Excuse Willem Dafoe, the Academy Award-nominated actor, if he hadn't heard of pickleball prior to his latest project. "I guess I live under a rock," the actor, 69, deadpanned to USA TODAY on the set ...

If you were one of the estimated 40 million people who picked up a pickleball paddle in the U.S. in 2024 and wanted to catch a little inspiration by watching its top athletes dink their way to ...