We’ve reached the final week of the Major League Pickleball regular season, and there are several teams still battling for the final playoff spots. MLP Orlando starts Thursday from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. There are 12 teams in the field this week. We tested every durable grit […]
There was a ton of money that changed hands just before the Major League Pickleball trade deadline this year. The New Jersey 5s spent a rumored $400,000 to acquire Federico Staksrud and Milan Rane from the Orlando Squeeze, while the Los Angeles Mad Drops spent $125,000 to get Connor Garnett (me) from the Utah Black […]
Major League Pickleball this week announced a new team event that will feature pro players representing several regions of the world at the inaugural MLP Nationals Cup this fall. The event will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at Brookhaven Country Club outside of Dallas as part of the larger Pickleball World Championships. The MLP Nations […]
It didn’t take long for the Dallas Flash to back up their MLP San Diego win. One week later — this time in Chicago — the Flash continued their late-season run by claiming another event title and 25 more standings points with a Dreambreaker win over Brooklyn on Sunday, putting the Flash firmly in the […]
Pickleball Inc. — the parent company of the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball — this week announced a partnership with the Pickleball World Cup designed to accelerate the growth of international pickleball through expanded competition, commercial collaboration and global media distribution. According to a news release, Pickleball Inc. will serve as the exclusive media […]
Major League Pickleball is heading to Chicago this week for the penultimate regular season event of the year. It’s the first time a PPA Tour or MLP event will be held at Life Time North Shore, a huge facility that has recently been remodeled. Because there are only two events remaining before the playoffs, teams […]
For weeks there’s been speculation that the New Jersey 5s could be big players in the Major League Pickleball trade market. On Monday — deadline day — they finally made their move. The 5s acquired Federico Staksrud and Milan Rane from the Orlando Squeeze in exchange for Martin Emmrich and Lina Padegimaite. New Jersey also […]
A month ago the Dallas Flash were facing a nightmare scenario. They’d gone 1-4 at MLP Austin, left town with zero standings points and were at risk of missing the playoffs altogether. It was starting to look like a lost season. Then they got busy in the trade market, first moving Tyra Black to Columbus […]
Major League Pickleball is heading to San Diego this week as the regular season gets into the home stretch. There are three events remaining before the playoffs, so teams have a limited number of opportunities to improve their playoff seeding or get inside the playoff bubble (the Top 12 teams will make the postseason). There […]
The St. Louis Shock have been the most dominant team in Major League Pickleball for the past several weeks. They haven’t lost since May 31 and have been sweeping teams more often than not as of late, but were still No. 2 in the points standings heading into the Mid-Season Tournament this week. With all […]
