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Yanks, NYC grilled on stadium deal

WASHINGTON - The New York Yankees were prepared to walk, taking the Bronx Bombers to New Jersey if that's what it would take to get the tax-exempt bond financing the team said it needed to build a new stadium, team president Randy Levine testified Friday before a congressional panel.

"It was very clear for a long time that if the New York Yankees did not secure a new stadium, they would be...

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