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Opinion Recaps 

MLP 2023 Season 1 – Draft Grades

December 16, 2022April 8, 2023 admin 70 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, Draft, draft grades, DUPR, Las Vegas, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association, Simone Jardim, Tennis Channel, Tyson McGuffin

Draft Grades for the 2023 MLP Season 1 Draft

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Previews 

PPA Tour Team Championships Preview

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 admin 9 Comments Ben Johns, Bubly Water, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Sam Querrey, Tyson McGuffin

The final pickleball event happens this weekend at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas. We posted our mock draft late

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Opinion Previews 

MLP 2023 Mock Draft – Season 1

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 admin 41 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, DUPR, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association, Simone Jardim, Tennis Channel, Tyson McGuffin

Complete Mock Draft for the first season of MLP 2023

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Random Thoughts 

Jamie Foxx’s Company Files Trademark Application for “PICKLEBALL ENTERTAINMENT LEAGUE”

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 admin 11 Comments Jamie Foxx, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, Pickleball Entertainment League, pro pickleball

Jamie Foxx Files Trademark Application for Pickleball Entertainment League

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Recaps Takeaways 

APP Tour Mesa and PPA Tour National Championship – 7 Taekaways – Simone Jardim Not Done Yet

December 5, 2022December 6, 2022 admin 25 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association, Simone Jardim, Tyson McGuffin

7 Takeaways from a packed PPA and APP Tour weekend

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Fantasy Previews 

PPA Tour National Championship – Fantasy Draft Preview

November 30, 2022December 1, 2022 admin 3 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Fantasy Draft Preview for the PPA National Championship

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Fantasy Previews 

APP Tour Mesa Open – Fantasy Draft Preview

November 30, 2022 admin 0 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, pro pickleball

Fantasy Draft Preview for the APP Mesa Open

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

Leigh Waters Out for All of 2023 With Torn ACL

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 admin 22 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Catherine Parenteau, Leigh Waters, pickleball, pro pickleball

Reacting to the news of Leigh Waters’ major injury

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

REPORT: PPA Players to Earn Double the Prize Money at MLP and PPA Events in 2023

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 admin 49 Comments APP, app tour, DUPR, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association

Breaking news and breaking down the news that PPA players will earn double the prize money to attend both PPA and MLP events

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Recaps Takeaways 

PPA Takeya Showcase – 5 Takeaways – The Wright Stuff

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022 admin 22 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

5 Takeaways from the PPA Takeya Showcase. We lead with Etta Wright and then talk about a sleepy Ben, singles controversies, Andrea Kooooop, and legacy staying power.

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Have Your Say!

  1. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    We are about to both play the amatuer events in Sacramento and have never both done one together so we’re…

  2. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    The lack of difference between events seems like a big contributor to this

  3. Dan Beeman on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I just got done playing 2 hours of really fun pickleball with friends on our local courts. While I am…

  4. Deb Waldin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I stopped watching PB tournaments a year ago because…watching Anna Leigh win every single time got very old. Good for…

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    […] our 2025 Winners and Losers column, we wrote that the new schedule for pro pickleball, with the MLP season…

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