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Pepper Pong is the 'next pickleball' — and it's bringing people together: 'I call it isolation kryptonite'
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I'm 89 and in great shape — this $200 tool is my surprising fitness secret
When Rachel Williams decided to learn how to play ping pong, the 89-year-old could barely hit a ball.
Pickleball's price: Popular sport may cost US up to $500M in injuries this year
Pickleball could spark between $250 million and $500 million in healthcare capacity utilization and costs in 2023, according to calculations by UBS analysts.
Ping-pong bar co-founded by Susan Sarandon to replace iconic NYC comedy club
New York City's beloved comedy institution Carolines on Broadway is going from serving up laughs to serving up paddles.
Letters to the Editor — Aug. 2, 2022
The Issue: Democrat Andrew Stein’s column calling for President Biden to resign for the sake of the party. I can agree with Andrew Stein’s reasoning on why President Biden should...
Trash-talking table tennis mom allegedly harassed daughter's Jewish doubles partner
A former Olympic table-tennis star from Taiwan made a racket at the nationals competition, berating her daughter's Orthodox Jewish doubles partner as "ugly" and dissing her conservative style of dress.
High-tech security can't stop theft, frisky patrons at employee-free businesses
Fledgling chains of high-tech gyms and recreational spots that don’t have on-site employees are cropping up nationwide – and some are grappling with shoplifting and randy customers. Their novel business...
This Paralympian somehow manages to play ping pong without arms
He has no arms in a sport that seems to require them. But as is the theme of so many Paralympians, Ibrahim Hamadtou has found a way.
Meet Stephen Curry's unlikeliest coach — a sexy female ping-pong star
Meet Steph Curry's unlikeliest coach: Ping-pong star Soo Yeon Lee, who has seen her sport explode in the pandemic.
Meet the 12-year-old Egyptian girl who's become a ping-pong sensation
An Egyptian table tennis player has been making waves after ranking number 1 in the International Table Tennis Federation's Cadet Under 15 girls', the first African player to have done...
Feds want $182K from Colombo boss who won money in prison ping-pong injury settlement
Prosecutors have filed papers to get their hands on Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli’s settlement money to partially satisfy a $360,000 forfeiture order related to a pair of robberies in the...
Ping-pong prodigy is an Olympian at 11 years old
Table tennis prodigy Hend Zaza is headed for the Olympic Games, despite her tender age of just 11. The Syrian table tennis player will also break new ground in becoming...
Jewish teen ping pong ace can't go to Olympic trials on sabbath
She could be bounced from her shot at the Olympics. An Orthodox Jewish teen from Long Island made it all the way to the Olympic trials for ping pong —...
Snake survives ping-pong ball removal surgery
Talk about taking a load off. A yellow rat snake was taken to a Florida veterinarian by an unidentified good Samaritan after it was found with a ping-pong ball lodged...
Judge rules mobster equally liable for prison ping-pong injury
A portly Colombo mobster who sued the U.S. government after he broke his own kneecap playing prison ping-pong is equally liable in his own accident, a judge has ruled. Thomas...
Teen pulls off impossible under-the-table ping pong shot
Norwegian teenager Christopher Chen had no idea the can of worms he was releasing when he optimistically stuck his table tennis paddle up from the depths. The 15-year-old is now...
Judge in mobster's ping-pong injury case wants settlement
She wants an offer no one can refuse. The judge who will rule on jailed mobster Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli’s $10 million case against the feds for a prison rec-room...
Mobster testifies in $10M suit over prison ping-pong injury
A ping-pong paddle and a shower shoe were among the key evidence at the slip-and-fall trial for a portly ex-Colombo mob boss who is suing the feds for $10 million,...
Don't fall for North Korea's snow job at the Olympics
I remember the feeling of warmth when South and North Korean athletes competed for the first time under a unity flag. It was at the World Table Tennis Championships in...