None of the Yankees players or officials would publicly say why Rivera was cut. But a baseball lawyer familiar with the decision, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Rivera took the equipment ...

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 ...

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.” ...