Court Captains: A Volleyball Podcast

65. The bowling ball of steals

Hello, Nikki and Ian coming to you live with the rest of free agency reactions! Breaking our silence on all the players going between US leagues and we guess the main th

64. Ridges in brain, I think good

Hi we’re back for free agencyyyyyy! First, we recap how many teams we’re working with here in the American volleyball landscape for 2027. Then, Nikki responds to the onl

63. Keeping our finger on the pulse of the league

Congratulations to the Dallas Pulse, MLV’s first ever first-year franchise to win a championship! Nikki and Kelly tell us about their time visiting Frisco for the semifi

62. Right in the leg pit

Regular season is officially over, it’s time for the championships! We start the episode off with the terrible news that San Diego Mojo won’t be returning next year. We

61. Suuuuure

In true us fashion, some pretty big MLV news hit the airwaves about 14 hours after we finished recording… so no responses to the Mojo news in this ep, but we’ll get into

60. Nutella’s not allowed in the house

Sorry for the late post this week - play has already started so some of these playoff implications may be a bit out of date, but we hope you listen anyways :) We talk ab

59. Give me middles or give me death

It’s getting so exciting up in here, is it not?!?!?! We think 4 teams have the most potential for the last two spots in the playoffs: San Diego, Omaha, Orlando, and Atlan

58. This has been resolved

Hey, Captains! Nikki’s feelings have changed regarding Omaha, we talk about that and her fun visit last week to watch the Supernovas take on Indy. We listen in on some pr

57. Is it suspended animation or time dilation?

Hey, Captains! On this week’s episode, we give our reactions to the All-Star game and their weirdo 3-set match / ghost bonus point format, Nikki reviews MORE injury updat

56. There’s room for villains in the daily grid space

Great news! We clicked record this week! We’re quite chatty this episode - Nikki reviews injury updates, Kelly runs down the all-star rosters and our predictions, and Ia

MLV Season 3, Week 10 Scorner

Our Score Corner aka Scorner is Ian's weekly staple on the podcast, and the reason this is our only post this week is because: it finally happened. We got on zoom and tal

55. Freight Fans

This week on Court Captains, we get to talking about good ol’ LOVBuh, breaking down the possible mascots for their Nebraska team. We’re back to our regular scheduled prog

54. You guys are pros, you can do it!

Kelly is BACK and we’re back on video! Halfway through season 3, how ya feelin? This week we learned about a brand new, first-ever, MLV Commish. We talk through our reac

53. It’s fun to root for annihilation as well

Audio episode for yall this week - Kelly is out of town, so you’ve got Nikki and Ian’s reactions to recent transactions, news from the league (who’s heading to Dallas for

52. Is it still sticky?

Okay, time to talk about the fun little trade. We talk about why we actually think it was pretty good for all parties involved (much to the disagreement of other online e

51. Leak us the salaries

Sorry for the delay on this one! A lot of chatter about non-match activity this week, so strap in for some takes. First off, have you guys heard of the New York Times? T

50. Check out our other pod, Bridgerton Pod

Lot of volleyball to talk about this week - Indy keeps picking up wins, Dallas has an unexpectedly long road trip, and Omaha is back in their groove. You get Ian+Nikki o

49. Some of you need to take a nap

We have returned from sunny San Diego and are freezing again, but that’s show biz. First we talk about a couple of notable transactions from the last week - yes, we hear

48. Snacks are fine, by the way

Week two review for youuuuuu! But first, we talk through general MLV updates, including reviewing the big media advisory announcement from the drama queen Omaha Supernov

47. Now that's a proper ad read

How’d yall like week 1? We thought it was fun. Our reactions to John Cook’s little salary cap mishap, San Diego’s 11th hour transactions, and rule changes you should kno