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Bernie Williams left the Yankees for the second time this season to be with his father, Bernabe, who had a major heart attack yesterday. Manager Joe Torre did not open […]

WHAT with the television movie about Maris and Mantle, everybody's been getting nostalgic about the good old days of 1961. Having been a boy reporter back then, covering around 25 […]

Joe Torre's negotiations for a contract extension have stalled, and unless he and George Steinbrenner can agree to a new deal, Torre's tenure as Yankees manager will end after this […]

The ninth-inning mess in Monday's season opener was relatively small, a lead of five runs and one base runner. But Yankees Manager Joe Torre has always understood the symbolic importance […]

Jose Canseco called his short tenure with the Yankees 'the worst time of my life,' in an article published today in The Orange County Register. He disliked playing such an […]

The Yankees traded Drew Henson once, threatening his lifelong dream of playing in pinstripes, and Henson would not let the chance get away again. Henson has agreed to a six-year, […]

As Willie Randolph smacks grounders across the impeccable infield or watches players take batting practice under a piercing sun or peers at pitchers warming up like a line of robots, […]

Shane Spencer, feeling soreness in his surgically repaired right knee, asked to be excused from the Yankees' intrasquad game today. Hours later, Manager Joe Torre acknowledged that Spencer might not […]

Joe Torre and George Steinbrenner have had a few conversations about the parameters of Torre's imminent contract extension, but they have still not worked out the length or the amount […]

Mike Mussina, the ace pitcher signed by the Yankees in the off-season, will probably start 33 or 34 games this season. But his presence will directly affect another 25 games […]

Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' closer, met with club officials in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday and made a surprising four-year contract proposal that will probably lead to a long-term agreement. With […]

The Yankees would have been ahead of the curve today if their principal owner, George Steinbrenner, had given the final approval to a seven-year, $118.5 million deal that had been […]

FROM the Babe and the Iron Horse to the Clipper and Mickey, opposing baseball teams wailed, 'Break Up the Yankees' during the Bronx Bombers' World Series reigns -- two in […]

Yankees Manager Joe Torre yesterday sent his beleaguered and aching veteran, David Cone, to the bullpen for the second time this season, likely ensuring that the pitcher would stay there […]

As the Yankees stockpiled one new player after another this season, their cash register kept ringing up higher and higher numbers. Except this was the register that was paying out […]

Scene I: One winter morning before the 1982 season, Dave Collins, his wife and his agent have breakfast at a New York hotel with George Steinbrenner. The Yankees' owner, having […]

The Yankees called their temp agency -- Class AAA Columbus -- and asked for help, and Ryan Thompson is their left fielder today. Maybe it will not be his job […]

The Yankees have been hoarding prospects since making the trade for Chuck Knoblauch in February 1998, refusing to unload top minor leaguers in proposed deals for Randy Johnson, Jim Edmonds […]

Refusing to make a high-priced trade for Sammy Sosa, the Yankees instead acquired outfielder David Justice from Cleveland tonight, the first substantial move to bolster their sagging team. The Yankees […]

IN all the conversations about Sammy Sosa, two numbers are invariably mentioned, 66 and 63, his total of home runs for the Chicago Cubs in the past two seasons. Hardly […]

After acting decisively and boldly in an attempt to add Juan Gonzalez to their lineup, the Yankees yesterday ended their effort with a whimper. With Gonzalez poised to join them […]

An outfield of Sammy Sosa, Bernie Williams and Juan Gonzalez just might have been the greatest outfield ever assembled. It is not a fantasy outfield. It is not a Rotisserie […]

The Yankees have agreed to a trade in principle for the Detroit slugger Juan Gonzalez and have until Sunday to negotiate a contract extension with the two-time most valuable player, […]

Chuck Knoblauch was infected with throwing jitters two years ago and, for two years, he instinctively played through them, always coming back in spite of all the attention they attracted. […]

HERE is a very sound reason the Yankees may not get Sammy Sosa: The baseball wisdom of George Steinbrenner. Stop laughing. Sosa is not a good fit for the Yankees, […]

And for their next magic act, the Yankees will resurrect Dwight Gooden and turn him into a major league pitcher again. Gooden, George Steinbrenner's latest reclamation project, has signed a […]

IN the middle of the Yankees-Mets interborough weekend, Sammy Sosa's name blew in from Chicago to intrude on conversations for at least a New York minute. The 31-year-old right fielder, […]

Dwight Gooden has already been traded by the Astros and released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this season, but the Yankees have seen enough to want him. They are […]

IN that murky never-never land, somewhere between New Jersey and Long Island, the Jets were sending away their very best football player. Like most teams in most towns, the Jets […]

Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' closer, said today that he was hopeful of reaching agreement on a long-term contract shortly into the season. 'I think we could get something done,' he […]

Plucking on the same two chords of his guitar on this lazy morning, the center fielder of the Yankees was asked if he would balk at switching to left field […]

Ricky Ledee steps outside himself and sees exactly what others see in him: the potential, the ability to be a terrific player. He is convinced that talent will manifest itself. […]