Last year, the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) announced broadcast deals with CBS Sports and ESPN. Now, the league is doubling down on distribution. Live coverage of all standard 2024 events will be broadcast by CBS Sports, ESPN, and FOX Sports in a slate of deals that ultimately doubles the amount of live coverage from […]
The “not in my backyard!” mentality we’ve seen countless communities take up against pickleball and its noise doesn’t seem to phase homebuyers. In the housing market, pickleball has instead become a feature, not a detraction, from a home’s worth. Zillow, the home buying, selling, and renting website, just dropped its 2024 Hottest Home Trends report, […]
Riley Newman, ranked number 2 in Men’s and Mixed, likely won’t continue playing on the PPA Tour this year – at least not as frequently as he did last year. Instead, he’s chosen to keep his original contract with Major League Pickleball (MLP), which has certain implications involving his schedule. More from Riley Newman: Back […]
The landscape of pro pickleball has changed dramatically over the last few years. Most recently, it was war-torn as Major League Pickleball (MLP) and the PPA Tour jockeyed for dominance in the pro scene. But an agreement has been struck that could bring order to (and inject some much-needed cash into) the sport. The two […]
India’s foremost media mogul wants pickleball to be a worldwide phenomenon – or at least, more of one. The Times Group, an Indian news and entertainment company, has announced its Pickleball World Series. The series of six events will begin in the United States and travel across different continents. The Times Group touts this as […]
I’ve said it a billion times, so let’s make it a billion and ONE: there’s zero value in rushing to the kitchen line after our 3rd. “WHAT?” I hear you ask. That goes against everything anyone has ever told me about basic pickleball strategy. But the key to my above assertion is in the word rush. Of course, there will be […]
Ignore coaches and players who tell you to never take a crossover step when you dink. There’s absolutely a correct time to do it, regardless of the level you play. The most common time where you’ll want to break the old school “open stance only” rule is when you’re pulled wide on your backhand. Taking […]
Roger BelAir has a passion for pickleball. But after watching an episode of 60 Minutes about prisons, Roger had an epiphany. He recognized the powerful lessons that could be learned through the game he loved and believed those life lessons could be applied to inmates on the episode he was watching. So Roger reached out […]
Tyson McGuffin is one of the biggest personalities on tour, but don’t let the tattoos, flashy clothes, and amazing mullet fool you, the dad of 4 is a self professed “softie at heart.” Tyson sits down with The Kitchen fresh off his first Triple Crown at the PPA Brigham City TOC to discuss how he […]
