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NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Big Board – Men

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 admin 1 Comment major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

NML’s Men’s MLP Big Board for 2026.

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NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Big Board – Women

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 admin 2 Comments Draft, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Big Board for the Women.

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MLP 2026 Pre-Draft: The 20-Team Mega Breakdown (Part 2)

February 18, 2026 admin 3 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

Part 2 of our MLP 20-Team Mega Preview.

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MLP 2026 Pre-Draft: The 20-Team Mega Breakdown (Part 1)

February 17, 2026 admin 3 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Part 1 of our MLP 20-team Mega Breakdown

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PPA Tour Indoor Championships – Fantasy Sit/Start Preview

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 admin 0 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’re apparently still going to Minnesota in the dead of winter for the PPA International Indoor Championships, which means we

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3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) Open

September 24, 2025 admin 6 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The PPA Sacramento Open, featuring the return of wooden paddles to pickleball, is one of the more interesting wrinkles we’ve

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MLP New York City 2025 – Final Weekend Preview

August 21, 2025August 22, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

The final weekend of the MLP season has arrived. The playoffs happen quickly, and it is kind of sad that

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5 Burning Questions About the 2025 MLP Playoffs

August 14, 2025 admin 3 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pro pickleball

The MLP Playoffs are here and it has arrived very fast with the revamped condensed summer season. If you are

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MLP New York 2025 – Preview

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 admin 0 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

It’s Independence Day weekend so what better time is there to have an MLP event? The event is in New

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MLP 2025 Power Rankings 2.0

May 22, 2025 admin 0 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

We are about to begin a stretch of 3 straight weeks of MLP tournaments. MLP Austin will be happening on

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  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…

  5. Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current Structure – NML Pickleball on Winners and Losers of 2025 in Pro PickleballApril 13, 2026

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

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