A-Rod finds asocial network
Disgraced New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez may be in the market for a job in the near future.
He has indicated he would like to play baseball again, but that is certainly no sure thing.
Rodriguez is getting older and has already had an extensive injury history.
He has plenty of money, but accepting retirement and having nothing to do with one’s time is a difficult proposition.
It would be logical to believe Rodriguez has made plenty of business contacts during his time as a superstar athlete, but he’s trying to expand his network, if a new report is to be believed.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Rodriguez has created an account on the professional networking website LinkedIn.
The profile lists Rodriguez as the “Founder, CEO and President of ARod Corp,” a compnay based in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area.
This is not really a news story as much as it is another way to laugh at the circus that is Rodriguez’s life and career.
That’s evident in the last line of the Wall Street Journal story.
“According to the profile under his name, as of Thursday morning, Rodriguez had zero connections.”
That’s right. In business, as in baseball, nobody wants to be associated with Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez should get some credit for trying to expand his business network through somewhat legitimate channels.
It’s better than the way he has chosen his last few doctors, which was just to see who was hitting the most home runs and then just asking for their same “prescriptions.”
■ HE’S BACK — If there’s one thing that has been missing from all of the crazy NFL stories this season, it has been the lack of Tim Tebow coverage.
ESPN has had plenty of other things to talk about, and it feels like the clamoring for Tebow to get an NFL job has finally fizzled out. The former quarterback certainly appears to be moving on.
Tebow has been announced as a new host on “Good Morning America.” He filled in on the show during Super Bowl week and will join the cast more regularly, debuting on Monday to help launch “Motivate Me Monday,” which, according to an ABC release, will feature “individuals and their amazing stories of triumph.”
The show sits at the top of the ratings, and as long as it has a dominant defense, Tebow should help it stay there.
■ FEELING OLD — Most football fans of a certain age will remember the name Ki-Jana Carter.
After an outstanding junior season at Penn State, the running back was selected first overall in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Carter received a record rookie contract only to tear his anterior cruciate ligament on the third carry of his first preseason game.
He was never the same.
Carter started 14 of the 59 career games he played in over seven injury-plagued NFL seasons.
Leftovers reminds you of Carter’s career for only one purpose: to make you feel old.
He turned 41 on Friday.
Let that sink in for a moment.
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