Alex Rodriguez News

ST. LOUIS a ' Scott Boras is one of the most entertaining acts in baseball. The super agent is excellent at his job, and he knows it.

Not wanting the Phillies to go home empty handed, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a gift for their shortstop, the guy who predicted his team would win easily in the World Series.

Nets guard Keyon Dooling said he was pulling for the Yankees to win the World Series, but not because he is a fan of the team.

According to MLB.com, the Yankees' Opening Day payroll was $201,449,289, with an average of over $7.7 million annually in salary for each player.

Z jetted back to the U.S. from Germany in the early hours of Friday so he could celebrate his beloved New York Yankees' World Series win at the championship parade and toast them with a special performance.

Quite a week for New York City , huh? It's been a while since we've had a World Series in these parts, but the late nights and constant discussion on the streets felt as familiar as an old friend that you haven't seen in a while.

He acknowledged that he'd used steroids years ago, dated Madonna and experienced more than a few ups and downs during the baseball season.

Click on any of the images below to launch a full gallery: 1 of 22 Pitcher Andy Pettitte won Game 6 for the Yankees, allowing only four hits in six innings.

With all the cards now on the table, and the trophy safe in Derek Jeter's arms, the overwhelming majority of fans are going to remember 2009 as the year Alex Rodriguez broke out in October, and call that the Reason they won.

Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.

New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is flirting with Buddhism. The third baseman - who is still celebrating after clinching the Bronx Bombers' 27th World Series Championship last Wednesday - was born Christian and briefly studied Kabbalah during his "affair of the heart" with pop star Madonna, now A-Rod is considering becoming a Buddhist now ...

The greatest franchise in American sports history is again the champion of baseball.

Kate Hudson has pledged to have Botox injections. The 30-year-old actress - who is currently dating New York Yankees baseball star Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez - thinks the wrinkle-tightening treatment is great and doesn't understand why people are obsessed with finding out who has had the treatment.

Thanks to Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees, Madison Square Garden finally had some champions on the court again.

"Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York!" Jay-Z took hip-hop to the World Series earlier this month, and on Friday he took it to the teams' World Series victory parade.

Editor's note: Legendary sports writer and author Roger Kahn, an Ulster County resident, wrote this exclusive column for the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Pedro Martinez has won three Cy Young awards and made eight All-Star game appearances since being traded by the Dodgers in 1993.

Ever since 2004, Alex Rodriguez had to listen to the criticism, hatred and talk of under-performing in the biggest games.

Yankee fans gathered throughout Manhattan today to celebrate the team's 27th World Series Championship The city of New York celebrated with the Yankees, two days after the Bronx Bombers won their 27th World Series Championship.

Notice how it ended the way it began, the World Series' first decade of the 21st century? The New York Yankees with a championship, now looking for the next.