NY Yankee Making Late-Night Visits to Madonna's Apartment  —  Us Weekly reports in its new issue, on newsstands tomorrow, that Madonna's seven-year marriage to Guy Ritchie has stalled out - and the singer has been hosting late-night visits from New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez at her Central Park West apartment in New York City.

Percival, Maddon downplay exchange  —  Rays closer tweaks left hamstring, pulled with two outs in ninth  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays' 5-4 victory on Monday was tempered by a growing concern for the health of Troy Percival.  —  The veteran closer entered the ninth inning with a 5-2 lead …

Halladay handcuffs M's, tossing four-hitter for 10th career shutout  —  CBSSports.com wire reports  —  SEATTLE — Even with five complete games already this season, Roy Halladay had a lingering feeling that a little piece of his pitching was lacking.  —  He found what was missing, at least on Monday night.

Dusty Baker Manages, Fails; Observes, Succeeds  —  It doesn't get much more painful for the keyboard-toting baseball enthusiast living in Mom's basement than the bottom half of the eighth inning of Monday night's Pittsburgh-Cincinnati game.  Down 3-2, the Reds pieced together a walk and a single …

Reynolds to return as baseball analyst for TBS  —  Harold Reynolds, off national TV since being fired by ESPN in July 2006, is back working on national TV.  —  Reynolds will debut Sunday as a studio analyst on a special where TBS will announce the All-Star Game rosters.

Rockies report: Fuentes, Holliday on the trading block?  —  Several clubs with scouts following the Rockies say indications they have been given are Colorado will decide at the All-Star break whether to deal players.  And there are several players on the Rockies that teams are interested in.

Chavez plans return for Angels opener  —  Oakland (44-37) at Los Angeles (49-33), Monday, 7:05 p.m. PT  —  OAKLAND — A day after saying he was “befuddled” and “concerned” regarding the sore right shoulder that forced him to sit out his team's weekend series against the Giants …

Now signed, Hewitt ready to deliver for Phillies  —  ATLANTA - As he waited at his family's home in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a couple of representatives from the Phillies scouting department to arrive and make his signing official, Anthony Hewitt had to fight the urge to hop a flight to Florida.

GM Trade History: Brian Cashman  —  Next up in our GM Trade History series, the Yankees' Brian Cashman.  Cash's current contract with the Yanks runs through this season.  —  Many thanks to Brendan Bianowicz for putting together Cashman's history, which can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet here.

Trade talks for Uribe could be heating up  —  It was almost as if Ozzie Guillen was starting to say goodbye.  —  Considering the talk going on behind closed doors concerning infielder Juan Uribe, maybe the White Sox manager was.  —  “The one thing I say about Juan, I have never had anyone …

THE LAST 10 GAMES  —  The Yankees have now played 10 games since they had a chance to beat up against the Astros and Padres.  What have the Yankees done in these 10 games?  —  New York has gone 4-6.  And, this was against teams such as the Reds, Pirates, Mets...and one game against the Rangers.

Nats lose Cordero for season with shoulder injury  —  MIAMI — Washington Nationals closer Chad Cordero is out for the season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder.  —  Cordero will have surgery on the shoulder, which has been bothering him all season.  The date for the procedure has not been set.

Piniella says ump ‘ambushed’ him on Sunday  —  Ejection Sunday got ‘a little frustration out’  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Manager Lou Piniella said he was “ambushed” by plate umpire Rob Drake during his second-inning ejection Sunday night at U.S. Cellular Field, and claimed Drake “wasn't paying attention” …

Former Red Sox GM, Pittsfield mayor face ethics charge over Series tickets  —  Former Sox general manager Daniel Duquette was raked over the coals by Red Sox fans for failing to get the team to the World Series.  Now he is embroiled in a state ethics controversy for allegedly selling Pittsfield …