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George Steinbrenner hands Yanks over to son
Staff and wire reportsGeorge Steinbrenner's 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees ended Thursday when he passed control of baseball's most famous team to his youngest son, Hal. The elder Steinbrenner has gradually withdrawn from the Yankees' day-to-day operations in...Tags: Major League Baseball, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Mike Mussina, Philadelphia Phillies
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FAMOUS FOES
George Steinbrenner publicly battled with many during his tenure as The Boss. Here are six notables: Steinbrenner vs. Bowie Kuhn Commissioner Kuhn suspended Steinbrenner for two years in 1974 for being convicted of a felony - conspiring to provide...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Major League Baseball, Arbitration, Yogi Berra, Trials
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The Boss' Greatest Hits
The Hartford CourantGeorge Steinbrenner, 78, officially handed over control of the Yankees to his younger son, Hal, 40, on Thursday, a move unanimously approved by MLB owners. After leading a consortium to buy the team from CBS in 1973, George Steinbrenner became perhaps the...Tags: Joe Torre, George Steinbrenner, Public Employees, Government, Reggie Jackson
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MLB Approves Yankees' Transfer Of Ownership To Hal
George Steinbrenner is boss of the Yankees no more.
The omnipresent owner's colorful 35-year reign of pronouncements, threats and firings ended Thursday when he passed control of baseball's most famous franchise to his youngest son, Hal.
The elder...Tags: Raul Ibanez, Ron Santo, Defense, Philadelphia Phillies, Veterans Affairs
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Steinbrenner timeline: Through the years
Jan. 3, 1973: Becomes principal owner of the Yankees when his investment group purchases the team from CBS for $10 million. April 18, 1974: Is named in a 15-count federal indictment for violation of election laws. One day later, he pleads not guilty to...Tags: Major League Baseball, Otto Graham, Brian Cashman, Contracts, Atlanta Braves
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Steve Jacobson: Steinbrenner was a bully with a fat wallet
George M. Steinbrenner III, the Yankee from Cleveland, was a terrific owner if you rooted for the Yankees. You wouldn't want your daughter to be married to a man who worked for him. That's how it's been all these years. He was That Man in the Bronx. A...Tags: Major League Baseball, Government, Mike Burke Jr., Joint Ventures, Holidays
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An impossible act to follow
wallace.matthews@newsday.comIt had become something of a running joke, the flip side of the old "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" routine, this fiction the Yankees were perpetuating that, all evidence to the contrary, George M. Steinbrenner III still was The Boss....Tags: Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Al Leiter, Randy Johnson, Brian Cashman
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ESPN's 'Sports Reporters' turns 20; Happy Birthday!
WatchdogHappy 20th anniversary to ESPN's "Sports Reporters." The show came after the late, great "Sportswriters on TV," featuring a bunch of grouchy Chicago scribes, but ESPN's version was pioneering in its own right. I was going to mention this in......Tags: Gwen Stefani, Chubby Checker, ESPN, Al Sharpton, Christian Peter
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Gossage: Too much 'loving' in today's game
Tribune staff reporterGoose Gossage never met a hitter he couldn't intimidate. In part, he says, that's because he never got to know them. On the day before his induction into baseball's Hall of Fame, the 57-year-old Gossage criticized modern players for allowing their...Tags: Chicago White Sox, George Brett, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, American League
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Baseball's anti-discrimination draft
While the nation marveled at Barack Obama's presumptive capture of the Democratic Party's nomination for president last week and measured the country's racial progress against his achievement, the long march toward justice passed another milestone at...Tags: Major League Baseball, Political Candidates, New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels, Government
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All-Star Game: Pregame chatter
On the Yankees beatGreetings everyone. Roderick Boone here today/night to take you through the final All-Star Game here at Yankee Stadium. We should be in for a lot of pomp and circumstance and I'll try to give you as much color as I......Tags: Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs
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Gameday Live 136: Blue Jays at Yankees
On the Yankees beatGood afternoon Yankees enthusiasts, I'm Chris Mascaro and I'll be bringing you all of today's live game action, as the Yankees (72-63) take on the Blue Jays (69-66) in the rubber game of a three-game set. Yesterday's performance by the......Tags: Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, ESPN, Bill Dickey, Alex Rodriguez
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