by Sfapickleball | Jun 22, 2023 | AJ Koller, Dekel Bar, doubles, end, Featured Player, Food For Thought, Julian Arnold, men's doubles, newman, News, partner, partnership, pickleball, Players, podium, PPA, pro, Riley Newman, split, Sports, Tour, Tournament, wright
Riley Newman and Matt Wright have won 23 medals together in the past 18 months, but Newman just announced that the two won’t be partners any more. Newman, one of the most dynamic players on tour, has been a regular on the podium stand in both doubles with Wright and...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 21, 2023 | All-Access, frank pritchard, origin of pickleball, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball origin, PPA, Tour, Tournament
With pickleball booming in popularity, on TV each and every week, courts being built on every corner and people talking about it all the time, it’s hard to imagine a time when pickleball wasn’t the talk of the town. It’s kind of hard to imagine it was a game dreamed...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 18, 2023 | chuck taylor, dad, erik lange, father, fathers day, Featured Player, Just for Fun, pickleball, PPA, pro, Sports, Steve Deakin, Stream, Tour, Tournament, Travis Rettenmaier, Tyson McGuffin
Here’s what a few of the PPA Tour dads have to say about what today means for them, what being a dad is like, and what it’s like being on tour as a father. Chuck Taylor Being a dad is like being a superstar. The kids are a built in, homegrown fan club. Although it’s a...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 17, 2023 | chickennpickle, covid, Featured Player, Food For Thought, Just for Fun, kansas city, kemp, laura, News, Oklahoma city, pickleball, positive, power, PPA, Sports, texas, Tour, Tournament, Wheelchair
There was a time not that long ago when Laura Kemp wouldn’t make it through the day without crying. Anyone who knows Laura would be surprised to hear that. Fiery, positive, and full of energy, Kemp was feeling trapped. A 7th grade science teacher who loved her...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 16, 2023 | All-Access, complaints, crowd, dink, DJ Young, fans, Food For Thought, informative, Lucy Kovalova, News, noise, pickleball, Players, playing, PPA, pro, quiet, rowdy, rules, Sports, Stream, Tour, Tournament, Tyler Loong
As pickleball emerges and grows and becomes more commonly seen on TV, the sport has an interesting question it needs to ask itself moving forward. Is it going to be like tennis and golf, or is it going to be like everything else? Because, honestly either way could...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 15, 2023 | carvana, Chicken N Pickle, dave fleming, exhibition, fleming, mobility, News, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, pro, Sports, Tour, Tournament
Anthony Ryan played competitive wheelchair tennis for more than a decade. He got burned out on it. Playing a dozen or more tournaments per year will do that. So Ryan went looking for something else. Like so many others who played tennis or other competitive sports,...
