In 2010, in a discussion about Barack Obama, the first Black U.S. president, academic and author Eric Dyson used Willie Mays to make a larger point about how opportunities and expectations shouldn ...

The lineup of speakers started with Giants president Larry Baer and culminated with Michael Mays, Willie’s son. Baer set an appropriate tone, remembering attending games as a kid and hearing the ...

One of the greatest all-around players the sport has ever seen, Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. In 2015 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack ...

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 ...

At the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, the history of black baseball is on display. There are ...

After Ted Williams passed away, someone asked me if Willie Mays was the greatest living player now that both Williams and Joe DiMaggio were gone. I was almost insulted by the question, as I have ...

The inaugural Willie Mays Open was Friday morning at the historic Rickwood Field, featuring six Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...