Nadine Lippa, innovation manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, wasn’t joking when she says her boss tasked her to “reinvent the basketball.” And her 3D Airless Prototype Basketball does feel like ...

Basketball was invented in 1891, and aside from switching to the now-iconic orange ball around the 1950s (and ditching an OG version with laces, akin to a football), not a whole lot has changed about ...

Sports equipment manufacturer Wilson has unveiled a prototype 3D-printed airless basketball that, unlike traditional balls, does not need to be inflated. Made from an elastomeric polymer developed by ...

A hole in your basketball is typically not a good thing, but Wilson's bizarre new Airless basketball prototype treats them as a feature. Indeed, it's probably more hole than ball, and yet it's said to ...

Basketball has changed a lot over the years, and that goes for the sport as well as the ball itself. While James Naismith first prescribed tossing soccer balls into peach baskets to allow athletes to ...

Forward-looking: Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called "Airless Prototype" is the first ...

Wilson has announced the release of the Wilson “Airless Gen1,” marking the first time a 3D-printed basketball will be available for purchase. The Airless Gen1, a direct descendant of the Airless ...