Those gave way to fitted shorts that went to mid-thigh, but by the mid-1980s, high-cut “bun huggers” were in vogue.

They’re affectionately referred to as bun-huggers by the girls and women who play the sport. Those tight, virtually nonexistent shorts that are the norm on indoor volleyball courts. Take the ...

While Roger Murphy, a financial adviser from South London, is watching Americans Todd Rodgers and Phil Dalhausser dispatch a Japanese beach volleyball team at London's ...