Answer:
It's real until the trick is revealed.
I am used in most sports, have four holes, come in many different colors and there is a state that shares my name.
What color can you eat?
These are great, floaty fun until they explode and give you a little scare.
A man without bones whose flesh is cold. A man unthinking who is always shrinking. Who is he?
you hold my tail while I fish for you