Hank Steinbrenner is starting to sound more and more like his father George.
His latest candid comments were directed at the rival Red Sox and their fans.
"Red Sox Nation?" What a bunch of [expletive] that is," he told The New York Times' Play magazine. "That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans."
"Go anywhere in America and you won't see Red Sox hats and jackets; you'll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We're going to put the Yankees back on top and restore the universe to order."
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Feb 29, 2008 10:25 AM EST
Yankees legend Bobby Murcer will undergo tests early next week to determine whether or not his brain cancer has returned, according to ESPN.com.
He had an MRI this week that revealed "an area that doctors are concerned about" according to his wife.
Despite the bad news, Murcer maintains that he will announce the full docket of Yankee regular season games this year.
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Andy Pettitte is prepared to talk to the Department of Justice if called upon but is trying to focus on baseball, according to the Associated Press.
"I'm just prepared that it might happen," Pettitte said on Thursday. "There's nothing I can do. Until somebody tells me to go somewhere, I can't do anything."
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Yankees Feb 2008 Archive
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ES | Feb 28, 2008
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Newsday | Feb 26, 2008
Brian Cashman is entering the final season of his current deal as GM of the New York Yankees.
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ESPN | Feb 24, 2008
Derek Jeter isn't opposed to blood testing for substances like steroids and human growth hormone, according to ESPN.com.
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The New York Times | Feb 22, 2008
Derek Jeter has never won an MVP during his career, but teammate Alex Rodriguez predicted on Thursday that Jeter will have an MVP season in 2008, according to the New York Times.
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The New York Daily News | Feb 21, 2008
Roger Clemens won't be appearing at Disney World after canceling a scheduled appearance on "ESPN The Weekend," according to The New York Daily News.
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ESPN | Feb 20, 2008
Alex Rodriguez expects to be asked questions about drug use as he approaches Barry Bonds' home run record.
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SI.com | Feb 20, 2008
Johnny Damon nearly left behind the final three seasons of a $52 million deal.
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ESPN | Feb 19, 2008
Hank Steinbrenner thinks that football has a bigger steroid problem than baseball, according to the Associated Press.
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Yahoo.com | Feb 18, 2008
Andy Pettitte apologized on Monday to his Yankees' and Astros' teammates, fans, and children who looked up to him as a hero.
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ESPN | Feb 18, 2008
Andy Pettitte will face the media for the first time since testifying in front of Congress about steroid use in baseball on Monday, according to the Associated Press.
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AP | Feb 17, 2008
Andy Pettitte?s dad obtained the HGH he supplied his son from a trainer who attended high school with the Yankees' pitcher.
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ESPN | Feb 16, 2008
The Yankees had a record payroll for the 2007 season, and it's not decreasing this season, something General Manager Brian Cashman says he would like to curtail, according to ESPN.
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ESPN | Feb 16, 2008
Yankees' catcher Jorge Posada believes former teammate Roger Clemens regarding his numerous steroid denials, according to the Associated Press.
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Yahoo.com | Feb 16, 2008
Yankees' pitcher Wang Chien-Ming will make a salary of $4M in 2008 instead of his request for $4.
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ESPN | Feb 15, 2008
Teammate Mike Mussina hopes that Andy Pettitte is ready to answers all of the questions regarding Roger Clemens and human growth hormone this spring, according to Associated Press.
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ESPN | Feb 14, 2008
The New York Yankees have decided to rename their spring home Steinbrenner Field after their infamous owner, according to the Associated Press.
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ESPN | Feb 13, 2008
Derek Jeter, one of the most respected players in Major League Baseball, is having a hard time finding any positives in the recent Congressional steroid hearings, according to ESPN.
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ESPN | Feb 13, 2008
Andy Pettitte has admitted to using human growth hormone in 2004 after it was supplied by his father, according to the Associated Press.
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New York Post | Feb 13, 2008
It appears that RHP Chien-Mien Wang and the Yankees are headed for an arbitration hearing.
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ESPN | Feb 12, 2008
The Yankees expect pitcher Andy Pettitte to start spring training behind on Thursday when he arrives in Tampa, Florida, according to ESPN's Buster Olney.
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New York Post | Feb 12, 2008
Joba Chamberlain will prepare to be a starter in Spring Training but is expected to begin the season in the bullpen unless an injury strikes any of the five projected starters.
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Newsday | Feb 12, 2008
The testimony of Andy Pettitte backs up the accounts of Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former trainer, that he injected Clemens of banned drugs, according to Newsday.
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Associated Press | Feb 10, 2008
It's not known whether Carl Pavano will pitch in 2008, the final season of his four-year deal with the New York Yankees.
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AP | Feb 10, 2008
A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report, according to an Associated Report.
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Yahoo.com | Feb 8, 2008
The Yankees added infield depth Friday, signing Morgan Ensberg and Chris Woodward to minor league deals, as reported by Yahoo Sports.
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AP | Feb 8, 2008
Robinson Cano batted .306 with 19 homers, 97 RBI's, and 41 doubles last year for the New York Yankees.
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ESPN.com | Feb 7, 2008
The new Yankee Stadium will have party suites, a members-only restaurant, a martini bar and a price tag to match all the luxury, $1.
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AP | Feb 7, 2008
Robinson Cano's deal is potentially worth $57M over six seasons with the Yankees.
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MLB.com | Feb 5, 2008
The Yankees and Brian Bruney agreed to terms on a one-year deal on Tuesday.
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ESPN | Feb 5, 2008
Derek Jeter, the face of the New York Yankees, doesn't think baseball's steroids' controversy will have any effect on the team this spring, according to the Associated Press.
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AP | Feb 5, 2008
Yankees' captain Derek Jeter settled his case with tax officials, who had said he should have paid three years of taxes as a New York state resident.
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AP | Feb 4, 2008
Shelley Duncan is at early spring training workouts, healthy and looking forward to the 2008 season following offseason treatment for a blood clot, according to an Associated Press report.
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ESPN.com | Feb 4, 2008
Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte showed up early for his closed-door interview Monday with lawyers from a congressional committee looking into drug use in baseball, according to an ESPN news report.
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