The franchise’s facial hair policy is history, but many Yankees are staying clean-shaven at the insistence of their better ...

The greatest test of Steinbrenner’s distaste for long hair on his players came in 1991, when then-captain Mattingly was ...

The policy was initially put in place in 1976 by Hal’s father and former Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner, who died in 2010 at age 80. Along with no beards, the appearance policy also stated ...

For the first time in 50 years, a team that takes pride in a clean-cut look will allow players to grow beards.

For the first time since 1976, Yankees players are allowed to grow beards. Fans, pundits and everyone else had 49 years to prepare themselves for Friday morning’s announcement — and they didn ...

Steinbrenner's father, the late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, enacted the beard ban in 1976. Since then, and as recently as Monday, players were routinely reminded to be clean-shaven when ...

Another long-standing New York Yankees tradition is no more, as a team spokesperson confirmed that "New York, New York" will no longer play after losses at home.

in 1976. Hal Steinbrenner, who described the decision as one that has been years in the making, spent time talking to a wide swath of people, including current and former Yankees, before coming to ...

Back in 1976, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner implemented a policy that prevented his players from having facial hair, with mustaches being the lone exception. His son, Hal Steinbrenner ...

More likely, Yankees brass simply evolved. Owner Hal Steinbrenner — son of the late George Steinbreinner, author of the previous policy circa 1976 — announced Friday morning that the Yankees ...