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Willie Mays at 90 He was Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, Simone Biles and Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Appreciating Willie Mays illustrious MLB career on his 90th birthday (3:39)
In honor of Willie Mays 90th birthday, several notable MLB names look back at his incredible career spanning 22 years. (3:39)
Analyst/reporter ESPN television
To appreciate Willie Mays, the oldest living Hall of Famer at age 90, is to remember him at 20. When he joined the New York Giants in 1951, the game had never seen an athlete like him breathtakingly graceful, the greatest combination of power, speed and defense ever to wear a major league uniform. And 70 years later, to many, he remains precisely that.
May 2, 2021
In 1962, the year Robert Whiting arrived in Japan as a 19-year-old soldier from small-town America, the United States was at the peak of its economic power. Under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, the nation had embarked on a quest to put a man on the moon and its Peace Corps volunteer aid program was dispatching idealistic young Americans abroad to help countries in need.
Tokyo Junkie, by Robert Whiting
384 pages
STONE BRIDGE PRESS
Meanwhile, the Japan in which Whiting found himself was still struggling to recover from defeat in World War II, and Tokyo was tearing itself apart and putting itself back together in preparation for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
CONWAY â Go find your shovel.
A late spring norâeaster is forecast for the Granite State with the possibility of a foot or more of snow in some of the higher elevations while many low-lying areas will probably see primarily rain. Gusty winds are also predicted throughout the day putting utilities on alert.
The Mount Washington Valley was under a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service starting 10 p.m. Thursday and ending around 6 a.m. Saturday.
âHeavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4-10 inches with higher amounts at higher elevations,â the warning stated. âWhere ⦠portions of western Maine. Portions of central, northern and southern New Hampshire.â