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Charles Curtis

8 big-name athletes from LeBron James to Tom Brady who have invested in pickleball teams

Pickleball is off-the-charts scorching hot as a sport right now, with facilities sprouting up everywhere and lots of people young and old taking up the paddle sport (and some of us are, uh, hitting themselves in the head with paddles).

We’ve gotten to the point where some big-name athletes are starting to invest in it, specifically with Major League Pickleball and their teams. It feels like a big deal, if some superstars are using their money to invest in a sport that’s exploded in the last few years.

So let’s run through the big names who have gotten involved in pickleball:

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