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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet

May 19, 2025 admin 0 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The PPA is making a very concerted effort to differentiate some of these slams from their regular tournaments. Progressive draws,

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Takeaways 

MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock?

May 6, 2025May 7, 2025 admin 0 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It has been a fascinating start to the MLP season as the first two weekends were overshadowed by incidents involving

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News Opinion 

What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLP

May 4, 2025May 4, 2025 admin 19 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Drama is good for the sport of the pickleball. Storylines that go beyond the on-court action is what keeps a

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Random Thoughts 

MLP Columbus 2025 – Live-ish Random Thoughts

May 1, 2025May 4, 2025 admin 14 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp

It’s a weird feeling having an MLP event on back-to-back weeks. We did have this last year when the first

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Takeaways 

MLP Orlando 2025 – 3 Takeaways – Predictably Predictable

April 30, 2025May 1, 2025 admin 0 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The season opening MLP event in Orlando felt like it had more going on than any MLP event we have

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Opinion Previews 

The 9 Biggest Questions Heading into MLP’s First Event of 2025

April 23, 2025 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

We are unabashedly proponents of the team format being the best format to watch in pro pickleball. That has not

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour North Carolina Open – 6 Takeaways – First Half Review

April 10, 2025 admin 3 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

It’s only April but the new division of the schedule between PPAs and MLPs means that the first half of

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Opinion Takeaways 

PPA Tour Texas Open – 2 Takeaways (plus a Bonus MLP Trade Takeaway!) – Wind in the Heart of Texas

March 18, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association

We are already getting to that point in the pickleball season where events are bleeding into each other. We had

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Premier Draft Grades

March 3, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Another year. Another draft. It was more of a reset considering the tenuous keeper situation that was created by MLP, which

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Mesa Cup – 5 Takeaways – Is Ben Johns Washed?

February 24, 2025February 26, 2025 admin 5 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Recency bias be damned, this had to be one of the best PPA events in the history of the tour.

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  • PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet
  • MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock?
  • What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLP
  • MLP Columbus 2025 – Live-ish Random Thoughts
  • MLP Orlando 2025 – 3 Takeaways – Predictably Predictable

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  1. MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock? – NML Pickleball on What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLPMay 6, 2025

    […] big B word situation seems like eons ago and so insignificant compared to what ol’ Benny Boy did in Columbus. Despite the overshadowing…

  2. MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock? – NML Pickleball on What to Make of the Hayden Patriquin-Anna Leigh Waters Drama?May 6, 2025

    […] first two weekends were overshadowed by incidents involving the sports two biggest stars. The Anna Leigh Waters-Hayden Patriquin big B…

  3. admin on What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLPMay 6, 2025

    This is a very good point of reference and one we wish we would have thought to include in the…

  4. Benjamin P. on What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLPMay 6, 2025

    Wasn't Andrei fined $50k and suspended for 60 days for accidentally submitting a paddle with pine tar residue on it…

  5. Big E in Bama on What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLPMay 5, 2025

    Ben should have had more input into who to draft than just his brother. Dundon may not care a lot…

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