Sports

The House of Sports is basically an Olympic Park, but unlike those built by mortals, the House's Park is many times bigger and more majestic. It hosts facilities, training centers, and stores equipment of all kinds of sports imaginable, either real or "fictional". Because of that, this place is massive, and the House of Travel needed to set up some travel services to take athletes around the complex.

Every four years, the Gods' Olympic Competition is held here. Of course, given the nature of the House, many victories come from the House members and not from outside.

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The Chosen Athletes

Little Mac

Little Mac, God of Boxing Battlers (Bruiser from the Bronx)

Lesser God
Symbol: His pink tracksuit
Theme Songs: Fight Theme (NES), Jogging (NES), Punch-Out Main Theme (Wii version), and Jogging/Countdown (Punch-Out!!) from SSB4
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Those never giving up, those who don't talk, Type 1 American based characters, small people who really don't like to be teased about their height, very fast boxers, the Star Punch, pink tracksuits, Giga Mac
Domains: Boxing, Determination
Herald: Doc Louis (his coach)
Allies: Dudley and all good Nintendo Gods, Rey Mysterio, Ippo Makunochi, Rocky Balboa
- Partner: Breloom of the Mushroom-Based Pokémon
Rivals: Balrog and all evil Nintendo Gods
Friendly Rivals: Glass Joe, Donkey Kong, Soda Popinski, King Hippo, Aran Ryan, Great Tiger
Ascended when he was given the invitation to participate in the fourth Super Smash Bros. Tournament, which was met with unanimous rejoicing, seeing as he was an Assist Trophy in the previous tournament.
Usually does not like to be mocked of his height. The last person who did this, Samus, was sent flying to the moon with his K.O Punch. Gets along with Rey Mysterio, who has proven to be a god not to be messed with despite his size (although he doesn't like how Rey can get away with hitting people with steel chairs).
Hates Balrog for being a disgrace to the sport of boxing, and sees Dudley as a mentor who at least has the sense not to insult him for the pink tracksuit he wears.
- Artix von Krieger, meanwhile screams in terror whenever Little Mac wears it (because he's scared of pink).
Also leads the Boxing Club in the Academy.
Trollkaiger thought it would be funny to replay clips of Samus making fun of his height. Little Mac's response was to go Giga Mac.
Happy to find a fellow WVBA boxer in Glass Joe, and Glass Joe is happy that it's Little Mac and not the other boxers like Mr. Sandman or Super Macho Man that's coming to see him. Other WVBA boxers soon ascended, but they don't seem to hold ill will toward Little Mac, and are waiting for the day they can all fight.
Also was rumored to have gone mad in power after winning his title and done some atrocities, forcing Abobo to defeat him. With the help of NiGHTS, Little Mac was able to defend his case that it was All Just a Dream of Abobo's, enabling him to retain his place.
Is a big fan of Rocky Balboa, given both are underdogs that struck gold, and befriended him upon his ascension. He is using his connections with the WVBA deities to have them fight Rocky, or at the very least fight his herald, Adonis.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, THE God of Basketball (His Airness, Air Jordan, #23, Roster Player, The Greatest Player to Ever Play the Game)

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Intermediate God
Symbol: The "Jumpman" Logo, or the Chicago Bull logo with the number 23
Leitmotif: Sirius
- Image Song: I Believe I Can Fly
- Theme Music: Roundball Rock
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Singlehandedly conquering the entire NBA for three consecutive runs TWICE (the only interval is because of his abrupt retirement, luckily Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes convinced him to return), a near-constant state of shilling out product endorsements, Smug Super, Competition Freak, Showy Invincible Hero
Allies: The Looney Tunes, especially Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Wilt, Michael Jackson
Friendly Rivals: The Monstars (former enemies)
Heralds: Hanamichi Sakuragi, LeBron James
Domain: Sports, Basketball, Baseball, The Olympics, Commerce
Surprising, neither his legendary run in the NBA nor his role on the Olympic Dream Team got him ascended. It was, instead, when he helped save Looney Land from the invading Monstars. As such, he may not be an honorary Looney Tune, but he is still welcome to visit any time.
While he also owns and manages an NBA team, the Charlotte Hornets, he has personally taken the imaginary friend Wilt under his tutelage, much to Wilt's excitement. Whatever others think of Wilt don't matter to him as long as Wilt loves the game.
Out of all his Berserk Buttons, his legendary gambling habits are what he would prefer not to have brought up. Still doesn't make it wise to call him baldy or washed up, though.
- Maybe don't mention how bad his baseball career turned out, either.
Though many don't speak of it, he is currently trying to make amends for the time his friend's Chaos Dunk massacred thousands and, long story short, Michael ended up head of the B-Ball removal department. As such, his Bully Hunter tendencies are even more pronounced than they used to be; he's seen how bad it can get, and doesn't want that to happen ever again.
He was also once part of a superhero team alongside Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky. He is currently working on getting his friends ascended as well.
Has a special relationship with the House of Commerce, as he used to shill out product endorsements constantly. If anyone needs to try and market anything, they usually give MJ a call.
He has been known to get emotional to the point of tears when looking back on his youth.
Michael Jackson celebrated the other MJ's ascension by singing "Jam", the song that once united them.
Michael would like you to know that he is not cocky; he is very well aware of his skill and he welcomes any and all challengers to his position as god of basketball - including those from his high priests.
- He saw how Superman once dominated a game of basketball and wants to see if Supes could take him one-on-one. Superman has yet to respond to this challenge.

Tsubasa Ozora

Tsubasa Ozora, Patron Deity of The Beautiful Game (Oliv(i)er "Holly" Hutton/Atton/Atom, Heaven-Sent Child of Soccer, Soccer Genius, Field Samurai)

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Lesser God
Symbol: A football with a peregrin falcon resting on top of it
Theme Song: "Moete Hero" (bonus version sung by Tsubasa and several of his teammates)
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: The Ace, Wide-Eyed Idealist, Chaste Hero, Married to the Job, Lovable Jock, Drive Shoot, Improbable Sports Skills, represented by the peregrin falcon
Domains: Football/Soccer, Sports
Heralds:
- The Japanese national team: Taro Misaki, Ryo Ishizaki, Genzo Wakabayashi, Kojiro Hyuga, Ken Wakashimazu, Jun Misugi, Hikaru Matsuyama, etc.
- Friends and family: Roberto Hongo, Sanae Ozora
High Priest: Tsukushi Tsukamoto and his team
Allies: Tai Yagami, Sora Takenouchi, Daisuke Motomiya, Takuya Kanbara, Yuujin Oozora, Lúcio Correia dos Santos, Mario, Mega Man, The Monstars, Ippo Makunouchi
- Partner: Cinderace
Enemies: Bowser, Dr. Wily
Tsubasa Ozora is the kind of person who lives and breathes his sport of election: soccer. As a toddler, it was a ball that saved his life as he was about to be hit by a car. Ever since then, he adopted the philosophy that "the ball is his friend" and dribbled one wherever he went. As a middle schooler, he moved to Shizuoka, where he met an incredibly skilled but arrogant goalkeeper, Genzo Wakabayashi, who played at Shutetsu, reputed for its strong team. Tsubasa challenged Genzo to a duel and managed to score a goal, starting a fierce rivalry between them. Tsubasa then enrolled at Nankatsu, whose soccer team was considered a joke, to face Genzo in a proper game. He also got the attention of retired Brazilian player Roberto Hongo, who offered to coach the team. The two teams ultimately tied in their big game, marking Tsubasa's first step into going professional.
- Tsubasa and Genzo were then teamed up to represent Nankatsu at the national junior tournament, and Tsubasa met many extraordinary players who became his rivals and would become his teammates later in life when they all became professional. Among the most notable are aggressive, tiger-like Kojiro Hyuga, goalkeeper Ken Wakashimazu who incorporates karate moves into his playstyle, the sickly but brilliant Jun Misugi, and reliable Hikaru Matsuyama. Among Tsubasa's own team, Taro Misaki is the one who best understands him and they make a formidable combo, while Ryo Ishizaki, though lacking in talent, isn't lacking in determination or ability to lighten the mood. All of these players would go on to play alongside Tsubasa all the way to the World Cup that Tsubasa dreams of winning for Japan.
Tsubasa's tale ressonated the world over and inspired many well-known players to take up the sport in the first place. Because of this, he was ascended to represent the sport he adores so much. All things considered, Tsubasa took it well, despite coming from a more mundane world. He reasons that any kind of being that shows interest in soccer can't be all bad. He only wants to make sure it doesn't interfere with his career "downstairs". Other than that, he is happy to be able to spread the love for soccer among as many people as he can. His teammates' reactions were varied; some like Genzo and Kojiro felt their rivalry with Tsubasa flare up and are ambitious to claim a divine title for themselves; others like Taro and Ryo supported Tsubasa wholeheartedly.
Some of the Digidestined were enthusiastic at Tsubasa's ascension. Tai and Daisuke used to play soccer when they were in school and while their lives have taken on different directions from that (with Tai becoming a diplomat and Daisuke a ramen chef), they're still able to appreciate Tsubasa's uncanny talent. Takuya on the other hand did go on to play soccer professionally and seems to consider Tsubasa an ideal to achieve. Yuujin is likewise good at the sport, even if he never had an opportunity to figure out just how far he could go before his life was derailed and then terminated by Leviathan. Tsubasa reckons the matter with Leviathan is way over his head, but he still feels compassion for Yuujin's situation and encourages him to put his all into soccer, even playing some rounds with him when he can spare the time. Tsubasa is hoping to found a Pantheon team that he can coach, with Yuujin as a centerpiece player.
- Sora Takenouchi also used to be very into the sport in her tomboy phase, but later switched to tennis after becoming more feminine. Tsubasa respects that decision, even if he finds it a pity. Interestingly, Sora has had a similar progression to Tsubasa's wife Sanae, as Sanae also started out rather tomboyish, with a propension to snap at any players not called Tsubasa. She calmed down significantly by high school, becoming a Yamato Nadeshiko, but never lost her love for soccer (though she never played, only did cheerleading). When all is said and done, Sora feels an affinity for Sanae and would like it if Tsubasa paid a little more attention to Sanae, given he often seems to put soccer before her.
Soccer is huge in Brazil and Tsubasa's fortunes are closely tied to that country, with his mentor being a Brazilian ex-player and having spent many of his formative years playing there for São Paulo. Brazilian deities went wild upon hearing about Tsubasa's ascension, finding him a worthy choice to represent the king of sports even if he is Japanese. Lúcio Correia dos Santos introduced him to his own variety of soccer, Lúcioball, which got Tsubasa excited and wanting to challenge Lúcio. Lúcio was skeptical that Tsubasa could handle it, but Tsubasa demanded that he hold nothing back, so Lúcio humored him. Tsubasa predictably lost the first few matches, but he was paying attention to how it worked and came up with ways to counter Lúcio, impressing the DJ/freedom fighter and reinforcing that Tsubasa was really the right choice for deification. Tsubasa now plays Lúcioball often, even bringing his teammates to play a proper 3 v 3 match, which Lúcio finds more fun than playing against himself all the time.
Tsubasa thinks that Lúcioball is pretty great training, but he found out there's more when he suddenly fell into a soccer field where deities such as Mario and Luigi were in full uniform and asked for his help in facing Bowser and his minions who had Princess Peach captive, again. Tsubasa, of course, agreed to help, but even with those stakes he did not expect the game to go the way it did, with things like fireballs and spiky shells being flung around and players actively shoving each other and getting electrocuted. Even though this flew in the face of all the soccer rules Tsubasa was familiar with, he felt more fired-up than ever and thought this would make for great reflex training. In the end, Tsubasa's skills assured a victory for Mario's side, which earned him a kiss from Peach, making Mario jealous, though he's still thankful for the help. Tsubasa would prefer that in the future, they ask him to participate in these games a bit more in advance, because he'd like his teammates to join in as well. It seems like Bowser wants revenge on him, as well.
Tsubasa heard of an incident where the evil robot master Dr. Wily disrupted a televised soccer match by replacing all the players with his robot minions. Fortunately, Mega Man went to the rescue and defeated all the robots in various soccer matches. Tsubasa is disgusted at Dr. Wily for interupting the players who were giving it their all and using soccer for his evil designs and thankful to Mega Man for setting things right. Though, he thinks he wouldn't mind playing alongside Mega Man and facing Wily's robots just to see for himself what they're capable of.
The story behind the Monstars was an odd one for Tsubasa to hear, what with the idea of little alien creatures being able to steal the ability of great players, playing against Bugs Bunny and many other cartoon characters and in the end it served to restore a certain legendary player's love for his sport of choice, basketball. Despite how bizarre it all sounded, Tsubasa felt compelled to go up to the Monstars and tell them it would be interesting if they could copy (NOT steal, Tsubasa emphasized) other skilled players' abilities and use that to play against any sports team in the Pantheon. If they copied some soccer player's abilities, Tsubasa would like to play against them. This surprised the Monstars, who have never been told anything like that.
Tsubasa has overall good relationships with the many different sports deities, as he should, as he's overall a Nice Guy even if he has a tendency to get overly absorbed in soccer. He managed to strike up an unlikely friendship with the boxer Ippo Makunouchi, though mostly because Kojiro showed interest in him first; like Kojiro, Ippo comes from an impoverished background and had no father figure, and so worked hard to provide for his family (In Ippo's case, his mother; in Kojiro's case, mother and a bunch of younger siblings). They both found solace and a good way to earn money in their chosen sports, which they are very passionate about. On the other hand, Ippo is much more timid than Kojiro, which sometimes gets on his nerves.

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