America Has Made a Monster Out of Pickleball
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 28, 2023
Updated at 9:01 p.m. ET on November 5, 2022
In April, thousands of people, and occasionally their pets, flocked to the coastal city of Naples, Florida. They weren’t in town for an AARP convention or the bacchanalia of spring break. No, the Minto US Open Pickleball Championships, brought to you in part by Margaritaville Hotels & Resorts, was in the final stretch of its seven-day run. For one week, attendees watched, cheered, and imbibed as hopefuls thwacked it . . .