It wasn't until 1855, when Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber, that soccer balls started taking shape. Literally.

Blah, blah, blah. It looks like a soccer ball should look. Everything is classic: the subtle black-and-white design, the Adidas trefoil, the splashes of color.

handsome style—that interlocking triad design creating seven circles within the overall sphere—was a revelation at a time when most of the soccer balls had opted for the black-and-white ...

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.

“Blue and White” becomes “Black and White” and our community comes alive with the memories of Douglass High School, a glittering ball, a daylong picnic in the park — and ...

Early soccer ... ball without laces. The 1970 World Cup was broadcast by satellite in both Europe and the Americas, and the Telstar Durlast was designed to be television friendly. The enduring ...

HOUSTON -- A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated ... Feb. 3, a photo of the black and white ball floating in front of the windows in the orbiting laboratory’s Cupola. His post came less ...

Sponsor Message Traditional balls have 32 black and white panels. But in 2006 ... One called it a "supermarket" soccer ball. "Players really started complaining about the ball knuckling, and ...