Sports are an integral part of modern society. Going far beyond entertainment, sports and sports teams, ranging from high ...

The rules for the ball game likely varied across geographies and over time, but as described by Gizmodo in 2020: This Mesoamerican athletic contest involved a solid rubber ball, and it was played ...

The nine-pound black rubber ball arcs high in the late-afternoon ... In one graphic depiction on the walls of the monumental ninth-century Maya ball court at Chichén Itzá in the Yucatán ...

But Luckily we both play by the same rules when it comes to Mayan football. You can’t use your hands and if the rubber ball bounces more than once in your side, it’s a point for the other team.