Pickleball may be the craze of the senior set, irreplaceably hip among so many replaceable hips. There are entire residential communities based around a shared love of pickleball, the—all together now—fastest growing sport in the United States.
But, if you need sound evidence that—twack—pickleball cuts a wide demographic swatch—twack—consider the fate of the world’s best female player. She turned in an MVP season in 2022, winning eight triple crowns—the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events at a tournament. She became a celebrity who’s gotten to slug and dink a wiffleball alongside the likes of Michael Phelps and Jamie Foxx.
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