Awesome Sports

Players shoot, dunk and make gestures over Scenario. Where are Sugar K and the 2014 champs?! Aside from making Al Jefferson do an Earl Manigault impression, NBA 2K15 also adds face scanning and mentors to the career mode.

Team Acrorun showcase their skills across Turkey’s historical landmarks. Bulut Şahin matches them with his superb editing and camera work, including a sick time-lapse trick. The song is Step Out by Jose Gonzalez.

The Pee Wee Football League Mighty Mites ran full-bore towards a celebratory banner, but their unstoppable force met an immovable object resulting in an amusing, but embarrassing outcome for the kids. Upgraded edition here.

Gymnast Alexander Bayturin (aka “Baityk“) shows off his incredible upper body strength, agility and the sheer joy of what he does, as he plays on a set of backyard monkey bars he uses for practice.

Check out the precision in this extraordinary ping pong trick shot from Josep Antón Velázquez. His serves must have the perfect amount of spin, speed, height and placement to pass through the holes of the wood to finish the trick. Bravo, sir.

“Any actor who tells you that he’s not inspired by Bugs Bunny is a liar.” The great Bryan Cranston pretends that he wrote, directed and performed a one-man play about the MLB postseason in this hilarious TBS commercial.

Trampoline experts Sean and Eric Kennedy of Flippenout demonstrate their synchronized acrobatic skills as they fly up to 22 feet in the air in this beautifully-shot (all too) short film by Dominick Sheldon for NOWNESS.

The pressure and roughhousing in an online multiplayer match literally gets to the players in this compelling TV commercial for FIFA 15. Featuring soccer phenom Lionel Messi. It reminds us of Guy Ritchie’s classic Nike ad.

Despite his skills, pro golfer Rory McIlroy couldn’t have pulled off this shot if he were trying. During the 2014 TOUR Championship, he managed to land his tee shot in a dude’s pants pocket. After the drop, McIlroy still parred the hole.

You’ll have to watch competitive biker Szymon Godziek’s insane mountain bike Tsunami flip a few times to understand the sheer amount of strength and coordination required to pull off such a difficult trick.

Wanna know what separates a trip to the hospital from a funny viral video? A helmet. YouTuber Cameron Kirkner shares his friend Cameron’s adrenaline-infused outburst after a scary skateboard crash.

A glitch in Madden NFL 15 caused Tennessee Titans Christian Kirksey to be listed and depicted in one of the game’s modes as only 14″ tall. EA Sports fixed the glitch, but then they decided to bring the Tiny Titan back.

England will be hosting the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The kingdom summoned none other than Charles Dance, OBE, Hand of the King, Warden of the West, Great Lion of the Rock, Chuck D., to get the world pumped up about the event.

Shimano shared this footage taken from the perspective of one of its neutral mechanics at La Vuelta 2014. Riding on a motorcycle, the mechanic helps riders in need of fresh tires and keeps used tires.

Japanese comedy show Downtown asked former pro baseball player Takeshi Yamasaki if he can take the best that a pitching machine has to offer: a 190mph fastball. Look at the thumbnail and guess. Skip to 3:15.

LeBron James dunks on Shabazz Napier, Shaq invents a new word to describe the sound of Kevin Durant’s three-pointer and the Red Hot Chili Peppers want you to suck their kiss in the new gameplay trailer for NBA 2K15.

Presenting, the human Eeyore. Daniel Colman won over $15M at the World Series of Poker over veteran Dan Negreanu. Apparently at that point the 23-year old Colman felt conflicted about his career. Here’s Negreanu’s take on it.

…is none other than the man who plays The Mountain in Game of Thrones, Hafþór Júlíus “Thor” Björnsson. Thor displayed his skull-crushing power and tore through the events in the competition to take first place.

Goalkeeper Lassi Hurskainen can punch a soccer ball with enough force to get it far away from his opponents. Let’s watch heavyweight boxer Robert Helenius give it a try. Robert’s voice can throw a bigger punch than our fists can.

A beautifully handcrafted football with the rough suede side out. It’s a little smaller than a pro football for easier throwing – and yes, it’s meant to be thrown, not just put on a shelf. Expect it to patina over time.

Teqball is a combination of soccer and table tennis. Players can hit the ball with their head, shoulders, knees or feet. An optional sensor system automatically officiates, tracks scores and records player stats.

Marcus Alqueres‘ short sci-fi film envisions a world in which pro football players have been replaced with robots, amid concerns about player safety. The pre-order link on the NF7 website has us hoping there’s a video game in store.

Kevin Hart goes to great lengths to challenge Dave Franco in Madden NFL. We can’t explain the other stuff. Instead of boasting about whatever new or unique thing their game has, EA Sports decided to go completely off the deep end.