season 3-point specialist for 9 teams including the Timberwolves, Heat, Pistons, and Lakers.
Wei Qiuyue
Wei Qiuyue (魏秋月), born 1988 in Tianjin, is a Chinese retired volleyball setter who captained China and won Olympic gold at Rio 2016, bronze at Beijing 2008, and the 2015 World Cup; not the researcher Qiuyue Wu.
Wendell Carter Jr.
Wendell Carter Jr. (born 1999, Atlanta) is an NBA center-forward for the Orlando Magic, #34; drafted 7th overall by the Chicago Bulls in 2018 after one Duke season; career averages 11.9 points and 8.1 rebounds.
Wenyen Gabriel
Wenyen Gabriel, South Sudanese basketball forward (born 1997, Khartoum), Kentucky Wildcats, undrafted 2018; five NBA seasons including Lakers, top shot-blocker of 2023 FIBA World Cup, Paris 2024 Olympian, later Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bayern Munich.
Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld, Bullets center (1968-81), won NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP in 1968-69, the second player after Wilt Chamberlain to do so, and the 1978 title and Finals MVP; later coach and executive.
Wesley Johnson (basketball)
Wesley Johnson, NBA forward (2010-2019), fourth overall 2010 draft pick of the Timberwolves, BIG EAST Player of the Year at Syracuse; played for Minnesota, Phoenix, Lakers, Clippers, Washington, Pelicans.