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Why Willie Mays, not Babe Ruth, was baseball’s greatest player
CNN Sports via Yahoo Sports· 14 hours agoMays was one of the players who helped integrate baseball in the 1950s, starting his career in 1951...
MLB at Rickwood Field: Baseball's latest jewel event was an opportunity to honor the past, celebrate...
Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoIt was all Mays wanted. Yet remarkably, it was also only the beginning. Three years later, Mays made...
America's oldest ballpark: MLB game at Rickwood Field honors history of Black baseball
USA Today· 4 days agoA name synonymous with Southern segregation was Eugene “Bull” Connor. The issue came to a head in...
Willie Mays, Entertaining Icon of Baseball, Dies at 93
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoWillie Mays, the incandescent center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants whose...
Rickwood Field Road Trip Part 1
Major League Baseball· 2 days agoBirmingham’s Rickwood Field – the oldest professional baseball stadium in America, standing since 1910, and the former home...
Group still raising funds to restore Satchel Paige KC home
WDAF via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSatchel Paige pitched for 20 years in the Negro Leagues, getting his start in Birmingham. Known for...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA Today· 4 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − This is where Willie Mays was born, raised and launched his Hall of Fame baseball...
Baseball legend Willie Mays, the 'Say Hey Kid,' dies at 93
USA Today· 4 days agoMays, almost inarguably the greatest living Hall of Famer, was to be honored Thursday evening when...
Rickwood Field's legendary history: How Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues made the iconic stadium...
CBS Sports· 2 days agoIt is older than both Wrigley Field and Fenway Park – indeed it is the oldest venue for professional...
Aileen Cannon Refused To Step Aside Even After Other Judges Urged Her To Do So
Talking Points Memo· 2 days agoA lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...