Omron’s ping-pong robot FORPHEUS coaches human table tennis players to up their game
It’s not known whether Microsoft founder Bill Gates had FORPHEUS in mind when he recently called for a robot tax to offset jobs lost […]
The Art of Ping Pong is back with more one-of-a-kind table tennis paddles
A run-of-the-mill table tennis paddle can be purchased for under five dollars, while a top-of-the-line model will set you back more than one hundred […]
Team Edge’s mini-sports battle includes tabletop versions of ping pong, golf, bowling and football
Are you confined to your bedroom, lack a large yard, or stand less than a foot tall? If so, mini sports might just be […]
Ping Pong Prodigy: Teenager Kanak Jha is America’s top-rated table tennis player
When Kanak Jha was 16, he became the youngest American Olympian to participate at the Rio Games, and the youngest in history — of […]
Seth Meyers shares NBA Jam 1952 and other sports titles from defunct Jorbus video game console
Back when the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, and Nintendo Entertainment System were all the rage, Seth Meyers got the little-known Jorbus from Montgomery Ward […]
Ten awesome ping pong ball tricks from Mr. Hacker (8 of which can be tried at home)
You don’t need a table to still be able to partake in some interesting ping pong tricks — heck, you don’t even need a […]
Take Me Out to the Disco: Flip through our virtual bin of sports-themed music album covers
Music and sports are inexorably intertwined. From marching bands at football games, to boxer’s walk-out music, to arena pump-up songs, the two realms of […]
Giant ping pong ball tossed into oversized Pringles can… dude, perfect!
One may safely assume that anyone who calls table tennis “ping pong” is not particularly dedicated to the sport. But when it come to […]
Dennis Rodman updates ping pong diplomacy with basketball bonds in North Korea
Almost fifty years after ping pong diplomacy paved the way to better relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States, Dennis […]
King Kong Ping Pong: Dude Pefect’s “Ping Pong Trick Shots 4” includes Donkey Kong tribute
Of all of Dude Perfect’s wildly popular trick shot videos, their two most popular offerings feature ping pong balls. Both Ping Pong Trick Shots […]
Jimmy Fallon resorts to cheating versus Versaball beer pong robot
A few years back on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the host faced off against a Versaball beer pong robot and needed a […]
Table tennis trickery: Behold the bewildering behind-the-back bamboozler
The next time you have a lot riding on a hotly-contested ping pong game (say, front row seats to a Lakers-Clippers game at Staples […]