‘The Dink’ Writer Sean Clements on His Funny, Heartfelt Tribute to the Pickleball Community: ‘I Got Adopted by This Whole Crew of Older Women’

Comedy writer Sean Clements is creating 'The Dink,' a project born from a local pickleball turf war. The piece, Variety reports, is a funny, heartfelt tribute to the pickleball community that's earned Clements an unexpected home—he's been adopted, he says, by a whole crew of older women players. Pickleball itself has exploded over the last decade as a lower-impact, easier-to-learn alternative to tennis.

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