Pickleball: A Welcomed Relief

by | Sep 25, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Irina Tereschenko, kansas city, Kansas City Open 2023, liam, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin

With a tear in her eye, Linda Fetter is quick to say how pickleball saved her life. And with a big smile, her grandson Liam, only four years old, is well on his way to being a pickleball fan for life. Fetter has been playing for about eight years and Liam got to go to...

When you’re sorry that you’re not sorry

by | Sep 22, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Food For Thought, net cords, net violations, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament

Truth serum time. Be honest and true to yourself. Be vulnerable. It’s OK to admit it.  You’re not sorry and you never have been – probably won’t ever be. Your apology was as believable as a Bigfoot sighting and the only thing you’re truly sorry for is for not being...

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....

From the Stats Desk: Cincinnati Open Championship Sunday Preview

by | Sep 13, 2023 | Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Finals, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, statistics, stats preview, sunday preview, Tournament

BEN JOHNS enters Sunday with 99 career titles, 18 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double-Triples” with Anna Leigh Waters. ANNA LEIGH WATERS enters Sunday with 77 career titles, 17 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double Triples” with Ben Johns. CATHERINE PARENTEAU needs one win to...

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...