Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have officially listed their stunning mansion for a cool $68 million amid rumors of another split. 🏡 This luxurious property features a fabulous indoor pickleball court! #Pickleball #News

🎬 Jamie Foxx, 56, Hollywood’s iconic star, faced a health scare on the set of "Back in Action" in 2023. Despite the setback, he's back stronger, thanks in part to his love for pickleball!

"He’s playing a lot of pickleball!" his daughter Corrine said. "That man and pickleball; it’s like he’s playing twice a day every day. It’s a whole thing. He’s fully in it."🏓 #Pickleball #News

I wouldn't be surprised if someday there's a pickleball court on the moon! #Pickleball #News

Jake Elliott, the successful kicker for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles 🦅, was recently seen doing spin shots in this Instagram post from Green Light Pod 🎙️, a podcast hosted by former NFL defensive end Chris Long. According to Barstool Sports, if you ask any Eagles player who the best pickleball player on the team is, almost all of them will say it's Elliott. 🎾👏

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President Biden’s reelection campaign unveiled a new initiative on Tuesday aimed at engaging seniors through various events, including a pickleball tournament in Virginia. 🏓🇺🇸

The program, aptly named "Seniors for Biden-Harris," is designed to mobilize senior voters nationwide, with a particular emphasis on key battleground states. 🌟🗳️

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Taylor Swift has been quite busy lately, offering fans a glimpse into her daily routine through a recent YouTube short. The video showcased engaging moments with her three cats 🐱, quality time with her boyfriend, Kansas City tight-end Travis Kelce 💑, and her culinary adventures in perfecting a cinnamon roll recipe 🥮. Notably, she was also spotted enjoying a game of pickleball with a Kansas City Chiefs-branded paddle 🏓, a nod to Kelce’s NFL affiliation, as she took to the court.

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Pickleball courts are the hot new commodity people want in a new place to live. 🥒🎾

Real estate agents are witnessing a trend where homeowners are reconfiguring their spaces to accommodate pickleball courts, even converting driveways or repurposing existing sports facilities on ultra-luxury properties. Even pro athletes like Travis Kelce and Tom Brady are adding pickleball courts to their properties. 🏠💫

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Like it or not, 🎾 bangers teach us valuable lessons in the importance of touch and the ability to reset a ball – critical elements of pickleball, played at any level.

If you’re a lower-level player, at some point you’re going to Google, “how to defeat a banger,” only to realize you’ve been:

🔄 Flicking your wrist while dinking
🎾 Holding your paddle vertically instead of horizontally while trying to slow the ball down
🏓 Swinging at instead of punching those volleys in front of you at the kitchen line.

Move over judicial system! 🏛️ There's another group attempting to block former President Donald Trump's aspirations: millions of Vertigo Angustior snails. 🐌 Protected by the European Union, these endangered snails are currently inhabiting an area on a Trump resort in Western Ireland, where he is attempting to add amenities, including a pickleball court. 🎾 #Pickleball #News ]

According to The Dink, the ATX Pickleballers and Milwaukee Mashers – two #MLP Challenger Level teams – have decided not to operate this year and were bought out by the newly-formed UPA (United Pickleball Association). 🏓

The UPA will attempt to resell the teams for the 2025 season, meaning that 2024 will only have 10 Challenger Level teams, but will hopefully be back to 12 (for a combined 24 MLP teams) in 2025. It's estimated these teams will sell for $15-$20 million. 💰

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#PPA on X shared a Hannah Johns' interview with Catherine Parenteau after her win vs Chao Yi Wang, where she exclaimed that she "finally" had a green card through pickleball. 🥒🏓

CP said it took about a year and a half to get the card and officially become a United States citizen. 🇺🇸

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Bernhard Langer is a decorated golf legend, but he’ll miss The Masters this year after suffering a pickleball injury 😯

The two-time Masters champion tore his Achilles recently on the pickleball court, which leaves him sidelined ahead of next month’s event 😢

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American tennis player Reilly Opelka throws shade at pickleball on social media 🎾🥒 In reaction to an Instagram post about a disqualification in a tennis match, Opelka said, "Bush league. Linesman should get demoted to pickleball ASAP." Well, the joke's on him! 🤣

Players call their own lines in pickleball. Opelka has a history of taking shots at pickleball, previously stating, "I love watching bingo on the tennis channel" and dubbing pickleball as the new bingo. 😂

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Is This New Anna Leigh Waters Serve Legal? 🎾🤔

No fault was called for any of her running serve attempts. She even said that she asked the refs ahead of time if it was legal. They said it was, so she performed the serve several times throughout her singles matches.

Until then, what do you think? Was it legal? Should it be? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

#Pickleball #PPA #Pro #News

A dating app called Humpday in South Melbourne has begun to organize local 🏓 pickleball speed dating events with the National Pickleball League in Australia. 🇦🇺 Singles aged 21 to 35 gather on the court to break the ice and enjoy a few rounds of pickleball. 😊🥒

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What is the biggest impedance to growing pro pickleball viewership?

🔹Travis Rettenmaier believes a pickleball equivalent to the shot clock where the point is ended within 20-30 seconds would avoid extended dinking rallies.

🔹More of a focus on nighttime streaming of pro matches would accommodate more peoples' schedules.

🔹Keeping a centralized location for all major matches – just one viewing platform – would make it easier for the uninitiated to tune in.

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#Pickleball date night 🏸👫 is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day 💕🎉! Not only will you get some exercise 😂, but you'll also spend quality time with your partner 👩‍👦. Plus, if you play mixed doubles, you can practice your communication 🗣️ and love language ❤️. Best of all, it won't break the bank 💰 - just reserve a court and you're good to go!"

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Noah Gray, 🏈 who plays alongside Travis Kelce and scored three touchdowns this season, 🙌 is also a dedicated pickleball enthusiast 🥒. Gray has competed in a #PPA tournament 🏓, and this Sunday he will represent the pickleball community in the Super Bowl 🏟️

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JW Marriott Resort seems like a small venue for the PPA Tour at the Desert Ridge Open ⬇️

25 courts were available for over 1,000 competitors. To warm up, pros were jumping on amateur courts, amateurs were jumping on pro courts, and everything in between. 🔄

Also, there were many areas where fans stood three or four deep into the sidewalk with nowhere to walk through. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

While the venue is very nice, some serious changes will need to be made for the JW Marriott to continue hosting PPA events in 2025 and moving forward. 🏨✨

#PPA #Pickleball #News

Details of the Anna Leigh Waters bobblehead release: 🎉

Expected to ship in May 2024 🚚
Produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum 🏛️
Stands 8 inches tall 📏
Individually numbered 2,024 🔢
Price of $30 (with an $8 shipping charge) 💵🚢

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“Rain all day moved play inside and may have played a part in the biggest upset of the weekend. Ben Johns has been vocal about preferring to play outdoors. His 108 match win streak ended in a similar scenario when rain moved play indoors at the Tournament of Champions in 2021”, reported The Dink Pickleball.

👀 Ben lost in two straight games to the 16-seed Chris Haworth in the Round of 16…. Was the indoor court responsible?

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“I would say 50% of the livestream chat on YouTube was regarding those horns. FIFA (in soccer) has banned vuvuzelas at international matches, and MLP needs to follow suit. They were obnoxious after every single point”, reported The Dink Pickleball.

Would you like the MLP to ban vuvuzela horns? 🗣️

#Pickleball #MLP #News

Former World War II Alameda Naval Air Station has been transformed into a Pickleball facility with 15 indoor and outdoor courts 😳#Pickleball #News

👀 A man shed 70 lbs by replacing beer with pickleball: “I’ve replaced drinking 5,000 calories a week with losing 5,000 calories a week. That’s a 10,000-calorie swing. And the weight has fallen off,” he said.#Pickleball #News

His Pickleball Coach and close friend Matt Manasse told Entertainment Tonight about his obesesion with this sport: “I think it was an outlet for him. It was something that he became obsessed with, and that was his new healthy addiction, and he loved it.”"He thought it was something that could help in his recovery and he was doing an awesome job," Manasse also told to People."He would bring other people to the court sometimes that were going through similar things and try to use pickleball to help them as well," Manasse relayed to Entertainment Tonight. #Pickleball #News

The Dink Pickleball told the reasons why Major League Pickleball founder Steve Kuhn would leave MLP.“Not everyone was happy with the outcome (PPA-MLP merger). Yet most agreed that it was the best path forward for professional pickleball. As the details for the new joint entity were being finalized and paperwork was being drawn up, Kuhn presented an alternative during an owner's meeting last week: expand the league and sell more teams to source additional capital”, reported The Dink Pickleball.“While this wouldn't explicitly subvert the merger, it is a clear departure from the agreed upon details. We had heard rumblings that the deal was on shaky ground. Even today, the deal is not done. And now we have inside information that Kuhn had once again formulated a plan to move MLP in a different direction and in all likelihood, hurt the chances of a merger (whether intentional or not)”“After the owner's meeting, he sent an email to key stakeholders announcing his resignation from the board of Major League Pickleball” Wow 👀#Pickleball #PPA #MLP #News

“The Waters bought a million dollar bus. It’s got a floor mat with her logo on it. She has a driver too, a big dude. So ALW has a tour bus and a bodyguard”, said Jimmy Miller on The King of the Court Podcast.#Pickleball #Pro #Podcast #News

Erick Tyce of The Dink Pickleball criticized the final between the Johns brothers and Frazier & Johnson at #PPA Las Vegas, referencing how boring it is for new fans.“If I was someone new to the sport, I can’t think of anything that could be more boring. The amount of dinking is getting to a ridiculous level”, Tyce said.“As we move forward and want to continue to grow pro pickleball, something about the men’s game is going to have to change, I just don’t know what that something is right now”#Pickleball #Pro #News