Catherine Baxter had never heard of pickleball, that is until her now-fiance’s parents made a makeshift court in their New York City apartment during quarantine in 2020.
The Cincinnati native could tell the sport — a popular combination of tennis, badminton and Ping-Pong — had a certain appeal, even from a distance, no pun intended. “I could see it had this hold on people,” she said. “And I filed the thought away.”
Then she started playing herself. “I saw instantly why people…
