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As former wrestler and renowned social scientist The Iron Sheik once noted: “THE POLITICS AND THE WRESTLING SAME…
May 24 2012
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Perhaps we ought to wonder about the merits of a bombshell story when it begins "rumors are flying." But that's the…
Feb 28 2012
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On July 30, 1990, MLB commissioner Fay Vincent "banned" George Steinbrenner from baseball and brought a close to one…
Feb 28 2012
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On July 5-6, 1990, George Steinbrenner appeared before MLB commissioner Fay Vincent to discuss his association with…
Jan 26 2012
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Ah, Tampa. The balmy breeze. The sandy white beaches of acceptable granularity. The lingering fury of the most…
Jan 4 2012
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The year was 1989. A group of luminaries had gathered to schmooze aboard the USS Intrepid, the World War II-era…
Dec 23 2011
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On Thursday, we described the FBI's internal investigation into Steinbrenner's curiously close relationship with the…
Dec 22 2011
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When we published my October profile of Howie Spira, the gambler who tangled with George Steinbrenner and wound up…
Oct 26 2011
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At nearly every turn in Howie Spira's tangled and antagonistic history, there was a phone call. And on the phone…
Oct 26 2011
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Howard Spira appeared in the Gawker offices one summer day as if summoned from the beyond, which in some sense he…
Oct 26 2011
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Oct 25 2011
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Coming Tomorrow: The (Mostly) True Story Of The Guy Who Got George Steinbrenner Banned From Baseball
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Remember Howie Spira? He sold dirt on Dave Winfield, extorted George Steinbrenner, and got the Yankees owner banned…
Mar 4 2011
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In a State Department document released by Wikileaks, an American diplomat is credited with referring to Mahmoud…
Dec 6 2010
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George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller had perhaps the biggest impact on the modern era of baseball. Their failing to…
Oct 15 2010
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Let's take some time to think about George Steinbrenner as a sexual being. One who, at 16, was filled with "Pools…
Jul 17 2010
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Woe was the New York Yankees website associate tasked with with writing the "Berra misses Old-Timer's Day after fall
Jul 16 2010
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin…
Jul 15 2010
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin…
Jul 14 2010
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning,…