(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Fred Atkins, a friend of former Oakland Athletics baseball player Rickey Henderson, gestures after ...

The celebration of life for the legendary leadoff man was an exhilarating affair: "He was a legend here in Oakland, ...

OAKLAND – The torch was passed from Willie Mays to the Hall of Fame baseball player of choice ... performance by another Oakland legend, MC Hammer, joined by his wife, Stephanie.

It opened with a prayer from Bishop Gregory Bernard Payton, Gary Payton’s older brother, and finished with Gospel rap from Oakland’s MC Hammer ... League Baseball Alumni Players Associated ...

Rapper MC Hammer, former A’s pitcher Dave Stewart, former NBA player Gary Payton and former ... But his mother, Bobbie, persuaded him to turn to the baseball diamond because he was less likely ...

How can you not be romantic about baseball? Oscar De La Hoya ... Sanders released his debut album, "Prime Time," in 1994 on MC Hammer's Bust It Records. The album didn't reach any notable highs ...

OAKLAND -- Rickey Henderson was a larger-than-life personality on the baseball diamond, so it was only fitting ... who long before becoming the multiplatinum recording artist known as MC Hammer was a ...

The NHL has laid the hammer down on Edmonton Oilers star Connor ... Via Chris Johnston: “Connor McDavid has been suspended three games by NHL Player Safety for cross-checking Conor Garland.