Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games start on Thursday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games kick off in Columbia on Thursday and will have dozens of events heading into the w...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Show-Me State and Senior Games kick off in Columbia on Thursday and will have dozens of events heading into the weekend. According to the game schedule , there will pickleball games at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Cosmo-Bethel Park in Columbia. The sport of pickleball has been around for a some time. According to usapickleball.org , pickleball was founded in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum in Washington. By 1990, the sport had became national and was being played in all 50 states.