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- ↑ Reorganizing the Yankees; Yankees Owners Not of One Mind
- ↑ Yankees May Get a New Part Owner
- ↑ Former Wife Strikes Out In $10 Million Lawsuit
- ↑ Obituary
- ↑ "Affairs of the Heart". Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
