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New venues and a sense of community are fueling pickleball’s rapid rise in San Antonio

In a few short years, SA’s pickleball scene has grown to 200 courts spread across 29 venues, according to one count.

Last year, Mark McDonald learned just how tight-knit San Antonio’s pickleball community could be when his then-fiancé suffered pregnancy complications that ended the pregnancy.  The same day, McDonald, who coaches the sport, was scheduled to participate in a tournament and intended to cancel. Although he originally planned to remain quiet about the reason, emotion got […]

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