PPA Tour Orange County Cup 2025 – 7 Takeaways – The Level of Pro Pickle Has Never Been Higher
It has been a refreshing change of pace to have had a break from PPAs. It meant that the PPA
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MLP 2025 Waiver Wire Period #2 Breakdown and Reactions
The second and final Premier level waiver period started on Monday, and we saw a slew of moves despite only
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MLP Daytona 2025 – 7 Takeaways – “Sample Size”
We have had a couple of very busy life weeks and didn’t come out with any takeaways after MLP Phoenix.
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MLP 2025 Power Rankings 2.0
We are about to begin a stretch of 3 straight weeks of MLP tournaments. MLP Austin will be happening on
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PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet
The PPA is making a very concerted effort to differentiate some of these slams from their regular tournaments. Progressive draws,
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MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock?
It has been a fascinating start to the MLP season as the first two weekends were overshadowed by incidents involving
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What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLP
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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MLP Columbus 2025 – Live-ish Random Thoughts
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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MLP Orlando 2025 – 3 Takeaways – Predictably Predictable
The season opening MLP event in Orlando felt like it had more going on than any MLP event we have
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The 9 Biggest Questions Heading into MLP’s First Event of 2025
We are unabashedly proponents of the team format being the best format to watch in pro pickleball. That has not
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