The Yankees amended their facial hair policy after it had been a topic of internal conversation for around 10 years.

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner ended the club's traditional facial hair policy this week, and conversations with the club's captain and a key newcomer had an impact on his decision.

New closer Devin Williams and several former Yankees stars helped nudge owner Hal Steinbrenner into changing the franchise's decades-old policy on facial hair.

The New York Yankees finally changed their archaic facial hair policy and fans are immediately thinking about one player: Devin Williams ... to Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, this decision ...

The big news from the New York Yankees' spring training as the team opened camp this week was the change in the ...

Devin Williams spoke to Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman last week to voice his preference for keeping his beard, but didn’t think anything would come of it.

For the Yankees, what's the point of so-called tradition if it was going to make a valued employee unhappy coming to work?

The All-Star closer, acquired in a trade with the Brewers over the offseason without any say in the matter, said that the Bombers’ past ban on facial hair below the upper lip would have been a factor ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The catalyst for the New York Yankees changing their controversial, 49-year-old hair policy was likely when closer Devin Williams spoke with owner Hal Steinbrenner and general ...

But team owner Hal Steinbrenner announced Friday that "well-groomed beards" will now be permitted as the franchise evolves with the times. New Yankees reliever Devin Williams reportedly instigated ...