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Article: Table Tennis, This Year's Trendiest Game, Has a Big Fan at the White House.
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- June 18, 2009
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Obama Purchases Stiga(R) Table Tennis Table
NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Shouts of "Yes, We Can!" will undoubtedly reverberate from the White House walls as President Obama, his family and their friends engage in spirited matches on the family's new table tennis table.
The Obama purchase is the most recent piece of "stimulus" the sporting goods industry has received from the popular resurgence of table tennis. Once the staple of church basements and family rec. rooms, table tennis has emerged as the latest craze of the entertainment community. The game's coolness factor was solidified by its appearance in an episode of "Entourage" during the show's ...
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