Category Pro Corner

The short version: Major League Pickleball (MLP) is a team-based pro league — 23 franchises, each with two men and two women, competing May through August. Matches are decided across women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed, with a fast “Dreambreaker”…

The short version: Pro pickleball runs under one parent company, the United Pickleball Association (UPA), which owns two tours: the PPA Tour (individual tournaments — singles, doubles, mixed) and Major League Pickleball (MLP) (a team league of city franchises). They…