Major League Baseball seems to be losing superstars from the second half of the 20th Century at a sorrowful rate lately, as their ages climb and their lifetimes wind down.

When I heard Rickey Henderson had died, I did not think about a single number. I thought about how he made me feel when I was ...

Rickey Henderson loved baseball. I mean, he loved baseball. He loved baseball so much that I used to imagine him missing his Hall of Fame induction ceremony because he had a game. Rickey played until ...

Rickey Henderson died the day before Dec. 21, the “shortest day,” with the least amount of sunlight, the beginning of winter.

Rickey Henderson was a generational talent who will be remembered for his long-term impact on the entire game. However, his ...

“As smart as any position player I’ve ever been around,” La Russa said. “ (He had) that stance with the small strike zone, ...

Rickey Henderson's numbers are astounding. The Hall of Fame outfielder stole more bases than anyone in major-league history. He also scored the most runs and hit the most leadoff home runs while ...

Rickey stories are legion, legendary, and mostly true,” former A’s general manager and president Sandy Alderson said. “Nine ...

It’s likely no one loved playing baseball as much as Rickey Henderson did—at age 46, he stole 16 bases and drew 73 walks for the San Diego Surf Dawgs, helping them to a Golden Baseball League ...

Tony La Russa was extolling the virtues of Rickey Henderson as a Hall of Famer and one of the all-time great players in Major ...

The cover had already been designed, with Rickey Henderson striking that familiar, self-assured pose. The problem was, the subject of the cover story didn’t realize he would be the face of the ...