Washington Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz took a hit to the side of his head after his teammate smacked a foul ball into the ...

The theory about the rubber balls was put forward by Juan Yadeun Angulo ... the underworld had a ball court in which the game was played with the heads of humans or gods. Angulo also noted ...

The nine-pound black rubber ball arcs high in the late-afternoon Mexican ... ins captured in battle—could literally lose their heads in post-game ceremonies. In one graphic depiction on the ...

It wasn’t until 1844, when Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber, that modern-day soccer balls began to really take shape—literally. But it wasn’t until 1844 that the modern-day soccer ...

Some of the rubber came out more bouncy, suggesting it may have been used to make balls for the legendary Mesoamerican ball games. As described in ancient Maya texts, ball games often had ...