Can you spot the PPA Tour lie?

by | Aug 3, 2023 | All-Access, conner garnett, Connor Garnett, games, Irina Tereschenko, Jessie Irvine, Just for Fun, Mary Brascia, Michelle Esquivel, pickleball, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, two truths and a lie

The PPA Tour is back in Cali starting Thursday at the Takeya Showcase in Fountain Valley, Calif., and we caught up with a few of our PPA pros who make the Sunshine State their home. And we asked them to tell us a few things about themselves – two that are true and one...

Frazier and Johnson Make Case for No. 1

by | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, Championship, Dylan Frazier, Featured Player, Finals, gold medal, JW Johnson, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, seattle open, Seattle Open 2023, Tournament, Tournaments

Dylan Frazier wasn’t ready to say if he and J.W. Johnson are the second-best team in pickleball. “I guess it depends on who you ask,” Frazier said. “But I like to think we can beat anyone on any given day. I guess that’s my answer.” Well, run the metrics, the numbers,...

Waters Wins Again in Jansen’s Last Singles Match

by | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Featured Player, Finals, gold, Lea Jansen, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Seattle Open 2023, Tournaments, women's singles

Lea Jansen walked away and Anna Leigh kept on winning. After 26 months and 27 medals, Jansen announced she will no longer be playing any singles events. And Sunday at the Seattle Open, Jansen finished her career across the court from the best player in the world....

Tennis vs. Pickleball – Protests Set for Sunday

by | Jul 28, 2023 | All-Access, Championship, lower woodland courts, pickleball courts, seattle open, Seattle Open 2023, seattle parks department, tennis vs pickleball, Tournament

It could be a little louder than normal on Championship Sunday. And it might be more than just the fans and the players. Groups of tennis supporters, as well as pickleball supporters, plan on holding warring protests at the Lower Woodland Tennis Courts, the site of...

National Parents’ Day on the PPA Tour

by | Jul 27, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, brascia, father, johnson, Jorja Johnson, Julie Johnson, Just for Fun, JW Johnson, Leigh Waters, Maggie Brascia, Mary Brascia, mother, national parents day, parents, pickleball 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, waters

Vinnie Brascia isn’t different from so many of the parents who cheer, console, partner, and, sometimes just listen, to their sons and daughters who journey through the PPA Tour. Well, there’s one major difference.  Yeah, he does all of those things and more, but he’s...