The Yankees purchase the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park. September, 1921: The Yankees clinch their first AL pennant.

The plaque in question honors Jacob Ruppert, the renaissance man who owned the Yankees for 24 years. He’s received the lion’s ...

You can definitely say that Bob Meusel made his MLB debut at the perfect time: in 1920, with the birth of the so-called live ball era. From that year until 1929, the hard-hitting ...

The 2026 MLB trade deadline lands on Aug. 3. The New York Yankees may not have that long to wait to address the roster. Wednesday was another disappointment for the Yankees as they dropped a 3-0 ...

Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, was suspended for the rest of the season and the postseason, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of ...

In 1960, the perennial powerhouse New York Yankees were, as usual, the American League representative in the World Series. The Pittsburgh Pirates, the National League winner, was given little chance ...

Sporting News began publication in 1886, when the sport of baseball was already established in the United States. In the ...

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NY Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record of 138 career home runs (held by Roger Connor since 1895). 1922 — Gene Sarazen ...

The Detroit Tigers will look to win their fourth game in a row when they battle the New York Yankees in a key American League matchup on Monday night. Detroit completed a three-game sweep over the ...

The Yankees have lost seven of their last nine games, largely due to a rather anemic offense. They scored four runs Sunday night, but all came in the ninth and tenth innings. In fact, they didn't even ...

The Yankees had a 3 1/2-game lead in the AL East on June 17. Now they're four games back of the Rays. Adam Hunger / Getty Images The New York Yankees have a season-worst seven-game losing streak.