Photos: George Steinbrenner

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, center, talks to reporters in New York in 1977.  (Harry Harris / Associated Press)

George Steinbrenner gestures during a news conference at Yankee Stadium in 1990, when he was banned from baseball by Commissioner Fay Vincent from running the New York Yankees over his involvement with a gambler named Howie Spira. Steinbrenner’s ban was lifted in 1993.  (Ron Frehm / Associated Press)

A 1993 “Sports Illustrated” cover featuring George Steinbrenner after he was reinstated from his ban from baseball.  (Bill Frakes / Associated Press)

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner flanked by manager Billy Martin, left, and vice president and general manager Lou Piniella, right, at spring training in 1988 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  (Bill Cooke / Associated Press)

New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre, left, and team owner George Steinbrenner holding the 1999 World Series trophy after the Yankees won Game 4 against the Atlanta Braves in New York.  (Eric Draper / Associated Press)

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner during a news conference at Yankee Stadium in 2005 to announce the proposed construction of a new stadium.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner drives himself around the baseball complex during spring training in Tampa, Fla., in 2005.  (Eliot J. Schechter / EPA)

Then- New York Gov. George Pataki, left, and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner at the groundbreaking for the new Yankee Stadium on Aug. 16, 2006.  (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

Goerge Steinbrenner arrives at a 2008 ceremony to rename the Yankees’ spring training stadium, Legends Field. The Tampa, Fla., ballpark now is known as George M. Steinbrenner Field.  (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)