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 ...

Picture a soccer ball and the image that comes to mind is probably a sphere made up of 32 smooth panels – 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. But this conventional ball is oh so passe.

SCRANTON, Pa. -- The 18 th annual Black and Blue Ball drew hundreds to the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel Friday evening. The annual ball for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is a fun ...