Pickleball to soon be the official state sport of Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Pickleball is one signature away from becoming Washington’s official state sport. The state House approved the measure on a bipartisan vote on Friday. The bill passed the state Senate last month and now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature. If signed into law, pickleball would join a long list of official state symbols, including: Palouse Falls as the state waterfall, the Columbian mammoth as the state fossil and the marmota olympus, also known as the Olympic marmot, as the state endemic mammal.