Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" of 1950s and 1960s Giants fame, a home run slugger and center field star for most of his 23-year Major League Baseball career, died Tuesday at 93 after a short illness, ...

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Long after “The Catch” and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat falling off, Willie Mays could still command a room like no other. Mays was a ...

The record deal came down to a single demand, a challenge from Marvin Holtzman, the A&R director at Epic Records, to Ted Worner, a New York press agent with an idea for a novelty song. “We’ll do it if ...

It is the first day of summer, made official with the solstice at 4:50 p.m. EDT, the longest day of the year, and projected to preface a long, hot season. Two days ago, the baseball universe said ...

Regarding “Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, dies at 93,” (June 18): Growing up in Alabama in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Willie Mays was the “great hope.” Willie ...

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, two-time MVP and 24-time All-Star Willie Mays was an outstanding athlete. Born in Alabama, Mays got his start in baseball at 16, playing for the Birmingham ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Say Hey Kid is as popular as ever. The San Francisco Giants honored Willie Mays on his 80th birthday Friday night with a ceremony befitting a baseball legend, complete with a ...

Willie Mays, left, is joined by former San Francisco Giants Orlando Cepeda, right, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, front, before Game 3 of the 2002 World Series. Mays died Tuesday at age 93. A ...

(AP) — Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Long after “The Catch” and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat falling off, Willie Mays could still command a room like no other. Mays was a ...