Just over six years ago, Catherine Parenteau discovered pickleball. She came to the Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships in Naples in 2016 to see what the biggest stage was like. Now she's one of ...

The seventh annual Minto US Open Pickleball Championships return to Naples this week with the largest field and largest purse in the event's history. More than 3,000 competitors of all ages and levels ...

According to the Minto US Open pickleball website, the athletes are competing for a record $100,000 dollar grand prize. For added pressure, there are expected to be 25,000 spectators. Pickleball has ...

Its devotees describe it as a cross between tennis and Ping-Pong, two fun games. The very word, pickleball, conjures an impression of whimsy. In Collier County, it's seen as a perfect fit, a sport ...

EAST NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Most people who see Bob Helder play pickleball at East Naples Community Park have no clue he has Parkinson’s Disease. Other than a slight tremor of the hand or a twitch ...

Collier County commissioners are thinking of terminating their contract with the Naples Pickleball Center at East Naples Community Park.That means they may be looking for new vendors. The county had ...

Those who know the sport, which is becoming more and more people by the day, call Naples the Pickleball Capital of the World. The title might sound hyperbolic, even braggadocious, but the 1,300 ...

The 2016 US Open Pickleball Championships will be held at East Naples Community Park in Naples. This weeklong event, from April 26-May 1, 2016, will showcase the top professional and amateur ...

It had been more than a decade since Michigan State women’s tennis coach Simone Jardim picked up a racket and actually competed on a high level. Her “glory days” as she called them, date back to ...