New details have emerged in last week’s Florida pickleball brawl that resulted in a couple being arrested and charged with battery. Law enforcement officials were called to Spruce Creek Country Club in Port Orange north of Orlando on Feb. 8 on a report of a fight on a pickleball court involving up to 20 people, […]
All Major League Pickleball teams made their keeper selections Sunday night, and rosters are now locked leading up to the league’s free-agency draft on Feb. 27. – A total of 54 players were kept across the 20 teams (26 female / 28 male; teams ranged from 0 to 5 keepers). – There will be 66 […]
11six24 has been a brand on the rise for more than a year, and on Friday the company released its latest paddle — the Vapor Power 2 — which has been getting a lot of buzz from reviewers and players who have tried it. One of those players is Dekel Bar, who became the company’s first […]
Holbrook became the latest company to launch a full-foam paddle with the release of the Holbrook Fuze on Thursday, but they’ve taken a slightly different approach than what most paddle brands have done over the past 8-10 months. The paddle uses a “dual density core” that features a low-density foam in the bottom/middle of the […]
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 […]
