HURRICANE CYNTHIA DIVIDES A CITY
I’ve tried to avoid writing anything related to the MLB All Star Game that was held at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, but after talking to some peeps in New York, I simply can’t resist the lure of the rumors mills which are churning out more fodder than Perez Hilton…sitting smack dab in the center of Hurricane Cynthia is Alex Rodriguez. Hurricane Cynthia (the soon to be ex-Mrs. A-Rod) filed for divorce claiming that the slugger had an affair with Madonna after she brainwashed him with Kabbalah. “This all started with Kabbalah,” a friend told the New York Daily News. “Alex told Cynthia that he’d discovered that he’d been looking for his soul mate. And now, he said, he’d found her.” The friend also said Hurricane Cynthia found a letter in which her husband told Madonna: “You are my true soul mate.” Madonna, of course, denies any romantic involvement. In a statement, the singer said: “I know Alex Rodriguez through Guy Oseary, who manages both of us. I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez. I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study.”

I don’t believe that A-Rod and Madonna were hooking up for one second, for Gods sake, there’s even chatter of a Madonna-Jose Canseco hook-up? Pa-leeze…just because its written doesn’t mean its true…anyway, I definitely feel (along with the entire State of New York) that Cynthia is one hell of a likeable woman compared to her much-loathed-possibly-spying-on-her-via-a-GPS-tracking-system-hubby…proof is in the pudding, after the All-Star game, A-Rod hosted a pity party for himself at a Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, but guests were a no-show. Seems that A-Rod sat in a corner booth throwing back shots with (a-hem) Guy Oseary…Madonna was listed as an invited guest-but surprise, surprise, the Material Girl was nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the real party was in full swing as celebrities and hotties joined Derek Jeter at the Marquee. Spotted were his new gal-pal Minka Kelly, Billy Crystal and Michael Jordan…the second hottest party in town was at Hudson terrace, where the loveable Mets third baseman Davis Wright, hosted a Vitamin Water part-tay where 50 Cent rocked the place for a little midnight madness.

NFL GANGSTA’S

You have got to be kidding me…the NFL seems to think its players might be flashing the hand signals of street gangs while playing ball. The league plans to tighten its leash on the players by stepping up its monitoring of on-field player activities to make sure no one among the 25,000 or-so fans at a game happens to espy a loose pinky…the LA Times reported Tuesday that the league had hired experts to look at game tapes and identify players or team officials who might be using suspected gang signals. Violators would be warned and disciplined if the episodes recurred. All this after Celtics babe Paul Pierce was fined $25,000 in April for what the league said was a menacing gesture. “We were always suspicious that might be happening,” said Mike Pereira, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, “But the Paul Pierce thing is what brought it to light. When he was fined … that’s when we said we need to take a look at it and see if we need to be aware of it.”

I PLAY CLEAN

Maybe the NFL can use Mike Ditka’s “I Play Clean” pledge? (I Flash Clean perhaps?) Ditka and NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus read the pledge to over 300 high school students last week at Soldier Field in Chicago. Old Spice has partnered with Butkus to warn young athletes about the dangers of steroid use and have them promise to play clean…Butkus says professional leagues like the NFL should take responsibility by reaching out to students and teaching them that drugs don’t create success, but hand signals do.

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As always, thanks for reading. Delinda Lombardo
delinda@athlebrities.com