Managing partner Hal Steinbrenner, who now runs the most famous franchise in American sports with brother Hank, called the report "complete fiction."
He said he expected his family to own the Yankees for years to come.
Perhaps the Daily News doesn't have a reliable source but I don't think that's the case. For all we know someone in the Yankees organization leaked it to see what the reaction would be.
Or perhaps the topic was broached at a meeting of the Yankee higher-ups who were speculating what the franchise would get given the $2.15 billion that a group led by Magic Johnson paid to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Now, as an old Brooklyn Dodger fan I know the Boys of Summer are also one of the iconic sports teams. They are not, however, the Yankees. A story that ran in USA Today ...
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