The death of the 24-year-old, who was driving in western Kenya in February when his car rolled over, left the athletics world ...

In Rickey Henderson, Pete Rose, Willie Mays and Fernando Valenzuela the sport of baseball lost four of its most electric ...

While 2024 was an incredible year in sports, it was also one that saw the deaths of so many legends — some beloved, some ...

Willie Mays. Pete Rose. Fernando Valenzuela. Carl Erskine. And last week, Rickey Henderson. The sports world lost so many ...

Each year it is good to reflect back on the highs and lows of the year, and we did so with some of the top sports headlines ...

The Cardinals’ Ernie McMillan, front left, disrupts the Chiefs’ Jerry Mays long enough to give quarterback Jim Hart time to throw a pass to John Gilliam in a game on Nov. 23, 1970, in Kansas ...

Character: the inaugural Roberto Clemente Award winner. It’s easy to call Mays the greatest two-way player ever, but you can also probably remove the “two-way” from that. Mays wasn’t the ...

It was the summer of 1969, and Jerry West couldn’t sleep. He was one of the greatest basketball players on Earth, an athlete ...

Other noteworthy sports figures who died include: basketball players Jerry West and Dikembe Mutombo; baseball players Willie Mays and Fernando Valenzuela; and gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi.

June 10 Jerry West, 86: The much-loved NBA player, coach and team executive, whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, also won two titles as a Golden State Warriors adviser ...