George News Archive
UNC coach grateful for connection to SteinbrennerGeorge Steinbrenner, whose daughter graduated from North Carolina in 1981, often contributed to the Tar Heels' athletic programs over the years. Most recently, he donated...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
‘The Boss’ had UNC tiesEveryone remembers George Steinbrenner as the brash, outspoken owner of the New York Yankees. But you may also be surprised to know that “The Boss”...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
Steinbrenner brought money, exhibition games to UNC
Over breakfast at the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh, the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner set his friend Gregory Poole Jr. into action...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
Yankees were a blast in Boshamer
On a spring day at UNC's Boshamer Stadium the Yankees piled off the bus that had brought them from Raleigh-Durham Airport, saw the field was...
Wed Jul 14, 2010
The inspiring story of George Karl
The NBA's Summer League kicked off Thursday with a fundraising dinner for St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, honoring George Karl, making his return to...
Tue Jul 13, 2010