A final goodbye to the Say Hey Kid. I’m not a fan of having to deliver bad news, but for the third time in the last month, the sports community has lost a key figure. Major League Baseball ...

Baseball had more broken hearts than broken bats and breaking sliders. Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid” who became “The Greatest Living Player,” died Tuesday. He also shared his first name with my mom ...

On July 8, I attended the memorial for Willie Mays at Oracle Park in San Francisco, home of the Giants baseball team. Mays was 93 years old when he died on June 18. Roughly 3,000 ardent fans came to ...

On this day in 1973, the Mets honored the great Willie Mays with a "Willie Mays Night" at Shea Stadium.

Tuesday, the United States lost a sporting legend when baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays died at the age of 93.Known as the "Say Hey Kid," Mays is regarded as one of the best baseball players of all ...

Willie Mays could run, hit, field and throw and did all of it with the flair of a master showman. The “Say Hey Kid” may have tormented opponents, but he played with a smile that retained its ...

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 ...

Two days after losing one of its most illustrious stars, Major League Baseball will honor the Say Hey Kid at the oldest professional ballpark in America, where a teenaged Willie Mays once roamed the ...

The joyous Mays brought in countless fans to the sport who were attracted by his daring style of play. / Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated Willie Mays, who had just turned 20 years old two weeks earlier, ...