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3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) Open

September 24, 2025 admin 6 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The PPA Sacramento Open, featuring the return of wooden paddles to pickleball, is one of the more interesting wrinkles we’ve

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Cincinnati Open – 3 Takeaways – Twin Tower Power

September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Just when you think we might have some things figured out in the pro pickleball landscape, we get thrown a

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Bristol 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Legacy Weekend

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Despite our belief that MLP provides the higher ceiling for the long-term growth of pro pickleball, it does feel like

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PPA Tour Bristol Open 2025 – EOD Musings

August 6, 2025August 9, 2025 admin 7 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Our first PPA Tour event in a while. It is always fun to see where players are stacking up after

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Opinion 

Is Too Much Yelling Bad for Pickleball?

July 29, 2025 admin 16 Comments APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’re not going into a full takeaways post because it was a busy weekend for us and we haven’t been

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News Opinion 

Lopsided Ben Johns Trade Leads to Big Questions Surrounding Competitive Integrity of MLP

July 21, 2025July 24, 2025 admin 18 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It’s being billed as the biggest trade in pickleball history, but it should represent something far different in the early

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Takeaways 

MLP Beer City Open (Midseason Tournament) 2025 – 6 Takeaways – Is Dallas Unbeatable?

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 admin 2 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It has been a lot of MLP over the past couple of months, but that didn’t seem to put a

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Opinion 

Quang Duong is Done with UPA Following Another Brazen Breach of Contract

July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 admin 9 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

In one of the most bizarre sequence of events for pro pickleball, news broke on Saturday morning that Quang Duong

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Orange County Cup 2025 – 7 Takeaways – The Level of Pro Pickle Has Never Been Higher

June 24, 2025 admin 3 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It has been a refreshing change of pace to have had a break from PPAs. It meant that the PPA

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News Opinion 

MLP 2025 Waiver Wire Period #2 Breakdown and Reactions

June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 admin 6 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The second and final Premier level waiver period started on Monday, and we saw a slew of moves despite only

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