In 2009, Mickey Mantle would not have been criticized ... and the cyst that developed on the back of the knee by playing basketball too soon after the operation was gone. Casey Stengel, who ...

He was the best and most glamorous player on the best and ... challenged by football or basketball, putting a Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle in the center of the sports stage.

Mickey Charles Mantle was the epitome of an athlete. Agile, fearless, and courageous. He was looked at as one of the best ever to play the great ... played baseball, basketball, and football ...

A Mickey Mantle baseball card from 1952 ... according to Heritage Auctions. Mantle spent 17 years playing for the New York Yankees and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Signed vintage cards have been on the rise in the past few years, with autographed 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards leading the way. One signed card from the Mick notched a new record in December, ...