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Madonna Shows Off A-Rod
to Friends at Dinner

NYC soiree may be sign they're going public

Nov 11, 08 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Though Madonna denies romance with Alex Rodriguez, she recently introduced the slugger to pals at a dinner party, reports the Daily Mirror. The intimate gathering in New York annoyed Guy Ritchie, since it included some of their mutual friends. The party “showed a great deal of disrespect to him... More »

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(Newser) - Madonna has invited Alex Rodriguez to join her on her next trip to Malawi, where she's building a "kabbalah-enlightened" school, reports the Daily News. The Yankee slugger attended the aging superstar's concert in LA last week and is also considering tagging along when her tour heads to Brazil, Chile,... More »

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 Madge or Ex? 
 A-Rod Can't Decide 

Slugger asks wife to hang on

Nov 9, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Sounds like Alex Rodriguez is caught between a rock star and a familiar place. The Yankees’ third baseman still loves ex-wife Cynthia, reports the New York Post’s Page Six, but he’s “in awe of Madonna,” says a baseball insider. He’s reportedly asking Cynthia, his... More »

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 A-Rod a Sudden 
 Fan of Kabbalah 

Yankees star attends services at LA venue favored by his rumored paramour

Oct 22, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is Alex Rodriguez trading strip clubs for spirituality? The newly single Yankees star denies dating Madonna—who recently split with hubby Guy Ritchie—but his actions suggest otherwise, the New York Daily News reports. This week, A-Rod was spotted at Los Angeles’ Kabbalah Centre, where Madge is a regular—and... More »

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Youthful Doodles Costly
for Sports Collectors

Innocently defacing cards, balls, comics makes items nearly worthless to collectors

Oct 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mickey Mantle never wore a beard, but that didn’t stop an 8-year-old Mets fan from giving him one, scrawling the words “You Stink,” on his 1968 Topps card. While such youthful indiscretions are fairly common, collectibles that could be worth hundreds, even thousands, of dollars are rendered... More »

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Sox Fans Drove Joba to Drive Drunk: Report

Pitcher's DUI arrest came after taunts about Yankees' season

Oct 21, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joba Chamberlain nearly got into a fistfight with a Red Sox fan before his alleged DUI, the New York Post reports. Chamberlain began the ill-fated night by pounding a couple Grey Goose drinks at a friend’s bar, before hitting a strip club. There he encountered a heckler. “... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • DUI • Nebraska • rivalry • Joba Chamberlain • fans • baseball

 Madge Eyes A-Rod 
 as Baby Daddy 

The 50-year-old pop star reportedly wants to be preggers again

Oct 20, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna wants to have another baby—and Yankees star Alex Rodriguez may be asked to step up to the plate, the Daily Mail reports. The 50-year-old singer, still hashing out her divorce with Guy Ritchie, thinks A-Rod is “physically a great specimen” and “would be the ideal man”... More »

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Say it Ain't So, Joba: Pitcher Catches DUI

Yankees' Chamberlain arrested in Nebraska on 3 charges

Oct 19, 08 12:06 PM CDT
(AP) - New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, speeding, and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Nebraska State Patrol said Chamberlain was stopped for speeding near his hometown of Lincoln at about 1am yesterday. Chamberlain was taken to the Cornhusker... More »

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Fans' Ashes in Limbo as Yankee, Shea Shut Doors

As Shea and Yankee stadiums shut, relatives fret over final resting places

Oct 11, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Yankee Stadium and Shea have shut their doors forever, people who scattered ashes in their favorite ballpark worry that their loved ones may spend eternity in a parking lot, the New York Times writes. Some are searching for a way to get some dirt out of the hallowed... More »

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 Red Sox In, Yankees Out 


Sep 23, 08 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The World Series champs are back in the playoffs. The Red Sox clinched at least a wild-card berth with a 5-4 win over Cleveland tonight, the Boston Globe reports. The victory officially eliminates the Yankees from playoff contention and ends their streak of 13 consecutive appearances. The Red Sox can... More »

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 Mob Cheers, 
 Yankees Win in 
 Stadium Finale 

Old greats return for closing ceremony

Sep 22, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fabled Yankee Stadium marked its last game with a ceremony as the Yanks beat the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3, the New York Times reports. Former greats—Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Bernie Williams—took the field before the game. “I feel as nervous as I was before a playoff,”... More »

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reminiscence

Bouton: My Favorite Yankee Stadium Memory

With House That Ruth Built in final days, pitcher/author looks back

Sep 19, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fans stampeding Yankee Stadium ahead of Sunday's final game aren't the only ones overcome by nostalgia and emotion. Recycling an anecdote from the now-classic Ball Four, pitcher-turned-author Jim Bouton, writing for CNN, recalls his Stadium debut, a near-disaster that ended as a complete-game shutout, with a delightful cameo by... More »

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A-Rod Divorce Battle Ends Peacefully

Surprise speedy
settlement stops
mud-slinging

Sep 19, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mud-slinging A-Rod divorce battle has ended amicably, reports the New York Daily News. Alex and Cynthia Rodriquez ended their 5-year marriage with a private settlement, said the attorney for the Yankees slugger, who offered no details. Cynthia filed for divorce in July, citing her hubby's "long period of... More »

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 Yankee Fans 
 Run Home 
 With Stadium Steals 

Team steps up security to thwart souvenir-hunters as ballpark gets set to close

Sep 18, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final few games at Yankee Stadium promise to be a battle of wits between sticky-fingered fans and New York's finest, AP reports. The House That Ruth Built shuts forever soon and at least a dozen fans have been busted trying to take a piece of it home. Seats have... More »

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 First Replay
 Call Confirms
 A-Rod Homer

Instant replay's maiden use awards slugger his 549th home run

Sep 4, 08 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Major League Baseball's first-ever use of instant replay to settle a call backed a 9th-inning homer from Alex Rodriguez last night at Tropicana Field. Umpires checked the Yankee slugger's drive on a monitor after a protest from Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, and upheld the original fair call, Newsday reports.... More »

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 What Killed
 Babe Ruth?

Bambino helped with experimental trail for rare cancer

Aug 18, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - America thought Babe Ruth succumbed to throat cancer, caused at least in part by his smoking and drinking. But now a dentist who spent a year researching the circumstances surrounding the baseball legend's death tells the Sporting News that a different kind of cancer felled the slugger—and what's more,... More »

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 A-Rod Wants Prenup Enforced 

Slugger's lawyers call cheating allegations 'immaterial'

Jul 31, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez plans to ask the Florida courts to enforce the prenup he and estranged wife, Cynthia, signed, the Daily News reports. The Yankee slugger acknowledges their marriage is “irretrievably broken” and wants the courts to disregard his soon-to-be-ex's allegations of "extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct" because... More »

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 Yanks Get Pudge From Tigers 

They trade Kyle Farnsworth to Detroit for the all-star catcher

Jul 30, 08 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Yankees today brought in Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez from Detroit to replace the injured Jorge Posada, the Post reports. The Yankees traded relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for the 36-year-old all-star catcher. Posada had shoulder surgery today and is done for the season. More »

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 Golden Goose Hits Hall of Fame

Emotions high as Yankee closer inducted

Jul 28, 08 2:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Yankee closer Goose Gossage was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown yesterday along with Dick Williams and, posthumously, Walter O'Malley, Bowie Kuhn, Billy Southworth and Barney Dreyfuss. It was an emotional affair with Gossage weeping for Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane... More »

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Yankees Float Possibility
of Bonds in Pinstripes

Team officials discussed him at recent meeting

Jul 24, 08 9:28 PM CDT
(AP) - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? Hank Steinbrenner confirmed today that team officials are at least talking about acquiring baseball's home-run king, though he wouldn't say just how serious those talks are. Given how late it is in the season, the prospects are unlikely, the AP reports. The slugger, who turned 44... More »

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