Fitting tribute to Steinbrenner: Yanks win in 9th (The Canadian Press)

New York Yankees' Nick Swisher(notes) celebrates with Brett Gardner(notes) (11) after hitting the game-winning RBI single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, July 16, 2010, in New York. The Yankees won 5-4.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - On a night filled with touching tributes, Nick Swisher found the most fitting way to honour George Steinbrenner.


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GM Cashman: Boss ‘made me everything I am today’ (AP)

Brian Cashman was a very visible target of George Steinbrenner's demanding style. "He made me everything I am today," the New York Yankees general manager said Thursday. "He was a man that could move mountains. He was a man that did move mountains." The Yankees owner died Tuesday of a heart attack at age 80.

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Power Rankings: The Boss hovers over AL East (Yahoo! Sports)

Play resumes after the All-Star break without George Steinbrenner, and more than the Yankees notice.

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Steinbrenner’s legacy more than feuds and bluster (AP)

Owning the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner liked to say, was a lot like owning the Mona Lisa. Not that he always treated his team like a piece of fine art. Some of the things "The Boss" did would have wiped the smile right off the famous model's face. This was a man who belittled players, infuriated fellow owners and drove managers to the depths of despair.

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Reaction to death of Yankees owner Steinbrenner (AP)

Quotes on New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died Tuesday at age 80: "George was a giant of the game and his devotion to baseball was surpassed only by his devotion to his family and his beloved New York Yankees. He was and always will be as much of a New York Yankee as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the other Yankee...

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Leadoff batter: Ohio exec was 1st of Boss firings (AP)

Someone had to feel George Steinbrenner's wrath first. Mike Cleary was employee victim No. 1 of "the Boss." "I was the first person he ever fired," said Cleary, executive director of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. "I was a 24-year-old general manager and George was a 29-year-old owner." And already showing signs of being a demanding,...

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Steinbrenner remembered for his bluster, charity (AP)

George Steinbrenner was suspended from baseball for trying to disgrace his high-paid outfielder, Dave Winfield. A low point for "The Boss," for sure. But rather than let the episode fade away, the Yankees owner reached out nearly a decade later to repair the rift. For those who knew Steinbrenner, behind a feisty facade was a fiercely loyal friend.

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