1960 — The San Francisco Giants fired Bill Rigney and selected Tom Sheehan as manager. At 66 years, 2 months and 18 days, Sheehan was the oldest man to debut as a manager of a major league team.

1969 — Pancho Gonzalez, 41, wins the longest tennis match in Wimbledon history by beating Charles Pasarell in a 112-game ...

The City of Austin and the Austin Symphony Orchestra will host the 48th annual July 4th Concert & Fireworks Celebration at ...

The City of Austin and the Austin Symphony Orchestra will host the 48th annual July 4th Concert & Fireworks Celebration at ...

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds (L) laughs with godfather and Giants legend Willie Mays as Mays was introduced during the Giants Opening Day against the San Diego Padres on April 5, 2002 ...

It doesn't take away from Mays' brilliance, though, rather just making Carroll look extra special. In Mays' 1955 season for the New York Giants, he finished with a .319 average and .659 slugging.

When news broke on Tuesday that Willie Mays had died at 93, I thought about kids eating ice cream. On Feb. 16, 1963, Mays threw a party for neighborhood kids, intending to invite a couple dozen ...

Bonds arrived in San Francisco in 1993. already considered one of the best hitters in the game. Mays, who had retired 20 years earlier, reached out to him and served as a mentor to Bonds.

The Dodgers superstar joined exclusive company after racking up 28 home runs and six triples in his first 80 games of the ...

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. He was 93.

Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the San Francisco Giants’ home stadium where he set baseball’s career home run ...