Howard Russell has tended yards in this quiet Fairfield neighborhood for about a quarter century, so he knows an explorer when he sees one. He stops the mower he’s pushing on this hellish-hot morning, ...

This is an opinion column. “Alabama has always been me and dad’s thing.” That’s Michael Mays talking, the 65-year-old son of the man who touched us all, the man for whom we still grieve. The son of ...

FAIRFIELD, Alabama (WVTM) — The question about what will happen to baseball legend Willie Mays’ childhood home in Fairfield is being asked again. Willie Mays’ son, Michael, wants to give the community ...

Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage. When the ...

WILLIE MAYS, thought by many to be the greatest all-around player ever, used this bat in a series with the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in June of 1954.

Willie Mays was life itself. He was baseball itself, how it was supposed to be played, and seen, and felt, a children’s game as done by an adult with a child’s enthusiasm and virtuoso’s flair. His ...