The Major League Pickleball Mid-Season Tournament starts Wednesday at Belknap Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which has hosted the event alongside the annual Beer City Open for the past 3 years. It’s the only event on the schedule this season that features all 20 MLP teams, as well as four additional teams in the bracket: […]
Paddletek on Tuesday announced a major acquisition of paddle brand PIKKL, as well as the signing of pro players JW Johnson, Jorja Johnson, Julie Johnson and Tyra Black. It’s the second time in the past 8 months that Paddletek has brought another paddle brand under the Paddletek Group umbrella — in December they acquired ProXR […]
Hannah Blatt was one of the top squash players in the world before transitioning into professional pickleball, where she’s now ranked No. 22 in singles and become one of the most followed players in the sport on social media. In this episode, Hannah sits down with Roscoe and Jared to trace her path from elite […]
It was a weird week at Major League Pickleball New York. There were a handful of upsets/confusing results, and the event itself was partially overshadowed by the scary incident that resulted in Brooklyn’s Rachel Rohrabacher being struck and injured by a baseline video board that was blown over by a gust of wind (more on […]
Major League Pickleball is heading back to Sportime Randall’s Island in New York, New York, this week. It’s the second straight year the massive tennis facility has hosted an MLP event. The event — hosted by the Brooklyn Pickleball Team — starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. There are 11 teams in the field this […]
The Major League Pickleball 2026 trade deadline is fast approaching, and several teams are making moves to bolster their lineups heading into the home stretch of the regular season. The deadline was initially June 30, but was bumped back to July 12 and then bumped back again to July 20 (we think for the last […]
The Columbus Sliders were the talk of Major League Pickleball heading into this week’s event in St. Petersburg, Florida. Last weekend they made a blockbuster trade to acquire Tyra Black, giving them four starters (Parris Todd, Tyra Black, Andrei Daescu and CJ Klinger) who are all Top 10 doubles players on the PPA Tour — […]
Major League Pickleball is making its debut in St. Petersburg, Florida, this week for Week 5 of the regular season. The event — hosted by the Florida Smash — will be held at St. Pete Athletic, which opened in late 2025 and is regarded as one of the best indoor pickleball facilities in the country. […]
Multiple sources have confirmed to The Kitchen a blockbuster Major League Pickleball trade that sends Tyra Black from the Dallas Flash to the Columbus Sliders in exchange for rising women’s player Danni-Elle Townsend. Dallas will also get an undisclosed amount of cash as part of the deal — the max per trade is $200,000. The […]
After a slow start to the season and a fourth-place finish in their first event, the New Jersey 5s have been perfect. They are now 12-0 in their last two events and have clawed their way back to the top of the league standings with three events (60% of their season) in the books. They […]
