From top pro players to business leaders to NFL legends, we saw it all on Pickleballers in 2025. We didn’t know what to expect when we started the podcast in the spring — we just knew we wanted to bring something new to the pickleball podcast sphere and we wanted to learn more about the […]
Pro player Parris Todd has received a $50,000 fine and will be suspended for two events in 2026 for participating in an event in Japan recently without proper approval from the United Pickleball Association. The suspension will include one PPA Tour event (the Masters in January) and one Major League Pickleball event (the first event […]
There were a ton of big stories in the pickleball world in 2025. We almost had a fight on the sidelines at a Major League Pickleball event, there were huge equipment and rule changes for pros and amateurs, a few people got arrested … and much more. Below you will find our Top 10 most-read […]
After providing behind-the-scenes coverage of several PPA Tour Challenger events in 2025, JOOLA’s “Two Zeroes and a Pro” video crew made the jump from the minor leagues to the major leagues this fall, experiencing pickleball on its biggest stage at the PPA Tour World Championships in Dallas in November. With more than 60,000 fans in […]
Each year the level of play in pro pickleball gets better and better. The offense gets faster, which forces the defense to get better, which over time leads to more crazy highlight-reel points. We’ve gone back through our archives from this year to find the Top 5 points at the pro level. With so many […]
Genie Bouchard is one of the most recognizable athletes of her generation — a former world No. 5 tennis player, Wimbledon finalist and one of the biggest tennis stars to ever come out of Canada. From growing up in Montreal to moving to Florida at age 12 to chase tennis full time, Genie’s story is […]
Every pickleball player uses metrics when they play as a way of measuring performance. Even the score is just a metric: How many points you have compared to your opponent. There are useful metrics, like how many serves am I missing per game on average. And there are useless metrics, like your unforced errors (more on […]
Each year the number of brands in the pickleball paddle space increases, and 2025 was no different. RPM, Luzz, NOX, Warping Point … the list of newcomers goes on, and many of those new brands made great paddles this year. But the big dogs remained the big dogs at the pro level, with brands like […]
Terrell Owens is one of the greatest wide receivers of all time — an NFL Hall of Famer and one of the most dominant competitors the game has ever seen. From growing up on welfare in rural Alabama, to walking on at Chattanooga with no expectations, to becoming a Hall of Fame NFL receiver, Terrell’s […]
Major League Pickleball on Monday announced the league’s complete 2026 season schedule, which will feature nine regular season events in team markets, the annual Mid-Season Tournament and an expanded three-week playoff. All events will take place from May-August, beginning May 22-25 at the Pickler Universe in Dallas. Tickets for most 2026 MLP season events are […]
