Up to then, soccer balls were leather and came in one color, often dark in hue, which made them difficult to see on television. The Telstar, with its black-and-white pattern, was so easy to follow ...

A close-up of the new Nike Flight soccer ball. Launched in a stark black ink on a white exterior with plenty of aesthetic call outs to the technology and science behind the design, expect the next ...

A thoughtful godmother gave my younger son, Theo, the so-called hover soccer ball for his birthday. Designed to look like the real thing (down to the black-and-white pentagons), the lightweight ...