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APP Tour and Major League Pickleball (MLP) Combine Forces in Shifting Landscape of Pro Pickleball

January 8, 2022March 22, 2022 admin 9 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin, US OPEN

The line in the sand has officially been drawn. The APP announced Saturday morning that they had entered into a

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Opinion 

Does New PPA Ownership Mean New Player Contracts?

January 2, 2022March 22, 2022 admin 6 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Thomas Dundon, Tom Dundon

Authored by Slim We just posted an article we already had in final draft form that we initially planned to

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Opinion 

Appearance Fees, Exclusivity and the Potential Impact on Pro Pickleball

January 2, 2022March 22, 2022 admin 10 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

This post was written prior to information we had received about Tom Dundon and the purchase of the PPA. We

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Opinion 

Tom Dundon Purchases Pro Pickleball Association (PPA) – Goes All-In on Pickleball

January 1, 2022March 22, 2022 admin 10 Comments AAF, pickleball, pickleball tournaments, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tom Dundon

Further Update: with more contract details emerging for players, we put out a new article this morning you can find

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

PPA Says Good Bye to Spin Serves – Random Thoughts

December 29, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 9 Comments APP, app tour, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, USA Pickleball, usap, usapa

On the heels of our big questions post yesterday and answering whether the Morgan Evans serve would have any impact

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Opinion Previews 

5 Big Questions Heading into the 2022 Pickleball Season

December 28, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 2 Comments APP, app tour, austin gridley, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, vivienne david

Before we get into the subject of this article, we wanted to further clear up some confusion. In case you

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Opinion Previews 

Breaking Down New Partnerships in Pickleball for 2022

December 22, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 19 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, USA Pickleball

New partnerships are always intriguing. The Hollywood gossip industry is, in large part, driven by relationships – J-Lo and Ben

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

Irina’s Retirement (no, not that kind of Retirement)

December 17, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 27 Comments Nationals, pickleball, pro pickleball, retirement

Authored by Gritty So I wasn’t going to write about this but here we are. I had intended to include

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Random Thoughts 

Simone Jardim’s Retirement – Random Thoughts

December 14, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 17 Comments ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, retirement, Simone Jardim

Authored by Gritty The big news coming from yesterday was from Simone Jardim’s live stream on Facebook. Simone announced at

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Recaps 

USA Pickleball Nationals – 5 Takeaways – Zane-Y Nationals

December 13, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 12 Comments APP, app tour, major league pickleball, margaritaville, mlp, Nationals, pickleball, pro pickleball, USA Pickleball, usapa

2021 Nationals is done and that signals the end of tournaments for the calendar year. The APP’s year end tournament

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