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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time in a half-century, Giants fans cheered as No. 24 smacked a home run and rounded the bases Monday night. They cheered as No. 24 raced to the deepest part of center ...

That’s what my grandmother always said to call him — Mr. Mays. Not that I ever met him. I saw him play once, in the old-timers game at Candlestick Park in 1982. That was the closest I ever got to ...

Marty Kane, now 86 and living in Monterey, will never forget what he witnessed in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the heavily favored Cleveland ...

The center fielder, who died at 93, was the last surviving star who began his career in Black baseball. San Francisco Giant center fielder Willie Mays swings his bat during spring training in Phoenix, ...

Willie Mays makes his famous catch against Cleveland's Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Perspective by Kevin B. Blackistone Just two ...

Renaming schools is a tricky task in these prickly times, but San Francisco is planning to rename 44 of its public schools. It’s almost impossible to find a potential honoree whose resume can ...

Willie Mays was life itself. He was baseball itself, how it was supposed to be played, and seen, and felt, a children’s game as done by an adult with a child’s enthusiasm and virtuoso’s flair. His ...

When Willie Mays breathed his last, Ralph Garr and Dale Murphy were left with gratitude and the warmth of memories. The two Braves legends were witness to Mays’ singular greatness on a baseball ...