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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Pro Pickleball Assocation
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 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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What to Make of the Hayden Patriquin-Anna Leigh Waters Drama?
Is MLP back or what? We’ll have plenty to get to as the week goes along and we’ll have takeaways
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Is Anna Bright the Kevin Durant of Pro Pickleball?
Authored by Gritty – as a caveat for this post, this is a question that the two of us fundamentally
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PPA Tour North Carolina Open – 6 Takeaways – First Half Review
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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PPA Tour Texas Open – 2 Takeaways (plus a Bonus MLP Trade Takeaway!) – Wind in the Heart of Texas
We are already getting to that point in the pickleball season where events are bleeding into each other. We had
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MLP Trade Reactions – Texas/Miami, NJ/Phoenix and Hustlers Bench
The floodgates on Trade SZN was supposed to be opened after the Challenger draft was completed. However, we are now
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