Athletes of the day

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Beach volleyball stars Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, gold medalists in Athens four years ago and three-time reigning world champions, play a live second-round match against a team from Cuba NBC's evening broadcast.

The pair have won 63 straight matches after Sunday's first-round win over a team from Japan. They are the tournament's top seed.

Treanor made news Saturday when President Bush visited the beach volleyball venue.

She invited the President to smack her bikini-clad bottom for luck, but he refused, going for the lower back instead.

— Mike Persinger