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Time for Yankees to Say Goodbye to A-Rod

Matt Littman | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment

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Baseball engenders great nicknames, and the New York Yankees, the most storied franchise in all of sports, certainly have had their fair share. There's the Babe, Joltin' Joe, Mr. October, and Bitch Tits.

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This Week in Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Geithner, Senate, Democrat, Arlen Specter, Steroids, Diebold, Philip Morris, Senator, 'Roids, Peds, Treasury, Republican, Aig, Accenture, Yankees, A-Rod, Stadium, Monty Python, Comedy News

Build a $1.5-ish billion taxpayer-funded stadium, charge those same taxpayers $2600 to see a game, don't create the promised park for local kids (because they're poor). Now look around. Guess what? You're rich!

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Will the Democratic Party Face No Opposition?

Matt Littman | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Republicans are nearly out of business. They are in worse shape than Chrysler. John Boehner just asked for stimulus money to keep the Republican Party alive (I am joking).

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Yankees Cut Ticket Prices

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Turns out a few more fans might be able to buy those empty front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees slashed prices on ...

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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

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Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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What Wonders He Has Seen

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: California Gold Rush, Wrigley Field, Peter Seitz, Arthur Gidden, Great Recession, Burleigh Grimes, Yankees, Boston Braves, Fenway Park, Black Sox Scandal, Red Sox, Ty Cobb, Commissioner Landis, Great Depression, Babe Ruth, Herbert Hoover, Entertainment News

On Saturday, April 24, we went to Fenway Park to see Arthur Giddon, the Red Sox honorary bat boy. Also scheduled was a match bet...

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What If the Red Sox Buy the Boston Globe?

Charles Warner | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Boston Globe, Espn, Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Media News

If I were the czar of a major league sport and had the power, I would forbid a media company from owning a sports franchise because I think the temptation for biased reporting is too strong.

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Damn Yankees and Their Pricey New Stadium

Dave Astor | Posted 05.06.2009 | Comedy

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What's not to like about a sickeningly posh edifice partly funded by massive subsidies from taxpayers who can't afford its ultra-expensive tickets and food?

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The "Late Show" Does Spring Training (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.03.2009 | Comedy

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David Letterman sent comedian Andy Kindler down to Florida for Yankees Spring training which led to some heckling, some awkward interviews, and a lot ...

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Allen Stanford Baseball Connection: Yankees Outfielder Johnny Damon's Frozen Funds

AP | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

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TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady are among the investors whose accounts were caught in a freeze by the government ...

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Caroline, We Hardly Knew Ye

Denis Campbell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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We are the poorer for Kennedy's decision, and I wonder how many worthy public servants never consider running because of this environment where every minor gaffe is exploited.

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Mark Teixeira & Baseball's Fantasy World

George Mitrovich | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Economy, Sportswriters, Mark Teixeira, Baseball, Economic Crisis, Jamie McCourt, Yankees, Agents, Mannie Ramirez, Red Sox, Dodgers, Professional Athletes, Scott Boras, Baseball Players, Entertainment News

We may achieve a new equity between players and fans, between the few who makes millions playing a game and the many who labor to survive America's economic nightmare.

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Damn Yankees!

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Legal Services, Legal Services NYC, Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, Bankruptcy, Poverty, Economy, New York City, Yankees, Homeless, Foreclosure, Red Sox, Public Interest Lawyers, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's election night challenge to "look after not only ourselves, but each other" does a better good job of describing what public interest lawyers at Legal Services NYC do every day.

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Yankees Sign Iraqi Hurler

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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In their latest bid to beef up their pitching rotation for the 2009 season, the New York Yankees today signed Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi to a ...

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Rubbing Your Eyes in Fantasy Land

Murray Fromson | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

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CC Sabathia and all the other high-priced players and the teams that sign lucrative contracts ought to feel a sense of embarrassment for their insensitivity at a time when tens of thousands of Americans have lost their jobs and their homes.

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Opening Day: Baseball Business Begins Again

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

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While sports fans fill their days with football, basketball and hockey, the aficionados of the business of sports will keep an eye on the real game, the game in the boardrooms and at the negotiating tables.

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Open Letter to A-Rod: Please Sign My Ball Already

Lauren Lascher | Posted 08.02.2008 | Entertainment

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Dear Alex, I know you have been very busy. The reason for my letter is that I need you to finally sign the baseball you blasted at Yankee Stadium that fractured my collarbone.

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Report: Yankees Offer Girardi Manager Job

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The New York Yankees reportedly have offered Joe Girardi the job to succeed Joe Torre as manager. Girardi beat out Yankees great and bench coach Don ...

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A-Rod Walks Away From Baseball's Fattest Paycheck

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. R...

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Bloomberg, Giuliani Display 'Rapidly Increasing Animosity' While Sitting Together At Yankee Game

New York Sun | DAVID LOMBINO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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At the Yankees playoff game last night, one seat spoke 1,000 words, and it's the reason why political consultants get paid hundreds of thousands of do...

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Boys Night Out: Brad And Maddox Hit Yankee Stadium

NY Post | Brian Costello | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jackson Lee, Spike Lee, Brad Pitt, Bloomberg's Box, Derek Jeter, Maddox, Yankees, Entertainment News

Brad Pitt and son Maddox get special souvenirs courtesy of the 5-year-old's favorite player last night - a bat and ball from Derek Jeter . Brad and M...

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