Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...

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Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

"I've learned you don't have to be a celebrity or be a certain age to make a difference," says Ethan King One minute, 10-year-old Ethan King was standing alone, kicking his soccer ball around a dusty, ...

Reporting from Herzogenaurach, Germany — To design the most technologically advanced World Cup ball in history, Adidas had to go back to a time when TV transmissions were mostly in black and white, ...

We see it all the time in soccer. A physics-defying, gravity-altering kick that curves mid-air and finds the back of the net. Often, it happens over a defensive wall during a free kick. Perhaps the ...

The soccer ball has evolved pretty rapidly in the past 50 years. Most of us grew up with the soccer ball known as the “Buckminster Ball, or Buckyball,” made by the American architect and designer ...

The Press-Telegram and Daily Breeze once again enjoyed a successful Let’s Play Ball campaign — thanks to readers.

One thing about soccer that makes it an enjoyable game for just about any participant is that the round soccer ball is fairly predictable in the way it behaves when it’s kicked, passed, headed, thrown ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

Go North KC asks artists, illustrators, designers and other creative designers to submit proposals for a large-scale public art installation in the form of a massive soccer ball. The 20-foot ...