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So much for their perceived willingness to pay luxury tax making Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore the preferred owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves. As the pair continues a contentious legal battle over future stewardship of the franchise with longtime owner Glen Taylor, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Taylor backed out of the sides’ previously agreed-upon […]

There is an ongoing feud between current Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx owner Glen Taylor and majority owners in waiting Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, and despite the Timberwolves being at the top of the Western Conference, the battle has gone public, with Rodriguez making comments on multiple issues on the Dane Moore NBA Podcast. The […]

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons may not have his fastball anymore these days, especially when it comes to his out-of-touch NFL predictions or his homer-rific NBA takes. However, you can’t deny that he is still plugged-in to the NBA world and loves the gossip around the business side of pro basketball. That’s why when Simmons offers […]

Alex Rodriguez was hoping to turn his minority ownership stake in the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA into a controlling majority. However, the bid of Rodriguez and his fellow minority owner Marc Lore has been rejected by owner Glen Taylor. Taylor said that that Rodriguez and Lore have not met the […]

Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez entered the month of March one payment away from becoming the majority owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx. After slowly buying ownership equity over time from current owner Glen Taylor, the new ownership group needed $600 million in order to buy Taylor out of his majority ownership stake in […]

The majority sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves to former baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore took a hit recently as the duo lost financial backing from the Carlyle Group, according to current Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor. Rodriguez and Lore have purchased 40% of the franchise which was paid in two 20% installments. Their […]

Alex Rodriguez found a new way to set social media ablaze as he was spotted looking incredibly tan while he watched his Timberwolves, a team he is co-owner of and part of the group set to take full control of the team from Glen Taylor, against the Bucks on Friday night. The 48-year-old Rodriguez was sitting […]

Results of the voting for the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame class came out on Tuesday, with the trio of Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer making it to Cooperstown. But amid those three’s deserved induction, one notable exclusion stole headlines, with New York Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez being left out yet again in […]

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is the hardest Hall of Fame to be selected into in all of sports. In other major professional sports, fans usually have a good feeling about who will make the Hall of Fame and most legends are selected to the Hall of Fame soon after becoming eligible. That is […]

Former MLB legend Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore are closing in on becoming the majority owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves. While they have been running the organization over the last year, Rodriguez and Lore have slowly been acquiring chunks of ownership. Prior to the end of the 2022-23 season in March, they made a […]

Alex Rodriguez played for the New York Yankees from 2004-2016 and promptly retired afterward. The Yankees star was listed as a designated hitter during the final days of his career. Rodriguez, known for being the highest paid player at one time during his career in MLB, dropped a controversial take on the Shohei Ohtani-Dodgers contract. […]

Former New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez knows a thing or two about massive baseball contracts. After all, he used to sign such deals during his prime in the big leagues. And for Rodriguez, the otherworldly transaction between Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the MLB offseason is a great one for the […]

It’s that time of year again, when ethical debates and excessive statistical analysis run rampant. Superstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez, slugger Manny Ramirez and 3,000-hit club member Adrian Beltre lead a high-profile 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports. Beltre, who also belted 477 home runs, earned four All-Star selections, […]

The World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers features two teams that have already played remarkable baseball in the postseason just to get to the Fall Classic. Both teams have upset more highly touted opponents to get to the sport’s biggest event. Prior to the start of Game 1 at Texas, Fox […]

The Texas Rangers, despite a bit of a late-season downturn, are now just two wins away from making it to the World Series for the first time in 13 years after taking a 5-4 victory over the AL West champion and reigning World Series holder Houston Astros in Game 2 of the ALCS. While there […]

Ronald Acuña Jr. has joined the 40-40 club, smashing his 40th home run of the 2023 season. He became just the fifth player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a single-season, joining Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Canseco, and Alfonso Soriano. Acuña is also now the first member […]

The fallout continues for Alex Rodriguez following the revelation that he named Major League players whom he said were using steroids during a 2014 meeting with federal investigators. Rodriguez allegedly named Manny Ramirez, Ryan Braun and an unnamed All-Star player as those who used banned substances, per ESPN. As a result of his identification of […]

When it comes to PED usage in MLB, Barry Bonds is perhaps the only more controversial player than Alex Rodriguez. The former New York Yankees third baseman was suspended for the entire 2014 season due to his PED use. Now, much more has come to light about how Rodriguez not only used performance enhancers, but […]

Former WWE superstar and current AEW professional wrestler The Big Show, real name Paul Wight, is now wrapped up in the Biogenesis PED scandal that has dragged the names of MLB stars Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez through the mud. ESPN recently got access to unreacted documents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s Biogenesis performance-enhancing […]

It looks like Alex Rodriguez has hit a home run with a new contract with Fox Sports. According to The Hollywood Reporter — Rodriguez and Fox Sports have come to terms on a new contract that will keep him calling MLB games for them for “years to come.” He currently is a centerpiece of Fox […]

Alex Rodriguez raved about his time in Seattle ahead of the 2023 MLB All-Star Game, after he was drafted first overall to the Mariners in 1993. A-Rod spent seven seasons in the pacific northwest, before continuing his arguably hall-of-fame career with the New York Yankees. He spoke passionately on the FOX Sports broadcast about his […]

The New York Yankees fired their hitting coach Dillon Lawson on Sunday, and quickly turned around and hired Sean Casey as a replacement on Monday. Former Yankees player Alex Rodriguez had some interesting words regarding the Casey hire during Fox Sports’ broadcast in Seattle for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game. “I think good news is, […]

There used to be a time when Alex Rodriguez was the most hated man in baseball. These days, it doesn’t seem that the former New York Yankees superstar slugger is being despised as much as before. However, there will always be people who will never change the way they see him, just like his former […]

When it comes to former New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez, it’s either you love him or hate him. As for former Boston Red Sox first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, he made it very clear which side of the fence he is on. During a recent appearance on the Foul Territory podcast did not hold back […]

Madison LeCroy, known for her appearance on the reality show Southern Charm, recently claimed that Alex Rodriguez, former MLB player and ex-fiancé of Jennifer Lopez, was looking for a “side chick” when he allegedly slid into her DMs while still engaged to J Lo. However, Rodriguez’s representative wasted no time in dismissing LeCroy’s comments as […]

The New York Yankees had multiple standout performers in their 9-8 comeback win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, including Aaron Judge. Judge slugged a pair of home runs in the divisional matchup, including a two-run home run in the sixth inning that provided the reigning AL East champions with a 7-6 lead. He […]

Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore have closed a second, $290 million payment towards full ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx. They currently own 40% of the team, and will now have one more payment before becoming majority owners, reports The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Rodriguez and Lore made an initial payment to outgoing owner […]

New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter will be joining the MLB on Fox pregame show for the 2023 season alongside Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz, and Fox Sports CEO reportedly checked in with Rodriguez before signing Jeter, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. “Why wouldn’t we reach out?” Fox Sports spokesman Andrew […]

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez spent a decade as teammates on the New York Yankees. Rodriguez and Jeter are now teaming up once again, but they won’t be wearing their Yankees uniforms. Jeter will be joining Rodriguez on the Fox MLB team beginning in the 2023 season. He was announced as Fox MLB’s newest member […]

Known PED users have understandably had a difficult time trying to gain entry in Cooperstown. But MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds believes Alex Rodriguez’s Hall of Fame case is different than Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and other PED users, per MLB Network. “I think it does. A lot of people don’t want to hear it, […]

Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore initiated step two of their three-pronged plan to assume full control of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx, sources told The Athletic on Friday. Rodriguez and Lore exercised their option to purchase the next 20 percent of the two franchises, putting them one step closer to owning both teams. The […]

The New York Yankees are still on the hunt for a World Series title this year after sending the Cleveland Guardians on an early vacation. The Yankees beat Cleveland Tuesday night, 5-1, to win the American League Division Series matchup and at the same time, book their tickets to the American League Championship Series where […]

Aaron Judge has finally done it. On Tuesday night, he hit his 61st home run of the season. That ties Roger Maris for the most in American League history for a single season. The only players with more home runs in a season are Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. But every self-respecting baseball […]

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge recorded his 54th home run of the season, and sure enough, team legend Alex Rodriguez couldn’t be prouder. After all, Judge’s latest homer pushes him into a tie with A-Rod for the most home runs in a single season by a right-handed batter in team history. In the sixth […]

Alex Rodriguez teased a possible MLB comeback on Thursday while issuing a challenge to St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols. Pujols has been red hot at the plate of late and is slowly approaching the 700 home run threshold. Rodriguez took to Twitter to joke about potentially making a comeback and joining Pujols on his […]

Alex Rodriguez’s stake in the Minnesota Timberwolves could be jeopardized due to financial problems, and some believe his breakup with Jennifer Lopez has something to do with it. According to a New York Post report, when Rodriguez partnered with billionaire businessman Marc Lore to purchase the Timberwolves, the plan was for them to be 50/50 […]

Seattle Mariners rookie center fielder Julio Rodriguez continues his tear on the entire league. Most recently, he achieved something that neither Alex Rodriguez nor Ken Griffey Jr. was able to do during their rookie year. Julio Rodriguez has been a dominant force throughout his entire rookie season. He has earned rookie of the month twice, […]

Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter made their first public appearances alongside one another since 2014 on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Jeter and A-Rod had dealt with tension between one another throughout their careers. But the former New York Yankees’ legendary duo have seemingly moved past their differences. However, Rodriguez got brutally honest on the reason he […]

Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter saw their relationship deteriorate while on the New York Yankees together after A-Rod made some derogatory comments about the shortstop in 2001. After years of not speaking, it appears the two have finally squashed their beef. On Sunday night, the legends hashed it out on the “Kay-Rod Cast” and essentially […]