Some things never change. One of them is the tension between the playing populations for tennis and pickleball. Some blogs and writers are taking sides. One headline declared: "Pickleball is Killing Tennis." Another read "Why Tennis Snobs Hate Pickleball Players." No matter your thoughts, there's one point of agreement: Venues are caught in the middle.

Amid efforts to make women's rugby an NCAA championship sport by developing at least 40 programs at colleges and universities around the country, high school girls' rugby is having a moment. The United States will host World Cups for rugby in 2031 for men and 2033 for women and the sport is already working to build the buzz by hosting youth events.

World Triathlon is welcoming bids for a variety of events to be held in 2025. Here's some incentive: The organization's top-tier events are broadcast in 22 countries (or larger regions) including the biggest global markets. All the documents you need are right here. Application deadline is July 15 – which isn't that far off, when you think about it.

If you want to know what sport is growing, find out what equipment people are buying in stores and online. It will come as a surprise to exactly nobody that this year, pickleball paddles and balls had the highest sales growth, nearly 31 percent, in the SFIA's "2024 Manufacturers' Sales by Category" Report. What else did well? Team sports, of course.

May brings National Tennis Month, according to the United States Tennis Association, with all the fanfare you'd expect. Except there's a twist: Our friends at USTA have set an audacious goal: to have 10% of the U.S. population playing tennis by the year 2035 to make the U.S. the number one tennis-playing nation in the world. Possible or pie in the sky?

Here's something you don't see every day: Pro athletes working to guide students toward careers in the trades by showing them what needs to be done to keep a sports facility humming. Philadelphia Phillies and NEST have launched a dynamic initiative aimed at helping Philadelphia-area high school youth find their place in the skilled trades. Here's more.