All MLP articles
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ArticleWorld stages for pickleball
Pickleball League Asia, backed by The Times Group, has launched international rankings, tours and championships for pickleball. Led by Ashish and Aditya Khanna from Delhi, it aims to unify the sport globally, with significant involvement from US entities like USA Pickleball and the APP Tour.
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News briefsThe pickleball league merger is complete
The Carvana PPA Tour and MLP (Major League Pickleball) by Margaritaville have completed their merger into a “unified and definitive professional pickleball holding company,” with the help of $75 million from private-equity firm SC Holdings, D.C. Pickleball Team owner Al Tylis, PPA Tour owners Tom Dundon and the Pardoe family, ...
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News briefsPickleball tour’s founder resigns
Steve Kuhn is resigning from the league he founded, Major League Pickleball (MLP), we have learned from The Dink. As we reported last month, MLP and the Carvana Pro Pickleball Association Tour (PPA Tour) were to merge in a deal that would preserve their two brands and establish a “unified ...
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ArticleNew alliance, and new level of business, in pickleball
Major League Pickleball by Margaritaville (MLP) and Carvana Pro Pickleball Association Tour (PPA Tour) have merged “under a unified and definitive professional pickleball holding company.” The deal will preserve the two brands – the PPA Tour being a “traditional, bracket-style tour” and the MLP being a “team-based, coed league.” Combined, ...
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News briefsSkechers to supply official footwear for U.S. pickleball
Skechers has become the official footwear company for USA Pickleball, the Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Tour and Major League Pickleball (MLP). The brand has entered into multi-year deals with each as well as with the Chicago-based marketing firm Intersport. According to its president, Michael Greenberg, Skechers introduced its first ...
