Don Burke

Ed Kranepool, who jumped from a Bronx high school to the big leagues with the original Mets at the age of 17 and who spent all 18 of his major league seasons in Flushing, died Sunday at the age of …

The “Say Hey Kid” has said farewell. Baseball legend Willie Mays has died at 93 years old, his son, Michael Mays, confirmed in an announcement through the Giants organization.

Pelé spent many of his years after retirement serving as an ambassador for the game he loved, his worldwide fame continuing long after he had played his last game.

Whether it was the ponies or politics, Ray Kerrison was, as one former colleague described him Monday, the “quintessential New York columnist.”

Mel Stottlemyre, a midseason call-up who helped pitch the Yankees into the 1964 World Series and who later was the pitching coach for world championship teams in both The Bronx and Flushing, died S…