Tom Brady may or may not have his eye on retirement, but he’s certainly expanding his portfolio of extracurricular interests — this time, putting his cash into pickleball. Last month, the seven-time Super Bowl champion twice hinted that retirement was not too far away, saying he was “close to the end” of his NFL career. Now, the 45-year-old quarterback, along with former world No.1 tennis player Kim Clijsters, has joined an ownership group which has bought an expansion team for the 2023 Major League Pickleball (MLP) season. The basic aim of pickleball, like with other racket sports, is to hit the ball over the net and prevent an opponent from hitting it back. Between 2018 and 2021, however, USA Pickleball membership nearly doubled and the organization estimates that 4.8 million Americans now play the sport.

Source: CNN October 13, 2022 21:17 UTC