News

As pickleball grows, so too does the focus of media attention on the sport.  Some articles are simply too good to get lost in the shuffle of internet overload.  That's why this page exists--to keep some pertinent stories readily available.  Bear in mind that we will often change the order in which news stories appear.  Some stories may also be archived in PDF format on Google Drive.

Ed Hamer and Earl Hill helped bring pickleball to Arizona in 1999.
(Independent Newsmedia/Jacob Stanek)

Here's a real nice article about how pickleball came to Arizona:
http://www.yourwestvalley.com/surprise/article_3ece8e1e-b75b-11e6-b448-2b7ac4c996e6.html

Great article about the Payson Pickleball People and the creation of their two courts:

https://blog.pickleballcentral.com/2015/04/21/new-courts-in-payson-arizona-a-dream-come-true/

This is a pretty exciting news article date lined December 2nd.  We're going to look into this and might be one of their first customers.  Here's the key quote from the article: "A plant that turns scrap carbon materials from the aerospace industry into other products will make pickleball rackets as its first product."

http://konp.com/the_full_story.php?news_id=12118