Pickleslam 2.0 + Drake brings the Hotline Dink

SUNDAY | JULY 23, 2023

I’ve teamed up with Braydon Unsicker from Pickleball Effect (which you may know from his paddle reviews on Youtube) to bring you the brand new Pickleball Effect Podcast.

👀 Show us some love and give it a watch on Youtube

It’s time to wake up!

It’s Sunday, a brand new podcast has is live on Youtube and the Beer City Open championships are on Youtube, all. day. long.

Grab your coffee (or a beer?), read the newsletter, then grab your paddle… It’s DINKING time.

If you’re enjoying the newsletter or podcast, please share it. Go ahead and forward this to one person who needs more pickleball in their life.

DINK A LINK

• Anna Leigh Waters x Taylor Swift share the ESPN highlight reel

• The PPA eliminated its main draw back-draw, but does it matter? Check out the tweet thread, here, but also tune into the podcast for our take.

• Pickleball Slam 2.0 is coming February 2024 with new additions. Tennis legends Stefanie Graf and Maria Sharapova will join Andre Agassi and John McEnroe.

• Your favorite rapper Drake and actor Michael B. Jordan are your newest MLP investors.

• Is Championship Sunday boring with ALW & Ben Johns taking the crown every weekend? Weigh in, here.

• Apparently, PPA Gold Card members are paid more appearance fees than APP pays out gold medal matches.

  • We don’t know everyone’s exact PPA Gold Card payouts, but, we do know that PPA event winnings are cut in half for non-PPA-gold-card members.

• The APP just secured a deal to stream tournaments in China 😮.

• Should pickleball pros be able to “easily” make $30k per year with prize money + lessons? Zane Navratil thinks so.

• Rumor Mill: Maybe Ben Johns isn’t a saint? You be the judge with the latest gossip from Jimmy Miller.

If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, share it with someone you’re dinking with later. Or better yet, send it to your entire group. Please?

Until next week…

– “Downtown” Logan Brown