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NML Pickleball Rankings 2.0 – Singles

November 18, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 5 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, Pickleball Rankings, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, US OPEN

It’s been a hot minute since we have done any rankings but the people have been asking for them! After

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Recaps 

Major League Pickleball (MLP) Takeaways

November 9, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 20 Comments Ben Johns, dreamland, kyle yates, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

What an incredible 4 days of pickleball. Team BLQK ultimately take the first season of MLP by the smallest of

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Previews 

Major League Pickleball (MLP) Big Questions

November 3, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, draft grades, dreamland, major league pickleball, mlp, mock draft, pickleball, pro pickleball

This weekend marks the inaugural season (really, tournament) for Major League Pickleball (MLP). The event is taking place over 4

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Recaps 

PPA Championships – 5 Takeaways – Chemistry Matters

October 25, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 12 Comments Ben Johns, Las Vegas, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

This weekend had the feel of a little something extra on the line. Guess that’s why it is the PPA

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Recaps 

PPA Texas Open Shootout – 5 Takeaways – Withdrawals

October 4, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 0 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, Pro Pickleball Assocation

There was a lot happeninf this past weekend with the MLP draft and 4 days of extreme pickleball. Well, maybe

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Previews 

PPA Margaritaville Underground Invitational – Preview

July 15, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 2 Comments Ben Johns, margaritaville, pickleball, ppa, Pro Pickleball Assocation, underground

Authored by Gritty: There is a fun little invitational tournament coming up this weekend on Saturday, July 17th. It’s the

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Fantasy Previews 

PPA Orange County Cup – Fantasy Draft Preview

June 23, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball association

After 3 straight APP events, it’s time for consecutive week #4 with a tourney but PPA style. The PPA’s are

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Random Thoughts 

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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Live Blog 

Minto US Open Live Blog – Men’s and Women’s Split Age – April 19, 2021

April 18, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, pickleball, Tyson McGuffin, US OPEN

The split age is a brand new event at the US Open and we’re both here for it. It adds

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Fantasy 

Fantasy Pickleball – Minto US Open Edition

April 16, 2021March 22, 2022 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, pickleball, Simone Jardim, Tyson McGuffin, US OPEN

We started doing some fantasy pickleball just between the two of us this year for a small sum of cash

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