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MLP 2026 Pre-Draft: The 20-Team Mega Breakdown (Part 1)

February 17, 2026 admin 3 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Part 1 of our MLP 20-team Mega Breakdown

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Cape Coral – 5 Takeaways – A Weekend of Seconds

February 16, 2026 admin 0 Comments pickleball, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

5 Takeaways from PPA Tour Cape Coral.

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News Opinion 

One Key Insight for Each MLP Transaction of 2026 So Far

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 admin 1 Comment APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball

The MLP Trade window opened last week and there have already been a bunch of transactions before the keeper deadline

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Opinion 

Numbers Sometimes Lie – Digging Deeper on the PPA Tour’s Record Breaking Viewership on CBS

January 30, 2026 admin 0 Comments cbs, pickleball, ppa tour, pro pickleball

Another tradition unlike other: the PPA propping up viewership or viewership adjacent numbers for mass public consumption as a sign

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Fantasy Previews 

PPA Tour Indoor Championships – Fantasy Sit/Start Preview

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 admin 0 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’re apparently still going to Minnesota in the dead of winter for the PPA International Indoor Championships, which means we

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Recaps Takeaways 

PPA Tour Masters – 6 Takeaways – New Year, Same Sunday Results…Kind Of

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 admin 4 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

6 Takeaways from the PPA’s first event of 2026.

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News Opinion 

Anna Leigh Waters to Nike; MLP Rule Changes; APP Tour Under Water? – Quick Hits on the Biggest Stories of the Week

January 16, 2026 admin 0 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, Nike, pickleball, pro pickleball

The Masters is going on right now but there have been a lot of non-tournament stories that have happened over

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Rankings 

UPA Player Power Rankings Women – January 2026

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 admin 8 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, United Pickleball Association, UPA

Our first top 30 UPA women’s power rankings for 2026!

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Rankings 

UPA Player Power Rankings Men – January 2026

January 9, 2026 admin 6 Comments app tour, Ben Johns, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, United Pickleball Association, UPA

The first version of our UPA player power rankings (not player rankings!) for 2026.

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Opinion Random Thoughts 

Winners and Losers of 2025 in Pro Pickleball

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 admin 10 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We go through all the winners and losers in pro pickleball for 2025!

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  1. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    We are about to both play the amatuer events in Sacramento and have never both done one together so we’re…

  2. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    The lack of difference between events seems like a big contributor to this

  3. Dan Beeman on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I just got done playing 2 hours of really fun pickleball with friends on our local courts. While I am…

  4. Deb Waldin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I stopped watching PB tournaments a year ago because…watching Anna Leigh win every single time got very old. Good for…

  5. Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current Structure – NML Pickleball on Winners and Losers of 2025 in Pro PickleballApril 13, 2026

    […] our 2025 Winners and Losers column, we wrote that the new schedule for pro pickleball, with the MLP season…

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