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Pickleball's uphill climb to mainstream success

  • Written by Josh Woods, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Pickleball's uphill climb to mainstream successFor every headline about pickleball’s miraculous growth, you can also find stories about conflicts and infighting.Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Most newer sports are hybrids of older ones, and pickleball is no exception. The progeny of tennis, badminton and pingpong, pickleball is played by singles or doubles teams who hit a ball back and forth...

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