MIAMI (AP) - The wife of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has filed for divorce in a Miami court.

A lawyer for Cynthia Rodriguez filed the papers on Monday.

The filing comes just days after the Yankees third baseman was linked to Madonna. Cynthia Rodriguez later visited the Paris home of rocker Lenny Kravitz, who said she came to France to escape the media frenzy in New York and denied that anything improper had happened.

The baseball star has refused to comment on his relationship with Madonna. The pop star has denied any romantic involvement with the slugger.

The couple have a house in the upscale Miami suburb of Coral Gables and married in November 2002. They have two children.

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