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On This Date in Sports January 3, 1973: The Rise of King George

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com George Steinbrenner becomes the new owner of the New York Yankees. The 42-year-old shipbuilder from Cleveland leads a group that buys the Yankees from CBS for $10 million. Steinbrenner had tried a year earlier to buy the Cleveland Indians. The Yankees 

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On This Date in Sports January 3, 1973: The Rise of King George

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