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The Day the Game Stopped at Vortex Pickleball March 11, 2025, began like any other Tuesday. Steve Czinsy, manager at Vortex Pickleball in West Bend, Wisconsin, headed to work to start his shift at the facility where so many—friends and regulars alike—came to play the game they loved.  One of those players was Mike McGuire. As a pickleball instructor at Vortex, Mike was no stranger to the intensity the game can demand—in fact, he lived for it. He laced up […]