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 […]
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 […]
In case you missed it last weekend, the Major League Pickleball playoffs got off to a dramatic start as the No. 5 seed Columbus Sliders upset the No. 2 seed Dallas Flash in San Diego. This best-of-three series got a lot of attention because Dallas had their choice of opponent in the quarterfinals, and they chose […]
It’s been a busy summer for world No. 1 women’s pickleball pro Anna Leigh Waters. She was featured on multiple New York City billboards, including one in Times Square, appeared in a live interview on SportsCenter during the MLP Mid-Season Tournament, attended the ESPY Awards, and on Wednesday night she threw out the first pitch […]
There have been thrilling upsets, dominating performances, sideline drama, surprising trades, disastrous decisions and plenty more interesting developments over the past four months. It’s all been leading to this weekend: The Major League Pickleball Finals in New York City’s Central Park. The action starts Friday with Premier Level semifinal matches, followed by the Challenger Level finals […]
The writing was on the wall when Jaume Martinez Vich started using an adidas paddle a few weeks ago, but the sports equipment and apparel brand made it official late last week: Martinez Vich is the latest player to join the adidas Pickleball roster of pros. He joins Rafa Hewett, a longtime adidas player, and Mari […]
Everybody is asking the same question after the No. 5-seed Columbus Sliders pulled off a big upset over the No. 2-seed Dallas Flash on Sunday in San Diego to advance to the Major League Pickleball Finals in New York City next weekend: What was Dallas thinking? The Flash, as one of the top 3 seeds, had […]
