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C-Rod has dumped A-Rod. New York Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, have split after about three months of problems in their marriage, a source with knowledge of the situation told the New York Daily News Wednesday. Word of the breakup comes a day after widespread reports that the Bombers' $275 million cleanup hitter has been rounding the bases with pop icon Madonna — and team owner Hank Steinbrenner blamed recent poor play on "outside distractions."

"It's true," the source said of A-Rod's separation from his wife of five years. "They've been having problems for about three months."

Word of the couple's marital strife comes less than three months after they expressed how "thrilled" they were with the April 21 birth of their daughter, Ella Alexander. Rodriguez, 32, didn't join his wife in Miami until 10 minutes after she gave birth, and spent only a day with her and their newborn before rejoining the Yankees.

Revelations of the couple's not-so-great-nuptials came as new rumors surfaced on the Internet that Cynthia Rodriguez, 34, was having a fling with rocker Lenny Kravitz. The gossip item on PerezHilton.com quoted a "family friend" claiming C-Rod had gone on a romantic getaway in Paris with Kravitz.

"She is not! I know that," Cynthia Rodriguez's mother, Evangeline Scurtis, told The News yesterday. Scurtis refused to discuss the status of her daughter's relationship with Rodriguez, repeatedly saying, "No comment."

Source: New York Daily News