Willie Mays

How Much Is Willie Mays' Away-Game Uniform Worth?

Posted 05.01.2012

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Willie Mays' jerseys are known to fetch high prices when sold at auction, but how much would would a whole uniform go for? On "Antiques Roadshow" (Mon...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: M.I.A., Mia Superbowl, Gisele Bundchen, Super Bowl XLVI, Super Bowl 2012, Willie Mays, Giants Super Bowl, Amare Stoudemire, Pro Bowl, Eli Manning, Alberto Contador, New York News
Len Berman

Commissioner Roger Goodell has come around to the fans' way of thinking. There's got to be something better than the Pro Bowl. He said the league is thinking about getting rid of it.

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Len Berman | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Lewis Hamilton, Pittsburgh Pirates, Carson Palmer Bengals, Plaxico Burress, Roy Williams, Willie Mays, Marion Barber, London Olympics, Matt Hasselbeck, Carson Palmer Demands Trade, Nfl Lockout 2011, Shaun O'Hara, Los Angeles Dodgers, God Save the Queen, Seattle Mariners, New York News
Len Berman

NFL players were all rejoicing that they could go back to work. One problem. Many of them got fired. OK, not fired, but cut. Teams all over the NFL will be getting rid of players to clear salary cap room.

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Len Berman | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: MLB All-Star Game, Shaquille O'Neal, British Open, Roger Clemens Trial, Willie Mays, Roger Clemens Perjury, New York News
Len Berman

Roger Clemens just dodged a high hard one. The judge declaring a mistrial in his perjury case. Way to go, government. The judge warned you not to show jurors certain evidence, but you showed it anyway.

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Giants Fan Robbed At Knifepoint For Bobble Head

Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Mays Bobble Head, Willie Mays Birthday, Willie Mays Bobble Head, AT&T Park, Willie Mays, Giants, San Francisco Giants, San Francisco, Sports News

The San Francisco Giants celebrated baseball legend Willie Mays' 80th birthday on Friday night. But the celebration took a scary turn for one Giants f...

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Len Berman | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Wrigley Field, 2011 Nhl Playoffs, Rashard Mendenhall Osama Bin Laden, Kentucky Derby, Blake Griffin, Willie Mays, Nba Playoffs 2011, Chris Simms Trial, Derek Jeter, Dialed In, Nba Rookie of the Year, New York News
Len Berman

The Cubs have come up with some weekday promotions like cheap beer and $1 hot dogs to lure customers to the bleachers. Better incentives might be free gasoline or actually having a winning team.

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Duke Snider -- Farewell, My Hero

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ebbets Field, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, San Francisco Giants, Willie Mays, Walter O'Malley, Roy Campanella, Roger Kahn, Brooklyn Dodgers, Howard Cosell, Baseball, Duke Snider, Sports News
Robert E. Murphy

They played more than half a century ago, so most of them are gone, the Brooklyn Dodgers that I knew. This one hurts. For me and most of the kids of the 1950s, he was the one. Our hero.

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They Might Be Giants: Management Insights From San Francisco's Boys of Summer

Inder Sidhu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Juan Marichal, Brian Wilson, Tim Lincecum, Orlando Cepeda, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, World Series, Doing Both, Cisco, San Francisco Giants, Inder Sidhu, Willie McCovey, San Francisco, Business News
Inder Sidhu

"Misfits and castoffs." That's what some are calling San Francisco's surprise World Series contenders, the Giants. After defeating the Philadelphia P...

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16 Of The Greatest Books About Baseball (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baseball All-Stars, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Slidepollajax, Baseball All-Star Game, Michael Lewis, Books, Baseball Books, Baseball, Babe Ruth, Major League All-Star Game, Books News

What better reading could there be in the thick of the summer than books on our national pastime? As we look forward to tonight's Major League All-Sta...

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American Manhood From Mickey Mantle to Landon Manchild Donovan and Why I'm Convinced the US Can Win World Cup 2010 in South Africa

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Cup South Africa, Gordon Banks, World Cup 2010, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard, America, Irvine Welch, Alan Black, Bobby Moore, Religion, Mickey Mantle, World Cup, Soccer, Bobby Charlton, Man, Whitey Ford, Manhood, Simon Kuper, David Henry Sterry, Spirituality, Religious Ecstasy, Po Bronson, New York Yankees, Willie Mays, God, The Glorious World Cup a Fanatic's Guide, Sports News
David Henry Sterry

The more mojo, hoodoo and juju we can send through the power of our collective will to Team USA in South Africa, the more likely it is for our dream to come true.

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How America's Oldest Baseball Stadium Can Be Yours for $1

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historic Preservation, Baseball, Birmingham-Alabama, Minor League Baseball, Willie Mays, Sports News
Keith Thomson

A group of young Birmingham professionals set about restoring Alabama's Rickwood Field, which turns 100 this season, to its heyday. Now, they lose sleep each night that their work might come tumbling down. Literally.

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Tearing Down the Walls: In Praise of Joe Henry

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Henry, Richard Pryor, Pop Music, Singer/Songwriter, Willie Mays, Popular-Music, Entertainment News
Leonce Gaiter

If you don't know him, check out Joe Henry. He is a shockingly talented man making music that can make you giddy. He is a shockingly talented man who can break your heart.

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Civil Rights Game: Where Have You Gone Jackie Robinson? Inequality Still Hampers Americas' Favorite Pastime.....

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Willie Mays, Major League Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Hank Aaron, Great American Ball Park, St. Louis Cardinals, Civil Rights Game, Civil Rights, Sports News
Dexter Rogers

Few athletic stars today fear taking stands because of the potential ridicule and societal backlash. If pioneers of the past were afraid of the establishment would such celebrations like the Civil Rights Game be possible today?

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Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, And "Cooperative" Biographies

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biographies, Cooperative Biographies, James S. Hirsch, Willie Mays, Howard Bryant, Kitty Kelle, Hank Aaron, Books, Sports, Authorized Biographies, Baseball, Books News

NEW YORK — Once again, it's Willie Mays vs. Hank Aaron. This time, in the book world....

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Willie Mays On The Daily Show: The Baseball Legend On His New Biography (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Willie Mays Biography, Jon Stewart Willie Mays, Jon Stewart, Willie Mays, James Hirsch, Books, The Daily Show, Baseball, Political Humor, Books News

Willie Mays, the legendary baseball player, was on the Daily Show last night because of the new biography James Hirsch has written about him. Jon Stew...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roberto Bolano, Louise Erdrich, Book Review, Book Reviews, Willie Mays, Books, Mary Beard, Books News

Did you miss any of the weekend's book reviews in your superbowl fervor? Catch up on them here in your weekly book review roundup. "Monsieur Pain," R...

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Abusing Statistics to Justify Dawson's Hall of Fame Induction

Eric Trager | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cooperstown, Sports Illustrated, Statistics, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Hall of Fame, Babe Ruth, Sports News
Eric Trager

In the aftermath of Andre Dawson's somewhat surprising induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, baseball writers are struggling to demonstrate the Hawk's greatness.

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Billy Mays Found Dead: Police

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 05.25.2011

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TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a...

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Why All The Rage About 'Roids And A-Rod? Baseball Has Always Had Its Cheaters

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, A-Rod Steroid Use, Ralph Kiner, Negro Leagues, Tim Raines, Slim Jones, Willie Mays, Smoky Joe Williams, Gaylord Perry, Alex Rodriguez, Whitey Ford, Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball, Keith Hernandez, Baseball Steroids Scandal, Willie Stargell, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

When, in the middle of the worst economic crisis in decades, the president has to answer a question at a press conference about Alex Rodriguez, you know the hysteria about steroids in baseball has gotten out of hand.

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Life With My 10-Year-Old Son

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lanny Davis

I struggle to find something in common with my 10 year-old son Josh and, of course, what I found, like most other fathers of 10-year-olds, is sports. And by that I especially mean baseball.

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