Joe DiMaggio was more than the most complete all-around player of his generation. He was more than the player who set one of the game's most cherished records, hitting safely in 56 consecutive games.

DiMaggio's only child was a son, Joe Jr., from his first marriage to Dorothy Arnold, an actress he met while working on a movie, "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," in 1937. Their marriage ended in divorce.

When Joe DiMaggio died, a 57-year old man with a gray pony-tail was one of the select few allowed to attend the family funeral. He was a casket-bearer that day, his face anonymous to the national ...

The former mayor listed his Manhattan home on Monday for less than ... of the unit displayed Giuliani’s signed replica of Joe DiMaggio’s Yankees jersey, gifted to him in 2002.

By the time the lights went on again, DiMaggio had vanished. Perhaps the best insight into why DiMaggio quit came from brother Tom: "He quit because he wasn’t Joe DiMaggio any more." ...

As DiMaggio piled up hits — from mid-May to mid-July — a New York City disc jockey, Alan Courtney, and the band’s arranger, Ben Homer, wrote a jaunty tune, “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio ...

Marilyn Monroe with husband Joe DiMaggio at the premiere of the film, "The Seven Year Itch" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. - M. Garrett/Getty Images ...

260. Pitching 28 games with the Yankees from 1951-55, eight as a starter, his teammates included some franchise greats beyond Mantle: Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto and Billy ...

Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is widely considered the most untouchable record in sports. It’s such a preposterous record that it’s a mathematical feat to merely calculate ...