Josh Safdie's film is no biopic, but it's heavily indebted to the life and talents of a real ping-pong champ.

Marty Supreme is fictional, but Timothee Chalamet's character is loosely based on a real competitive table tennis player ...

Carol Klenfner had played ping pong on and off since growing up and into adulthood, but it wasn't until she was 69 that she picked up the paddle to compete. Within just a few months of playing ...

In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carol Klenfner credits ping pong for keeping her mind sharp and active in her 80s. She began playing table tennis in her late 60s ...