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(Newser) - Jason Gay interviewed Alex Rodriguez just a day before his past dalliances with performance-enhancing drugs were uncovered, he writes in Details. A-Rod knew what was coming, but the star was more concerned that his favorite Madonna song not be published, for fear of it being played at away games.... More »

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(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez’s troubles have less to do with what he’s done than who he is, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports. “We all know he is desperate to be liked,” Rosenberg writes. “And yet, everything he does to be liked makes people hate him.”... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • public relations • baseball • public image • steroid use

A-Rod to Undergo Minor Hip Surgery

Yank puts off bigger procedure until winter; back in 6-8 weeks

Mar 8, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with the choice between playing through pain and undergoing an invasive surgery, Alex Rodriguez chose Hidden Option C: an arthroscopic surgical procedure that will put off the major operation until after the baseball season. He'll still be out for 6-8 weeks, but the scandal-plagued slugger prefers that to the... More »

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OPINION




 A-Rod's Top 
 Foot-in-Mouth 
 Moments 

Meet baseball's future home run, and dumb statement king

Mar 5, 09 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - He has 553 career home runs, and almost as many embarrassing verbal blunders. The New York Daily News counts down its favorite Alex Rodriguez foot-in-mouth moments, Among them:             
  • “I knew we weren’t taking Tic-Tacs.
... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Derek Jeter • gaffe • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

 Over Boos, 
 A-Rod Homers 
 in Spring Opener 

He played until fifth inning against Blue Jays

Feb 25, 09 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite the cacophony of boos, cheers, and cat calls hurled his way, Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run home run today in his first spring-training game for the New York Yankees, the AP reports. The maligned third baseman played until the fifth inning at the Toronto Blue Jays’ ballpark—his first... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • sports doping • baseball • spring training

investigation

 A-Rod Buddy 
 Is MLB Pariah 


Feb 20, 09 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A man who was once a close associate of Alex Rodriguez is suspected of trafficking in steroids and has been banned from non-public areas of big-league ballparks since 2001, the New York Daily News reports. Angel Presinal, called "an unsavory character" by one source, has been close... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Juan Gonzalez • baseball • Yuri Sucart • Angel Presinal

Cousin Who Helped A-Rod Juice Identified

Yuri Sucart described as A-Rod's lap dog

Feb 19, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The cousin who injected Alex Rodriguez with steroids has been identified as Yuri Sucart, a longtime friend and confidant of the disgraced Yankee, ESPN reports. The previously anonymous relative, whom A-Rod refused to identify during his mea-culpa news conference Tuesday, is too devoted to Rodriguez to have stopped him, friends... More »

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sports • steroids • MLB • Alex Rodriguez • cousins • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • Yuri Sucart

UPDATED

 A-Rod: 'I Knew We Weren't Taking Tic-Tacs'

Star to tell more about his steroid use

Feb 17, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A-Rod faced reporters in New York today to, in his words, “take my medicine.” He said he was injected by his cousin, with a substance that was legal in the Dominican Republic. “It was very amateur hour,” he said. “We probably didn’t even take... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • performance-enhancing drugs

 A-Rod's V-Day Treat: 5 Ladies 

Ballplayer hangs with Madonna pal, model, 'hot chicks'

Feb 17, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez may be having image troubles, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt him with the ladies: He spent Valentine’s weekend with a total of five women, the New York Post reports. He spent Friday night with Madonna buddy Ingrid Casares at a Miami Beach restaurant, hung... More »

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women • Alex Rodriguez • baseball • Valentine's Day

A-Rod Juiced but Fellow Players Will Pay

Endorsements dry up as advertisers avoid risky baseball stars

Feb 16, 09 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A lot of people will pay for Alex Rodriguez’s admission that he used steroids—and A-Rod isn’t one of them, writes Jeremy Mullman in Advertising Age. A-Rod’s already shallow pool of endorsements isn’t likely to dry up, but by bringing steroids back into the spotlight,... More »

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steroids • advertising • marketing • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • endorsement • performance-enhancing drugs

 Selig: A-Rod 'Shamed the Game' 

MLB boss, powerless to impose penalty, scolds player over drug use

Feb 13, 09 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Bud Selig slammed Alex Rodriguez yesterday for "shaming the game" by using steroids, reports the AP. Angry words may be the only thing the MLB commissioner can use to punish the Yankees player, however, since his positive test was meant to be anonymous and took place years before the... More »

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 Madonna 
 Fumes as 
 A-Rod Turns 
 to Ex-Wife 

Singer wants him back, bad

Feb 12, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Will the drama never end? Alex Rodriguez should have known Madonna would be "pissed" when he ran back to ex-wife Cynthia as he did damage control after Saturday's steroids bombshell, the New York Daily News reports. “To Madonna, this is the ultimate dis,” says an insider, adding... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • baseball • scandal • steroid use

 Besieged A-Rod 
 Runs Back to Ex 

Wife who dumped
him for cheating is
at his side again

Feb 11, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez made a quick about-turn from partying to the arms of his ex-wife as the steroids scandal broke last weekend. The defamed Yankee was partying in the Bahamas when news of his steroid use broke, but arrived at Monday's confessional with Cynthia Rodriguez in tow, the Daily News reports.... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • infidelity • Madonna • cheating • celebrity divorces • steroid use

Canseco Calls for
Major League Drug Summit 

Says he can help baseball quit steroids

Feb 11, 09 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Former slugger Jose Canseco, who blew the lid off steroid use in two controversial books, is seeking to meet with baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr to discuss his plans to run drugs out of the game, reports AP. "I think I have the ear of... More »

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steroids • Bud Selig • Alex Rodriguez • Jose Canseco • Mark McGwire • baseball • Donald Fehr

OPINION

 Expose the Users 
 to Clear the Clean 

'Real victims' of performance drugs are those left behind

Feb 10, 09 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The steroids-in-baseball "shame game" shouldn’t be limited to A-Rod and Barry Bonds, writes Mike Wise in the Washington Post. To keep mum on the others who cheated the game is to ignore the "real victims": The regular players who "chose correctly between right and wrong" ... More »

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steroids • MLB • Barry Bonds • Alex Rodriguez • drug test • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • minor league baseball

 President 
 Slams 
 A-Roid 

News of drug use 'tarnishes era'

Feb 10, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has weighed in on the latest chapter of baseball's burgeoning steroid scandal, condemning Yankees star Alex Rodriguez for his use of performance-enhancing drugs and setting a bad example for children, reports CBS News. In his first prime-time news conference, Obama called confirmation of A-Rod's steroid use "depressing,... More »

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(Newser) - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez today admitted, in a voice that wasn't always steady, that he took steroids for three seasons beginning in 2001. Amid swirling rumors that he'd tested positive in 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers, A-Rod told ESPN's Peter Gammons that he succumbed to "an enormous... More »

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steroids • Texas Rangers • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Mitchell steroids investigation

But Wait, A-Rod Wasn't Alone

Jackson, Schilling wonder why no one's divulging the other 103 steroid users from '03

Feb 9, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid all the questions about Alex Rodriguez's alleged steroid use, two big ones have been overlooked: Who are the other 103 players who tested positive in 2003, and why have no other names surfaced? Yankees legend Reggie Jackson brought this up to the New York Post, and perhaps surprisingly, Boston's... More »

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Curt Schilling • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • drug test • Reggie Jackson • drugs in sports

 Madge Sizzles 
 With Boy-Toy 
 Foursome 

Madonna comes to Jesus in 'W' spread

Feb 8, 09 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A sizzling-hot Madonna is about to hit newsstands in an eye-popping spread of simulated sex with a foursome of Brazilian boy toys, reports the New York Daily News. One of the beefcake hotties prominently featured in the 45-page show-all in W is 22-year-old Ford model Jesus Luz, a key rival... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • magazine • Madonna • group sex

A-Rod Tested Positive
for Steroids: Report

During MVP 2003 campaign

Feb 7, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids during his 2003 MVP season, sources tell Sports Illustrated. A-Rod was one of 104 players to test positive that year, in a survey test conducted to determine whether the league needed tougher drug policies. Asked about the results this week, Rodriguez... More »

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steroids • MLB • Texas Rangers • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • anabolic steroids • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

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