<![CDATA[Deadspin: George Steinbrenner]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: George Steinbrenner]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/george steinbrenner http://deadspin.com/tag/george steinbrenner <![CDATA[FBI Docs: The Story Of The 6-Foot-8 Redneck Ex-Con Who Terrorized George Steinbrenner With Jet Skis]]> Ah, Tampa. The balmy breeze. The sandy white beaches of acceptable granularity. The lingering fury of the most dyspeptic owner in baseball history. I speak, of course, of George Steinbrenner. Welcome back for another edition of "The Boss Files," our document-driven retrospective of Steinbrenner's life in Tampa in the '80s. We've already told you about how he ordered a former FBI agent to fix his overflowing toilet in the dead of night. Then there was the time Steinbrenner punked the FBI director himself, William Sessions. Now we bring you a quintessential Florida tale of almost unspeakable horror. It involves a land dispute, jet skis, and a massive, violent redneck. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5873375&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[FBI Docs: How George Steinbrenner Made An Ass Of The FBI Director]]> The year was 1989. A group of luminaries had gathered to schmooze aboard the USS Intrepid, the World War II-era aircraft carrier on the west side of Manhattan. Among them: Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and then-FBI director William Sessions. The two men couldn't have been more dissimilar. Steinbrenner was a swaggering, recently pardoned felon. Sessions was his Eagle Scout antonym. But there they were, meeting for the first time on a floating museum. For a brief while, they were thrown together by fate. This is their story. It's not long. But it is an entertaining anecdote about the behavior of baseball's most ignominious owner. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5872826&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[FBI Docs: The Sad Story Of The FBI Agent Who Was Ordered To Unclog George Steinbrenner's Toilet]]> On Thursday, we described the FBI's internal investigation into Steinbrenner's curiously close relationship with the bureau's Tampa field office. We will now commence with the presentation of amusements and oddities found in the nearly 700 pages of new Steinbrenner records the FBI turned over to us. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5870181&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[FBI Docs: George Steinbrenner Thought The FBI Was The "Nearest Thing To Perfection"]]> When we published my October profile of Howie Spira, the gambler who tangled with George Steinbrenner and wound up in prison, I knew the story wasn't over. In the course of my reporting, I'd submitted a few Freedom of Information Act requests to the FBI. These things can take a while for the federales to process. Lots of redacting and such. Recently, though, I got a partial response to one of them—a request for information about Steinbrenner and his association with the FBI. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5870476&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Howie Spira Audio Archive]]> At nearly every turn in Howie Spira's tangled and antagonistic history, there was a phone call. And on the phone calls, he had his tape recorder. Howie's cassettes captured his rift with Dave Winfield, his conniving with George Steinbrenner, and his turn against Steinbrenner. They captured threats from the mob. Here's a sampling of his audio archive. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5853580&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Last Act Of The Notorious Howie Spira]]> Howard Spira appeared in the Gawker offices one summer day as if summoned from the beyond, which in some sense he had been. He just stood there, anxiously clutching a black plastic bag, his enormous green eyes sweeping the room. His skin had the hue of a life spent mostly indoors and in poor health. His shoulders were bony and hunched. He looked like a broken-down old buzzard. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5853591&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Howie Spira's Letters]]> Click in the lower right corner of the image to see it all. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5853602&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Coming Tomorrow: The (Mostly) True Story Of The Guy Who Got George Steinbrenner Banned From Baseball]]> Remember Howie Spira? He sold dirt on Dave Winfield, extorted George Steinbrenner, and got the Yankees owner banned from baseball. The mob wanted to kill Spira. The FBI kept him alive. Now, almost 30 years later, Spira has given us the full story about his role in one of the most shameful events in Yankees history, complete with never-before-heard wiretaps of Winfield and Steinbrenner. Here's a sampling, from the first call Spira made to Steinbrenner trying to sell info on Winfield and agent Al Frohman: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5852949&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[American Diplomat Calls Ahmadinejad The "George Steinbrenner Of Iran"]]> In a State Department document released by Wikileaks, an American diplomat is credited with referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "George Steinbrenner of Iran." The official was referring, of course, to Ahmadinejad's dealings with the country's national soccer team, and his attempt "to use the popularity of Team Melli to improve his standing with the Iranian people ahead of the 2009 elections." The President also reportedly used his influence to fire two Melli coaches in two weeks; The Boss changed team managers 21 times in over 37 years as owner of the Yankees. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5776618&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steinbrenner's, Miller's Rejections Mean It's Time To Disband The Veterans Committee]]> George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller had perhaps the biggest impact on the modern era of baseball. Their failing to make the Hall of Fame just shows that the Veterans Committee is full of old farts who don't get/don't like the game today. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5707391&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Steinbrenner Family Doesn't Want You To Know George Had A Heart, Penis]]> Let's take some time to think about George Steinbrenner as a sexual being. One who, at 16, was filled with "Pools and Puddles of Purple Passion." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5665280&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sheppard, Steinbrenner, (not) Berra]]> Woe was the New York Yankees website associate tasked with with writing the "Berra misses Old-Timer's Day after fall" release today after a week of franchise death notices. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5589698&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Breaking: Man Customizes Replica Jersey To Make Lewd Joke]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5588804&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Brett Favre's Daughter Is Not Amused By The ESPYs]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5587769&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Keep Your Steinbrenner Hagiographies Off Jimmy Breslin's Lawn]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5586691&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Who's The Boss: The Greatest Hits Of George Steinbrenner]]> Steinbrenner's been out of the public eye for a few years, but we'll always have the memories — memories of one insane move or proclamation after another. Here's a look at some of his finest moments. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5585806&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[YES Network Eulogizes George Steinbrenner With Sensitively Chosen Pull Quote]]> Whoever did this should be fired and rehired, in the man's honor. H/T reader Adem More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5585829&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[George Steinbrenner Is Dead At 80]]> Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 80. Quoth commenter Eddie Murray Sparkles: "Jesus is getting a haircut as we speak." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5585729&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Yankees More Than Willing To Employ Crazy Old Men]]> Senior citizens are suing the Bombers for age discrimination after one was asked in a job interview, "What could someone 73 years old offer the Yankees?" I don't know...lunatic micromanagement and a Dave Winfield blackmail file? [NYPost] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5362687&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Your Yankee Superfandom Is Not Welcome]]> Interesting story about the paranoid corporate buffoonery of the Yankees who decided that novelist Jane Heller's "Confessions of a She-Fan" was "too controversial" to be a part of the Yankees' Opening Day commemorative program. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5188566&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Did George Steinbrenner Help "Gillooly" Nancy Kerrigan?]]> A news report beamed to us from the year 1994, brings together two names you never thought you'd see in the same sentence*—Tonya Harding and George Steinbrenner. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5166697&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lift Your Calzones And Salute; The End Of The George Steinbrenner Era Has Come]]> When I worked at MSNBC Sports in Redmond, Wash., one of my first assignments was to interview George Steinbrenner by phone for an audio link to an online story. I remember him as one of those rare interview subjects whom you just kick start with a single question, and then watch race around the room. He was loquacious, informative, even funny. Of course others, chiefly Billy Martin, knew him as a prick. And he's lost quite a bit off his fastball since then, which is why, finally, he's officially released his bony grip from the tiller of the Yankees and handed over things to his sons Hal and Hank, with the emphasis on Hal. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5094711&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steinbrenner and Isiah Share A Secret Gay Lover (Allegedly)]]> I was about to go on this long rant about how ESPN keeps discussing the New York Yankees throughout the ALCS, but as soon as I saw the latest Jonathan Lee Riches lawsuit on The Smoking Gun, I quickly retracted my sentiments. Riches, who you may remember from such frivolous lawsuits as "Bill Belichick put a secret camera in Donovan McNabb's soup" and "Michael Vick stole my dogs," continues to file sexual harassment lawsuits at New York sports figures as he sits and stews in the South Carolina state prison. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313218&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ George Steinbrenner has relinquished control...]]> George Steinbrenner has relinquished control of the Yankees to his sons Hank and Hal. [New York Post] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310652&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ALDS Game 4 Blogdome: Hello Indians, Goodbye Yankees]]> What they're saying out there in the ether about Cleveland's 6-4 win over New York that ousted the Yankees from the AL Playoffs ... More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=308583&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is It The End Of Days For The Yankees?]]> A new story in Conde Nast Portfolio magazine confirms what we've all pretty much known for a few years anyway: George Steinbrenner is decrepit and deluded about what's going on in the world. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285704&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Yankees Are Less Valuable Than Their TV Station]]> Got $3 billion lying around? Jeez, who doesn't? Well, if that $3,000,000,000 is just burning a hole in your pocket, rest easy: You could buy the YES Network. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285231&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Corpse Of Steinbrenner Still Has Employees Who Use Fax Machines]]> Look out, Yankees! George Steinbrenner is filing some strongly worded memos! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=256721&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ben Affleck Wants To Brainwash Your Baby]]> Anyone who has seen Daredevil — or anything, really — knows that a new Ben Affleck video is cause for genuine concern. But this news is even more terrible than you might imagine; it seems that the rabid Red Sox enthusiast is after your baby. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=244074&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Joe Torre Immediately Bought George Tickets to "A Chorus Line"]]>
Pauper Players' Sunday afternoon performance of "Cabaret" was cut short when Department of Public Safety officials responded to a call that a man was suffering from chest pains, DPS spokesman Randy Young said.
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=211297&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steinbrenner's Agonizing "Decision"]]> We have trouble with the concept of "soul-searching" when it comes to George Steinbrenner — he seems to have a key ingredient missing — but evidently the Yankee owner did some heavy thinking over the past two days. According to the New York Post, Steinbrenner has apparently decided not to fire manager Joe Torre. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=206440&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Little League President Will Hold Breath Until Yankees Give Him More Cash]]> We knew it would be fun having Staten Island as a representative in the Little League World Series, and indeed, they haven't disappointed. First, the team had a, um, colorful game in pool play on Sunday, which ended with a slap. Then today we learn that Staten Island Little League president Bob Johnson ripped New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner — and Alex Rodriguez, of course — for not doing enough in financially supporting the Little League team. Steinbrenner donated $5,000 to the league to help parents with transportation costs, etc., but that wasn't nearly enough, according to Johnson: More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=195703&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Larry Bowa, Voice Of Calm And Decency]]> The rumors are coming fast and with much fury, and the notion of it makes us so happy we almost want to dance: The Yankees have offered combustible engine Larry Bowa a job as their third-base coach. It is not known whether Bowa could be considered a potential replacement for Joe Torre were he to finally decide he's had enough lunacy in the Bronx, but there's a chance, and that's just amazing. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=132389&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Derek Jeter ... REVEALED! (Uh, by CBS.)]]> After its rather incomprehensible look at Miami Dolphins hemp advocate Ricky Williams last week, "60 Minutes" continues to scrape the filthy underbelly of the sports world with a cutting look at Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. You won't believe the dirt they've uncovered. It's Derek Jeter LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=127168&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[To Watch Tonight ...]]> What To Watch While Remembering That Tonight's Yet Another Anniversary Of A Breakup ... More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=118728&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Another Reason To Hate Teenagers]]> We've been watching video of that dumbass teenager who jumped onto the screen behind home plate at Yankee Stadium last night. We love contrasting the terrified look on his face after he pulled that stunt with the this-is-why-we're-never-having-children smirk when he was taken into police custody this morning. Honestly, we've always thought that anyone who pulled any stunts at Yankee Stadium would be taken out by Steinbrenner-approved snipers on the roof. Maybe they thought he was a minor. Close. More »
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