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NFL’s Bengals End Training Camp with Ping Pong

(by Steve Hopkins) When we first entered the Cincinnati Bengals’ locker room, a Butterfly table was in the center, surrounded by player lockers and other equipment. The table was clearly well-used, as there were paddles on and beside it, and there were balls strewn throughout the room.  This was very much like what we had […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: MK Georgia Table Tennis

(by Steve Hopkins) MK Georgia Table Tennis is in Duluth, Georgia just off of I-85 to the Northeast of Atlanta.  Duluth is in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area, and is a suburb with a strong Asian influence which includes about 10% of the population being of Korean descent.  The club itself is located off Peachtree Industrial […]

PongNow: Larry Hodges

(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member, Larry Hodges  Larry Hodges is a table tennis player, coach, promoter, writer, classic style specialist, and USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member.  […]

“Quarantine” + “Ping Pong”

(by Steve Hopkins) Many in the sport say that table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world.  That can be tough to quantify – especially when athletes in other sports earn more money and other pro leagues are so popular.  Perhaps the better arguments label table tennis as the most popular “participation sport” […]

A Table for One: Table Tennis and Isolation

(by Steve Hopkins) With schools and events closing, and many of us banished to our homes even for work, table tennis is one of the few sports that can survive in the limited spaces we have available in our basements and other spare spaces indoors.  When this storm has passed, our sport will be one of […]

Irvine Levine – A Witness to 70 Years of Rhode Island Table Tennis

(Steve Hopkins) Irvine Levine-Witness to 70 Years of Rhode Island Table Tennis We don’t know exactly when the Rhode Island Table Tennis Club started, but we do know there was an active league running when World War II broke out – and that club operations ceased temporarily. We also know that since 1947, when the […]

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