On the morning of the Yankees’ first spring game, owner Hal Steinbrenner announced Friday morning that he’s changing a policy that his late father, former Yankees boss George Steinbrenner, started in ...

Every franchise stalwart afterwards–Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams ... It was the personification of Yankee arrogance. And in recent years, more star players were ...

When players like Mariano Rivera, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter and countless other Yankee greats weren't allowed to have a beard while wearing pinstripes, why should the new era of players be given ...

By Victor Mather Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams had ... Since the 1970s, the Yankees have barred their players, as well as staff members, from having beards or long hair.

The coming Derek Jeter- and Mariano Rivera-led dynasty — and the ostentatious ... news of the policy change left some non-Yankees players lamenting the loss of “tradition.” ...

Every franchise stalwart afterwards–Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera ... was the personification of Yankee arrogance. And in recent years, more star players were seemingly detractors ...