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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on March 4, 2011
Wikileaks: Ahmadinejad is ‘Steinbrenner of Iran’ (The Canadian Press)
TAMPA, Fla. - George Steinbrenner often compared himself to powerful, iron-fisted leaders.
Wikileaks: Ahmadinejad is ‘Steinbrenner of Iran’ (AP)
George Steinbrenner often compared himself to powerful, iron-fisted leaders. Assuredly, the late New York Yankees owner never had the Iranian president in mind. An American diplomat did, calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the "The George Steinbrenner of Iran" in a leaked U.S. cable detailing the president's meddling with his country's national soccer team.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on March 4, 2011
Vintage Tube: Steinbrenner’s ‘mahvelous’ interview with Crystal (Yahoo! Sports)
I recorded this video of George Steinbrenner being interviewed by " Fernando " — a Billy Crystal...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 4, 2011
Steinbrenner’s family hoping for Hall election (AP)
George Steinbrenner's family is rooting hard for the late New York Yankees owner to get elected to the Hall of Fame. Steinbrenner, former manager Billy Martin and one-time players' union head Marvin Miller also are on the 12-man Veterans Committee ballot. Results will be announced Dec. 6 during the winter meetings.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 15, 2010
Steinbrenner’s family hoping for Hall election (PA SportsTicker)
George Steinbrenner's family is rooting hard for the late New York Yankees owner to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 15, 2010
Taking a closer look at George Steinbrenner’s Hall of Fame case (Yahoo! Sports)
Almost immediately after George Steinbrenner's death in July, a lot of baseball writers, players, and fans...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 10, 2010
Steinbrenner & Shannon honored posthumously (AP)
George Steinbrenner and baseball historian and official scorer Bill Shannon have been voted posthumous awards by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Steinbrenner, who owned the New York Yankees from 1973 until his death at age 80 on July 13, was voted the Joan Payson Award for community service at the chapter's annual meeting Tuesday.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 9, 2010
Letters reveal Steinbrenner personality in youth (AP)
Mary Jane Shriner is frustrated. She has nearly two dozen letters from college-age George Steinbrenner detailing his still-forming personality, filled with charm and sweetness and hope, and the New York Yankees are blocking her from publishing them in a book. "He just was very, very nice. I can't think of a mean thing to say about him," she told The Associated Press by phone.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on October 26, 2010
Yanks refuse permission on Steinbrenner letters (The Canadian Press)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Yankees are blocking a 77-year-old woman from publishing letters written to her from a college-age George Steinbrenner more than a half-century ago.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on October 14, 2010
Yanks refuse permission on Steinbrenner letters (PA SportsTicker)
The Yankees are blocking a 77-year-old woman from publishing letters written to her from a college-age George Steinbrenner more than a half-century ago.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on October 14, 2010
