Mays, Sammie

Sammie Mays (Born: December 7, 1957) is an American author, journalist and humorist. In 1990, where many attempted and failed, Mays infiltrated prison confines, securing the interview and infamous photograph of baseball's original bad boy, Pete Rose, - while successfully evading maximum measures. As a result of her unique (and quite unorthodox) style, the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper published what became known as the $100,000 Best of Year story and photograph - and garnered Mays a "Best of Year" home run in Sports Illustrated magazine. It was then, among newsroom peers, that Sammie's a...