Tennis players’ relationship with pickleball is evolving in real time

by | Sep 20, 2023 | All-Access, Championship, jack sock, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, sam querrey, tennis, tennis vs pickleball, Tournament

Last December, Jack Sock and Sam Querrey had Ben Johns and Matt Wright a little worried. OK, maybe not worried, but perhaps a tad surprised. After all, Sock and Querrey had a 10-8 lead against Johns and Wright in game one and there’s no way Johns and Wright, two of...

Andy Jones: A Pickleball Ambassador

by | Sep 14, 2023 | andrea jones, andy jones, Championship, Just for Fun, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, pickleball amassador, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, referee, Tournament

This isn’t a story about how Andrea Jones and her husband won more than $20 million in the Pennsylvania lottery. Although, that’s a doozy of a tale. It ends with a winning ticket, but really the story is about luck and regret, divorce and reconciliation. Look it up....

Buckner, pregnant with her third child, keeps competing

by | Sep 13, 2023 | Brooke Buckner, Cincinnati Open 2023, Featured Player, Finals, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, third child, women's doubles

Court temperatures were like a radio station – “Hot 101, Power 102,” you get the idea. But it didn’t bother Brooke Buckner. She’s from North Carolina. She knows what humidity is like. Or maybe she was just crazy from the heat? It had to be miserable, right? While a...

Stats-Wrap: Baird Wealth Management Cincinnati Open Championship Sunday

by | Sep 12, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Collin Johns, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, statistics, Stats Wrap

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and J.W. Johnson, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8. Watch Here MATCH NOTES: 100th PPA career title for Ben Johns.  Ben & Collin are 10-1 in finals this year. This was the most deliberately played...

Phillip Phillips to Perform at 2023 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships, Anchoring Week of Excitement in Dallas

by | Sep 6, 2023 | Brookhaven Country Club, Championship, Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness world records, le freak, Live entertainment, nationals, News, Paddles, Phillip phillips, pickleball boulevard, Tournament, Tournaments, use pickleball national championships

Dallas-based disco tribute band Le Freak will also perform during the largest-ever pickleball celebration at Brookhaven Country Club in November A Guinness World Records attempt for the longest consecutive pickleball match, presented by Deep Eddy Vodka, will be also...