doggie birthday party Dogs are delighted by a piñata filled with tennis balls! Jennifer Sandlin

Watch these thrilling, brutal, nail-biting moments from the year in, um, table tennis Allan Rose Hill

adorable animals Golden Retrievers flummoxed by a few inches of water Jennifer Sandlin

music Freak storm, with hail the size of tennis balls, hospitalizes 7 attending Colorado concert Ruben Bolling

robots Ping Pong robot Forpheus is a formidable foe Elías Villoro

tennis anyone? Bustin' Balls: World Team Tennis 1974-1978, Pro Sports, Pop Culture, and Progressive Politics Mark Frauenfelder

california Where unsold items end up after Oakland's huge White Elephant Sale Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets PingPongly brings table tennis to virtually any table Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets You can play ping pong on any table with this set that's on sale for under $45 Boing Boing's Shop

rona Official: You can kick their balls, but don't touch them Rob Beschizza

DIY Making DIY Homemade Puppets with Jim Henson in 1969 Thom Dunn

Japan Watch this master swordsman slice a speeding baseball in two Séamus Bellamy

Kids Zoo cheetahs chase balls launched from "cheetahpult" Andrea James

Space The size of the solar system if Earth were the volume of a basketball Rob Beschizza

muppets Jim Henson teaches kids how to make puppets (1969) Rusty Blazenhoff

manufacturing How ping pong balls are made David Pescovitz

sports USPS issues circular, textured sports ball stamps David Pescovitz

design Chanel now sells a very expensive boomerang David Pescovitz

sports Bowling with ping pong balls Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Read: Rescue, by Sarah Gailey Sarah Gailey