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 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 ...

300, and above all else, what daily spectacle dropped down from the heavens courtesy of Rickey Henderson. In San Jose, California, where I spent my childhood, we were unaccustomed to winners of ...

BILL KING: Rickey Henderson. No contest, steals third base, jerks the bag from its moorings and holds it aloft, representing No. 939. KHALID: Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was 65 years old.

The night before the final day of Rickey Henderson’s professional baseball career, he concocted a makeshift drink that his team called “Championship Juice.” The moment didn’t come with the ...

Before he was a somebody, Rickey Henderson was already a constituency of one. Professional athletes are a different species, world-class talents whose sense of self and possibility do not often ...

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 ...