In golf’s earliest days in Scotland, it’s likely that play was with a wooden ball as per other northern European stick and ball games of the later middle ages. Moving forward, the “hairy” ball was a ...

The beauty of each World Cup is the attention to detail and how each edition weaves in the traditions and characteristics of the host nations. And that's especially true with the official match ball.

Think about how cool you'll sound at the New Year's Eve party when you announce while shoving up your glasses: "Um, technically, it's not a ball. It's an icosahedral geodesic sphere." The Atlantic ...