The Yankees surprised many last month when they altered their decades-old facial hair policy. Players and coaches can now ...

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

Joba Chamberlain, top row, and Johnny Damon both had to shave their beards upon joining the Yankees from other teams. While some other major North American sports teams have policies regarding ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Let there be beards in the Bronx. The New York Yankees, at long last altering a George Steinbrenner-era policy on facial hair, will allow players and personnel "to have well-groomed ...

The Bronx Bombers and MLB, in general, have learned that nowadays, they need to focus on turning the most talented players ...

OXFORD — Sam Schulz and Chris Beard's phone calls are usually mundane. They talk sports, of course. Big college basketball ...

One of the players most dramatically affected by the Yankees’ long-standing policy on beards and long hair believes they should keep the “tradition.” Johnny Damon, who cut his locks and ...

New York Yankees Drop Ban on Beards, 49 Years After It Was Imposed by Owner George Steinbrenner TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was ...

Perhaps Gerrit Cole wouldn’t have slept on covering first base in that same fateful fifth inning if he’d been able to mull his options by scratching an Italo Balbo beard. In a statement ...