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Steinbrenner was banned for baseball twice for illegal tricks made to president nixon's campaign fund and 1990 for paying a gambler to collect information on yankee outfielder dave winfield. under steinbrenner, the payroll reached record numbers, under $10 million in 1986 highest in major league history. in 1970s. no one had as much success as steinbrenner. but the strategy of acquiring big napes didn't produce a title. overall the yankees won seven world series championships. >> the yankees are champions. >> i think one of the best owners ever in sports, to take an organization from where the...

Never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if you're a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. >> as we say fair well, let's get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call racism in the tea party. calling that divisive and a lie. is this about racism or

politics? we'll talk about that tonight. also, on day 85 of the disaster in the gulf. we have a new reason to keep a very close eye live in the underwater camera. any moment we'll find whether the newest cap will pass a critical test. that will tell us whether bp finally shuts off the flow of oil after all. the littest investigation, the drug scourge killing more americans every year, they're not street drugs, they are prescription drugs, shockingly easy to get. we have a lot of ground to cover. but we'll begin with the number one story. naacp versus the tea party. now it's getting p...

Baseball twice, for illegal contributions made to richard nixon's 1972 campaign fund and in 1990 for paying a gambler to collect information on dave winfield. under steinbrenner, the payroll reached record numbers, the highest in major league baseball history. in the 1970s, no other owner had as much success with the free agent player market as he did. the strategy of acquiring big names didn't always produce a title. overall with steinbrenner in the owner's box, he won six world championships. >> the yankees are champions of baseball! >> reporter: steinbrenner enjoyed the limelight, starring ...