Ebiye Udo-Udoma is a member of Team USA’s Beach Handball side.  With just a few month’s training the U.S. Men were able to win a Pan American Beach Handball title and qualify for the World Championships this past summer. The interview covers Ebiye’s journey from regular handball to the beach version and how the U.S. […]

Back in 2006, while I was still living in France, I interviewed Canadian handball player, Alexis Bertrand, who was then playing for OC Cesson in the 2nd Division.  Alexis and I discussed what it was like for him to play in France and we also discussed the Pan American Handball Team Handball Federation (PATHF) to […]

John Ryan and Christer Ahl review the final results of Men’s Group Play and preview the upcoming quarterfinals.  Also, a mea culpa or two about the women’s quarterfinals this morning. Updated odds to win gold (from bet365.com) France 11-10 Denmark 11-2 Germany 11-2 Croatia 7-1 Slovenia 9-1 Qatar 16-1 Poland 17-1 Brazil 20-1 Subscribe in iTunes: Link

John Ryan and Christer Ahl review the final results of Women’s Group Play and preview the upcoming quarterfinals Updated odds to win gold (from best365.com) Norway 11-8 Russia 7-2 Brazil 3-1 Spain 9-1 France 10-1 Netherlands 15-1 Sweden 15-1 Angola 100-1 Subscribe in iTunes: Link

My recent commentary regarding LeBron James becoming the world’s best handball player sparked a question regarding USA National Team player, Jordan Fithian, and his thoughts on basketball players transitioning to Team Handball.  Fithian played in college at Div 1, Binghampton and Div 2 Emporia before transitioning to handball.  One might consider Fithian a prime example […]

Christer Ahl and John Ryan discuss how the new handball rules have impacted play so far at the 2016 Olympics. Note:  The Team Handball News Podcast is now available on iTunes or as an RSS Feed iTunes: Link RSS Feed: Link

ddd In this podcast episode John Ryan and Christer Ahl review group play at the halfway point. Surprises, disappointments and predictions for the quarterfinals.

My discussion with Christer Ahl, the former IHF head for Playing Rules and Competition, continues.  In part 2 we discuss the new rules regarding passive play, the last 30 seconds of a match and blue cards Point-Counter Point on Handball’s Last Minute Problem from 2009 (Or why I was so gleeful at Christer’s mea culpa) […]