With two on and none out in the top of the eighth inning of the opening game of the 1954 World Series, left-handed reliever Don Liddle took the mound for New York Giants starter Sal Maglie to face ...

With the San Francisco Giants wearing No. 24 jerseys to honor Willie Mays, one of their center fielders made an incredible over-the-shoulder catch in the game. It has been an emotional time period for ...

From Rickwood Field, we remember Willie Mays, and honor the greats of the Negro Leagues. The year is 1954, and spring training is underway as the month of March rolled in. Just one day removed from ...

It’s as iconic a photograph as ever taken of an athlete in action. In black and white, the baseball player is running away from the camera, the "24" emblazoned on his back, his head tilted upward, his ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 29, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. It’s almost World Series time. The MLB regular ...

With the World Series upon us, we thought we’d spend some time looking at iconic moments from past series. In this case, let’s look at the legendary play from the 1954 World Series. Mays, who played ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at ...

Boston Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela is a player who is viewed as having Gold Glove potential, and a catch he made during Thursday's game should boost his resume. The Red Sox defeated the Texas ...

DALY CITY, Calif. — Rick Barry visited the Bay Area last week and savored a chance to recall some of basketball’s most famous names. The NBA All-Star Game returns to the San Francisco side of the bay ...

Willie Mays was honored Thursday in the U.S. Senate with a resolution recognizing him as someone who “personified the American Dream” by relying on a “relentless work ethic and determination” to ...

On July 8, I attended the memorial for Willie Mays at Oracle Park in San Francisco, home of the Giants baseball team. Mays was 93 years old when he died on June 18. Roughly 3,000 ardent fans came to ...

Willie Mays raced at top speed back toward the center-field wall in the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder catch that ...