"She said everything is good and feels relieved," a source close to Cynthia Rodriguez tells PEOPLE
It's over for A-Rod and his wife of more than five years.
It's over for the New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Rogriguez, his wife of more than five years. With a prenuptial agreement in place, lawyers for the couple confirmed Friday that a settlement was reached in their divorce
Rationally, we assume that it is much more agonizing to play an individual sport, where you can expect no help from any teammates, where you must depend completely upon yourself. But I believe that there are certain team players with the personality that turns that logic upside down, who suffer more pressure precisely because they are not alone, who are intimidated more by having to produce for their teammates.
The baseball star admits his marriage is "irretrievably broken" – and asks the court to enforce their prenup
One week after his wife filed for divorce, the baseball star unwinds – with Madonna's manager and her B.F.F.
In the middle of a messy divorce, the Yankee star spends time with his 3-year old, Natasha, and 11-week-old Ella
Cynthia says she still loves her husband but refuses "to go there again"
A-Rod's estranged wife makes claims about her husband and Madonna, tell us what you think of "affairs of the heart"
Ballplayers' marital woes don't usually wind up as front-page news. But most players aren't tied with Mickey Mantle on the all-time homer list -- or get spiritual guidance from Madonna
"She said everything is good and feels relieved," a source close to Cynthia Rodriguez tells PEOPLE
It's over for A-Rod and his wife of more than five years.
It's over for the New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Rogriguez, his wife of more than five years. With a prenuptial agreement in place, lawyers for the couple confirmed Friday that a settlement was reached in their divorce
Rationally, we assume that it is much more agonizing to play an individual sport, where you can expect no help from any teammates, where you must depend completely upon yourself. But I believe that there are certain team players with the personality that turns that logic upside down, who suffer more pressure precisely because they are not alone, who are intimidated more by having to produce for their teammates.
The baseball star admits his marriage is "irretrievably broken" – and asks the court to enforce their prenup
One week after his wife filed for divorce, the baseball star unwinds – with Madonna's manager and her B.F.F.
In the middle of a messy divorce, the Yankee star spends time with his 3-year old, Natasha, and 11-week-old Ella
Cynthia says she still loves her husband but refuses "to go there again"
A-Rod's estranged wife makes claims about her husband and Madonna, tell us what you think of "affairs of the heart"
Ballplayers' marital woes don't usually wind up as front-page news. But most players aren't tied with Mickey Mantle on the all-time homer list -- or get spiritual guidance from Madonna
Cynthia Rodriguez's divorce attorney says the pair's relationship "was the last straw"
The singer tells PEOPLE she's not splitting from husband Guy Ritchie Рand she̢۪s not romantically involved with Alex Rodriguez
Lenny Kravitz denies he's involved in the breakup, amid reports the Yankee star is having an affair with Madonna
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News
TAMPA, Fla. -- A sextet of big-market teams were quietly lining up to bid for Alex Rodriguez in early November. Meetings were scheduled with both Los Angeles teams, the Dodgers and Angels, and according to people close to Rodriguez, the Mets, Red Sox, Giants and Tigers all were showing interest, as well. But A-Rod desperately wanted to remain a Yankee.
The Hot Stove season isn't dead yet. Things can and often do happen in January and February (see A-Rod to the Yankees, 2004)
There goes Alex Rodriguez, trying to be the center of attention again. Last week the Yankees third baseman again tried to hijack a major event on the 2007 baseball calendar. But this time, no one complained.
No, we can't ignore them. If the cavalcade of Sportsman of the Year candidates the past month has been spectacular, 2007 also will be remembered as a year of miscreants and manipulators, narco-jocks and narcissists. We are down on Downie, bitter at Bonds. And there is one misguided woman who flew Solo. Voilà, the SI.com Anti-Sportsmen of the Year:
There's not much room for argument: Alex Rodriguez was the best player in the American League this year. He lead his league in home runs (54), RBIs (156), runs scored (143), total bases (376), slugging percentage (.645) and OPS (1.067). He also led his league in Value Over Replacement Player (VORP), topping Magglio Ordonez by a score of 96.6 to 87.8. And he accomplished all of this while playing a more difficult defensive position than Magglio Ordonez, and playing it fairly well.
Goldman Sachs has helped bring about innumerable corporate deals, but published reports suggest it played an unusual role in a deal far outside its normal turf: the record-breaking contract expected to be signed soon between the New York Yankees and the team's star third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
In a stunning twist, Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are discussing a deal that seems very likely to put the superstar third baseman back in pinstripes only two weeks after team officials had said "good-bye'' to baseball's best everyday player.
The first time Alex Rodriguez signed a long-term contract, in 1996, he basically negotiated it on his own. He was 21, in the middle of his first full season with the Seattle Mariners, thrilled to be playing for a contender and petrified at the thought of being traded.
Nobody does offseason intrigue quite like the Yankees, who are closing in on bringing Alex Rodriguez back after their recent public split.
Back in the '80s baseball's owners were found to have conspired to keep salaries down. Could they be planning the same thing when Alex Rodriguez's agent goes shopping?
The Los Angeles Angels are baseball's exception: They openly admit they'd love to sign Alex Rodriguez.
The Mets' contingent secretly met with Scott Boras on Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of signing Alex Rodriguez, SI.com has learned.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Mets' contingent here secretly met to discuss the possibility of signing Alex Rodriguez with Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras Tuesday night, SI.com has learned.
Also in this column: • Marlins willing to deal Cabrera? • Johnny Damon for Joe Crede? • Giants will trade pitching for hitting • More news and notes
Also in this column: • Three teams rising in A-Rod derby • Rockies won't trade Atkins • Torre building his coaching staff • More news and notes
For quick fixes at this time of year, ballclubs have only two choices: buy a free agent or pull off a trade.
Tired of those spoiled baseball and basketball superstars? In pro football, nice guys still finish first
From the moment superstar Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $25 million-per-year Yankees/Rangers deal, he set up the biggest free-agent sweepstakes since ... well, since Rodriguez was a free agent seven years ago.
With a second World Series win in four seasons, the Boston Red Sox may be morphing into their mortal enemies
Slugger Alex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his career with New York, according to an announcement by agent Scott Boras
Alex Rodriguez notified the Yankees Sunday that he's opting out of his record $252 million contract, SI.com has learned.
The Yankees are preparing a contract offer to superstar third baseman Alex Rodriguez that would commit A-Rod to the Yankees for eight or nine years, top his $252-million Rangers deal on a per-year basis and possibly even in total dollars. Plus, their expected offer would practically ensure that if A-Rod breaks Barry Bonds' alltime home-run record, he'll do it in a Yankees uniform.
Alex Rodriguez is about to do in November what he hasn't been able to do in October: Produce some real eye-popping numbers.
Scott Boras, the agent for star New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, told CNNMoney.com Saturday that the current uncertainty surrounding the team, including its managerial opening, will make it difficult for his client to sign with the Yankees by the deadline given by team management.
If this was the last time Alex Rodriguez wore the uniform of the New York Yankees, and he did his flat best to leave open that possibility when he spoke to the media on Monday night, then his final 59 postseason at-bats as a Yankee will be one of the more confounding, odds-defying trends in the history of great players. In those 59 at-bats, Rodriguez:
Also in this column: • How many chances for Torre? • Mattingly vs. Girardi debate • Wedge makes a bad call • More news and notes
As he stood in front of his locker after Game 2 of the Division Series, Derek Jeter extended his bare arms in front of him and, with eyes the size of ping pong balls, inspected them with the thoroughness of a TSA agent going through a handbag. "No bites," Jeter finally announced, after surviving the Hitchcockian scene at Jacobs Field in which players in the infield were swarmed by bugs that had buzzed in, apparently, from Lake Erie. Added Jeter, "We'll see if they pop up tomorrow morning."
Agent Scott Boras says he hasn't had talks with any of the possible bidders for the Chicago Cubs about Alex Rodriguez, denying a report on New York Magazine's Web site.
Alex Rodriguez believes his third 50-homer season is a lot more meaningful than the first two. This time around, he's playing for a team in a pennant race.
Alex Rodriguez limped his way into Yankee Stadium, then got angry when the team sent him to a hospital for tests on his sore right ankle.
Alex Rodriguez tested his sore right ankle with a few jogs in right field about an hour before game time, then ran toward the dugout, up a runway and into the New York Yankees' clubhouse.
Also in this column: • Zambrano needs to zip it • Betancourt overtakes Jeter • A Drew-for-Burrell swap? • More news and notes
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez never got rattled during the big bat flap Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Even more impressive, neither did youngster Ian Kennedy.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Barry Bonds, you're up.
Barry Bonds doesn't even own Major League Baseball's career home run record yet -- heck, at this pace, we're talking ... what, May of 2008 or so? -- and already we're wondering if Alex Rodriguez can snatch that baby away from him some day.
Here's the very difficult choice that many baseball executives face these days: Pay a lot for the up-and-comers and soon-to-be free agents in their organization now, or pay more for somebody else's stars later. That is, fork out huge money for a known quantity maybe a little earlier than you'd like to, or need to, or be prepared to shell out just as much -- and, yeah, very possibly more -- for a free agent you don't know nearly as well.
SAN FRANCISCO -- George Steinbrenner and other top Yankee decision makers are in agreement: They like Alex Rodriguez very much and now plan to try to do what they can to keep him in pinstripes. And if that has to mean an extension for A-Rod, so be it.
1. Which free-agent-to-be has done the most to bolster his stock in the first half?
In order to get a better idea of which players have been the most productive in all of Fantasyland, let's turn to the PROTRADE.com Sports Stock Market and see who's been earning their keep ...
I. A-Rod since Strippergate: After putting together one of the most dominant Aprils in baseball history, Alex Rodriguez struggled through May, hitting .235 with an underwhelming .422 slugging percentage. At the tail end of the forgettable month the New York Post dropped a bombshell by printing pictures of A-Rod cavorting through Toronto with a mystery blonde that was most definitely not his wife. The woman turned out to be Joslyn Noel Morse, a stripper and former Playboy model. This is the type of scandal New York tabloids salivate over, and they jumped at the opportunity to bury A-Rod, a whipping boy since he first set foot in the Big Apple.
Also in this column: • Zambrano's roller-coaster year • Giambi facing 50-game ban • Ken Williams backs Ozzie • More news and notes
Ejections, bitter arguments, lurid stories, cries of "Mine!" And that was just what was going on in the Rodriguez household last week.
Players, in their wildest fantasies, wouldn't dream about getting in the kind of groove that Alex Rodriguez is in right now. It's nearly unfathomable. The best players in the world would be happy with half of what A-Rod's doing this April.
Bathed in the glow of three television screens and one laptop computer, Scott Boras, briefly without a phone to his ear or baseball owner beneath his thumb, reposed on a black leather sofa in his two-room, field-level suite last Friday at Angel Stadium. The über-agent, dressed in a black wool overcoat and gray mock turtleneck, had the look of a contented day trader, a master of the hardball universe tracking his properties -- in this case, his clients -- in real time. On the main big-screen, flat-panel TV appeared his Berkshire Hathaway, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the highest-paid and most-deconstructed player in baseball.
If you couldn't get enough of the quadraphonic crack of home runs Sunday night, or the out-of-his-head week that Alex Rodriguez had, or that wild wind-blown series in Wrigley Field, you'll get a chance to see it all again next weekend, when the Yanks-Red Sox and Cubs-Cardinals go for Round 2.
Also in this column: • Does Joe Torre gotta go to Mo'? • Andruw Jones vs. Alfonso Soriano • More new and notes
Alex Rodriguez ran out of miracles.
Also in this column: • Selig's golden parachute • Moreno a big fan of A-Rod • More news and notes
Also in this column: • A 60 Minutes encounter • Tigers consider using Andrew Miller • Gil Meche's revenge? • More news and notes
It was exactly 50 years ago this week that Wilt Chamberlain lost the NCAA championship, as North Carolina beat his Kansas team in triple overtime. It was hardly Wilt's fault. He was named tournament MVP, but it was then that he was christened a loser, a tag he would carry most of the rest of his career. Eventually, one of Wilt's coaches, the estimable Alex Hannum, said, "Nobody loves Goliath," a phrase Wilt would often woefully recite himself.
Also in this column: • Relief market looks grim • Smoltz to leave Braves? • More news and notes
TAMPA, Fla. -- If Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez exercises his opt-out clause after this season and walks away from the $81 million and three years remaining on his record contract, he may be subjected to even more boos in the Bronx. But if he stays without at least leveraging the clause in question, he surely will be giving up a lot of loot.
Sometimes the signs of self-destruction are impossible to ignore. Like when a woman goes into a salon, grabs the clippers and goes after her hair. The best headlines from the New York tabs this week -- although not all that great, considering the straight line they were handed -- were: "Shear Madness" and "Britney Wigs Out." On the sports pages, meanwhile, the tabloids had their hands full with another case of self-destruction, albeit less photogenic and not quite as far along.
Also in this column: • More on Jeter-A-Rod saga • Andruw Jones and the Braves • Rollins' brash talk • More news and notes
Also in this column: • Pavano's perception problem • Meche's agent speaks out • Details on Utley's no-trade clause • More news and notes
It's my personal spring training ritual: Every year, at the invitation of Major League Baseball and the Players Association, I share financial advice with 100 or so of the game's hottest prospects ...
The trade of Alex Rodriguez, baseball's best-paid and maybe best player, to its richest team -- the New York Yankees -- is good news for fans of low-revenue teams and those who want greater competitive balance in the sport.
The recent signing of shortstop Alex Rodriguez to a $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers raised eyebrows. Only the richest teams could dream of bidding for A-Rod's services; even baseball c...
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