Posted Mar 19th 2009 12:00AM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez is a liar and a cheater and he ruined the game of baseball -- but even he is allowed to sue over a real estate deal gone south.
We just turned up a lawsuit in which Alex Rodriguez sued Ryan Investments to get his $1 million deposit back on a house he was supposed to buy. A-Fraud claims he had every right to back out of the deal, since Ryan Investments didn't close the deal on time.
A-Rod and Cynthia (he was still with her when he made the deal back in November 2007) were buying the house for $15 mil -- it eventually sold to someone else a few months back for just under $12 mil.
So here's the mystery: Did A-Rod cancel because the deal didn't close on time or because his marriage was unraveling and bachelors don't need that much space?
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, A-Rod, Photo Galleries
Tags: A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, lawsuit, Ryan Ivestments, RyanIvestments
Posted Mar 17th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
Following in Madonna's "Sex" book footsteps, A-Rod posed for this narcissistic, A-Rod on A-Rod fantasy pic in a new spread for Details.
That strange sound you hear is a combination of Mets fans laughing and Yankees fans cringing at the same time.
Filed under: Beauty, Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: a-rod, alex rodriquez, AlexRodriquez, Details Magazine, DetailsMagazine
Posted Mar 3rd 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
Next stop on the Alex Rodriguez Apology Tour -- his own family.
A-Fraud met up with ex-wife Cynthia at a P.F. Chang's in Tampa on Sunday.
No press conference required.
Filed under: Talk Sports, A-Rod, Dirty Divorces
Tags: a-rod, a-roid, alex and cynthia rodriguez, alex rodriguez, AlexAndCynthiaRodriguez, AlexRodriguez, cynthia rodrigeuz, CynthiaRodrigeuz
Posted Feb 19th 2009 8:50AM by TMZ Staff
Jose Canseco has sold out everyone in his professional life, for profit and, seemingly, with glee. So knock us over with a feather when he was mum yesterday on the A-Rod steroid scandal.
Jose -- the guy who first ratted A-Rod out -- said it wasn't the appropriate time to comment, but that people could read his second book. Again, knock us over with a feather.
Filed under: Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: a-rod, a-roid, alex rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, baseball, jose canseco, JoseCanseco, juiced, steroids
Posted Feb 17th 2009 2:32PM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez just apologized to his teammates for the nasty performance-enhancing drugs scandal he's now embroiled in -- but dude's quivering lip was distracting.
Filed under: Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: a-rod, A-Rod steroids, A-rodSteroids, a-roid, alex rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez steroids, AlexRodriguez, AlexRodriguezSteroids, baseball, steroids, yankees
Posted Feb 11th 2009 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
It's simple math, really -- $3.9 million is greater than a tarnished legacy.
Everything is still on for Friday's ceremony at the University of Miami to name the new baseball field Alex Rodriguez Field. Lying Liar Field was apparently too cumbersome.
Although A-Roid didn't actually go to UM, he has been close to the program and the entire Miami community and donated $3.9 mil back in 2002. A rep for the school tells us "We are moving forward with the event. The donation was announced at a press conference on Oct. 10, 2002."
In this economy, nobody is about to give back money based on principle.
Filed under: Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez Field, AlexRodriguez, AlexRodriguezField, baseball, donation, steroids, University of Miami, UniversityOfMiami
Posted Feb 10th 2009 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
You suck, A-Fraud.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: 2003, A-Rod, alex rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, New York Yankees, NewYorkYankees, performance enhancing substance, PerformanceEnhancingSubstance, steroids, Texas Rangers, TexasRangers
Posted Feb 9th 2009 2:32PM by TMZ Staff
Alex "The Fraud" Rodriguez just 'fessed up to taking performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers during a three-year period beginning in 2001.
Cheater Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons, "When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day."
Liar Rodriguez continued, "Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time."
Ruiner of Sports Rodriguez also said, "I did take a banned substance. For that, I'm very sorry and deeply regretful."
Blah, blah, blah cheater.
Filed under: Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: 2003, a-rod, alex rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, arod, cheat, espn, lie, New York Yankees, NewYorkYankees, performance-enhancing drugs, Performance-enhancingDrugs, Peter Gammons, PeterGammons, Rangers, steroids, Texas Rangers, TexasRangers, Yankees
Posted Feb 7th 2009 12:00PM by TMZ Staff
In 2003 Alex Rodriguez posted high marks on nearly every important test: MVP, American League home run title, and ... anabolic steroids!
According to a Sports Illustrated report, A-Rod joined the ranks of 104 other MLB players that year who also tested positive. But back in '03 there were no penalties for a positive result.
For now, there has been no comment from A-Rod, the Yankees or the players union.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Nurse!, A-Rod
Tags: a-rod, alex rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, baseball, New York Yankees, NewYorkYankees, performance enhancing substance, PerformanceEnhancingSubstance, steroids, Texas Rangers, TexasRangers
Posted Feb 4th 2009 12:02AM by TMZ Staff
Madonna has been flaunting boytoy Jesus Luz all over NYC –- and her other, slightly older boytoy, Alex Rodriguez, reportedly ain't happy about Madge's swingin' ways.
"It's embarrassing for him because he and Madonna have been so publicly linked," says a source of Frostytips to the NY Daily News. "And now it looks like he's been dumped for a younger stud." But amusingly enough, says the source, Madonna is telling A-Rod it's a "publicity trick" to take the heat off their own romance.
A-Rod's and Jesus' age combined exceed Madonna's by five years.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Madonna, A-Rod
Posted Feb 1st 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez is now legally free to roam.
The final judgment in A-Rod and Cynthia's divorce was filed on January 12th in Miami-Dade County Court, calling their relationship "irretrievably broken," according the NY Post.
The terms of the financial settlement were not disclosed, but it's safe to say Cynthia got some fabulous parting gifts.
Filed under: A-Rod, Dirty Divorces
Posted Jan 28th 2009 12:48PM by TMZ Staff
These days, most people have about as much cash as A-Rod has hits in the postseason -- but the regular season slugger is lucky enough to have to choose which stack of dough he uses to pay for things.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Talk Sports, A-Rod
Tags: alex rodriguez, AlexRodriguez, miami
Posted Jan 12th 2009 4:24AM by TMZ Staff
Now that Madonna's out rolling around with Brazilian boy-candy, Alex Rodriguez is out to get some of his own, apparently.
Frostylocks took Kate Hudson out for a fishy date at Manhattan seafood joint Lure Fishbar the other night, reports the New York Post, and then the pair went to a bar afterward, where they met up with her friend Ron Burkle. Hudson has been single since she broke up with Lance Armstrong.
Hudson has a movie that just came out. Her rep says she was at Lure with "a group of ten people."
Filed under: Hook-Ups, A-Rod
Posted Dec 17th 2008 8:58AM by TMZ Staff
While working out in Miami, Alex Rodriguez adjusted his cup and made sure Madonna didn't give Guy Ritchie everything she owns.
Guy may have $75 million, but A-Rod's still got the family jewels.
BTW -- if you like shirtless pictures of tan, muscular men -- make sure to check out the entire photo gallery.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, A-Rod
Tags: alex rodriquez, AlexRodriquez
Posted Dec 5th 2008 3:15AM by TMZ Staff
Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have been hangin' in Mexico City, in Miami, in NYC, in the Hamptons, and who knows where else.
And yet A-Rod insists to People they're just friends, and even claims they've never been on a plane together. (Oh, really?) As for reports they're buying a place together, A-Rod says, "That is absolutely ridiculous and not true."
Kind of like when they were denying a relationship at all -- except Alex just happened to spend all his free time with Madge's closest pals.
Filed under: Madonna, A-Rod
