Baseball star Alex Rodriguez and wife split

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baseball star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and his wife, Cynthia, have broken up, according to the New York Daily News, amid media speculation that he has been seeing pop star Madonna. Cynthia Rodriguez, 34, has gone to the Paris apartment of rock star Lenny Kravitz, 44, the Daily News said, but Kravitz released a statement saying the two are just friends. "There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself," Kravitz said. The singer said Cynthia went to his home "to escape from everything happening in New York City." Cynthia and Alex Rodriguez's five-year marriage has been on the rocks in recent months, even though they expressed joy at the birth of their second daughter in recent weeks, according to the Daily News. Over the past few days, numerous celebrity magazines and... [read full story]