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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
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.
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Rumors: Is A-Rod Madonna's new bat boy? — by Staff report, New York Post — After months of divorce rumors swirling around Madonna and hubbie Guy Ritchie, Us magazine alleges that the nearly 50-year-old pop star is cavorting with Yankees' star swinger Alex Rodriguez.
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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
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 …
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Associated Press:
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.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Newsday baseball columnist Ken Davidoff plays hardball with musings …
Newsday baseball columnist Ken Davidoff plays hardball with musings …
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Michael Hiestand / USA Today:
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.
Roger Drouin / HeraldTribune.com:
Clock is ticking on Red Sox deal — SARASOTA COUNTY — If Sarasota is going to land the Red Sox, those leading the effort have about a month to make it happen. — Time is running out as the Red Sox continue to negotiate with Fort Myers, where they have spring trained for 15 years, for an expanded or new stadium in Lee County.
Sports Illustrated:
Q&A with Derek Jeter … On Monday, Gillette announced Derek Jeter has joined their latest “Champions” campaign. The four-time World Series champion sat down with SI.com's Jimmy Traina after the event for the following Q&A. — SI.com: Now that you're Gillette's newest spokesperson …
David Murphy / Philly.com:
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.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
This time, Manny being Manny is unacceptable — Push comes to shove — Manny Ramirez, Terry Francona, and David Ortiz respond to Ramirez's clubhouse incident with traveling secretary Jack McCormick. — What's up with Manny? Is the goofy slugger in need of some anger management?
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Red Sox might be wise to wash hands of Manny — Being Manny is one thing. His latest gaffe is another. Ken Rosenthal wonders if the man with the $20M option is worth the hassle.
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MLB Rumors
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
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.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
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.
Patrick Sullivan / Baseball Analysts:
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 …
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Walkoff Walk
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
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 …