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PPA Tour Bristol 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Legacy Weekend

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Despite our belief that MLP provides the higher ceiling for the long-term growth of pro pickleball, it does feel like

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PPA Tour Bristol Open 2025 – EOD Musings

August 6, 2025August 9, 2025 admin 7 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Our first PPA Tour event in a while. It is always fun to see where players are stacking up after

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Takeaways 

MLP Salt Lake City 2025 – 6 Takeaways – The Noe Conundrum

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 admin 2 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

We did it. We made it through a mostly continuous regular season of team-based pro pickleball. Imagine saying that five

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Opinion 

Is Too Much Yelling Bad for Pickleball?

July 29, 2025 admin 16 Comments APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’re not going into a full takeaways post because it was a busy weekend for us and we haven’t been

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Takeaways 

MLP St. Louis 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Columbus and Brooklyn in the Mix

July 23, 2025July 24, 2025 admin 6 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

It wasn’t the best event in pro pickleball as it was promised to be by St. Louis Shock owner, Ross

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News Opinion 

Lopsided Ben Johns Trade Leads to Big Questions Surrounding Competitive Integrity of MLP

July 21, 2025July 24, 2025 admin 17 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It’s being billed as the biggest trade in pickleball history, but it should represent something far different in the early

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Random Thoughts 

MLP St. Louis 2025 – EOD Musings

July 17, 2025July 20, 2025 admin 1 Comment major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

St. Louis is hosting their first ever MLP event and it is one that the Chaifetz family has said would

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News Opinion 

New Jersey Trades for Noe Khlif as 5’s Remain in Championship or Bust Mode

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 admin 5 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

Challenger is still alive for 2026, and in classic MLP fashion, that means the trade deadline was pushed back until

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Takeaways 

MLP Beer City Open (Midseason Tournament) 2025 – 6 Takeaways – Is Dallas Unbeatable?

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 admin 2 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It has been a lot of MLP over the past couple of months, but that didn’t seem to put a

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Opinion 

Quang Duong is Done with UPA Following Another Brazen Breach of Contract

July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 admin 9 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

In one of the most bizarre sequence of events for pro pickleball, news broke on Saturday morning that Quang Duong

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  1. admin on PPA Tour Indoor National Championships – 5 Takeaways – “Medical” Timeout ChicaneryJanuary 31, 2026

    Not at all. We think if you have medical timeouts then this stuff will happen and Fed shouldn’t have gotten…

  2. Vomitorium on PPA Tour Indoor National Championships – 5 Takeaways – “Medical” Timeout ChicaneryJanuary 30, 2026

    So you think that Gabe and Andrei should have defaulted, or Gabe should have thrown up on the court? I…

  3. admin on PPA Tour Indoor National Championships – 5 Takeaways – “Medical” Timeout ChicaneryJanuary 28, 2026

    We’re not aware of any ICE stuff The medical timeouts are now only 5 minutes instead of 15. We are…

  4. admin on APP Tour Star Sofia Sewing (appears) to Sign With UPAJanuary 28, 2026

    The overall women’s depth really thins out in general so any additional top level talent is welcome for UPA and…

  5. Old and in the way on PPA Tour Indoor National Championships – 5 Takeaways – “Medical” Timeout ChicaneryJanuary 28, 2026

    Was there any indication of the immigration/ICE issues going on at the same time as the tournament? For example, did…

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