Pickleball

Munro and Turkovic Shine Again at the Inaugural Louisville Open

The first Humana APP Louisville Open wrapped Championship Sunday at the Kentucky International Convention Center, with Jack Munro and Domenika Turkovic the standouts — and the season now pointing toward Arizona and the Tour Championships.

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Semifinal Saturday in Louisville

It's semifinal day at the APP Humana Louisville Open — men's and women's pro doubles on Championship Court, plus the PickleY'all festival. Here's your Saturday watch guide.

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Louisville Gets Loud: The APP's Weekend in Kentucky

The Humana APP Louisville Open runs October 15–18 with free admission, pro mixed doubles Friday, and Championship Sunday on ESPN+ — plus a free all-ages festival downtown.

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Finals Recap: Johns and Waters Close the Year on Top in San Clemente

The Toys "R" Us PPA Finals wrapped the 2025-26 season in San Clemente. Ben Johns went undefeated, Waters swept doubles, and the kids announced themselves.

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The Finals Are On in San Clemente

The PPA Tour Finals have taken over Life Time Rancho San Clemente, with pool play deciding who survives to the semifinals — and the early results already include an upset and a brand-new partnership.

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Two Hundred: Waters Makes History in Chicago

Anna Leigh Waters won her 200th PPA title at the Chicago Cup — and swept all three golds on the same Sunday. Tanya Ruiz on a milestone weekend, a surprise men's finalist, and the doubles team nobody can beat.

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Semifinal Saturday

Three days of pool play in San Clemente are done, and the brackets are set. Today the season's last finalists get decided. Dana Whitfield on what Friday settled and what Saturday will answer.

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Gold in Kuala Lumpur, Finals in San Clemente

Noé Khlif flew to Malaysia unplanned and came home with PPA gold and silver. Meanwhile the PPA Tour Finals opened in California. A very French week in American pickleball.

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Club Night

Every Saturday, in towns all over France, the boulodrome fills up for the concours — the weekly club tournament that is half competition, half neighborhood reunion. In America, the equivalent ritual is the ladder night. Same hunger, different scoreboard.

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The Kitchen: Pickleball's Weirdest Rule, Explained in Two Minutes

There's a zone by the net where you're not allowed to smash. Coach Ray explains why it exists and how to stop fearing it.

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The American Paddle in the French Gym

Pickleball crossed the Atlantic in a tennis bag and landed in the French salle polyvalente: the French Tennis Federation took charge of the sport in January, licensees number in the thousands, and village tennis clubs from Châtillon to Aucamville are converting courts. France is learning the dink — reluctantly, then all at once.

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Pétanque's Olympic Dream: The Long Road to Recognition

For forty years, the boules federations have knocked on the IOC's door — and watched breakdancing walk in instead. What the quest says about sport, legitimacy, and the French and American ways of wanting something.

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