Americans continue to get hooked on pickleball and now two of the nation’s largest chains — Walmart and Subway — want in on the action.
State of play: Pickleball, which is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping-pong, was the fastest-growing sport in America for the third year in a row, according to a report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.
Bayern Munich has won 10 straight Bundesliga titles. Now a club with a fraction of Bayern's payroll has perhaps the best shot at ending their run.
State of play: Union Berlin — first promoted to German soccer's top division just four years ago — are only four points behind Bayern with eight matches left. With a win over second-place Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, they'd leapfrog them into second and inch closer to the top of the table.
Augusta National played relatively easy on Thursday, with calm winds and humid conditions leading to low scores.
Leaderboard: Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka sit atop the leaderboard at 7-under. That's tied for the most scores of 65 or lower in a single round in Masters history.
Cities nationwide are grappling with the seemingly limitless demand for pickleball courts — and blowback from neighbors who complain the constant smack-smack-smack is VERY LOUD.
Why it matters:Pickleball is America's fastest growing sport, but adherents are clashing with sleep-loving neighbors — and tennis players and schoolchildren who say their courts and playgrounds are being usurped.
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday unveiled a proposal to change Title IX rules guiding the rights of transgender athletes on school sports teams.
Driving the news: The rule would barpublic schools and colleges that receive federal funding fromoutright banning transgender students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, while allowing some exclusions in specific high school and college sports.
