PETA Slam Dunks NCAA For decades, football players have been tossing around the ol’ “pigskin” (the ball is actually made of cow’s skin today). Baseball players have been perfecting their “horsehide” (cowhide) curve ball for even longer. But the time has come for sports like soccer, baseball and cricket to field a new idea—nonleather sporting equipment.
Are You Too sexy For Leather? Forget following the herd! Are you a rebel with a cause? A hip and humane trendsetter who has lost the leather and gotten passionate about pleather? Skin is hot—your own skin, that is. After all, what's sexy about slipping into the skin of a dead cow?