BOSTON RED SOX'S BRAD PENNY, NEW YORK YANKEES' JOE GIRARDI TRADE REMARKS ESPN [06/14/2009]
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brad Penny denied accusations from New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi that he deliberately hit Alex Rodriguez with a pitch.
A WAR OF WORDS AND LONG WEEK FOR NEW YORK YANKEES, PLUS OTHER PREGAME MUSINGS UNKNOWN [06/14/2009]
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty ImagesJoe Girardi said he thought Brad Penny threw at Alex Rodriguez intentionally and the pitcher didn't exactly welcome the comments. NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi didn't expect Brad Penny to really care for what the Yankees manager had...
STARK: RUMBLINGS AND GRUMBLINGS ESPN [04/09/2009]
Joe Mauer, Cole Hamels and Alex Rodriguez top the list of players who are on the mend to begin the season.
YANKS UNCONCERNED ABOUT A-ROD BEING A-ROD ESPN [03/18/2009]
Alex Rodriguez has nine years and about $275 million remaining on his contract, and he'll probably outlast everybody currently in the organization not named Steinbrenner. He'll be with the Yankees aft...
AL EAST BECOMING A PITCHING DIVISION ESPN [03/15/2009]
There are variables in every case, such as the health of Alex Rodriguez , Jorge Posada , David Ortiz , J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell , as well as B.J. Upton's left shoulder. But as we reach the Ides of Ma...
A-ROD SHOW JUST GOES ON
AND ON ESPN [03/06/2009]
TAMPA, Fla. -- Shouldn't we just assign Alex Rodriguez his own personal cable network at this point?
ALEXSPN?
MSA-ROD?
Something like that?
He's the broadcasting gift that never stops giving. With...
HEIGHTENED PRESSURE NOW HEAPED ON TEIXEIRA ESPN [03/06/2009]
So Alex Rodriguez embarks on an uncertain course . The Yankees don't know if he'll be available Opening Day or in May. They don't know if he'll be available next week. His intention is to prepare and...
SOURCES: A-ROD COULD PLAY THROUGH HIP INJURY ESPN [03/06/2009]
Hip surgery is the worst-case scenario for Alex Rodriguez, but the specialist who examined him earlier this week indicated there is a very good chance that Rodriguez could play the whole year with the labrum tear, sources say.
PHILS GREAT WOULD ACCEPT A-ROD AS HALL OF FAMER ESPN [02/18/2009]
Mike Schmidt knows he isn't speaking for all living Hall of Fame players, but if Alex Rodriguez joins their club someday, Schmidt said he would welcome him to the fraternity.
A-ROD HAD BETTER HOPE HE'S TOLD THE TRUTH ESPN [02/18/2009]
On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez offered up far more detail than Andy Pettitte and more substance than Jason Giambi , and he went way beyond where either Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds went, in discussing his...
STARK: A-ROD STILL HAS US WANTING MORE ESPN [02/17/2009]
Instead of giving us answers, Alex Rodriguez's session with the media on Tuesday just begged us to ask another question: Is he really telling the truth?
A-ROD HAS TIME TO TURN IT AROUND ESPN [02/15/2009]
No, I did not know Alex Rodriguez would reveal what he revealed. No, I have never interviewed anyone who drained himself more intensely as he tore off his mask for the world to see.
Of course, in ti...
STARK: A-ROD CONTINUES BASEBALL'S DESTRUCTION ESPN [02/08/2009]
Alex Rodriguez was the last hope baseball had in restoring the bridge between past and present. That bridge is now irreparably broken.
RANGERS' YOUNG SAYS A-ROD DIDN'T TALK STEROIDS ESPN [02/07/2009]
General manager Jon Daniels, who was an assistant GM with the Rangers in 2003, told The Dallas Morning News that the notion of Alex Rodriguez using steroids during that season "was not a topic of conversation."