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6 Things You Need to Know About Season 2 of MLP

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 admin 12 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

6 things you need to know about MLP season 2.

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 6 – Is the Tour War Finally Over? Ft. Lea Jansen

September 14, 2023 admin 11 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Ep. 6 of the NML Podcast features Lea Jansen as she discusses her journey in the Tour Wars.

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NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 5 – Zane Navratil Unfiltered

September 8, 2023 admin 12 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Ep. 5 of the NML Podcast features Zane Navratil and his unfiltered takes on pro pickleball’s Tour Wars.

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Live Blog Opinion Random Thoughts 

PPA Tour Cincinnati Open and APP Tour New Jersey Open – Live Random Thoughts

September 7, 2023September 10, 2023 waggish 17 Comments APP, app tour, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Live blog for the PPA Cincinnati Open.

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MLP vs. PPA Tour Wars Mailbag

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 admin 23 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

NML answers the questions you had for us about the Tour Wars in our first ever mailbag.

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The Tour Wars Are Back as MLP and the PPA Fight for Supremacy – NML Notebook Dump

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 admin 14 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Notebook dump with all the information we have on the ongoing Tour Wars saga.

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Live Blog Opinion Random Thoughts 

PPA Kansas City Open and APP Philadelphia Open – Live Random Thoughts

August 24, 2023August 27, 2023 waggish 13 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Live blog for PPA KC Open with some APP Philly Open sprinkled in.

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Pickleball Effect Podcast Appearance

August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 admin 0 Comments pickleball, pro pickleball

Gritty and producer Allissa are off on holidays for the next two weeks, so Slim joined the Pickleball Effect guys

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Live Blog Opinion Random Thoughts 

PPA Tour Tournament of Champions (TOC) – Live Random Thoughts

August 16, 2023August 23, 2023 waggish 47 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Live blog for TOC.

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NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 4 – APP Wacky Weekend and TOC Fantasy Draft Preview

August 14, 2023August 16, 2023 admin 0 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, podcast, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Episode 4 of the NML Pickleball Podcast – APP Wacky Weekend and TOC Fantasy Draft Preview.

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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…

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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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