Willie Mays was well known as “The Say Hey Kid,” but other than on a 1954 record that served to promote his burgeoning legend, Mays never actually uttered the words “say hey” in public. There is some ...

Willie Mays, perhaps the greatest player in baseball history, died on Tuesday night at the age of 93. He was a Hall of Fame center fielder and a 24-time All-Star best known for his two decade-plus ...

"Willie had a feeling that, 'My presence in the world is to bring people together,'" director Nelson George tells PEOPLE Greg Hanlon has been an editor in PEOPLE’s crime vertical since 2015. He has ...

Long after "The Catch" and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat falling off, Willie Mays could still command a room like no other. Mays was a frequent visitor to the ...

Hundreds of items from the late 'Forever Giant' Willie Mays' legendary baseball career will go up for auction this weekend.

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, two-time MVP and 24-time All-Star Willie Mays was an outstanding athlete. Born in Alabama, Mays got his start in baseball at 16, playing for the Birmingham ...

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The record deal came down to a single demand, a challenge from Marvin Holtzman, the A&R director at Epic Records, to Ted Worner, a New York press agent with an idea for a novelty song. “We’ll do it if ...

The kid from the eastern Pennsylvania just wanted to say hey to the “Say Hey Kid.” What happened next was a thrill of the lifetime for Robert “Scott” Saltern, who grew up in East Bangor and now lives ...

If you subscribe to the theory that Willie Mays was the greatest baseball player who ever lived, consider “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” additional ammunition for bar arguments, as well as a whole lot of fun ...