The @OfficialAPPTour's 2026 Dillons Overland Park open featured the return of former No. 1 @JayDevilliers , current top APP pro @TheMeganFudge taking over the tour lead in golds, and two new faces making podiums in @TristanDussault and @AmberPolicare. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

The @PPAtour 's second event of the 2026-27 season saw new partnerships make spirited runs and press the tour's top seeds. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

Major League Pickleball continues internationally this fall, with the debut of MLP Asia and the fourth season of MLP Australia. Here's a preview of the teams in both leagues for 2026. @MajorLeaguePB @mlpaustralia @mlpasia @ForbesSports #pickleball forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

Both the @OfficialAPPTour (APP) and the @ppatourasia (PPA) held events in Asia last weekend. Here's a quick recap of both. #pickleball #propickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

Team USA repeated as World Cup champions at the 4th annual Pickleball World Cup in De Nang, Vietnam. In the individual competitions, Jack Munro and Nicola Schoeman both won double golds. @pickleballworldcup @ForbesSports #pickleball forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

Chicken N Pickle Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary With New Acquisition Strategy For The Next Ten At a time where Pickleball Franchises are beginning to fail nationwide, Chicken N Pickle is still going strong after 10 years. President Kelli Alldredge discusses their first 10 and the next 10 years. @ChickenNPickle @ForbesSports #pickleball forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

The @PPAtour kicked off its 2026-27 season in brutal heat conditions in North Carolina. The sport's two top women didn't mind, with both @AnnaLeighWaters and @annabright108 taking home two golds. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

Off The Court Storylines To Watch As The @PPAtour Kicks Off The 2026-27 Season. #pickleball @ForbesSports As the Professional Pickleball Association's 2026-27 season kicks off in North Carolina, here's some of the season-long storylines to follow related to the business of pickleball off-the-court. In this story we talk about: - World Pickleball Rankings - Tour Finals format change and Singles impact. - Elimination of Bronze Medal Matches - August 2023 Era Tour Wars Contracts Ending - PPA’s International Expansion - The partnership between the PPA and the World Cup - Can the PPA Emulate the Energy and Emotion of MLP? forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

On The Court Storylines To Watch As The Professional Pickleball Association Kicks Off The 2026-27 Season As the 2026-27 Professional Pickleball Season kicks off this week in North Carolina, here's on-the-court story lines to watch with the tour's top players. forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20… Inside we talk about whether the top pairs will have competition this season, the shuffle of the top Men's Doubles teams, the Impact of @ppatourasia and @ppatourau on the tour going forward, what impact the new talent coming over from the APP may have (Sewing, Diamond, Howells), and the rise of the teenagers who took over Major League Pickleball this season. @PPAtour @ForbesSports #pickleball

We wrap up the 2026 @MajorLeaguePB season with my annual awards, which include some already awarded plus a slew of nominations and winners for categories such as Best Young Player, GM of the year, etc. We'll name nominees and award winners for the following expanded categories. In the case of the 3 awards MLP actually gives out, I'll name who I originally nominated as a member of the Media Nominating committee. In all cases there's nominees and both Male & Female winners named. forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20… Here's my end of season categories: Regular Season MVP - Male & Female All-MLP Teams Playoffs MVP - Male & Female Rookie of the Year - Male & Female Most Improved Player - Male & Female Best DreamBreaker Player - Male & Female Best Singles Specialist - Male & Female Best Young Player - Male & Female Best Veteran Player - Male & Female General Manager of the year Draft Pick of the Year Trade of the Year Waiver Claim of the Year Viral Moment of the Year Venue of the Season @ForbesSports #pickleball

Wrapping up the @MajorLeaguePB Media Pundit Pick'em Contest for 2026. Thomas Shields of The Dink wins the season. This feat is even more impressive than it sounds at first, because Shields finished the first week dead last. He sewed up the season title even before the finals were done with another solid performance in NYC. Podium: 1. Thomas Shields, The Dink, 89 points 2. Chris Cali, Sorry Not Sorry, 87 points 3t. Alex Weaver, The Dink, 84 points 3t. Nico the Lefty, Picklepod, 84 points 2025's defending champ Jim Kloss made a spirited run up the board late but finished tied for 5th, along with yours truly Todd Boss and HeyShay. Other useless information about our contest this year: - 3 of the top 4 finishers associated with The Dink - We didn't have a repeat winner until Week 7 - 13 of the 17 competitors won at least one week - Thomas Shields and Todd Boss each won 3 individual weeks to lead the field - Only three people got perfect 11-for-11 weeks this season: Chris Cali, Hannah Johns, and Nico the Lefty all went 11-for-11 in Week 6. - 3 tied for last place for the season: Jane, Laura, MattyP - Best pundits at getting their picks to me each week: Tice, Lantz - Worst at getting in their picks: Shields, Hannah. Shame shame! :-) Special thanks to MattyP for inventing this competition and to Matt Spencer at Picklekey for creating and maintaining the standings XLS: docs.google.com/spreadsheets… Thanks to everyone for playing; i hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. We'll organize for next year's competition sometime next spring, but if you're in the "Pickleball Media" space or you're an influencer and want to be considered for next year's high stakes competition, drop me a DM and i'll put you on the wait list. We may also leverage some of the cool tools now in the space, as noted by @chriscantino earlier today. Tagging all the participants: @azetice @AlexLantz @NicoTheLefty @readmynewslettr @ChrisCaliSNS @alexeweaver @PickleKeyStats @HannahJohnspb @pickleball_jim @Johnny5pointOH @matty_pickles @Meesh_McMahon @NmlPickleball @QueenPickle13 @LauraGainor @Obsessedwithpb_ @MajorLeaguePB #pickleball

The @the5spickleball finally got their elusive league ending title with a well earned two game sweep of their long-time rivals @stlshockmlp in the 2026 @MajorLeaguePB finals in NYC. @federicostak wins the MVP of the weekend as the 5's win two DBs in a row. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

MLP Media Pick'em Contest Semis/Finals Week 12 standings The @NmlPickleball guys win the weekend, getting every pick right until the finals, and even then they still had the right team (but the wrong number of games). @Johnny5pointOH was the SOLE pundit to correctly predict the finals winner and match score of NJ 2-0. I'll separately post a recap of the season winner with some useless punditry information after recapping this weekend's event in @ForbesSports Tagging all the participants: @azetice @AlexLantz @NicoTheLefty @readmynewslettr @ChrisCaliSNS @alexeweaver @PickleKeyStats @HannahJohnspb @pickleball_jim @Johnny5pointOH @matty_pickles @Meesh_McMahon @NmlPickleball @QueenPickle13 @LauraGainor @Obsessedwithpb_ @MajorLeaguePB #pickleball

What a match. Hopefully two more just like it tomorrow. MLP has really thrown down the gauntlet this year in terms of action and excitement.

Here's the reg season records of the four doubles matchups for the @MajorLeaguePB finals: @stlshockmlp vs @the5spickleball - Women's Dbles: ALW/Jorja (33-1) vs AB/Fahey (30-4) - Men's Doubles: Fed/Howells (4-3) vs Patriquin/Tardio (30-4) - Mixed-1: ALW/Khlif (29-5) vs Bright/Patriquin (25-7) - Mixed-2: Johnson/Staksrud (7-1) vs Fahey/Tardio (27-8) - DreamBreakers: NJ (3-2) vs STL (2-1)

Friday's matches at the @MajorLeaguePB Finals went about as expected, with the two top seeds @stlshockmlp and @the5spickleball dominating. It also took about 20 minutes for the Sweep prop to hit. Season leader Shields is keeping pace and is close to sewing up the title. Play starts today 10am EST and we may get the start of the finals this afternoon. #pickleball Tagging all the participants: @azetice @AlexLantz @NicoTheLefty @readmynewslettr @ChrisCaliSNS @alexeweaver @PickleKeyStats @HannahJohnspb @pickleball_jim @Johnny5pointOH @matty_pickles @Meesh_McMahon @NmlPickleball @QueenPickle13 @LauraGainor @Obsessedwithpb_ @MajorLeaguePB #pickleball

It's the final week of the @MajorLeaguePB Media Pick'Em contest. Here's the final pick sheet. The Dink's Thomas Shields has a 4 point lead, and like a lot of us thinks @stlshockmlp is going to win the title. But there's a lot of disagreement in the Over/Unders and the team matchups, so lots still to figure out. Play kicks off at Noon eastern live from NYC. Tagging all the participants: @azetice @AlexLantz @NicoTheLefty @readmynewslettr @ChrisCaliSNS @alexeweaver @PickleKeyStats @HannahJohnspb @pickleball_jim @Johnny5pointOH @matty_pickles @Meesh_McMahon @NmlPickleball @QueenPickle13 @LauraGainor @Obsessedwithpb_ @MajorLeaguePB #pickleball

At this weekend's @MajorLeaguePB finals, the @the5spickleball and @KelloggCompany are running back the Fibes concept; if you missed out on the merch, they'll have it in spaces in NYC and online. Here's a quick analysis of the partnership, how it came to be, and how it lays a blueprint for other MLP teams to emulate. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…

The @OfficialAPPTour 's top players dominated at the 2026 APP Detroit open, where the top seeds took four of the five pro draws. #pickleball @ForbesSports forbes.com/sites/toddboss/20…