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How Therapy Saved His Life
Us Weekly
|November 24, 2025
After the MLB suspended Alex Rodriguez in 2013 for using performance-enhancing drugs, he decided to give therapy a try. “Twenty-five years ago, when I first started my career, it was a big no-no in the locker room, but I think today... it’s actually celebrated,” the former New York Yankees shortstop and third baseman, 50, told Us at the Nov. 3 premiere of his HBO docu-series, Alex vs ARod. Looking back, Rodriguez believes therapy made him not only a better baseball player but also a better father and friend. Rodriguez’s involvement in the league’s infamous Biogenesis scandal kept him off the field for the entire 2014 season. He went on to play two more years with the Yankees before retiring and going into sports broadcasting, but that's not to say he’s stopped keeping up with his old team. Rodriguez tells Us he believes the Bronx Bombers still have “potential” despite not having won a World Series since 2009.
After the MLB suspended Alex Rodriguez in 2013 for using performance-enhancing drugs, he decided to give therapy a try. "Twenty-five years ago, when I first started my career, it was a big no-no in the locker room, but I think today... it's actually celebrated," the former New York Yankees shortstop and third baseman, 50, told Us at the Nov. 3 premiere of his HBO docuseries, Alex vs ARod. Looking back, Rodriguez believes therapy made him not only a better baseball player but also a bette
This story is from the November 24, 2025 edition of Us Weekly.
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