May 23, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Ping Pong

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WATCH: Amazing Table Tennis Winner

Posted 02.20.2013 | Sports

Where was this guy during the London Olympics? According to the Daily Mail, this is 20-year-old French table tennis star Quentin Robinot playing Ki...

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Unusual Celebrity Hobbies

Huffington Post | Liat Kornowski | Posted 01.24.2013 | Celebrity

Read More: Fencing, Angelina Jolie, Celebrity Hobbies, Unusual Celebrity Hobbies, Strange Celebrity Hobbies, Ping Pong, Comic Books, Weird Celebrity Hobbies, Video, Taylor Swift, Snow Globes, Celebrities, Past Time, Justin Bieber, Celebrity News

Celebrities, they're just like us. Only weirder, sometimes. Though $20 million paychecks may bring to mind the kind of fun us laymen can't afford -...

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Not Everyone Is Clear On The Relative Danger Posed By Ping-Pong Balls, Somehow

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2012 | Politics

Courtesy of The Eagle, let's smash cut to the state of Texas, and the continuing struggle to have a national conversation about guns and kids and viol...

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WATCH: This Kitten Is Phenomenal At Ping Pong

Posted 01.27.2013 | Comedy

It may be four years until the next Olympics, but that's not stopping this boy and kitten from training their hearts out in the basement. We've go...

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"Cheat, Cheat" Goes the Shuttlecock

Brian Rooney | Posted 10.02.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Ping-Pong, Dressage, Olympic Badminton, Olympics, London 2012, Summer Olympics 2012, Summer Olympics, Olympics 2012, 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics 2012, 2012 London Olympics, Comedy News

The Olympics won't recognize women's ski jumping, but they're just fine with ping-pong and shooting skeet. Blasting clay discs with a 12 gauge is fun, but not athletic. Anything former Vice President Dick Cheney ever did is not an Olympic sport.

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In Haiti, a Soccer Ball Stands for Hope

Jorge Laffitte | Posted 10.01.2012 | Impact

Read More: Sports, Haiti Recovery, Impact-Sports, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Ping Pong, Impact, Impact News

The universal language of soccer is spoken in the Croix des Bouquets community near Port au Prince, Haiti, home to some 70,000 people still displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake.

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China Continues Olympic Table Tennis Dominance

AP | STEPHEN WADE | Posted 10.01.2012 | Sports

LONDON — Nobody seemed particularly happy with China's first table tennis gold medal at the London Olympics. The gold-medal winner Li Xiaoxia c...

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Whoa! 16-Year-Old Table Tennis Player Nearly Beats Veteran Pro (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 07.31.2012 | Teen

Read More: Ariel Hsing Upset, Olympics, Table Tennis, Ariel Hsing, London Olympics, Ariel Hsing Third Match, Bill Gates, 2012 Olympics, Ping Pong, Li Xiaoxia, Teen News

At just 16, U.S. table tennis player Ariel Hsing has already made her Olympic debut a smash success. After winning her first two matches, she just nar...

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Which Tennis Stars Bought This Custom Ping Pong Table?

The Huffington Post | Nicole Guzzardi | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home

Read More: Custom Table, James DeWulf, Concrete Ping Pong Table, Table Tennis, Concrete Table, Custom Ping Pong Table, Ping Pong, Custom Furniture, Custommade Curator, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, HuffPost Home News

Who doesn't enjoy a lively game of ping pong? But to splurge on a custom made concrete table like this one, you'd have to be pretty into it. So it doe...

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Meet The New Generation Of U.S. Teen Olympians

New York Times | Posted 06.26.2012 | Teen

Read More: Table Tennis, Ariel Hsing, London Olympics, 2012 Olympics, Lily Zhang, Olympic Table Tennis, Timothy Wang, India Community Center Table Tennis Center, Ping Pong, Teen News

The table tennis club was built by Indian immigrants who made their fortunes in Silicon Valley. Its coaches were imported from around the world. And i...

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

AP | Posted 04.16.2012 | New York

Read More: New York Impact, New York Public Schools, Ny News, Susan Sarandon, Table Tennis, Spin, Ping Pong, New York Education, New York News

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

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WATCH: Baby Is AWESOME At Table Tennis

Posted 02.03.2012 | Comedy

Read More: UK Viral Videos, Video, Ping Pong, Table Tennis Baby, Funny Videos, Table Tennis, Baby Plays Ping Pong, Baby Plays Table Tennis, Comedy News

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...

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This Baby Could Beat You At Ping-Pong

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.03.2012 | Parents

Read More: Video, Ping Pong Video, Baby Videos, Baby, Cute Baby, Cute Baby Videos, Babies, Ping Pong, Ping Pong Games, Parents News

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 ...

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The 10 Best Ping Pong Highlights Of The Year

Posted 12.23.2011 | Sports

Read More: Ping Pong Shots 2011, Ping Pong Shots, Table Tennis Shots, Best Ping Pong Shots 2011, Ping Pong, 2011 Best Ping Pong Shots, Table Tennis, Video, Sports News

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

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Ping Pong Diplomacy

AP | By BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 01.02.2012 | World

Read More: China Qatar, China Ping Pong, Qatar Ping Pong, Qatar, China Qatar Relations, Ping Pong, China, Ping Pong Diplomacy, World News

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...

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WATCH: Ping-Pong Gets A Makeover At SPiN

Crane.tv | Posted 10.12.2011 | Arts

Read More: Off-Broadway, Tournament, New York, Todd Oldham, Club, Jonathan Bricklin, Andrew Gordon, Ping Pong, Spin Galactic, Cocktails, Jazz, Social, Dj, Sport, Susan Sarandon, Franck Raharinosy, Arts News

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

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PHOTOS: World Table Tennis Championships 2011

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 07.12.2011 | Sports

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,...

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AMAZING No-Look Ping Pong Shot

Posted 12.23.2011 | Sports

Read More: Oversjo Persson, Mattias Oversjo, Oversjo Ping Pong Shot, Video, Mattias Oversjo Persson, Ping Pong, No Look Ping Pong Shot, Sports News

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...

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Why Do Writers Like Ping Pong?

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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...

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

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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...

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"Hello Deli"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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.

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Ping Pong Propagandists

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Nightlife, Ping Pong Diplomacy, Ping Pong, Susan Sarandon, Jonathan Bricklin, Table Tennis, SPiN New York, Entertainment News

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.

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Ping Pong Tournament Takes Over Brooklyn

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: NYC Local, Sports, Gowanus, Ping Pong, Assignment Desk, Brooklyn, Eyes, New York News

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 ...

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Dems Will Bypass Conference Committee To Get Health Care Passed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Conference Committee, House Negotiations, House and Senate, Health Care House Bill, Senate Negotiations, Health Care Reform, Ping Pong, Politics News

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

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Michael Landers, Ping-Pong Prodigy

New York Times | BEN SHPIGEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

Read More: Michael Landers Prodigy, Ping Pong Prodigy, Michael Landers Ping Pong, Ping Pong, Michael Landers, Sports News

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...

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