PiPs, a ping pong club and art gallery (or "ping pong gallery and art club," says owner Bill Mack) has been up and running in Williamsburg since July, but it's only now that they're adding the magic ingredient for success in the neighborhood: booze. Booze that you can drink, and cash that you can win, at their big tournament tomorrow night! more ›

Have you ever been to SPiN, the surprisingly trendy Ping-Pong club on Park Avenue and East 23rd Street? It is a very strange place. You already know about their Susan Sarandon connection, and that polished stainless steel Ping-Pong table with a glass net worth $60,000 in their sweet back room. They also have decent upscale bar food, and lots of tables in the main space which you can rent for $30 per hour per table. Nothing extraordinary there—what's shocking about SPiN is the clientele. more ›

The Department of Education wants to monetize high school athletics by creating a television network just for city school sports. Officials might sell the broadcasting rights for the Public Schools Athletic League and use the sponsorship money to add new school sports like table tennis and flag rugby, according to the Post. Supporters say similar deals have proven profitable elsewhere in the country and have given student-athletes greater exposure, benefited schools, and allowed parents and alums who can't attend games to stay involved. But what's going to happen when high school athletes—like college athletes—start asking for their share of the money? more ›

A couple of months ago the scenesters behind the infamous Naked Ping Pong parties went legit and opened a beautiful 13,000 square foot table tennis emporium in a subterranean space on East 23rd Street, formerly occupied by Woolworths. Called SPiN New York, the approach is sort of like what Brooklyn Bowl is doing with bowling; taking a sport normally associated with basement-dwelling poindexters and recreating it in a funky nightclub context with a bar, restaurant, DJ. more ›