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“This is the sort of thing that has the potential to wreck lives,” said Therese Langan, an authority on the treatment of sexually abused teens. Langan was referring to the downstream effects of sexual assault on the young players under the tutelage of Bahram Hojreh, a one-time age group water polo c...

For the past two decades, anyone who wanted to take the pulse of American water polo could type “Water Polo Planet” in their browser and be linked to a cornucopia of information on the sport unmatched anywhere in the world. Launched in 2002 by Richard “Doc” Hunkler and Joan Gould — referee Loren Ber...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor For his oversight of the 2016 European Men’s Water Polo Championship, Darko Udovicic garnered international recognition. But the Serbian native has been in the limelight much of his adult life. Starting from his early days as a player on the VK Partiza...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As the academic year draws to a close, thoughts of summer—and new educational opportunities—occupy the minds of many high school students. It’s no different for prospective water polo athletes; with USA Water Polo’s Junior Olympics national tournament ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor. One of the most influential thinkers about the future of American youth water polo is a Serbian native who lives in the northern reaches of Canada. Dragan Jovanovic, formerly a top goalie for Yugoslavia and Serbia, is the CEO for DJ Global Wave, a Cal...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Mark Koganov, who represented his native Azerbaijan at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio as a water polo referee, is comfortable taking on about any subject related to the sport. First as a player in the former Soviet Union and then as a world-class FINA r...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Though he hasn’t donned a referee’s whites in almost a decade, Dr. Loren Bertocci’s influence on water polo—both in the U.S. and abroad—remains pronounced. FINA’s Technical Water Polo Committee is considering a host of rule changes to the international...

Events later today at the USA Water Polo General Assembly may shed light on divisive sexual abuse accusations that have roiled America’s national governing body for the sport. The organization’s biennial exercise in democracy, it is the first public event since Christopher Ramsey, USAWP’s Chief Exec...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With all the concern expressed about the fate of Hartwick women’s water polo—which has been ticketed for elimination at the end of the 2018 season—many influential people in the polo community are stepping up their efforts to save Hawk polo. One promin...