Several of the biggest names in pickleball are debuting new paddles this week at the PPA Tour Cape Coral Open. In her first match of the week Tuesday, world No. 1 women’s player Anna Leigh Waters was using her new Franklin signature paddle, which is called the C45 Aurelius. The paddle, which is a 12.7mm […]
Major League Pickleball this week released the list of participating teams for each event of the 2026 regular season. The season 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 […]
After two weeks off, the PPA Tour is back in action this week with the Cape Coral Open. The tournament is being held in Cape Coral, Florida, and the weather looks like it will cooperate all week — the forecast calls for plenty of sunshine and highs in the upper 70s. After experimenting with a few […]
World No. 1 women’s pickleball player Anna Leigh Waters has been on quite a press tour over the past year. Last summer she threw out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game, did several live interviews with major media outlets (like this one on ESPN’s Sportscenter) and also has been our most popular guest on Pickleballers. And that […]
Major League Pickleball made several big announcements Thursday that will impact the 2026 season. In a call with reporters earlier this week, league officials outlined the changes and explained the rationale behind the decisions. There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s get to it. All teams will compete at the same level in 2026 After […]
There’s no doubting that Ben Johns is the greatest player to have ever played pickleball. But how did he reach that pinnacle, and how has he maintained that level of dominance for so long? In an episode of Pickleballers last year, Johns explained to co-hosts Roscoe Bellamy and Jared Paul that a lot of his success […]
The Major League Pickleball trade deadline was Sunday, and several teams made moves at the last minute. Sunday was also the keeper deadline, meaning teams have made their decisions on which players to drop from their 2025 rosters (most teams were required to drop at least one player). The keeper selections will be announced Monday […]
The first trade of the Major League Pickleball offseason is official: – Los Angeles Mad Drops receive Max Freeman. – Chicago Slice receive Hunter Johnson and cash. Updated rosters LOS ANGELES MAD DROPSMen: Ben Johns, Max Freeman, Wes BurrowsWomen: Catherine Parenteau, Jade Kawamoto, Mehvish Safdar CHICAGO SLICEMen: Hunter Johnson, Carlos Di LauraWomen: Callie Smith, Pierina […]
Many of the biggest paddle reviewers and personalities in pickleball are now competing against each other in a new competition organized by Pickleball.com. The contest — appropriately called Pickleball Pick’em — involves teams of 3 making their picks for every PPA Tour event. The participants are asked to make their selections for each bracket (men’s […]
The United Pickleball Association of America recently released paddle testing data that shows key differences between UPA-A standards, which govern the pro game, and USA Pickleball standards, which are broadly used across the amateur game. In a news release, the UPA-A said it “applies significantly more stringent testing standards than USA Pickleball (USAP) and that […]
