This year gave us three great soccer games that dissected the sport in very different, approachable ways. The most important ...

Basketball was invented in 1891… using a soccer ball. The first games were very slow.  Each time someone scored, someone had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball because the baskets had no holes.

If you're a soccer fan, you're familiar with this common sight: A penalty kick is in place, with a "wall" of defenders lined up in front of the goal, ready to leap to try to block the ball if it sails ...