Breakdancing, Skateboarding, and …Pickleball? What's Next for the Olympics

With the addition of four new sports in Tokyo the question on everyone’s lips is unsurprising, “is pickleball next”? The answer is: almost certainly not. Let me be clear, I want to see pickleball in the Olympics. I’m an American pickleball player after all, and I’m certain Ben Johns would totallyyy sweep for Team USA. But when I take my personal affinities out of the equation, I’m left with a much different question: “Can pickleball really compete with the new wave of Olympic sports?”  Let’s take a quick look at Tokyo 2021 and what’s in store for Paris 2024. The...