JON VANKIN is a journalist and writer. He is the author of five nonfiction books and nine graphic novels. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, the L.A. Weekly and dozens of ...

On the evening of Dec. 31, as in many years past, millions of people around the world will stop what they're doing to watch a 12-foot, 11,875-pound crystal ball slowly descend a New York City flagpole ...

The drop ball has largely gone out of fashion in top flight football, but referees still pull it out occasionally. Clearly, no one told Curtis Jones though. During Liverpool's clash with Bournemouth, ...