Dennis Rodman Biography - Growing Up, Better Late Than Never, The Professional Dennis, Basketball Takes A Backseat, Chronology
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1961-
American basketball player
Bad Boy of Basketball Dennis Rodman is perhaps more famous for his exploits off the court (as well as a few key incidents while on the court) than he is for his superlative play. Rodman's physical appearance is as hard to miss as the rumors and gossip that surround him. Known for his multi-hued, everchanging hair color and a penchant for adding a new tattoo at a moment's notice, as well as any number of piercings, Dennis Rodman (known also as "The Worm") is in fact one of the greatest rebounders to ever set foot on the hardwood. A student of the game who led the National Basketball Association (NBA) in rebounding for four straight years, Rodman was a key factor in bringing home championships for the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls.
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Dennis Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on May 13, 1961. His father, Philander, would end up deserting the family when Rodman was only three, leaving his mother Shirley to try to raise her son and his two younger sisters without a father figure. As a kid, Rodman played sports, but given his small size, there was nothing fantastic about his athletic childhood. As Rodman often says, he was ju…
The Detroit Pistons picked up Rodman in the second round of the 1986 NBA Draft. Coach Chuck Daly already had a team with aggressive players, and Rodman, whether they knew it or not, fit right in. In no time at all the Pistons took control of the league, winning back-to-back national championships in 1989 and 1990. Rodman garnered Defensive Player of the Year honors in 1990 and 1991, and it seemed …
His desire to move his star above and beyond the basketball court pushed Rodman into the world of professional wrestling in 1997, when he joined the WCW (World Championship Wrestling). That same year he took his first major film role in a movie titled Double Team (he'd had a bit part in Eddie with Whoopi Goldberg in 1996). Though it was a less than steller debut, Rodman wasn't deterr…
(With Pat Rich and Alan Steinberg) Rebound: The Dennis Rodman Story, Crown, 1995. (With Tim Keown) Bad as I Wanna Be, Dell Books, 1997. (With Michael Silver) Walk on the Wild Side, Delacorte Press, 1997. (With David Whitaker) Words from the Worm: An Unauthorized Trip Through the Mind of Dennis Rodman, Bonus Books, 1997.
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