Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup, remembering Willie Mays DON GONYEA, HOST: It's time for sports. The Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers last night 5-1, to force the Stanley Cup finals into a winner-take-all Game 7. GONYEA: OK. STEELE: The Panthers have gone from being up three games to none in this series, just one win away - just one win …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and a double and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 in the Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field on Thursday night. The 114-year-old Rickwood Field is the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and former home to baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and the Birmingham …
SAN FRANCISCO — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder catch that became the most iconic moment in the Hall of Famer’s decorated career that featured 660 home runs. So I think that was the key to the …
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Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. “All the time I’m running back, I’m thinking, ‘Willie, you’ve got to get this ball back to the infield.’” Willie Mays is surrounded by children from the Boys and Girls Club of San …
Dodgers announcer Vin Scully waves to fans while standing next to former Giants great Willie Mays on Oct. 2, 2016, in San Francisco. “You’ve always been my favorite player, even though you wore the wrong uniform,” Scully told a laughing Mays. “That’s what amazed me, and I used to tell people, do you realize that he charges and he gets …
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. “The legacy of the Negro Leagues and its greatest living player, Willie Mays, is one of excellence and perseverance,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. …
