Agreeing to Mr. Mays’ terms “would have speeded up the process of the book, but I think it also would have sacrificed a level of breadth and depth, and, most critically, credibility and integrity,” Mr ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Author Jim Hirsch wrote in his bestselling 2010 biography “Willie ...

The death of baseball legend Willie Mays on June 18 touched many inside and outside the sports world. The Sporting News ranked Mays second only to Babe Ruth among the 100 greatest baseball players of ...

Willie Mays's Harlem In 2011, Willie Mays and the San Francisco Giants toured New York with the team’s 2010 World Series trophy. William Rhoden, a Sports of The Times columnist, went in search of the ...