Inside A-Rod’s massive business empire

Baseball great Alex Rodriguez laughs during a press conference after Minnesota Timberwolves team owner Glen Taylor introduced Rodriguez and Marc Lore as the new ownership partners of the NBA Timberwolves basketball team, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in Minneapolis. Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Ryan Howard and Tim Lincecum are among 13 first-time candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joining 17 holdovers. - AP

MIAMI: Alex Rodriguez’s goals in business started as soon as he turned pro. Now on the other side of one of the most successful-and controversial-careers in baseball history, his ambitions are accelerating.

“I came to a place of accountability,” Rodriguez said in an interview. “I had good moments and I had very tough moments (in baseball), but I have a clean slate when it comes to being a father, to being a partner, to being a businessman, to being a friend. So I draw incredible motivation from that.”