Tom Payne of Pearland plays pickleball
Funny name, addictive sport. That’s pickleball, and it’s a hit at the Vic Coppinger Family YMCA, attracting daily games with players from all age ranges.

Robert Seale: For the Chronicle
Pearland BMX Bicycle Racing will stage a grand opening under new management on Saturday, March 6 at its track at 2932 Manvel Road.

Pearland resident Ken Block was one of the runners who carried the Olympic flame enroute to lighting this massive cauldron at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.: Kevorck Djansezian: Getty ImagesPearland resident Ken Block was one of more than 12,000 people who took turns passing the Olympic torch across Canada before the winter games began in Vancouver.

The girls of South Side Roller Derby are back this month for the second battle in the last flat track series.