New York Post
Soon after George Steinbrenner fainted at Otto Graham’s funeral in 2003, word circulated that this was not heat or emotion that had felled Steinbrenner but something more sinister to his overall health. His public forays and proclamations became rarer, and his physical appearance grew more wan and feeble.
He stopped being The Boss in all the ways that earned him that nickname. And as Steinbrenner completed a cycle from character to caricature to ghost, his family and the organization used his public silence to go into re-write: To turn his twilight reputation into benevolent elder statesman. And to whitewash a past of cruelty, bluster and rule-breaking. He was a winner, instead, and winners sometimes commit minor transgressions in order to win.
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