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T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN.com report that Anthony Bosch of Biogenesis of America clinic injected Alex Rodriguez with performance-enhancing drugs multiple times at the player’s Biscayne Bay mansion.

The report states that most athletes associated with the Coral Gables clinic “relied on intermediaries to transport the performance-enhancing drug regimens Bosch provided,” but A-Rod was only handled personally by Bosch. Bosch’s visits to A-Rod’s mansion were reportedly every few weeks, with one visit resulting in Rodriguez kicking Bosch out after he was unable to find a vein needed for an injection. A-Rod’s spokesman has already denied the new report, stating that “the allegations are not true.”

Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York were told by sources close to Alex Rodriguez that the veteran slugger has “no plans at all to retire.”

Not a surprise. The scenario has been discussed this week in the wake of a story that connected Rodriguez to an anti-aging clinic in Miami which distributed performance-enhancing drugs, but it was mostly wishful thinking by those who would like to see the Yankees get out from the $114 million left on his contract. A-Rod is currently rehabbing from hip surgery and has every intention to continue his playing career.

Sources told the New York Daily News that Alex Rodriguez is “unlikely to ever wear the pinstripes again.”

It sounds like a story leaked by the Yankees, who are doing all they can to get out of the $114 million that is owed to A-Rod over the next five years. “I don?t know why he would want to go through the pain of rehabbing and trying to play up to the caliber of player he was, and come back to a game where nobody wants him,” said the source. “If he did that, he?d be a part-time player and presumably unable to achieve any of the incentive clauses in the contract or even the milestones.”

According to Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York, the Yankees “are looking at about 20 different things” that could void Alex Rodriguez’s contract.

The Yankees aren’t likely to have much luck on that front, even with new evidence tying A-Rod to recent PED purchases from a clinic in Miami. The veteran third baseman is owed a total of $114 million in salary through the 2017 season. And all of that is guaranteed.

Alex Rodriguez released a statement Tuesday denying a connection to an anti-aging clinic in Miami which distributed performance-enhancing drugs.

“The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true,” the statement read. “Alex Rodriguez was not Mr. Bosch’s patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story ? at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez ? are not legitimate.” Rodriguez was one of several players named in a story published by the Miami New Times on Tuesday. MLB is currently conducting an investigation on the matter.