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APP Tour New York City Open – Live Random Thoughts

May 26, 2022May 29, 2022 admin 29 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, pro pickleball

Live Random Thoughts from New York

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

Reaction to Sports Illustrated’s Pickleball Piece – Fact Checking and Nuggets

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 admin 10 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, dreamland, DUPR, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, USA Pickleball, usapa

Reaction to Sports Illustrated’s longform article on the current landscape of pickleball.

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Live Blog Random Thoughts 

PPA Tour Atlanta Open – Live Random Thoughts

May 18, 2022May 22, 2022 admin 26 Comments app tour, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Commentary and analysis for the PPA’s first Grand Slam event of the year in Atlanta

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Live Blog Random Thoughts 

APP Tour Cincinnati Open – Live Random Thoughts

May 13, 2022May 15, 2022 admin 6 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, pro pickleball

Analysis, thoughts and musings throughout the weekend for the APP’s Cincinnati Open.

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PPA Tour North Carolina and APP Tour St. Louis – Live Random Thoughts

May 5, 2022May 8, 2022 admin 16 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Two for one live blog with thoughts all weekend for both the PPA and APP Tour events happening.

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Live Blog Random Thoughts 

Minto US Open – Live Random Thoughts – Doubles and Mixed Doubles

April 29, 2022May 1, 2022 admin 16 Comments margaritaville, pickleball, pro pickleball, US OPEN, USA Pickleball, usapa

Live blog for the doubles action at the US Open

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Live Blog Random Thoughts 

Minto US Open – Live Random Thoughts – Singles

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 admin 9 Comments Ben Johns, margaritaville, pickleball, pro pickleball, Tyson McGuffin, US OPEN

Live Random Thoughts for the singles day.

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APP Tour South Carolina Open – Live Random Thoughts

April 15, 2022April 17, 2022 admin 6 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, pro pickleball

Live thoughts throughout the weekend from South Carolina!

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PPA Tour Red Rock Open – Live Random Thoughts

April 7, 2022April 10, 2022 admin 32 Comments Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

New partners. New matchups. Smaller field. There should be plenty to talk about when the dust settles in Utah this weekend. Keep up with the action here!​

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PPA Tour Austin Open – Live Random Thoughts

March 23, 2022March 27, 2022 admin 31 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Keep up with the PPA Austin as we provide thoughts throughout the weekend on the action

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    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

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

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