Every throw a quarterback makes on an NFL field starts in Ada, Ohio. Every year, a Wilson Sporting Goods Co. factory in the town, about an hour south of Toledo, creates more than a half-million ...

ADA, Ohio – When the Browns and Bengals take the field in downtown Cleveland this weekend, another product from Ohio will join them on the grass: a handmade leather football from tiny Ada, about an ...

The factory has a collection of Singer sewing machines, which are used by employees to add stripes and provide reinforcements for the laces. Holes are inserted for the polyurethane bladder (many years ...