WASHINGTON (AP) — Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt will be honored with stamps next year, the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday.
Mays, who died in 2024 at age 93, was a 24-time All-Star and two-time National League Most Valuable Player.
His stamp, designed to look like a baseball card, will feature a portrait of Mays with the New York Giants and an inset image of the outfielder making his famous, over-the-shoulder catch of a drive by Cleveland's Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series opener. Mays batted .301 with 660 homers and 1,909 RBIs from 1951-73.
The orange background refers to a color of Mays' teams, the New York and San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets. It will be the 50th stamp of the USPS's Black Heritage series and was designed by Antonio Alcalá, an art director of the USPS.
Summitt, who died in 2016 at age 64, led Tennessee to eight NCAA championships and compiled a career record of 1,098-208 from 1974-2012. Her stamp features an oil-on-primed-linen portrait created by Roberto Parada. It was designed by Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS.
Summitt is in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
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FILE - Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt speaks to a reporter before receiving the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup by Athletes for a Better World at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, April 25, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
FILE - Willie Mays, New York Giants star centerfielder, examines one of his favorite bats as he sits on Dugout steps before the Giants-Braves game at the Polo Grounds in New York City, June 26, 1954. (AP Photo, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 25 points in 20-plus minutes, Yaxel Lendeborg had 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and the Golden State Warriors won their eighth straight game by running away from the undermanned New Orleans Pelicans early for a 138-87 victory Monday night.
Brandin Podziemski added 25 points while Curry wound up 6 for 10 with four 3-pointers coming off a 41-point performance in Saturday’s 126-119 overtime win against Orlando. He passed DeMar DeRozan (26,800) for 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list with 26,803.
Golden State had three players with at least 20 points for the second time this season and the Warriors finished with 30 or more assists — 37 — for the third straight game and fifth in the last six. They are 6-0 when doing so.
Injured guard Jimmy Butler dressed up like a member of the coaching staff and held a clipboard, writing “PASS TO STEPH” on it.
Golden State guard Brandon Williams injured his left hamstring and was scheduled for an MRI exam, according to coach Steve Kerr.
Derik Queen scored 16 points off the bench and Dejounte Murray added 12 points for the Pelicans, who were out of the game almost from the tipoff and trailed 72-43 at halftime on the way to losing a third straight after a four-game winning streak.
Golden State led 35-20 after one quarter as New Orleans shot just 7 of 23 and missed 10 of 12 3-point tries. The Warriors built a 23-point lead early in the second as Podziemski scored four quick points and rolled from there.
Charles Bassey contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench and De'Anthony Melton scored 16 with four 3s.
Lendeborg and Pelicans guard Jordan Poole, both former Michigan stars, traded jerseys afterward.
New Orleans rested Zion Williamson a night after a 139-123 road loss to the Clippers and Trey Murphy III also sat out to manage his troublesome knees after he scored 26 in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The Warriors lost second-year guard Will Richard to a torn ligament in his left thumb and the team said he would weigh his options over the next week on whether to have surgery or wear a splint while playing.
Pelicans: Host Brooklyn on Wednesday night.
Warriors: At Houston on Wednesday night.
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Golden State Warriors center Al Horford (20) scores a basket while New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray (5) looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Heather Diehl)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) guards New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Heather Diehl)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after scoring a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Heather Diehl)
New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray (5) shoots the ball as Golden State Warriors forward Yaxel Lendeborg (1) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Heather Diehl)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after scoring a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against New Orleans Pelicans, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Heather Diehl)
