Hannah Johns says she’s “fully retired” from sideline reporting — with a tiny “funsies” loophole
The former championship-Sunday mic is done living out of a suitcase, she told Pickleballers, though she left herself room for a nostalgia cameo or two.
Hannah Johns told Pickleballers she has stepped back from sideline reporting and is now “fully fully retired” from being on air.
She did leave the door cracked — insider wink fully noted — saying she may go out “once or twice this year” for the historical feel of it. But the bigger message was pretty clear: the tour grind is not calling her name anymore.
Johns said she does not want to be traveling or living out of a suitcase, adding that she is “so much happier at home” with her home life.
She also put a number on just how deep the grind got: over roughly a three-year stretch, she said she missed only one tournament, and that was because she had tonsillitis.
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