‘They were so great’: Pittsburgh grandma recounts playing pickleball with Steelers

Woman unknowingly plays pickleball with 3 Pittsburgh Steelers

A woman found her "15 minutes of fame" when she played pickleball with the Pittsburgh Steelers' T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Alex Highsmith.

Woman unknowingly plays pickleball with 3 Pittsburgh Steelers

A woman found her "15 minutes of fame" when she played pickleball with the Pittsburgh Steelers' T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Alex Highsmith.

Pittsburgh woman unknowingly plays pickleball with Steelers football players

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Picture this: You head outside for a usual game of pickleball, start playing against three abnormally large and athletic-looking men and only realize halfway through the game that you were facing three NFL players. That's exactly what happened to Pittsburgh attorney Meg Burkardt over the weekend, reported fellow ABC affiliate WTAE in Pittsburgh. Those players turned out to be Pittsburg Steelers TJ Watt, Alex Highsmith and Min…

‘They were so great’: Pittsburgh grandma recounts playing pickleball with Steelers

All Lawrenceville's Meg Burkardt wanted to do Saturday evening was play a pick-up game of pickleball at North Park. Little did she know who her teammates were going to end up being, and the story that would follow.