Sep 08 2022
Plane Crash
Five people were killed in a plane crash during takeoff at Kennedy International Airport Thursday night. Professor John Dumont and George Johnson from Backwater University escaped injury.
Forty-five passengers were on board the aircraft when the two professors were on their way home from separate conferences in New York that Thursday evening.
Sep 07 2022
Why Is Pickleball So Popular?
This article on the New York Times talks about the new sport of pickleball. It is a game that combines tennis, badminton, and ping pong. It has grown 40% between 2019 and 2021. It is a lot slower-paced than tennis and the other sports, so that is why almost anyone can play pickleball, and possibly the reason as to why it is growing so quickly. Less than a quarter of US adults get enough physical activity, and social interaction is a big contributor to the motivation, which pickleball provides.
This article is news because it is informing the public about this new sport called pickleball. People reading this article might be looking for some way to exercise and they can do that while playing pickleball. It also allows people to workout with their friends while having fun at the same time. Many sports are hard to play as people age so they can’t get the physical activity that they require, but after reading this article about pickleball, older people might give this a shot.
