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Charlie Kirk’s ‘mentor’ and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball
(www.independent.co.uk)
C'mon grim reaper! Keep going!
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Fucking headlines are getting stranger by the day.
What the hell is pickleball?
Tennis with ping pong paddles and a whiffle ball.
Tennis for out of shape people
Counting or not counting sports-related injuries?
"~~Robert Mueller~~ Some racist pervert dude just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!"
Wait. Am I doing this right?
Actually no
Finally pickleball is good for something.
Charlie Kirk had it all—charisma, faith, respect for everyone...
LOOOOOL
Anyway, rest in piss, pervert
Let us use this opportunity to eliminate cheerleading altogether in his honor
Lol. Lmao, even
Imagining he slammed is head on some very hard or sharp object near the court? It’s pretty difficult to do that much damage on a typical flat court surface falling.
It might not have taken much. I hear the Kirk boys are prone to head injuries
Totally read that headline wrong. I was thrown off by thinking that photo was Brian Kilmeade
The hell is pickleball
Apparently something like tennis, but on a badminton court.
invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game
It's worse-minton.
no, nothing is worse than badminton. besides maybe that speedwalking shit
Clearly you have not pickled the balls
But yes, speedwalking is worse than that
wait, just remembered that cup stacking bullshit that got forced on everyone for awhile that shit was even dumber
Bravo!
Kiddy tennis for unfit old people
Ehh it's not the most fun game but it's good for anyone of any fitness level looking for exercise. We used to play it during winter in college and I was fit as fuck back then.
It's great for older people because there's way less joint stress and injury is, despite this article, pretty rare
A lower net. Plays a more like tiny tennis.
Been getting more and more popular over the decade, and it’s pretty huge in the states these days. If you’re in a major US metro, you know someone who plays it.
Old people tennis. I feel like the trend was going younger last year, but now I feel it's only for middle age people and older.
I love pickleball.
What is it?
All I know is doe not involve pickles.
Further down it was explained, like badmitton or tennis but lazier I guess.
It's not a particularly dangerous sport either, don't know how this asshole killed himself doing it, must have been an act of god.
I was just making a shitty joke. Sorry.
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