Ping Pong

Susan Sarandon Gives $75,000 To NYC Schools For Table Tennis Programs

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

NEW YORK — Susan Sarandon has donated $75,000 to support table tennis programs in New York City public schools. The city Department of Educatio...

WATCH: Baby Is AWESOME At Table Tennis

Posted 02.03.2012

You might think you're pretty good at table tennis, but that's just because you haven't met baby Jamie yet. He's been training for minutes now, an...

This Baby Could Beat You At Ping-Pong

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.03.2012

Everybody take note: this is probably the world's next great ping-pong player. And if baby Jamie can do this at his age, who knows what he'll be able ...

The 10 Best Ping Pong Highlights Of The Year

Posted 12.23.2011

Desperation dives. Amazing no-look shots. Absurd behind-the-back winners. 2011 certainly provided us with some unbelievable table tennis shots that wi...

Ping Pong Diplomacy

AP | By BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 01.02.2012

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Much has changed since the age of "ping pong diplomacy" 40 years ago when nine American players first looked across the...

WATCH: Ping-Pong Gets A Makeover At SPiN

Crane.tv | Posted 10.12.2011

Crane.tv

New York City's SPiN Galactic is a multidimensional social club offering up cocktails, good food, unique entertainment and ping-pong. Take note, the...

PHOTOS: World Table Tennis Championships 2011

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 07.12.2011

The 2011 World Table Tennis Championships are underway and things are just heating up. Day 5 of the tournament, which is being hosted in Rotterdam,...

AMAZING No-Look Ping Pong Shot

Posted 12.23.2011

It's difficult to nail a better winning-shot than this one. International table tennis player Mattias Oversjo looked like he was going to lose the poi...

Why Do Writers Like Ping Pong?

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

In November, It Books will publish "Everything You Know Is Pong: How Mighty Table Tennis Shapes our World" by Roger Bennett and Eli Horowitz. The ping...

Music Unites Hosts Classical Showcase With Charlie Siem To Benefit Music Education

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Edgar

Since he first picked up the violin at the tender age of three, classical artist Charlie Siem has been on a quick rise to stardom. On April 29, the sa...

"Hello Deli"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Zezima

Trying to find something to do before going to the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' we had lunch at the Hello Deli. The man behind the counter was none other than owner Rupert Jee, a celebrity in his own right for his many appearances on the show.

Ping Pong Tournament Takes Over Brooklyn

Posted 05.25.2011

On Monday night the Bellhouse in Gowanus is hosting their semi-annual ping pong tournament. The competition is sure to be fierce, but the attitude is ...

Sam Stein

Dems Will Bypass Conference Committee To Get Health Care Passed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Both chambers of Congress will skip a formal "conference committee" and instead negotiate informally on their respective health care bills, confirm Co...

Michael Landers, Ping-Pong Prodigy

New York Times | BEN SHPIGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

At 15, Landers is the youngest player to win the men's national singles championship. He overcame a three-games-to-one deficit in the best-of-seven fi...

Ping Pong Propagandists

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011

Nancy Snow

I don't concern myself with what two consenting adults with an age gap wish to do in their private lives. I'm just thankful that my longtime love is gaining some respectability.

Susan Sarandon And The Rise Of Table Tennis

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

China Wins Every Individual Medal In Table Tennis

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — China has clinched all six individual medals in table tennis, after Wang Liqin beat Sweden's Jorgen Persson in the bronze medal match ...

So Out, It's In: Ping-Pong

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 05.25.2011

Lindsay Mannering

Dented balls, a droopy net, and that weird basement-smell come to mind when I think of Ping-Pong. Growing up, every other house had a ping-pong table...