Podcast – Team Handball News

Podcast – Team Handball News

Your independent news and commentary outlet for the Olympic sport of Team Handball

Episodes

USA Handball Talk (Episode 53): John Ryan Finds Out: The Surprising Best Source of USATH News?

November 23, 2025 • 38 mins
Pablo Torre and his popular sports related podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out have been on a burner for the past several months as he has investigated the NFL Players Union and the LA Clippers possibly circumnavigating the NBA salary cap. In a nod to his successful podcast format I share some information I found regard […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 52): Portland Sasquatch’s Jan Vanderstraeten

October 21, 2025 • 7 mins
Last month while visiting Oregon, I stopped by a Portland Sasquatch (FB IG) practice. Afterwards I had a short chat with Belgian native and club member, Jan Vanderstraeten. We discussed the challenge of developing handball in a big country and possible areas of focus to include more clubs in big cities and collegiate handball. If […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 51): USA Women’s National Team Goalkeeper, Julia Malysz

August 20, 2025 • 15 mins
Julia Malysz has been minding the net for USA Women at the Jr PANAM Games. She’s 19 years old, but has been playing for the U.S. for 6 years. At the USA Club National Championships we chatted about her start in handball, playing against adults, her national team career and plans for the future If […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 50): USA Team Handball Town Hall

August 3, 2025
On Monday, 28 July, USA Team Handball conducted an online Town Hall. I recorded the meeting and recorded almost the entire meeting. (There are a couple of gaps due to recording issues.) The YouTube version has 18 different segments identified of different people speaking and Q&A. Here are those 18 segments with a few notes […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 49): Interviews in Las Vegas at the NACHC Club Championships and World Series of Handball

July 28, 2025 • 32 mins
From 3-7 July, the Las Vegas Westgate Resort was home to two handball competitions: The North American & Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) Club Championships and the World Series of Handball. I had the opportunity to see some of the matches and interview some of the participants. Included on this podcast are interviews with California Eagles […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 48): Did a Questionable Hiring Process Result in a Lost Wild Card? (Part 2)

July 6, 2025 • 26 mins
In 2018, the IHF Council awarded the USA Men and Women wild card spots for 2025 and 2027 World Championships. This award was made to help the USA teams prepare for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The award, however, was not 100% guaranteed and included a vague caveat “provided that the USA National Teams […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 47): Did a Questionable Hiring Process Result in a Lost Wild Card? (Part 1)

June 15, 2025 • 21 mins
In 2018, the IHF Council awarded the USA Men and Women wild card spots for 2025 and 2027 World Championships. This award was made to help the USA teams prepare for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The award, however, was not 100% guaranteed and included a vague caveat “provided that the USA National Teams […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 46): San Diego Team Handball’s, Olivier Izacard

May 22, 2025 • 16 mins
In just its second season, the San Diego Team Handball Club took 2nd place in the 2nd division at the USA Team Handball National Championships. One of the club’s founders, Olivier Izacard discusses the formation of the club and their plans for the club. Here are some of the topics we discussed: If you have […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 45): Pitt and DC Diplomats Right Wing, Zachary Greenstein… AKA Greeny

April 26, 2025 • 16 mins
Zach Greenstein led University of Pittsburgh to a D2 title last season and to a 5th place finish this year at College Nationals. He will be playing for the DC Diplomats at Club Nationals and for Volendam in the Netherlands next Fall. We discuss his start with handball, his upcoming European adventure and other handball […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 44): West Point and USA Men’s National Team Right Back/Wing, Gary Phillips

April 15, 2025 • 20 mins
Gary Phillips is one of the best prospects to ever come out of a USA Collegiate Handball club. Earlier this month he led West Point to a 17th straight Collegiate Handball title and was selected as the tournament MVP. At the IHF Emerging Nations Championships he was selected to the all star team. An unprecedented […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 43): USA Men’s National Team Center Back, Benjamin Edwards

March 15, 2025 • 23 mins
(Benjamin Edwards at the 2025 World Championships in Norway) Benjamin Edwards is just 18 years old, but has already played for the the U.S. Men’s national team at the Youth, Junior and Senior levels. During the 2025 World Championships in Norway I sat down with Benji to talk about his handball journey to date and […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 42): A Board Meeting Revelation Explains a Pivotal and Puzzling Judicial Committee Decision

March 7, 2025 • 18 mins
On 12 February, 2025, the USA Team Handball Board of Directors held their monthly meeting and I recorded the open public portion of the meeting. The meeting started out with a seemingly mundane discussion regarding a proposed new member, Margaret Rubin for the Nominating and Governance Committee. However, I was agape to find out that […]
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USA Handball Talk (Episode 41): Handball Great, Magnus Wislander

February 3, 2025 • 3 mins
(John Ryan on defense against Magnus Wislander at the 1993 World Championships) Magnus Wislander played 384 international matches for Sweden and is considered one of the all time great handball players. Two of those 384 matches were against the U.S. at the 1993 World Championships and the 1996 Olympics. He was in Oslo at the […]
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