Forget pickleball: Tech CEO launches national pingpong league in Naples

A draft for players is expected later this year.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 2:00 p.m. March 30, 2023
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Flint Lane has big expectations for Naples-based Major League Table Tennis.
Flint Lane has big expectations for Naples-based Major League Table Tennis.
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Pickleball has been netting scores of headlines of late, with millions of dollars of investment and courts and clubs popping up from Tampa through Naples. The list of new entities includes a Naples-based national pickleball league for players ages 50 and up, co-founded by the onetime president of NBC News’ Strategic Initiatives Group.

 

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