MLP Dallas: Group Standings After Day 1
Pickleball.com's Will Daughton recaps Day 1 of the 2026 MLP Dallas season opener, with the Dallas Flash and Orlando Squeeze opening 1-0 atop Group A and the St. Louis Shock, Texas Ranchers, and Los Angeles Mad Drops all starting 1-0 in Group B. The Orlando Squeeze took a DreamBreaker over the Columbus Sliders 12-10 behind Lacy Schneemann and Jack Sock, with the top four teams in each group set to advance to Monday's Standings Point Matches.
Read at Pickleball.com →ABC's of the 2025-2026 PPA Tour Season: Anna Leigh and Ben's Championships
PPA Tour's Jim Ramsey publishes a season stats wrap on Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns, with Waters medaling in all 46 events she entered (43 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), running her singles streak to 25 tournaments, and earning her 44th career Triple Crown. Ben Johns finished with 31 gold and 2 silvers, winning 16 of 17 men's doubles tournaments with Gabe Tardio (including a record eight straight to close the season) and 15 of 16 mixed doubles events with Waters, while not winning a singles title for the first time in his career.
Read at PPA Tour →It Took Christian Alshon 1,000+ Attempts to Hit This Dude Perfect Trickshot
The Dink's Alex E. Weaver covers pro pickleballer Christian Alshon's attempt at Dude Perfect's signature impossible trickshot, the three-progressively-smaller-holes challenge, which Alshon eventually landed by sticking a pickleball on a stick. Getting it done took more than 1,000 attempts, with the moment shared on Dude Perfect's official Instagram channel.
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