Yankees honor late AP photojournalist Kathy Willens with moment of silence before Rays game

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees honored the late Associated Press photojournalist Kathy Willens with a moment of silence before Friday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Willens died Tuesday at age 74 from ovarian cancer, diagnosed shortly after her retirement in 2021. Willens was one of the AP’s first female staff photographers, retiring after nearly 45 years. Her more than 90,000 photographs spanned presidents, Pope John Paul II, protests, war, sports triumphs and human tragedies.