Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.

The lifelong County resident is remembered for his love of family and tennis, and his decades as an orthopedist.

HONOLULU — (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the ...

Brown will call his last game on Feb. 9 at 2 ET on ESPN when the Philadelphia 76ers travel to face the Milwaukee Bucks.

Lower Richland High’s Richard Seymour, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, World Cup standout Clint Dempsey of Furman ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

The Tyson-Paul fight in November was the most-streamed sporting event ever, leading to a surge in new Netflix subscribers, while two NFL games at Christmas — one featuring a half-time performance by ...

Windfall conducted a statistical analysis of the characteristics of existing NFL team metro areas to identify 10 cities that ...

John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF APRIL 17, 2009 Litchfield students can look forward to a longer-than-normal summer break this year, but it’s not without a downside. The next school year ...