So in reality, there's no such thing as a definitive "football". American football is no less football than soccer. They all have the same roots and grew out of the same process like sports evolution.

Making an Icon. Every NFL football is born at the Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio, a small town an hour south of Toledo. It’s here that more than 100 employees cut, sew, lace, and inflate 4,000 ...

An official ball for the NFL Super Bowl LIII football game that was made at the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. in Ada, Ohio, on Jan. 21, 2019. Rick Osentoski—AP By Olivia B. Waxman ...

Welcome to American Football, our across the pond friends. ... Every time you advance the ball 10 yards, it is called a first down, which means your chances start over.

Ball-Tracking Tech for (American) Football The World Cup has its own system. But new technology could help spot the pigskin through a 10-lineman pileup on the gridiron.

On Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers and New Jersey (later known as Princeton) played in the first American football game. Almost 23 years later, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1892, two teams — and a ...