Transcript: Analysis: Chicago city officials set up Ping-Pong tables around the city for use by anyone

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Analysis: Chicago city officials set up Ping-Pong tables around the city for use by anyone

Host: NOAH ADAMS Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

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In downtown Chicago this weekend, the Ping-Pong balls also will be flying. More than a hundred contestants will take up paddles in a tournament of champions, the final event of Chicago Ping-Pong 2000. It began last month when city officials installed hundreds of Ping- Pong tables everywhere, from sidewalks to hotel lobbies to public libraries. NPR's David Welna has the story.

DAVID WELNA reporting:

Ping-Pong 2000 was the brainchild of Lois Weisberg, who's commissioner of Chicago's Department of ...

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