According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the personal collection of Hall of Famer Willie Mays is going to auction for a ...

Officials say the exhibit celebrates Mays’ Alabama roots, in addition to his pioneering legacy in the Negro Leagues, and his Hall of Fame Major League Baseball career.

As Shea says to open the end-of-book acknowledgments: “We wanted to write a Willie Mays book unlike any other. No bibliography. No borrowing from old magazines, documentaries or microfiche.

NEW YORK (CBS SF/AP) — Baseball Digest gave legend Willie Mays its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday. The Hall of Fame center fielder was honored Thursday with a new accolade to ...

In “Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend,” James Hirsch, author of “Hurricane: the Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter,” has written an enormously entertaining and wide-ranging biography — a ...

Remembering the life of Willie Mays. New York Giants' Willie Mays during baseball spring training in 1972. ... was on the cover of Time Magazine, ...

Now, with Mays’ cooperation, James S. Hirsch has written “Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,” a book that seeks to clarify the man behind the mitt. Born in 1931 in Alabama, ...

James Hirsch, author of the authorized biography Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend, describes Mays' career, from his years in the Negro Leagues, to his 1954 World Series triumph and beyond.

Baseball legend Willie Howard Mays Jr. was born May 6, 1931, ... Take a look back at his life and career in photos. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 71°F. Saturday, July 12th 2025 ...

And as revealed in Say Hey, Willie Mays!, a new HBO documentary debuting Nov. 8, to none other than Jackie Robinson Mays could be considered what’s called, in modern parlance, a “sellout.” ...

Marcos Bretón saw his first game at Candlestick in San Francisco in 1971. He saw why Willie Mays was great.

I’m waiting for Willie Mays to come behind him because Willie has a hell of a thing.” Seeing Willie Mays I was oblivious to who Mays was, and what he had accomplished, when my life first ...