KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Willie Mays Aikens, who went from World Series star to federal prison inmate, has returned to baseball. The 56-year-old Aikens was hired Tuesday as a minor league coach by the ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. — The gates of the condo complex open, and Willie Mays Aikens trudges out. He carries a Kansas City Royals gym bag in his right hand, a hint of a limp in his gait, and sadness in ...

A film tells the true story of Willie Aikens, a World Series star for the Kansas City Royals whose life was derailed by drugs — and prison — before he pieced it back together.

A 1980 American League championship ring belonging to former Royals star Willie Mays Aikens was returned to him through an improbable convergence of events.

Former major league player Willie Mays Aikens was released from federal prison in Jesup, Ga., early Wednesday morning after spending nearly 14 years behind bars.

Willie Mays Aikens struck out more than 400 times in the majors. Big is how he lived life. “As a baseball player, the highest of highs was when I hit those multiple homer games in the World Series.

In 1980, the auspiciously named first baseman Willie Mays Aikens made baseball history when he hit two home runs in two World Series games, a feat that wasn’t repeated until 2009. That year, the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Willie Mays Aikens, who went from World Series star to federal prison inmate, has returned to baseball. The 56-year-old Aikens was hired Tuesday as a minor league coach by the ...

Three years after leaving federal prison and 26 years after his playing days in the major leagues ended, Willie Mays Aikens is back in baseball as an employee of the team with which he achieved ...