Awesome Sports

Mario Tennis Aces for the Nintendo Switch features a variety of moves and counter-moves to keep you and your opponents guessing and risking. It has 15 characters, up to four-player online and local multiplayer and even a story mode. Drops 6/22/18.

Enjoy fun twists on the game of darts with Jay Stoltz’s dartboards. Each one is handmade and adds new rules related to the sport that inspired them. There’s a baseball board, a basketball board and a golf board.

The NBA’s new augmented reality app features a Portals section that lets you open a virtual doorway into the sights and sounds of the 2018 NBA Finals. You’ll get up close with player intros, huddles and post-game celebrations. Available for iOS and Android.

The Corknet is a portable table tennis set that gets its name from its two cork wedges. The freestanding wedges act as the net and have a compartment to store the ball when not in use. They stack on top of each other for easy storage.

(PG-13: Language) Ultramarathon is one of the world’s most punishing sports. Ultramarathoner Robbie Britton – who moved to Chamonix, France from London for further training – shares what makes him tick in GoshDamn’s beautiful short film.

Coiski Media visited the Golden State Warriors’ basketball facility to check out some of their players’ shoes. They spoke with Director of Team Operations Eric Housen about storing thousands of shoes, transporting gear for away games, and the players’ shoe wearing habits.

Designed in collaboration with Stampd founder Chris Stamp, IKEA’s SPÄNST is a collection of home goods for active urban residents. Dominated by black and white and thin lines, some standouts include LED sticks, a shoe/skateboard rack, and a skateboard.

ESPN and Netflix are teaming up for The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary series about Michael Jordan and the ’90s Chicago Bulls. It will feature never-before-seen footage from the team’s 1997-98 championship run. Premieres 2019.

Killspencer and Judson Studios created a special version of its indoor mini basketball kit. The Shattered Dreams kit has a backboard made of pre-shattered and fused transparent and opaque glass. It also has a chrome rim, a leather net and a rubber mini basketball.

Spring is coming, and we want to get dirty, but the ground is still frozen. Until that changes, let’s enjoy the terrain and the supremely clean sound edits in Ricki Bedenbaugh’s latest vid that features the formidable international motocross phenom Hunter Lawrence.

Skier Candide Thovex is incredible on the powdery slopes, but in this collaboration with Audi, he shows off just how little snow matters to him, as he tears down rocky cliffs, dirt trails, over grass, rocks, lava stone, and just about any place he can point his tips downhill.

Sure, you can go to Las Vegas to get your clubbing and gamble on, but how about satisfying your other passions? MGM Resorts invited us on an extraordinary trip to show us what pro sports means to their town, and needless to say, we were amazed.

Paraglider Jean-Baptiste Chandelier does everything in his power to resist the universe’s desire to pull objects towards the ground and remain airborne in some truly amazing locations in Portugal, France, Brazil, and South Africa. That paraskiing looks like a blast.

(PG-13: Language) “I don’t wanna win this way… but a W is a W.” Jay and Leland are about to win a friendly game against the Handle God. But they didn’t account for… Prison Ball. RDCworld1’s new series is a fun parody of Kuroko’s Basketball.

Buffalo Bottle Craft scoops out the middle of real hockey pucks, and replaces them with a sturdy bottle opener. Each one has a magnetic catch for caps, and makes a great gift for any hockey fan. Available in blank, team logo, and custom designs.

(PG-13: Language) Margot Robbie takes on the role of a lifetime as Tonya Harding, the disgraced and disgraceful Olympic figure skater behind one of the biggest sports scandals of all time. Holy crap, Allison Janney is awesome.

While watching a ping pong match, something caught this smartphone shooter’s eye – two girls in the background playing a frenetic game, one of whom was playing with her face instead of a paddle. From what we can tell, this was actually a Japanese commercial for face cream.

Who here among us doesn’t love the amazingly athletic World Surf League pro Lakey Peterson? You will adore her even more in Aaron Lieber’s black and white clip of her destroying the waves in Central America. She makes it look so easy you know, for a girl and all.

Weighing just 42 lbs, TRAK’s 2.0 Kayak goes from backpack to water in 10 minutes, with a unique compact bag system that can be taken on an airplane. It also adapts to a variety of water conditions with its adjustable rocker and waterline.

Freerunner Jason Paul meets up with fellow parkour athletes Kenichi, Zen, Yakuwa, and Yuutarou in downtown Tokyo, then lands at Edo Wonderland – a picture-perfect theme park that replicates life in the 17th century Edo era, samurais, ninjas and all. BTS footage here.

After years of penalizing players for showboating after a score, the NFL has finally let up on its strict endzone celebration rules. ESPN sat down with a player who knows the drill all too well to get his opinion, and to announce his un-retirement.

(PG-13: Language) “I was ravin’ in the desert til the sun gave me red skin, I told you that I’m no saint, I see hawks, I just spin…” Mac Lethal incorporates the names of every US pro football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer team into a cohesive 3-minute rap.

“It’s not a fake sport… It’s a real story that we’re telling.” Director Tim Grant introduces us to pro wrestler Cauliflower Chase Brown, who reminds us the action we see on stage is backed up by a desire to entertain and satisfy an audience with a heroes tale for the underdog.