News about Michael Chang

Pickleball Slam has made a splash with its first shot. According to Nielsen results, the inaugural event starring tennis legends John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi, and Michael Chang was more popular than 13 MLB matchups, seven NBA games, and five NFL clashes for the week starting March 27. During the highly fought doubles match between the stellar quartet on ESPN, an average of 669,000 viewers tuned in for the 2.5 hour competition with television viewing audience of 796,000 fans on the weekend.

MIKE DICKSON - MATCH POINT COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN COLUMN: Strange events are unfolding across the Atlantic, where challenge racket sports are becoming more popular in parking their tanks on tennis's lawns. The men's singles final at the Miami Open on Sunday featured an unexpected combination - John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, and Andy Roddick were able to play a pickleball exhibition match at the same time. Not only did these run concurrently, but the competition took place just ten miles up the road in a resort with the same sponsor as the Open venue, Hard Rock. The promoters were obviously unbothered about the confrontation, and the entire affair was televised on ESPN.