<p>Pickleball is on the rise and it is BOOMING. The sport is growing faster than any other sport and it has led to a surge in celebrity investors and upstart leagues. Thomas Shields, founder of The Dink and Upstart Sports, joins Front Office Sports' Owen Poindexter and Doug Greenberg to get inside this massive trend.</p>

Pickleball is on the rise and it is BOOMING. The sport is growing faster than any other sport and it has led to a surge in celebrity investors and upstart leagues. Thomas Shields, founder of The Dink and Upstart Sports, joins Front Office Sports' Owen Poindexter and Doug Greenberg to get inside this massive trend.

The Rise of Pickleball | Ep. 6

Front Office Sports covers the influence of sports on business and culture each day. Media rights deals are reaching unprecedented dollar figures, stadium projects are altering entire cityscapes, and new technologies are constantly evolving consumer trends – there’s a lot to unpack. ﻿
In The Newsroom, FOS writers provide an in-depth breakdown of key stories they are tracking with behind-the-scenes context gleaned from FOS's original reporting.
Through these conversations, FOS dissects the forces shaping sports as we know it – and their ripple effects across the rest of society.

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Front Office Sports covers the influence of sports on business and culture each day. Media rights deals are reaching unprecedented dollar figures, stadium projects are altering entire cityscapes, and new technologies are constantly evolving consumer trends – there’s a lot to unpack. ﻿ In The Newsroom, FOS writers provide an in-depth breakdown of key stories they are tracking with behind-the-scenes context gleaned from FOS's original reporting. Through these conversations, FOS dissects the forces shaping sports as we know it – and their ripple effects across the rest of society.

Front Office Sports covers the influence of sports on business and culture each day. Media rights deals are reaching unprecedented dollar figures, stadium projects are altering entire cityscapes, and new technologies are constantly evolving consumer trends – there’s a lot to unpack.&nbsp;﻿
In The Newsroom, FOS writers provide an in-depth breakdown of key stories they are tracking with behind-the-scenes context gleaned from FOS's original reporting.
Through these conversations, FOS dissects the forces shaping sports as we know it – and their ripple effects across the rest of society.

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