(by Steve Hopkins) Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club is the first full-time table tennis club in the greater Cincinnati area.  The club is located just to the Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, a few miles from the 275 Expressway and just off of I-42.    The location provides easy access to greater Cincinnati and Dayton. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) John Tannehill passed away earlier this week at the age of 68.  John’s storied table tennis career included accolades as a junior and several years as a top 5 player in the US, including finishing two time as the runner-up at the US Open.  He may be best known in the sport […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Most years, Fourth of July fireworks are a part of America’s table tennis culture.  The venue changes, and the schedule changes, and the city changes, and recently the big Summer event has been the US Nationals instead of the US Open – but nearly every year a thousand table tennis players, officials, staff, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. In this edition we have Florida Hall of Fame members Marv and Caron Leff.  __________________________ In this edition, Marv Leff talks about his early years playing in Chicago, his successes in Florida as […]

This video of Greek player Kalinikos Kreanga was originally published in 2016.  It was titled ” Kalinikos Kreanga: The Beast of Backhand”.  What could be more motivating that watching the energetic, emotional Kreanga and his free-swinging backhand powering past some of the world’s best players. Kreanga was never World Champion and never won the European […]