The Pickleball Takeover

One summer afternoon in 1965, three dads on Bainbridge Island grabbed ping-pong paddles and a Wiffle ball to cure their kids' boredom.

What they invented that day on a backyard badminton court wasn't supposed to change the world.
But it did. Today, 19.8 million Americans are hooked, a 311% explosion in just three years and the fastest-growing sport in America for four straight years. Courts are popping up by the thousands. There are now 68,000+ courts at 18,000+ locations, and the global gear...