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Pickleball Is Coming to Your TV · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Ten years ago, not
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  Speaker 1: many people knew what pickleball was, but the racket sport,
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  Speaker 1: which combines elements of ping pong, tennis, and squash, is
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  Speaker 1: the fastest growing recreational sport in America. It might soon
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  Speaker 1: follow the same track on TV. CBS and ESPN have
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  Speaker 1: just inked a deal with the Association of Pickleball Professionals
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  Speaker 1: or APP to broadcasting sport that includes hundreds of hours
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  Speaker 1: of live covers on ESPN Plus and CBS and its
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  Speaker 1: own network, a p p TV. They're now actually three
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  Speaker 1: different professional pickleball leagues competing for attention the APP, the
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  Speaker 1: Professional Pickaball Association or p p A, and Major League Pickleball,
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  Speaker 1: which has the support of Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and
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  Speaker 1: Tom Brady. But with APP inking the first major TV deal,
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  Speaker 1: it might have just gained a leg up on the
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  Speaker 1: competition that's direct from Hollywood.