Video: Newport Pickleball: Make A Racquet With A Unique Sport

(September 4, 2014 Newport, RI, www.foxct.com)

Pickleball, anyone?  This unique sport – part ping-pong, part badminton – is growing in popularity, especially in the Ocean State. “It’s taken off,” says Linda Letendre, who has been teaching players the art of pickleball during weekly clinics in the City by the Sea. With the help of a grant, Newport Recreation is revitalizing old tennis courts in Hunter Park, poised to create the first space in Rhode Island dedicated solely to this activity with the peculiar name. View Video…