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Live Blog Opinion 

MLP Premier Free Agency Draft – Live Blog

March 1, 2025March 2, 2025 admin 5 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It is Draft SZN again in pickleball and, even though we aren’t in the hot seat making decisions for a

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Mesa Cup – 5 Takeaways – Is Ben Johns Washed?

February 24, 2025February 26, 2025 admin 6 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Recency bias be damned, this had to be one of the best PPA events in the history of the tour.

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Offseason Challenger Trade and Keeper Grades

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 4 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

If you had trouble caring about Challenger in 2024, you might really have a hard time caring about Challenger in

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Offseason Premier Trade and Keeper Grades

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

For the first time in MLP’s history, we finally have some continuity. Kind of. With the league’s new keeper system,

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Random Thoughts 

NML is Back!

February 17, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 6 Comments APP, app tour, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’reee baaacckkkkkk! Did you miss us?  Yeah, probably not. But here we are.  For those of you who might have

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Random Thoughts 

NML Life Update (finally!)

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 admin 9 Comments pickleball, pro pickleball

A life update and explanation of our hiatus from the blog.

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Previews 

PPA Tour Finals Preview

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 admin 33 Comments APP, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Preview for the PPA Tour Finals in San Clemente.

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Opinion 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 11 – PPA Extravaganza ft. Changing Paddle Standards

November 23, 2023 admin 5 Comments major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

NML Podcast Episode 11 – PPA Extravaganza ft. Changing Paddle Standards

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Recaps Takeaways 

PPA Tour Hertz Gold Cup – 5 Takeaways – Expectedly Unexpected

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 admin 4 Comments major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

5 Takeaways from the PPA Hertz Gold Cup.

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Fantasy Previews 

PPA Tour Hertz Gold Cup – Fantasy Draft Preview

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 admin 14 Comments pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Fantasy Draft Preview for PPA Hertz Cup.

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Have Your Say!

  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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