Brodmann Blades are a new type of table tennis paddle, that you wear on your hand like a glove. The equipment used for table tennis is so basic, you would think there was no way of streamlining it ...

Like Sig Alerts and obsession over See's Candy, paddle tennis is one of those L.A. peculiarities only real Angelenos understand completely. Tiny courts, wooden paddles dotted with holes ...

Though pickleball, a hybrid paddle sport, is increasingly sharing space with tennis at many courts and ... but not so rigorous that I couldn’t wear my straw, wide-brimmed hat while playing.