Wilson Sporting Goods has released a limited edition Airless Gen1 3D-printed basketball. With only 75 unique units during this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend, it has sold out. In 2023, Wilson turned ...

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 ...

It is hard to imagine a ball without air, especially as it looks deflated and would not bounce as it is, making it hard to play with in different sports. However, Wilson wants to change that, and as ...

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 ...

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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 ...

There are plenty of reasons you might want to own an airless basketball that bounces and performs just like the real thing. Say, if you host your own neighborhood March Madness tournament each year, ...

Drew Dirksen explores how a 3D printed airless basketball works and tests it out. ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death Robert Redford ...

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The Airless Gen1 basketball builds upon Wilson’s prototype, and includes performance improvements and a streamlined manufacturing process. The basketball “nearly fits” regulation basketball criteria, ...