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INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 22 hours agoGlynis Johns was best known for starring in 1964's "Mary Poppins."Mirrorpix/Getty Here are the famous people who died in 2024. O.J. Simpson, Glynis...
Why Willie Mays, not Babe Ruth, was baseball’s greatest player | CNN
CNN.com· 6 days agoAmong students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s...
How Willie Mays Handled Racism and the Media
Time via Yahoo Sport· 3 days agoMarch 1955: Willie Mays of the New York Giants. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images “Shut up!” insisted Willie Mays, the baseball legend who died last...
Column: Baseball legend Willie Mays instrumental in California fight against housing discrimination
LA Times via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoBaseball great Willie Mays never wanted to be an activist, but the racism he encountered after...
Giants hold tribute for franchise legend Mays
ESPN.co.uk· 3 days agoSAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants held a pregame ceremony Monday commemorating the life of franchise legend Willie Mays. The approximately 30-minute tribute...
Opinion | The Time Willie Mays Saved Me
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoHe saw what others didn’t—including, during the 1989 World Series, that I was about to get spiked by Will Clark.
Shakeia Taylor: A powerful night at Rickwood Field, where Willie Mays wasn’t present but was...
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sam Allen, 88, last played at Rickwood Field in 1959 with the Kansas City...
Celebrations honor Willie Mays and Negro League players ahead of MLB game at Rickwood Field
The Post and Courier· 7 days agoOutside, fans stood in line to hold a baseball bat used by Mays in 1959. Eddie Torres and his son...
MLB at Rickwood Field: Baseball's latest jewel event was an opportunity to honor the past, celebrate...
Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoOver the past decade, Major League Baseball has put significant effort into expanding the reach of...
Why Reggie Jackson's powerful remarks on racism still resonate today
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sport· 5 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − The feelings have been burnt into his soul for more than a half-century, and now...
