New York Yankees Illustrated History - Hardcover

A stunning collection of more than 150 photographs combined with commentary from the top sports writers on the New York Times honors the one hundredth anniversery of the legendary team. 30,000 first printing.

Dave Anderson has been a sports columnist at The New York Times since November 1971, after having been a general-assignment sports reporter for the newspaper in 1966. Mr. Anderson won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for distinguished commentary in his column, "Sports of the Times."

Murray Chass has been a sports reporter for The New York Times since he joined the newspaper in July 1969. He specializes in coverage of professional baseball--including the Yankees--and the sport's labor, legal, and financial aspects. He previously had been with the Associated Press as a general-assignment reporter and sportswriter in Pittsburgh and New York.

Robert Lipsyte returned to The Times as a sports columnist in 1991 after a twenty-year absence. He had been a sports reporter and columnist at paper for fourteen years before he left. In 1966, and again in 1996, he won Columbia University's Mike Berger Award for distinguished reporting. In 1992, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

Buster Olney joined The New York Times as a sports reporter in 1997. He covered the Yankees full-time from 1998 through 2001. Previously, Mr. Olney was a reporter for The Baltimore Sun from 1995 to 1997, The San Diego Union-Tribune from 1990 to 1995, and The Nashville Banner from 1986 to 1990.

George Vecsey, after three years of covering religion for The New York Times, returned to where his journalism career began--sports. In January 1982, following the death of Red Smith, he was named a columnist, joining Dave Anderson in writing "Sports of the Times."

Stephen J. Jesselli is the award-winning Sports Photo Editor of The New York Times. Born in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, he has covered every major sporting event for the paper for more than a decade but baseball remains his passion.