By John Walters As pickleball mania has surged, evangelists and opportunists have appeared out of thin air. Collisions were inevitable. This story was originally published on May 24, 2022. It was included in a year-end list of SI’s best stories of 2022. In February 2021 an unholy tremor shook the seemingly carefree sport of pickleball: news that a second hall of fame was in the planning stages. The announcement, from USA Pickleball (heretofore USAP), incited a bevy of questions, such as: Wait, there’s a pickleball hall of fame? (Believe it or not.) Is anyone famous solely for playing picklebal…