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Game-tying, walk-off HRs key 4-3 win in 11; Twins trail 2-0 in series.

Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia got the New York Yankees off to a winning postseason start in their new ballpark. Even Alex Rodriguez broke out of his playoff rut against these tired Minnesota Twins....

It all started on Monday when David Letterman told some off-color jokes about Alaskan governor Sarah Palin and her daughter. Dave made some cracks about one of the Palin girls having to fend off Eliot Spitzer and getting knocked up by Yankees star Alex Rodriguez during a recent trip to the Big Apple.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is on the offensive against 'Late Night' host David Letterman for an off-color joke he made about her daughter and Alex Rodriguez.

A merciless portrait of Alex Rodriguez as a needy, phony, preening, petulant, self-absorbed narcissist, from the reporter who broke the news of his 2003 steroid use.

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez homered twice and played seven innings in the field for the second straight day in an extended spring training game on Tuesday.

Sidelined since undergoing right hip surgery on March 9, the third baseman could rejoin the Yankees for Friday night's game at Baltimore. A-Rod said a return date has not been finalized.

"I have no idea about Friday," said Rodriguez, who is scheduled to play in another extended spring training game Wednesday.

Doctor: A-Rod ahead of schedule.

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has undergone arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip, and his projected timetable for recovery remains six-to-nine weeks.

Missing an injured Alex Rodriguez and several other stars, the Dominican Republic was punchless at the plate.

'It's a big blow for the whole family. Alex is destroyed,' Yank's brother says.