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Local Sports Stories
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Friday, March 04, 2011
An American diplomat called 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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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Newly released documents show Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox expressed "extreme interest" in a 1970s criminal investigation of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner will be on the Hall of Fame veterans committee ballot next month with former New York manager Billy Martin.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A series of 19 letters George Steinbrenner wrote from 1949-51 to Mary Jane Elster reveal many of the traits the baseball world grew to know during his tumultuous reign as Yankees owner from 1973 until his death in July at age 80.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
George Steinbrenner is now truly the biggest of the Yankees greats - as measured in Monument Park.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees helped honor George Steinbrenner with a monumental win.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Rich Gossage says he considers George Steinbrenner one of the best sports team owners of all time.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
The family of George Steinbrenner placed a casket inside a mausoleum at a cemetery near Tampa on Saturday, four days after the death of the New York Yankees owner.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
As fans stood through "Taps" and a 2-minute moment of silence, the 27 World Series championship flags that George Steinbrenner cherished with all his might could be heard flapping at half-staff toward center field from the top of Yankee Stadium in the stiff breeze.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
The Yankees plan a Friday night tribute to George Steinbrenner when the team returns home for the first time since the owner's death.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
George Steinbrenner's impact on baseball went far beyond his New York Yankees.
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Thursday, July 01, 2010
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has been given and early birthday party.
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