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APP Tour Casa Grande Open – Live Random Thoughts

December 3, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 4 Comments app tour, pickleball, pro pickleball

We’ll be doing our best to keep you updated on the action this weekend. The APP seems to have settled

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PPA Masters – Live Random Thoughts

November 11, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 6 Comments pickleball, ppa, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It is interesting to see that no one seems to know what’s going on with the Celebrity Pro-Am. Patrick Sullivan

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The Straw that Broke the Chainsaw’s Back – Random Thoughts

November 1, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 3 Comments chainsaw, pickleball, pro pickleball

Authored by Gritty Austin Gridley and Mario Barrientos played in the Eastern Idaho Pickleball Classic over the weekend and won

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APP Tour Hilton Head Open – Live Random Thoughts

October 14, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 0 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball

No full live blog this weekend as we are sticking with the random thoughts. We’ll do our best to give

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PPA Texas Open Shootout – Live Random Thoughts

September 29, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 7 Comments Fox Sports, pickleball, ppa, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We will have our mock draft up a little bit later on Thursday but you know we’ll have some thoughts

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PPA Las Vegas Open – Live Random Thoughts

September 23, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Las Vegas, pickleball, ppa, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Small tournament so we’re not going with the full live blog. We’ve been thinking more about this tournament and beyond

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APP Tour Atlanta Metro Open – Random Thoughts

September 17, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment APP, app tour, pickleball, USA Pickleball, usapa

It’s a busy weekend for the two of us so getting a live blog is close to impossible. We’re going

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Random Thoughts – $65K Newport Beach Championship Musings

July 5, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 6 Comments pickleball, Tyson McGuffin, usapa

Singles Hierarchy (Gritty) – We have spent quite a bit of space in our brief NML history writing about Tyson

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Random Thoughts – Strategic Musings ft. Rob Nunnery

June 15, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 3 Comments APP, app tour, indianapolis, pickleball, rob nunnery

Authored by Gritty I’m not sure if this really qualifies as a random thought but here we go. Rob Nunnery

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Random Thoughts – More Freestyle Boys

May 27, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, freestyle boys, pickleball, rob nunnery

NML Pickleball has been a bit of a hot topic on the last two Freestyle Boys podcasts with Ben Johns

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