“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 ...

Quoted in "Willie Mays" by Arnold Hano "Don't get me wrong, I like to hit. But there's nothing like getting out there in the outfield, running after a ball and throwing somebody out trying to take ...

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

This is an opinion column. It was a delicate step, a tentative step. A step back in time. A step into his father’s childhood ...

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 ...

Who was your favorite Detroit Tiger when you were young? Willie Mays was (and still is) my favorite San Francisco Giant. I still hate the Pittsburgh Pirates somewhat because they knocked my ...

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 ...

Basketball is in his blood, but his parents made sure the Knicks’ new big man became much more than just a basketball player.

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 ...

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 ...

Friday night will feature a showdown between one-loss Mountain West teams No. 17 Boise State and UNLV. Most college football ...

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 ...