Self-described "ping-pong ninja" Tim Bergkamp taunts his opponent during a match at Appleton-area fun center.

Ping Pong is In
The non-macho game of table tennis, popularly known as "ping-pong" for the bouncy little sound the ball makes, has somehow elicited tough-guy posturing and braggadocio from Appleton resident Tim Bergkamp, sources close to the 27-year-old revealed Monday.

"I don't know what the deal is," said Marty Zielke, a coworker of Bergkamp's, "but ever since we got that ping-pong table, Tim's been acting like he's Macho Man Randy Savage or something." The table, brought in by fellow Target sales associate Jason Hersh after he decided to remove it from his basement rec room, has "brought out the competitive animal" in the mild-mannered Bergkamp. "You should see him when he gets going. You'd think ping-pong was some kind of ESPN2 extreme sport," Hersh said. "He's all like, 'Time for a serious ass-kicking, Jason.