The things that made Ball 'a phenomenal footballing figure'

"Alan Ball told me that Everton will always be his team," revealed BBC Radio Merseyside's Mike Hughes. The club legend, who ...

A-Z: Ball and Baines

A chat about Blues icons of different eras in Alan Ball and Leighton Baines. The A to Z of Merseyside sport explores the ...

England World Cup winner’s shirt expected to fetch £200,000 at auction after role in controversial goal

THE ENGLAND shirt Alan Ball wore during the 1966 World Cup Final is expected to fetch up to £200,000 at auction this month.
Digital Spy

HBO 'commissions new Alan Ball pilot'

HBO has ordered a new pilot from True Blood showrunner Alan Ball. All Signs Of Death is a dark comedy drama based on the Charlie Huston novel The Mystic Arts Of Erasing All Signs Of Death, Deadline ...
WESA

Alan Ball Sinks His Teeth Into 'True Blood'

Alan Ball won an Academy Award for his screenplay of American Beauty. After creating the HBO series Six Feet Under, about a family who runs a funeral home, writer Alan Ball moved on to the undead. His ...
KCRW

Alan Ball

Six Feet Under and his Oscar-winning screenplay for American Beauty established Alan Ball's interest in the underside of American life. His feature directorial debut, Towelhead, and the HBO series ...
FIFA

When Ball won it all with the Whitecaps

England 1966 hero Alan Ball led the Vancouver Whitecaps to the NASL title in 1979. The World Cup star's legacy lives on in the city today. The Vancouver Whitecaps are in prime position to reach the ...
The New York Times

Postcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years

Alan Ball sent the postcard to his family during the summer of 1953. Last week, it arrived at his home in Idaho. By Hannah Ziegler In 1953, during his first trip away from his Illinois home, Alan Ball ...