NEW YORK -- Wooden rackets are long gone from tennis, and kids who play baseball grow up hearing the clang of metal rather than the crack of wooden bats. So it's no great shock to learn this week that ...

Sometimes, a basketball can seem larger than its actual 29.5-inch circumference. With all the talk of bubble teams and bracketology, the simple sphere of composite leather feels weightier than 22 oz.

The NBA will return to using leather basketballs, scrapping the new microfiber composite ball introduced this season. Many players have complained about the new ball, saying it was too slippery caused ...