In this episode of Pickleballers, we sit down with Dekel Bar, one of the best pickleball players in the world who has more than 30 PPA Tour medals to his name. Dekel discusses his journey growing up in Israel, battling through the brutal grind of professional tennis and eventually finding pickleball through his close ties […]
Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright have been dominant since teaming up earlier this season, playing in three tournaments together and winning each of them handily — they have yet to drop even a single game in women’s doubles. As the PPA Tour heads into its closing stretch of tournaments in 2025 — starting with […]
After seeing explosive growth each year from 2021-2024, the rise in pickleball participation has leveled off slightly, according to a new report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. The SFIA recently released its mid-year participation report, which shows that pickleball still remains the fastest growing sport in the U.S. with a 14.7% increase in participation […]
Photo courtesy of Major League Pickleball. Major League Pickleball delivered the second-most watched professional pickleball match of all-time on any network this weekend, with Saturday’s DoorDash MLP Finals (Columbus Sliders vs. New Jersey 5s) broadcast on CBS drawing 433,000 average viewers, per Nielsen. The event was hosted at CityPickle at Wollman Rink in New York […]
This week on the Pickleballers Podcast, we sit down with two legends of the senior pro game: Beth Bellamy, a top-ranked 50+ women’s pro with 99 medals, multiple US Open and National titles, former WTA tennis star and co-founder of the National Pickleball League, alongside Scott Moore, a 21-time USA Pickleball National Champion, 12-time US Open […]
DUPR, the premier pickleball rating system, recently announced a new benefit for its DUPR+ members: access to an exclusive insider deal on pickleball lessons through a new partnership with TeachMe.To, the leading marketplace for finding and booking in-person sports lessons, and the nation’s number one provider of pickleball lessons by volume. Wanting to get your […]
Over the past 10 days, Andrei Daescu has etched his name into Major League Pickleball lore with the most dominant postseason stretch we’ve ever seen in the short history of the league. The 37-year-old Romanian was the leader on and off the court for a Columbus Sliders team that came into the MLP playoffs as […]
The Columbus Sliders won the 2025 Major League Pickleball Premier Level Finals on Sunday evening with a best-of-three series win over the New Jersey 5s. We’ve been updating this live blog all weekend with results, analysis and quotes from players. We will have more coverage on TheKitchenPickle.com in the coming days. Major League Pickleball Premier […]
The announcement back in the spring came as a surprise to many: DoorDash, a dominant player in the U.S. food and convenience delivery market, was coming on as the title sponsor of Major League Pickleball. The company, which was founded in 2013 and now operates in more than 30 countries, kicked off its big splash […]
Major League Pickleball’s Los Angeles Mad Drops have sold a controlling stake in the franchise at a valuation of $13 million to Mad Drippin SPV, LLC, headed by Alex Geesbreght, who is the owner and operator of PRAX Leadership. This transaction — along with the recent announcement of the expansion franchise Palm Beach Royals at […]
