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Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and Tom Brady are two legendary athletes. They are icons of their respective sports. Despite belonging to two different sporting backgrounds, they happen to be good friends. But the only problematic fact is that they both once played for rival sporting cities.?

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Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez achieved superstardom playing MLB for the New York Yankees. Earlier, he has also played for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, respectively. But his stint with the Yankees made him a larger-than-life personality in his sport. ‘A-Rod’ also won his solitary World Series trophy as a Yankee in 2009. He is a 14-time All-Star player.?

Tom Brady is a famous quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl champion. He made his debut with the New England Patriots. A-Rod and Brady once attended a public event together.?

Alex Rodriguez and Tom Brady: Friends from two rival sporting cities?

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and Tom Brady once got noticed together at the Met Gala event in 2018. The event got hosted in New York. ‘A-Rod’ was a retired baseball player by then. But Brady was playing football for the New England Patriots at that time.?

The Patriots belong to the same geographical region that is home to the Boston Red Sox in MLB. In baseball, the Yankees and Red Sox are known to be fierce rivals. Their respective fan bases consider each other to be more than mere opponents.?

 

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‘A-Rod’ is more memorable as a Yankee rather than as a player in any other team he played for. So it’s possible that seeing ‘A-Rod’ together with Brady might have got some fans blazing. The two sporting greats visited the black-tie event with their respective partners. ‘A-Rod’ walked the red carpet with then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, whereas Brady walked alongside his wife Gisele B?ndchen.?

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The Met Gala is an elite charitable event that benefits the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Costume Institute. Later, ‘A-Rod’ posted a picture with Brady from the event on Instagram stating, “I?ve known this 5-time world champion for a long time. Nobody does it better and he?s still going strong.”?

The life at present of the two sporting icons?

‘A-Rod’ is long retired from baseball now. He works as a broadcaster, analyst, and entrepreneur. Whereas, amidst retirement rumors, Brady is still playing on as a dominant figure in the NFL.?

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