South Florida community fights against development replacing basketball court with pickleball
Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they're being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.
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Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they're being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development.
Miami-Dade County, in partnership with the City of Miami Gardens officially broke ground on six new pickleball courts Wednesday.
The courts, just off 32nd Ave., are part of a push by city leaders to expand recreational options and give residents access to one of the fastest-growing sports in the country.
With the help of USA Pickleball, Cagnetta is introducing the sport to kids who otherwise might not get the chance to play.
Some who play basketball there feel the minority demographic is being forced out.
There are about 1,230 locations across the Sunshine State, making it a hub for enthusiasts, but health experts are raising a red flag, noting a staggering 90-fold increase in pickleball-related injuries.
Pickleball is a sport surging in popularity. In fact, Florida leads the nation with more pickleball courts than any other state.
Lawmakers unanimously passed the bill during this spring's legislative session.
Sen. Gayle Harrell filed a bill that would keep golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts out of state parks.
Florida's Department of Environmental Protection wants to expand public access to state parks.
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This weekend, Miami was home to — what's billed as — the largest pickleball festival in the world.
Ted Scouten reports pickleball took center stage in South Florida this weekend with the inaugural "Pickle Games Miami" held at the Miami Marine Stadium.
With Biscayne Bay as a backdrop, workers are busy setting up stages, a vendors' village and 50 pickleball courts.
Snyder Park in Fort Lauderdale will be home to South Florida's only pickleball stadium soon.
Sports physician Dr. Michael Dakkak, from the Cleveland Clinic, talks about how to avoid injuries while playing pickleball.
For the first time, the Goodyear Blimp is providing aerial coverage of a major professional pickleball tournament.
Baby Brennan's Uncle hosted an event at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale with the hopes to find a match.
Chanting "Save our parks!" some Aventura residents gathered in front of their City Hall seeking to stop a project that already started construction, pickleball courts in Founders Park South.
CBS News Miami's Harry Cicma caught up with some tennis legends as they played pickleball before the U.S. Open.
It may seem like a strange strategy, but the match offers benefits to both mall owners and pickleball players.
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"I say if pickleball is that popular let them build their own courts :)" tennis great Martina Navratilova tweeted last year.
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The measure, which the governor is expected to sign, is set to go into effect in January 2027, after the midterm elections.
The measure, in part, restricts government contracts with entities in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria --- nations listed by Florida as foreign countries of concern --- and prohibits public officials and employees from accepting gifts from those countries.
Surveillance video shows the driver did not slow down or stop after hitting Antonio Sanchez, 62, who later died at the hospital, according to authorities.
The Kennedy Center is set to close for two years on July 4.
A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office.
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The Kennedy Center is set to close for two years on July 4.
A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office.
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A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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