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.
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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.
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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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Mixed reactions from Florida politicians after the U.S. and Israel launch military strikes against Iran, killing their leader.
President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday.
The Miami-Dade mayor, the Aventura, and Miami Beach police departments have issued statements in response to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Over 8600 people attended this year's cancer challenge. About 3800 of them are first-timers. Many of them are either directly impacted by cancer or they know someone who is.
The gathering is a part of a car caravan heading from Tropical Park to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity (also known as La Ermita de la Caridad), organized by the Cuban Anti-Communist Foundation.
Mixed reactions from Florida politicians after the U.S. and Israel launch military strikes against Iran, killing their leader.
President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday.
The Miami-Dade mayor, the Aventura, and Miami Beach police departments have issued statements in response to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday.
Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.
Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham said the operation would be "violent, extensive and I believe, at the end of the day, successful."
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