VOLLEYDOLLARS: Orange County’s Karch Kiraly and Steve...

VOLLEYDOLLARS: Orange County’s Karch Kiraly and Steve Timmons are now earning six figures in prize money and endorsements on the pro beach volleyball tour (C8), a bit better than the $250 they got when training with the U.S. team a decade ago. . . . “We would sleep in sleeping bags on the floor of an empty condominium that belonged to one of the team’s supporters,” Kiraly said. “We were promised $10 a day in expenses, but it was more like $3.” Now the Olympic gold medalists boast the sport’s best pro contracts, earning $500,000 each last season.