Family members of late baseball legend and Birmingham-native Willie Mays are working to preserve his childhood home in Fairfield.

“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro Leagues (1947) before joining the Major League’s New York Giants in 1951. Excepting time in military service ...

Glenn Kaino’s “Bridge” installation animates the protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos while honoring the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

Seventy years later it’s still considered the greatest defensive play in World Series history. Running headlong toward the ...

In Alabama, we visit the ball field where the late Willie Mays made his professional debut, and look into today’s efforts to increase Black representation in baseball. Then in Illinois ...

How Liddle got his man, though, is part of baseball lore and perhaps Example No. 1 that Willie Mays could do on the diamond what no other player could. Seventy years ago today, the Alabama native ...

Considered by many the greatest player in baseball history, Willie Mays died Tuesday at 93. He had been the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. A star for the Giants in both New ...

The baseball world has saluted the achievements of Willie Mays, widely considered one of the sport's best ever players, after his death at age 93. Mays was twice declared the league's Most ...

When it came to skill sets in baseball, Willie Mays possessed them all: he was a consistent hitter with power, a marvel on defense, a speedy baserunner, and a clutch performer in all facets of the ...

Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants’ baseball legend known as the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ died on Tuesday, the team announced. He was 93. Mays, regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ...

Notable deaths of 2024: Remembering Willie Mays, Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Shannen Doherty, Richard Simmons and others who have died, so far, this year. Jan. 4, age 100 | British actress ...

"Jerry was really the best defensive catcher I ever saw" former Mets outfielder Art Shamsky said ... matter to New York City,” said Michael Mays, Willie's son, in a statement.