Chinese table tennis athlete Sun Yingsha (left) plays against a US athlete at a friendship match on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada to commemorate the 54th anniversary of "ping-pong diplomacy". LIA ZHU / ...

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Oakland A's catcher Jhonny Pereda is one of many pro athletes who plays ping-pong. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Justine Willard / Athletics / Getty Images This story is part of Peak, The ...

In this video I try to cram eight different ping pong trick shots into just 20 seconds. From bouncing balls off paddles and spinning platforms to landing cups and ring hooks, every setup is homemade ...

“Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary makes his acting debut in A24’s “Marty Supreme” alongside Timothée Chalamet, and one of his standout scenes involves spanking the Oscar-nominated actor with a ping pong ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own ...

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the film's ping-pong consultant, Diego Schaaf, says he hopes the actor's wild press run "gives the sport the breakthrough it’s deserved." By Lexi Carson ...

In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...

In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet plays a true hustler. The character is one of the world’s greatest table tennis players, and he is willing to do just about anything to prove it – and that means ...

Long before Timothée Chalamet starred in “Marty Supreme” — the hotly anticipated movie that hits theaters nationwide on Christmas Day — there was Marty “The Needle” Reisman, the wild-eyed, high-strung ...