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C-Rod to A-Rod: Payback's a $100K Paris Shopping Spree

Pal: Cynthia got loose with Yank's credit card

(Newser) - Whatever the intricacies of Alex Rodriguez's maybe-affair with Madonna, soon-to-be-ex Cynthia Rodriguez didn't get mad—she went shopping. “She's been spending wildly," one of A-Rod’s friends tells the New York Daily News. "She spent close to $100,000 on her jaunt to Paris." While she...

Wife: A-Rod, Madonna Had 'Affair of the Heart'

Betrayed spouse's lawyer says infidelity wasn't physical

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez’s relationship with Madonna amounted to “an affair of the heart,” not physical infidelity, his estranged wife's lawyer tells People. A-Rod had dinners with his sweetie, constantly listened to her music, and dumped his agent for her Kabbalah-loving manager, the New York Post reports.

A-Rod's Wife Files for Divorce, Citing Infidelity

Yankees star 'emotionally abandoned his wife and children,' petition says

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce today, calling her husband an adulterer who "emotionally abandoned his wife and children," but naming no names. "The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct," claimed Cynthia Rodriguez's petition for...

Miffed Madonna Denies Divorce, A-Rod Affair

Material Girl scoffs at hunky Yank rumors as his wife files for divorce

(Newser) - Madonna has blasted reports that she’s having an affair with Yankees star A-Rod and divorcing Guy Ritchie. “My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce,” she said in a statement to People. “I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez....

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong
 How to Avoid Mr. Wrong 
OPINION
Jul 6, 2008 2:25 PM CDT

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong

As wacky breakups abound, Dowd goes in search of rules of engagement

(Newser) - Celebrity couples aren't always models of marital stability, but as Christie Brinkley, A-Rod, and Madonna join forces to hold the planet hostage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd goes off in search of those telltale signs of who to avoid ending up at the altar with. She finds her answers...

Jilted Wife: Madonna Cast Spell on A-Rod

Spouse accuses Material Girl of luring slugger with Kabbalah

(Newser) - Cynthia Rodriguez thinks that Madonna has broken up her marriage with the power of mysticism, friends of Yankee Alex Rodriguez's wife tell the Daily News. She apparently found a note in which the slugger calls Madonna his “true soulmate” and is convinced they're having an affair—and that dark...

Wife Ditches A-Rod for Lenny Kravitz

Cynthia Rodriguez at rocker's Paris pad

(Newser) - While rumors swirl over Alex Rodgriguez's late nights with Madonna, the Yankee's wife has ditched him for rocker Lenny Kravitz, the New York Post claims. Cynthia Rodriguez, who has yet to file divorce papers, has spent the past four nights shacked up with the Grammy-winner at his pad in Paris,...

A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company
A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company
Jul 2, 2008 9:17 AM CDT

A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

Mag reports late-night visits; Material Girl's rep says nothing doing

(Newser) - With her marriage to Guy Ritchie reportedly on the rocks, Madonna is entertaining nighttime visits from hunky Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, US Weekly reports. A-Rod has dropped by the singer’s New York apartment several times and left “as late as midnight,” a source said, but the Material...

The Best Athlete on the Planet

WSJ panel picks Czech decathlete Sebrle to represent Earth at Intergalactic Games

(Newser) - If Earth could only send one guy to a galactic Olympics, who would it be? The Wall Street Journal had a panel of sports experts hash it out, and its top 10 might surprise:
  1. Roman Sebrle: Czech decathlon champion wins on versatility.
  2. LeBron James: What can’t the NBA star
...

Instant Replay Will Settle This
 Instant Replay Will Settle This 
May 31, 2008 4:57 PM CDT

Instant Replay Will Settle This

Botched calls spark support for review of close plays

(Newser) - Baseball's top umpire says instant replay is on the way, the Houston Chronicle reports. Support for it is growing after four blown calls robbed home runs, but umpire supervisor Rich Rieker warns that the technology must be added "in a fashion that will not delay the game further."

How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans&mdash;and Journos
How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos
OPINION
May 23, 2008 6:05 PM CDT

How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos

Playing field used to be level enough for writers to give true portraits

(Newser) - The days when journalists could get to know professional athletes well enough to write the kinds of profiles that would give fans true insight are long gone, Pat Jordan laments on Slate, with television and the accompanying big money the main culprits. Where Jordan once spent days with Catfish Hunter,...

Upon Further Review, MLB Weighs Instant Replay

First step would be test of system in Fall League

(Newser) - Baseball may begin experimenting with instant replay, starting in the Arizona Fall League and possibly second-guessing big-league umps as soon as next season, a source tells ESPN. But a league official told the AP, "We've made no final decision as to where exactly we're going to try it out,...

Slow Start Lands Yankees in Unfamiliar AL East Cellar

20-24 team has fallen to last place in division

(Newser) - Last place is unfamiliar territory for the Yankees. Since 1912 the Bronx Bombers have only finished there twice, compared to 26 world titles. This year, however, they have bungled their way to a 20-24 record and find themselves looking up, record-wise in the AL, not only at division foes like...

A-Wuss Fainted at Baby's Birth: Wife

A-Rod 'real wimpy' when it comes to medical situations

(Newser) - A close-up look at childbirth when his first daughter was on the way knocked slugger Alex Rodriguez out cold, AP reports. "One nurse had a cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure cuff on his arm, and I'm there, in the middle of labor,"...

Rodriguez Goes on DL
 Rodriguez Goes on DL 
May 1, 2008 12:27 AM CDT

Rodriguez Goes on DL

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right quadriceps. Rodriguez hurt his leg April 20 in Baltimore and missed three games last week before returning for a four-game series at Cleveland. But he was removed from Monday night's 5-2 win over the Indians and...

Polanco Homers Twice, Tigers Top Yanks 6-2

(Newser) - The Detroit Tigers are well on their way to putting their terrible start behind them. Placido Polanco homered twice and Marcus Thames also went deep to help Detroit beat New York 6-2 Wednesday night in the Yankees' first game with Alex Rodriguez on the disabled list.

Peralta, Indians Bug Yankees Again, Win 6-4

Cleveland overcomes three New York homers

(Newser) - Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run homer off Andy Pettitte in the fifth inning and the Cleveland Indians won their fourth straight Friday, beating New York, 6-4, in the Yankees' first visit since last year's AL playoffs when they were bombarded by swarming bugs. Peralta had four RBIs and Jamey Carroll...

A-Rod Scores Baby-Rod No. 2
 A-Rod Scores Baby-Rod No. 2 
Apr 23, 2008 9:32 AM CDT

A-Rod Scores Baby-Rod No. 2

It's a house of ladies as his wife gives birth to a second daughter

(Newser) - Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and his wife welcomed the birth of their second daughter Monday in Miami, People.com reports. The couple, who did not release the newborn's name, already has daughter Natasha, 3.

A-Rod Injured, But Pettitte Shines as Yanks Rout Orioles 7-1

NY ends three-game losing streak

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI double and scored before leaving with a leg injury, and the New York Yankees ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on a rainy Sunday. Andy Pettitte pitched seven scoreless innings, Johnny Damon homered and Derek Jeter had a three-run double...

Trainer Refutes Canseco, Says A-Rod's No Juicer

'Max' says he's '100%' against enhancers, as was star shortstop

(Newser) - A personal trainer says he's the man portrayed in Jose Canseco’s latest tell-all as pushing steroids on Alex Rodriguez; but Joseph Dion—called "Max" in Vindicated—denies any juicing ever happened and says he’s “hurt in every way” by the insinuation. The trainer maintains that throughout...

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