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, ...

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 ...

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 frequent visitor to the ...

The playlist to get you through Major League Baseball’s long offseason. By Lindsay Zoladz I’m back! A big thank you to Jon Caramanica, Marc Tracy and Dave Renard, the three guest playlisters who ...

Willie Mays, a generational baseball player known as the 'Say Hey Kid', has died at 93. He was considered by many to be the greatest all-around baseball player in history. Mays' Hall-of-Fame career ...

On a snowy afternoon in downtown Chicago, Shōta Imanaga pulled on a Cubs cap and a crisp, pinstriped No. 18 jersey in the middle of a hotel ballroom. Then the Japanese left-hander quickly made a bunch ...

“Speedy, Good Hitter and Fielder,” described the headline in the Trenton Evening Times sports section of Sunday June 25, 1950, about a “sensational, 19-year-old centerfielder” who was joining the ...

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