Baseball superstar Willie Mays spoke to Southwestern College students in Chula Vista. Harold Keen interviewed him after.

Mays retired with 660 homers, then third all-time, now sixth He is perhaps best known for his over-the-head basket catch in the 1954 World Series The Giants retired his No. 24 in 1972, and a ...

The great Willie Mays, at the age of 93, passed away. “Isn’t it ironic?’’ said Dusty Baker, the managing great and longtime friend of Mays, “that while the eyes of the entire baseball ...

NEW YORK — Willie Mays didn’t just shine under the lights of New York City. He made them brighter. Mays dominated MLB with the New York Giants for six seasons in his early 20s, cementing ...

Michael Mays, the son of Willie Mays, was set to throw out the first pitch Wednesday for game two of the Subway Series — just over a week after his Hall of Fame father died at 93. Prior to the ...

Willie Mays’ son wants people to remember his father’s Mets tenure a little differently. When the Mets acquired the all-time baseball great in May of 1972, Mays was 41 years old and more than ...

Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage.

Among students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s greatest all-around player. That might come as a surprise to those who are casual fans ...

SACRAMENTO — As a ballplayer, Willie Mays was arguably the greatest of all time — baseball’s GOAT. But he also starred in another endeavor — as an important California civil rights pioneer.

One of these truly transcendent greats, Willie Mays, took his leave from us on June 18 at the age of 93. A Giant on the field, and a giant of his sport, Willie Mays was considered by many to have ...

The Issue: The passing of legendary San Francisco Giants’ center fielder Willie Mays. Sadly, Willie Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants have confirmed Mays’ death (“Say goodbye to ...

Willie Mays opened his big-league career with a confidence-rattling 0-for-12 stretch before finally blasting a home run off Warren Spahn early in 1951. “I’ll never forgive myself,’’ Spahn ...