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NEWS ABOUT: George Steinbrenner

George Steinbrenner stories: 19 news summaries

$23M Lawsuit: Steinbrenner Stole My Idea

Former exec claims credit for Yankees'
TV network YES

Aug 29, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The former president of Madison Square Garden is suing George Steinbrenner for $23 million, accusing the Yankees boss of stealing his idea for a team-owned TV network, Newsday reports. Bob Gutkowski claims he brought the idea for what would become YES to Steinbrenner in the mid-'90s and was given... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Madison Square Garden • civil lawsuits • YES Network • baseball • Bob Gutkowski

Steinbrenner Inadvertently Paid for Kerrigan Hit: Book

Yankee owner was Tonya Harding's patron

Mar 9, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tonya Harding paid for the notorious attack on Nancy Kerrigan in part with George Steinbrenner’s money, according to George, a new Steinbrenner biography. The Boss was a major patron of young Olympians, including Harding, according to the book, and some of his donations funded “the hit.... More »

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George Steinbrenner • biography • Nancy Kerrigan • Tonya Harding

(Newser) - Joe Torre’s new book about his tenure as Yankees manager has the franchise in such a tizzy that the front office is considering a “non-disparagement clause” in future contracts, Newsday reports. Unlike other teams, the Yankees have never insisted on confidentiality agreements with players and management. “... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Alex Rodriguez • Los Angeles Dodgers • Brian Cashman • baseball • confidentiality agreement • celebrity tell-alls • The Yankee Years • Tom Verducci • clubhouse

(Newser) - The George Steinbrenner era is officially over for the Yankees after 35 years. Other clubs today approved his son Hal as the “control person” for the team, the Daily News reports. The announcement makes official what many already knew—that the elder Steinbrenner has passed off responsibility for... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • baseball • ownership

 Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

Emotions high as Yankee closer inducted

Jul 28, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Yankee closer Goose Gossage was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown yesterday along with Dick Williams and, posthumously, Walter O'Malley, Bowie Kuhn, Billy Southworth and Barney Dreyfuss. It was an emotional affair with Gossage weeping for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Baseball Hall of Fame • Brian Cashman • Bowie Kuhn • Goose Gossage • Chuck Tanner • Dick Allen • Jeff Idelson • Walter O'Malley • Billy Southworth • Barney Dreyfuss

 How the Yankees Got So Rich 

NY Daily News uses FOIA request to profile sports' biggest cash machine

May 19, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Yankees may not be that good on the field this season, but it’s not hurting franchise income. With estimates of the team's overall value pegged at $1.2 billion, documents obtained by the New York Daily News under a Freedom of Information request show just how much cash... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Bronx Bombers • Hank Steinbrenner • baseball

Like Father, Like Son

A new Steinbrenner era, but is it just more of the same?

Mar 1, 08 1:08 AM CST
(Newser) - As if the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry weren’t heated enough, Hank Steinbrenner, son of Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner, added more fuel to the fire in an interview with New York Times’ Play magazine. "Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of (expletive) that is," Hank commented. “That... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Hank Steinbrenner • baseball

Yanks Nail Top Payroll in Bigs

New York Again Sets Record for Highest Payroll at $218.3M

Jan 24, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Yankees may have been bounced in the first round of the playoffs this past season but at least fans of the Bronx Bombers can boast the team is first in something: payroll. New York set a record with its $218.3 million payroll last season—and collected... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Tampa Bay Devil Rays • baseball

Girardi Accepts 3-Year Offer to Manage Yanks

Ex-catcher beat out Mattingly because of experience as a skipper

Oct 30, 07 9:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Girardi has agreed to a three-year, $6 million contract to accept the unenviable task of succeeding Joe Torre, and his four championships, as the Yankees manager. Girardi is no slouch in the hardware department, however. He won three championships as a player for the Yankees and was the 2006... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Don Mattingly • Joe Girardi • baseball

Agent Says 'Sorry' for
A-Rod Timing

MLB had slammed him for revealing opt-out news during Series

Oct 29, 07 10:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras apologized today for the distraction caused by his announcement during the World Series that A-Rod would opt out of his Yankee contract,  Responding to criticism from baseball officials angered at the move, Boras said in a statement that, "The unfortunate result was not... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Hank Steinbrenner • 2007 World Series • Scott Boras • baseball

Steinbrenners Face 'Tough Decision'

Owners won't demand immediate success from new Yankees manager

Oct 25, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yankee officials have now interviewed all three of Joe Torre's potential successors, and so far team owner George Steinbrenner and sons Hank and Hal are "impressed" with all of them—and concede they've got a "tough decision" to make. Whoever the "slight favorite" is, he'll take the... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Tony Pena • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Don Mattingly • Joe Girardi • baseball

Mattingly
Aimed to Take After Torre

Yankees bench coach is favored by players, Steinbrenner

Oct 24, 07 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Don Mattingly came out of retirement to join up as the Yankees' hitting coach, he already had his sights set on following in Joe Torre's managerial footsteps, reports the New York Times. "I’ve known from the beginning what I wanted," said Mattingly, who is said... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Tony Pena • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Don Mattingly • Joe Girardi • baseball

With Torre out, Yanks Start Interviewing

Steinbrenner's looking at Girardi, Mattingly, Pena for new manager

Oct 23, 07 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Yankee catcher Joe Girardi spent yesterday meeting with team officials, interviewing for Joe Torre's old job as New York's manager, reports the Times. He'll be followed today by the team's current bench coach Don Mattingly, and tomorrow Yankees first-base coach Tony Pena will jump into the interview pool. More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Tony Pena • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Don Mattingly • Joe Girardi • baseball

Torre: That's
'An Insult'!

Admits $5 million is 'nothing to sneeze at,' but says 1-year offer offended him

Oct 19, 07 8:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - An emotional Joe Torre called the Yankees' one-year, $5 million offer "an insult" today. Three million dollars in incentives didn't help, he said: “I’d been there 12 years and did not feel motivation was needed." The offer was still sizable, despite a $2.5 million pay... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • Joe Torre • Brian Cashman • baseball

George's Sons Take Over Yanks

Oct 14, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Steinbrenner’s sons, Hank and Hal, are now calling the shots for the Yankees, the New York Post reported today. King George, 77, will still be in the picture and only "an office door away," but the brothers will have final say on all day-to-day baseball decisions.... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Joba Chamberlain • baseball

Is 'the Boss' Still the Boss?

Steinbrenner's position as top decision-maker up in the air

Oct 12, 07 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Still reeling from an embarrassing first-round playoff bounce courtesy of Cleveland, the Yankees are wracked with questions about Joe Torre's job security, A-Rod's next contract, and Mariano's future. The biggest question, however, is what George Steinbrenner's role with the team will be. Notably silent in recent years, the old Boss... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • baseball

Steinbrenner
to Torre: Win
or You're Fired

Skipper is done in New York if he can't lead Yanks past Tribe

Oct 7, 07 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Torre is one loss away from unemployment. Last night George Steinbrenner told the Bergen County Record the skipper is finished in New York unless the Yankees rally to beat the Cleveland Indians. “He's the highest-paid manager in baseball, so I don't think we'd take him back if we... More »

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MLB • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • Alex Rodriguez • baseball

Who's the (Next) Boss?

Steinbrenner's failing health intensifies concerns over his successor

Aug 3, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Steinbrenner has mysteriously disappeared from the public eye, and Portfolio reveals that he appears to be in the early stages of dementia. Reporter Franz Lidz made a rare visit to Steinbrenner on an invitation from a golfing buddy—and found the legendary owner pale and swollen, stuck repeating the... More »

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MLB • dementia • New York • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Hank Steinbrenner • Hal Steinbrenner • Tampa • baseball

Steinbrenner Supports Torre

Yankees boss gives lukewarm support for beleaguered coach, GM

Apr 30, 07 11:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Steinbrenner is mellowing with age.  After a miserable April in which baseball's best-paid team went 9-14 and suffered an ungodly number of pitching injuries, the formerly trigger-happy Yankees owner gave a 127-word statement both supporting his manager, Joe Torre, and making it clear that the status quo was... More »

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MLB • New York • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Joe Torre • baseball

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