http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog a blog about everything ping pong Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:56:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A ceremony was held today in Beijing to announce the release of a new stamp to honor 93 table tennis champions from China. http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/14/stamps-in-china-honor-table-tennis-champs/ This is a very interesting use for ping pong balls - a ping pong ball chandelier. http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/14/ping-pong-ball-chandelier/ Celebrities Playing Table Tennis is such a cool website with over 700 photos (and over 400 celebrities) playing ping pong. You can find pictures of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, and others playing. http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/28/celebrities-playing-ping-pong/ The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article today that outlines the huge popularity and performance gap between China and the United States. The best table tennis players in the world are from China, and the gap is widening. The sport draws huge crowds in China and the popularity and ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/13/struggle-for-popularity-in-the-us/ There are some pictures from the 2008 Olympic Trials available on Flickr. Courtesy of  anjan58 http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/13/olympic-trial-pictures/ The Washington Post did a good article about the top-ranked junior player in the United States. Ariel Hsing is only 12 years old but is one of the top young table tennis players in the world. She is competing this weekend in Philadelphia for a chance to represent ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/12/us-table-tennis-prodigy/ A sports writer at Drexel University wrote a column about his experience covering the Olympic Trials at his university. When Drexel announced that they got the rights to the Table Tennis Olympic Trials this summer, I thought it was a fun joke. I had no idea that ping-pong was an Olympic ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/12/yes-table-tennis-is-an-olympic-sport/ The 2008 U.S. Olympic team trials have begun at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The trials will help determine who will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The official trials start Friday and the top four finishers in the men's and women's division will move on to the ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/12/2008-us-olympic-trials/ Ping Pong Central has just become an authorized dealer of Killerspin. Killerspin is one of the up and coming brands in table tennis - and it's based right here in the United States. Killerspin has a partnership with ESPN and its tables were even featured in a major ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/05/killerspin-ping-pong-tables/ I'm pleased to announce that Ping Pong Central will now be carrying DHS ping pong tables, accessories, blades, and more. DHS (also known as Double Happiness) is a one of the biggest and most respected table tennis brands in China. DHS equipment has been used at the past two Olympic ... http://www.pingpongcentral.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/02/dhs-ping-pong-table/