TAMPA, Fla. -- The Boss plans to be in New York for the All-Star game later this month.
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said Thursday he will be in attendance for the July 15 game, which is one of the featured events during the final season at...
It was a steamy 94 degrees, which seemed even hotter because of the 41,077 fans at the game. It was owner George Steinbrenner's 53rd birthday, and he had skipped the game to be with his family. Instead, Richard Nixon was in his box.
Things...
TAMPA, Fla. -- The All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium is fewer than two weeks away, but it will by no means be the last of the tributes that will be paid to the old Bronx yard on 161st Street and River Avenue in this, its 85th and final...
Even though George Steinbrenner has faded from view and silenced his old back-page bluster, it is safe to say the Yankees have lost none of The Boss' "Barnum" and remain the greatest show on Earth.
At least off the field. On the field, they're just...
Background
George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio) is a German-American billionaire businessman, and the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's most controversial figures, though his willingness to spend to build the club (and its post-season success since 1976) have earned him grudging respect from some baseball executives, while at the same time earning him contempt from some non-Yankee fans.
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