If you’re looking for a racket sport this spring, you might find some of the old standbys are a bit passe. Tennis? Too hard. Racquetball? No one wants an indoor sport during a pandemic. Well, how about pickleball? The main problem with this laidback version of tennis, ping pong and badminton may be that it’s just too popular. Courts across the region seem perpetually filled with players.
The very fact that the courts exist is largely the work of one man, as
St. Louis Magazine revealed in a recent story detailing the sport’s explosive growth here. Mike Chapin fell in love with pickleball in 2014, writes Nicholas Phillips. Thanks to Chapin’s advocacy, in 2016 Tilles Park became host to the area’s first permanent multi-court pickleball facility. At Chapin’s urging, four parks across the city have followed, with more on the way (and even more coming to St. Louis County). Later this month, Forest Park is set to host the USA Pickleball Association’s regional tournament.
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It wasn t just about saving the planet, says Bob McMullen. It also made economic sense in the long run.
Bob McMullen
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Knox Co. deputy arrested and fired after woman says he stalked and harassed her for months after breakup
The victim told deputies she had ended a more than year-long relationship with the deputy in March, saying he began stalking and harassing her for months. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 6:12 PM EST December 14, 2020
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The Knox County Sheriff s Office said it has arrested one of its deputies after a woman said he stalked and harassed her for months after she broke up with him.
KCSO said it fired deputy Nicholas Phillips, 50, after the victim arrived at the Family Justice Center on Wednesday around 1:00 p.m. to report Phillips had continued to harass her after she reported past incidents to internal affairs.