Nobody quite knows why pickleball is called pickleball. Some stories say that it was named after the founders’ family dog, Pickles, who kept running off with the ball. Others that Pickles was born two ...

Maybe you’ve seen some big names backing new professional leagues, televised celebrity tournaments, or the Major League Pickleball season underway. Or maybe you’ve heard the popping of a plastic ball ...

It’s all fun and games till you strain your Achilles’ tendon, herniate a disc or do a face-plant in the Kitchen. By Matt Richtel During a recent pickleball match, Nish Nadaraja, 50, made a quick lunge ...

Maybe you’ve seen some big names backing new professional leagues, televised celebrity tournaments, or noticed the Major League Pickleball season underway. Maybe you’ve heard the popping of a plastic ...

Professional pickleball is expanding, and it has become a big enough deal that even LeBron James wanted a piece of a team. By Victor Mather Pickleball has been booming as a recreational sport, to the ...

Tom Brady may or may not have his eye on retirement, but he’s certainly expanding his portfolio of extracurricular interests – this time, putting his cash into pickleball. Last month, the seven-time ...

The growing pains associated with pickleball being the fastest-growing sport in the country come in two shapes and sizes. There are the outsiders, the residents living near courts who complain about ...

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Pickleball is an evolving sport and each year USA Pickleball updates its rules book with modifications to the official Bible of what’s allowed and what’s not allowed. Last year’s update outlawed the ...

Cousins Terry Patterson and Ricky Snipes said one of their favorite things about playing pickleball is scoring points off their coach Tim Sampson. Sampson happily relayed the comments to their ...

Chances are, you already know someone who’s an avid pickleball player. America’s fastest-growing sport—a cross between tennis, badminton, and ping-pong—can be played as either a singles or doubles ...