Willie Mays, Baseball’s Electrifying Player of Power and Grace, Is Dead at 93
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Willie Mays in 1969 at Yankee Stadium for an exhibition game. In 22 seasons, he had 660 home runs, a .301 batting average and 3,293 hits.
Photo credit - Ernie Sisto/The New York Times
New York Times
By Richard Goldstein
Willie Mays, the spirited center fielder whose brilliance at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths for the Giants led many to call him the greatest all-around player in baseball history, died on Tuesday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 93.
Mays compiled extraordinary statistics in 22 National League seasons with the Giants in New York and San Francisco and a brief return to New York with the Mets, preceded by a time in the Negro leagues, from 1948-50. He hit 660 career home runs and had 3,293 hits and a .301 career batting average.
After playing in 34 games in the 1952 season, Mays entered the Army and played baseball at Fort Eustis, Va. But in 1954 he was back in the Giants’ lineup and captured the batting title with a .345 average, hit 41 home runs and drove in 110 runs, all while leading the team to another pennant and a World Series date with the Indians, who had set an American League record by winning 111 games that year. [READ MORE...]
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Black veterans take 'honor flight' to Washington monuments to celebrate Juneteenth
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Medical workers prepare to see patients at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare system campus in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, on Jan. 11, 2022. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
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USA Today
By: Cybele Mayes-Osterman
Marian Dee Elder's brother bet against her.
She was told she would never make it through basic training.
But today, the 69-year-old has a combined 22 years in three different military branches under her belt. On Wednesday, she will be part of a group of 26 Black veterans who will fly to Washington, D.C., as part of an honor flight to commemorate Black service members on Juneteenth. The group will travel from Atlanta to visit the World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and other landmarks in a "day of honor" to recognize their service.
The attendees of this week's trip include a 101-year-old veteran, three recipients of the Purple Heart, including one who also received a Bronze Star and four women.
"I really feel it's an honor and a privilege that they actually selected me," Elder said.
Elder first heard about the trip from a network of women's organizations she is involved with in Atlanta. When a link popped up from one group on Facebook, she filled out an application. [READ MORE...]
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Thanks to the Adams administration’s efforts, New York continues to be the safest big city in the country, but public safety is about more than just crime stats. Keeping our city safe means protecting New Yorkers from extreme heat. With temperatures forecasted to go above 90 degrees this week, the whole of city government is taking steps to help New Yorkers beat the heat and stay safe. We are opening up hundreds of cooling centers and launched our ‘ Cool Options Map’ to help New Yorkers find one near them. We encourage everyone to call 911 if someone shows sign of heat-related illness like disorientation or trouble breathing and to check in on your older adult neighbors. |
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Kenny Holston has 18 years of working as a photojournalist beginning with his career as a U.S. Air Force photographer in 2005. He served for 13 years in numerous assignments across the globe, some of which included performing the duties of a combat photojournalist in Afghanistan, an autopsy photographer at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System in Delaware, and a staff photographer at Airman Magazine in Maryland.
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