Susan Sarandon And The Rise Of Table Tennis

New York Times:

Table tennis.

Wally Green, 29, from the Marlboro Houses in Coney Island, picked up the game after losing money to pool hall hustlers. Susan Sarandon, the actress, discovered the game through her son Miles, 16. She and Mr. Green find themselves at the same events sometimes.

"There was no table tennis over there," Mr. Green said of the Marlboro Houses. "There was a lot of bullets going over, but no table tennis."

Ms. Sarandon was not running from pool hustlers or bullets when she became interested in the game. "I started finding out that there was this subculture of Ping-Pong and all these people that you wouldn't expect are serious about it," she said. "I just worked with Ed Norton, and he's so committed that he trained in China while he was shooting a film there."

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Comments

[rabiddog6708]

I'll take Table Tennis over NASCAR any day. And I would take Susan Sarandon anywhere...anytime.

[Bitsko]

Paddle me, Susan, paddle me!

[Bitsko]

Pardon me, Miss Sarandon. Got my side drive confused with a push block.

[EndangeredJackalope]

It's not real until L.A. is promoting it..

[duckcrackers]

You want to know what else is rising as I watch Susan Sarandon bent over the table?

[johnnygoodwud]

susan you need a different grip, if your serious about playing.

[JScott]

Nothing new here folks I thought. Ya know it seems kinda like a summer ritual, go to the store and buy a fold up court set it up on the back patio or basement. Good for parties and lotsa relatives visiting.
And the table makes good seating for large meal gatherings-you can put the buffet and the seating at the same table. Growing up we went thru a few mostly because we didn't cover it when put away and the wood rotted and warped with exposure....time to buy another one. Oh and cats love the ping ping balls.

[Bitsko]

Deja vu.

[BabyBjorn]

wtf