Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman won five NBA championships. He also fought in a wrestling ring beside Hulk Hogan, and he befriended the leader of North Korea. Few athletes have lived so many public lives. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and nicknamed the Worm, he earned a line in the NBA's own biography as arguably the best rebounding forward in the league's history. He also became famous for dyed hair, piercings, tattoos, and clashes with opponents and officials. How did a boy who was benched or cut from his high school teams end up among the NBA's seventy-five greatest players? Why did a shy, withdrawn child choose to become the league's loudest spectacle? And what was a basketball star doing in Pyongyang, as a guest of the country's leader?
Philander Rodman Jr. was an Air Force enlisted man who later fought in the Vietnam War. When his son Dennis was young, he left the family and eventually settled in the Philippines. The size of the family he left behind is disputed. Philander said Dennis had either 26 or 28 siblings on his side. Dennis says he is the oldest of 47 children. In his 1996 book Bad As I Wanna Be, Dennis summed up his feelings about his father this way: "Some man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father." The two would not meet again until 2012.
Shirley Rodman took odd jobs to keep the household afloat, sometimes holding four at once. Dennis and his sisters Debra and Kim grew up in Oak Cliff, a section of Dallas that was then among the city's poorest. His mother gave him the nickname the Worm because of the way he wiggled while playing pinball. At the age of four he was so attached to her that he refused to move when she sent him to a nursery.
Debra and Kim were the athletes of the family. Both became All-Americans, Debra at Louisiana Tech and Kim at Stephen F. Austin, and Debra won two national titles with the Lady Techsters. Dennis said that his mother paid more attention to his sisters, and that he became a laughingstock when he tagged along to their games. Surrounded by an all-female household, he felt generally "overwhelmed".
At South Oak Cliff High School, Rodman took gym class from Gary Blair, who later became the Texas A&M coach. Blair also coached Debra and Kim to three state championships. Dennis, by his own account, was "unable to hit a layup". He was listed on the basketball rosters but was benched or cut, and he failed to make the football teams as well. He later said he was "totally devastated".
After graduating, Rodman worked nights as a janitor at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Then his body changed. A sudden growth spurt convinced him to try basketball again, even though he felt odd in his own skin and grew more withdrawn. A family friend tipped off the head coach at Cooke County College in Gainesville, Texas. In his single semester there, Rodman averaged 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds. Then he flunked out because of poor grades.
Around this time, a summer youth basketball camp changed his life off the court. There he met Byrne Rich, a 13-year-old camper who had grown shy and withdrawn after a hunting accident. Byrne had mistakenly shot and killed his best friend. The two became almost inseparable. Byrne invited Rodman to his family's rural Oklahoma home, where the Riches at first did not warmly welcome a young black man. Their gratitude for what he had done for their son soon outweighed their prejudice. In 1982 Rodman "adopted" them as his own family, trading city life for "driving a tractor and messing with cows". He called them his surrogate family. By 2013, however, he had stopped speaking to them after Byrne's mother allegedly used a racial slur about him.
Rodman landed at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, an NAIA school. In three seasons there, from 1983 to 1986, he averaged 25.7 points and 15.7 rebounds and shot .637 from the field. He was a three-time NAIA All-American and led the NAIA in rebounding in both 1985 and 1986. In 1986 he carried his team to the NAIA semifinals, scoring 46 points and grabbing 32 rebounds in one game, which tied a tournament record. The school finished No. 3 in the nation, its best ranking ever. That run earned him an invitation to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a pre-draft camp, where he was named Most Valuable Player and caught the eye of the Detroit Pistons.
The Pistons chose Rodman 27th overall in the 1986 draft, the third pick of the second round. He joined a roughhouse team coached by Chuck Daly, nicknamed the Bad Boys for its hard-nosed style. Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars ran the backcourt. Adrian Dantley and Sidney Green played forward, and Bill Laimbeer anchored the middle. Vinnie Johnson came off the bench as sixth man, alongside the backup forwards Rick Mahorn and John Salley. In 15.0 minutes a game, Rodman supplied 6.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and tough defense.
The 1987 playoffs gave him his first taste of rivalry. Detroit swept the Washington Bullets and beat the Atlanta Hawks in five games. Then came seven brutal games against the Boston Celtics. Rodman feuded with Celtics guard Dennis Johnson and taunted him by waving a hand over his own head in the closing seconds. As Boston closed out Game Seven, Johnson came back and mimicked the gesture.
After the loss, Rodman said Larry Bird was overrated: "Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest." Thomas backed him up, but the criticism was harsh. Rodman said he could not be a racist because his own girlfriend, Anicka "Annie" Bakes, was white.
The next year, the Pistons reached the 1988 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers and led 3-2. In Game Six, Detroit trailed by one point with eight seconds left. Dumars missed, and Rodman fell just short of an offensive rebound and putback that might have won the title. In Game Seven, Los Angeles led by 15 in the fourth quarter. Rodman's defense helped trim the margin to two with one minute left. Then he fouled Magic Johnson, and the Pistons never recovered. That year, Rodman and Annie had a daughter, Alexis.
Redemption came in 1989. Detroit swept the Celtics, beat Michael Jordan's Bulls in six games, and swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Finals. Despite back spasms, Rodman grabbed 19 rebounds in Game 3. He made the first of his All-Defensive Teams that season. A year later, Detroit lost Rick Mahorn in the expansion draft. Many feared the team's spirit would suffer, but Rodman took over Mahorn's role seamlessly. In 1990 he won his first Defensive Player of the Year Award, and the Pistons beat Portland in five games for a second title. An ankle injury kept him from his usual hustle in those Finals.
In 1991 he became the full-time starting small forward, started 77 of 82 games, and won the award again. Detroit was swept by Chicago in the Eastern Conference Finals. In 1992 the aging Pistons fell to the New York Knicks in the first round.
Then the ground gave way. In May 1992 Chuck Daly resigned. Rodman had admired him as a surrogate father, skipped the preseason camp, and was fined $68,000. His short marriage to Annie Bakes ended after 82 days, leaving him traumatized. The 1992-93 Pistons won only 40 games and missed the playoffs.
Four years later, in Bad As I Wanna Be, Rodman revealed how low he had sunk. In February 1993, late at night, he drove to The Palace of Auburn Hills with a loaded rifle in his truck. He was debating whether to go on living. He fell asleep there, and police found him after a friend asked them to check on him. He later described his decision: "I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it and be happy doing it." He added, "I killed the person I didn't want to be."
He still had three years and $11.8 million left on his contract, yet he demanded a trade. On the 1st of October 1993, the Pistons sent him to the San Antonio Spurs.
Chuck Daly once called Rodman selfish about rebounding, yet he also considered him a hard worker who took coaching well. That mix of hustle and appetite built a style the league had rarely seen. In Detroit, Rodman's usual job was to neutralize the other team's best player. He could guard centers, forwards, or guards equally well.
The rebounding exploded in the 1991-92 season, when he averaged 18.7 per game. His 1,530 rebounds that year were the most since Wilt Chamberlain's 1,572 in 1971-72, and no one has topped them since. The nearest challenger, Kevin Willis, finished with 1,258. Willis complained that Rodman had an edge because he carried so few offensive duties. In March 1992 Rodman pulled down a career-high 34 rebounds in one game. Rodman won seven straight rebounding crowns, from 1992 through 1998. His work on the boards in Detroit and San Antonio was helped by paying less attention to defensive positioning and to helping teammates. His defensive intensity returned in Chicago.
On offense, Rodman was ordinary. He scored 11.6 points a game in his second season, then his average slid steadily. In his three championship seasons with the Bulls, he scored about five points a game and shot under half from the field. His free throw shooting, .584 for his career, was a real weakness.
Opponents tried to exploit it. On the 29th of December 1997, Bubba Wells of the Dallas Mavericks committed six intentional fouls on Rodman in only three minutes. It set a record for the fastest foul out in league history. Dallas coach Don Nelson's plan backfired, because Rodman made 9 of his 12 attempts. The tactic was an early version of what became known as Hack-a-Shaq, used later against Shaquille O'Neal and Dwight Howard.
Over 14 seasons, Rodman played 911 games and scored 6,683 points. He grabbed 11,954 rebounds, averaging 13.1 a game in just 31.7 minutes. NBA.com calls him "enigmatic and individualistic". His hair colors, tattoos, and piercings made him the prototype of the bizarre player. His record of ejections, and verbal and physical clashes with officials, added to the legend.
The rankings came later. SLAM Magazine placed him No. 48 in its 2009 list of the top 50 players of all time. In 2021, The Athletic ranked him 62nd in its list of the NBA's top 75. On the 1st of April 2011, the Pistons retired his No. 10 jersey, and he entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later that year. Metta World Peace even wore No. 91 for a season in homage. He told people he liked Rodman "on the court as a hustler, not when he kicked the cameraman."
David Robinson was the center of the 1993-94 Spurs, and Rodman arrived as a power forward. Before his first game, he shaved his hair and dyed it blonde. Red, purple, and blue followed, and then a look inspired by the film Demolition Man. He headbutted Stacey King and John Stockton and once refused to leave the court after an ejection. He also had a widely publicized affair with Madonna. She met him by interviewing him for Vibe magazine, and the pair were set for the cover of the June-July 1994 issue until founder Quincy Jones shelved it. Rodman claimed Madonna offered him $20 million to father her child. Reserve center Jack Haley became his one confidant, after he showed no shock when Rodman visited a gay bar. San Antonio won 55 games and lost to the Utah Jazz in four games in the first round.
The 1994-95 season was worse. Rodman clashed with the front office, drew suspensions, and took a leave of absence on the 11th of November. He missed 19 games before returning on the 10th of December. A motorcycle accident then separated his shoulder. He played only 49 games, yet his 823 rebounds just cleared the 800-rebound minimum for league leaders. He won a fourth straight rebounding title, and the Spurs won 62 games.
The playoffs unraveled. In the second round against the Lakers, he was suspended for insubordination after sitting on the floor with his shoes off during a timeout. San Antonio still reached the Western Conference Finals against the Houston Rockets. Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 35.3 points in the series, and the Spurs lost in six. Rodman blasted coach Bob Hill, calling him "a loser", and went after general manager Gregg Popovich as well.
Rodman defended himself: "I'm the guy who's showing people, hey, it's all right to be different."
He soon had a new home. The Chicago Bulls traded center Will Perdue for him to fill the power forward hole left by Horace Grant. He could not wear No. 10, which Chicago had retired for Bob Love, and the league refused to let him wear 01. So he chose 91, whose digits add up to ten. Haley was traded to Chicago as well. On a team that won a record 72 of 82 games, Rodman averaged 14.9 rebounds and 5.5 points.
He described his place beside Jordan and Scottie Pippen this way: "he's goin' north, I'm goin' south. And then you've got Scottie Pippen right in the middle. He's sort of the equator." On the 16th of March 1996 he headbutted referee Ted Bernhardt, earning a six-game suspension and a $20,000 fine. In the 1996 Finals against the Seattle SuperSonics, he grabbed 20 rebounds in Game Two, including 11 offensive boards. He did the same in Game Six, with 19 rebounds, and Chicago won in six games. Both games tied the Finals record held by Elvin Hayes. Seattle coach George Karl said: "Dennis Rodman won two basketball games."
That year he wore a wedding dress to promote his autobiography, claiming he was bisexual and was marrying himself.
On the 15th of January 1997, Rodman tripped over cameraman Eugene Amos in Minnesota and kicked him in the groin. He paid Amos a $200,000 settlement and was suspended for 11 games, losing about $1 million in salary. The Bulls still beat the Jazz in six games for another title.
In 1998 the Bulls met Utah again. Rodman guarded Karl Malone well, then left the team before Game Four to go wrestle with Hulk Hogan. The fine was $20,000, less than a tenth of what the trip paid. Jordan's drive past Bryon Russell sealed Game Six and Rodman's fifth ring.
Then the dynasty dissolved. General manager Jerry Krause began rebuilding, and Phil Jackson, Jordan, Pippen, Steve Kerr, and Jud Buechler all left. Chicago released Rodman on the 21st of January 1999.
His next stops were short. With the Lakers in 1999 he played 23 games and averaged 2 points and 11 rebounds. In 2000 the Mavericks signed him, returning him to his hometown. Owner Mark Cuban's team put his signing to a player vote, and yes narrowly won. Rodman wanted No. 69 and even held up a jersey at his press conference, but the league said no, so he wore 70. In 12 games he drew six technical fouls and two ejections. Once he sat down near the free-throw line and would not rise as play continued around him. Steve Nash said Rodman "never wanted to be" a Maverick.
After a long break, Rodman returned to basketball with the Long Beach Jam of the new American Basketball Association in 2003-04, helping them win the league title. Further stops followed in Mexico, Finland, and England, where he played three games for the Brighton Bears in early 2006. That spring in the Philippines, he joined other former NBA stars for exhibitions. On the 27th of April 2006 in Cebu, he scored five points and grabbed 18 rebounds.
On the 10th of March 1997 Monday Nitro, Rodman appeared with Hollywood Hulk Hogan in World Championship Wrestling. At that month's Uncensored event he showed up as a member of the nWo. His first match came at the July 1997 Bash at the Beach, where he and Hogan lost to Lex Luger and The Giant. A month later at Road Wild, he appeared as the Impostor Sting and hit Luger with a baseball bat. That helped Hogan win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Backstage, Rodman then spray painted the nWo initials on the belt.
In July 1998 he faced Karl Malone again, this time in a tag match at Bash at the Beach. Rodman teamed with Hogan, and Malone teamed with Diamond Dallas Page. Over 23 minutes, the two power forwards traded what one account called "rudimentary headlocks, slams and clotheslines". The match was poorly received, but Rodman and Hogan won.
In 1999 he returned to feud with Randy Savage and lost their match at Road Wild. On the 30th of July 2000, he fought Curt Hennig in an Australian Outback match at the i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling pay-per-view. Hennig won by disqualification. Rodman then stepped back from top-level wrestling. In 2008 he came out of retirement for Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT and won, defeating challengers including Butterbean and Dustin Diamond. In September 2023 he appeared on AEW Collision and then accompanied The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn to the ring at All Out. The WWE Hall of Fame later named him to its class of 2026, with Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman inducting him.
His screen career spread in every direction. In 1995 he played himself on the CBS comedy Double Rush. In 1996 he hosted an MTV show, The Rodman World Tour. That year the band Pearl Jam also used a Polaroid of his eyeball on the cover of its album No Code. One B-side, "Black, Red, Yellow", was written about him and includes a voice message from him.
His film debut came in 1997 with Double Team, opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke. Critics panned it, and Rodman collected three Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst New Star. He then starred in Simon Sez in 1999 and Cutaway in 2000 with Tom Berenger. In 1998 he joined the syndicated series Special Ops Force as a flamboyant helicopter pilot named 'Deke' Reynolds. He also voiced himself in an episode of The Simpsons.
Some of his stunts were stranger. In 2005 he became the first man to pose naked for PETA's "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign. He promoted his second autobiography, I Should Be Dead By Now, by sitting in a coffin. He won the $222,000 grand prize of the 2004 Celebrity Mole, and he lasted until the fifth elimination of Celebrity Apprentice in 2009. In March 2013 he turned up at the Vatican during the papal conclave, promoting a gambling website that took bets on the next pope.
On the 26th of February 2013, Rodman flew to North Korea with a correspondent from Vice Media, Ryan Duffy. They were there to host basketball exhibitions. Rodman and his group were the first Americans to meet Kim Jong Un. Rodman later called Kim "a friend for life" and urged President Barack Obama to "pick up the phone and call" him.
On the 7th of May 2013, after reading a newspaper article, he tweeted a request that Kim release the American prisoner Kenneth Bae, who had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Kim freed Bae the following year. In July 2013 Rodman told Sports Illustrated that his mission was to "break the ice between hostile countries." He added that he would be surprised if he did not finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize.
On the 3rd of September 2013 he flew to Pyongyang again. He said Kim had a daughter named Kim Ju Ae and called the leader a "great dad". He also said he planned to train the national basketball team.
In December 2013 he announced a third trip, with a group of former NBA players. The party included Kenny Anderson, Clifford Robinson, Vin Baker, Craig Hodges, Doug Christie, Sleepy Floyd, Charles D. Smith, and four streetballers. Games were set for the 8th of January 2014, Kim's birthday, and the 10th. Rodman left from Beijing on the 6th of January.
The next day, a CNN interview went badly. Rodman implied that Bae was at fault for his own imprisonment, and the comments caused a storm of criticism. Two days later he apologized, saying he had been drinking and was under pressure. Members of Congress, the NBA, and human rights groups suggested he had become a public relations stunt for the North Korean government. On the 2nd of May 2016 Bae credited Rodman with his early release, saying the uproar raised awareness of his case.
On the 13th of June 2017, Rodman went again, this time on what was described as a sports trip. He did not meet Kim. He met the Minister of Sports instead and handed over gifts for Kim, including two signed jerseys, two soap sets, and Donald Trump's 1987 book The Art of the Deal. The cryptocurrency company PotCoin sponsored the visit. His agent, Chris Volo, said Rodman would try to bring peace between both nations.
Rodman had endorsed Trump's campaign in July 2015. The Washington Post asked whether Trump had sent Rodman to open a back channel, and called him "Trump and Kim's only mutual acquaintance." The State Department, White House officials, and Rodman all denied any official role.
The timing complicated matters. The American student Otto Warmbier, held for 17 months, was released the same day Rodman arrived. Officials denied any link, saying that diplomats including Joseph Yun had negotiated the release. Warmbier, who had been in a nonresponsive coma for much of his captivity, died days after returning home. Rodman told Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, "I was just so happy to see the kid released." Volo said he had asked three times, on Rodman's behalf, for Warmbier's release.
Rodman returned in June 2018, around the time of the summit between the United States and North Korea. "I'm just happy to be a part of" it, he said, "because I think I deserve it." There has even been speculation that he worked for the CIA, which neither confirmed nor denied having records of his employment. His hoops diplomacy also inspired a planned 20th Century Fox comedy, Diplomats.
In May 2008, Rodman entered an outpatient rehab center in Florida. A year later, his behavior on Celebrity Apprentice led to an intervention that included Phil Jackson, along with family and friends. He first refused treatment because he wanted to attend the show's reunion. Later in 2009 he appeared on the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and stayed 21 days at the Pasadena Recovery Center. The cameras followed him into a sober-living house for the show Sober House. In episode seven he was reunited with his mother Shirley, who had been estranged from him for seven years. She also met his two children for the first time. In March 2012 his financial advisor said bluntly that Rodman was an alcoholic whose illness hurt his ability to work. On the 15th of January 2014, he entered treatment again, shortly after the North Korea trip. His agent Darren Prince said Rodman had been drinking heavily there, in a way "that none of us had seen before."
The courtroom record is long. In December 1999 he was arrested for drunk driving and driving without a license, and in July 2000 he pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000. In April 2004 he pleaded no contest to drunk driving in Las Vegas and was ordered to serve 30 days of home detention. In 2008 he was arrested after a domestic violence incident at a Los Angeles hotel. He pleaded no contest to spousal battery and received three years of probation and a year of counseling. He pleaded guilty in February 2017 to a hit and run on Interstate 5 near Santa Ana. In January 2018 he was arrested again for driving under the influence in Newport Beach and received three years of probation. Rodman has also settled several lawsuits out of court over alleged sexual assault.
Sometimes he was the victim. A fraudster named Peggy Ann Fulford took $1.24 million from him, part of $5.79 million she stole from several athletes. She diverted money Rodman believed was going to his first wife as child support. In 2012 he was left explaining missed payments in an Orange County courtroom. The FBI indicted Fulford in 2016, and in February 2018 she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
His marriages were brief and stormy. On the 14th of November 1998 he married the model Carmen Electra at the Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas. Nine days later he filed for an annulment, claiming he was of "unsound mind". They reconciled, but she filed for divorce in April 1999.
In 1999 he met Michelle Moyer. They had a son, Dennis Jr., known as DJ, born on the 25th of April 2001, and a daughter, Trinity, born on the 20th of May 2002. They married in 2003, on his 42nd birthday. Michelle filed for divorce in 2004, but the pair spent years trying to reconcile, and the marriage was dissolved in 2012. He was reported to owe $860,376 in child and spousal support.
In a 2024 interview, Trinity said she rarely heard from her father, growing up or as an adult. "He's not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else," she said. His father Philander died on the 14th of July 2020 in Angeles City, in the Philippines, at age 79, after the two had reconciled in 2012. By then the next generation had found its own courts and pitches. DJ started college basketball at Washington State in 2019 and moved to USC in 2023. Trinity plays professional soccer for the Washington Spirit and the United States national team.
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How many NBA championships did Dennis Rodman win?
Rodman won five NBA championships. Two came with the Detroit Pistons, in 1989 and 1990, and three came with the Chicago Bulls, from 1996 to 1998.
Why was Dennis Rodman famous for rebounding?
He led the NBA in rebounds per game for seven straight years, from 1992 through 1998. In 1991-92 he grabbed 1,530 rebounds, the most in any season since Wilt Chamberlain's 1,572 in 1971-72.
What happened in the Detroit parking lot in February 1993?
Rodman later wrote that he drove to The Palace of Auburn Hills with a loaded rifle, debating whether to keep living. Police found him asleep in his truck. He said he decided to change his life instead, and he asked for a trade.
Why did Rodman visit North Korea?
He first went on the 26th of February 2013 to host basketball exhibitions and met Kim Jong Un. Rodman described his mission as breaking the ice between hostile countries. Several later trips followed, including one in 2017 that drew questions about a possible government back channel, which officials denied.
When was Dennis Rodman inducted into the Hall of Fame?
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced his induction on the 4th of April 2011. The Pistons had retired his No. 10 jersey a few days earlier, on the 1st of April 2011.
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- 124Incidents involving Dennis Rodman during his NBA careerDavid Griffin — February 17, 2000
- 125Rodman ordered to pay $225,000 in rape case2001-07-21
- 126NewsDennis Rodman and Carmen Electra arrestedGreg Risling — November 6, 1999
- 127MagazineDennis Rodman And Wife Carmen Electra Arrested In MiamiNovember 22, 1999
- 128NewsCharges against Rodman, Electra droppedGreg Risling — December 1, 1999
- 129NewsRodman Pleads Guilty To DUICBS — July 18, 2000
- 130NewsDennis Rodman arrested in L.A.May 1, 2008
- 131NewsDennis Rodman pleads no contest to DUIApril 21, 2004
- 132Police arrest Rodman after report of dispute at hotelMay 1, 2008
- 133Dennis Rodman Pleads No Contest in Domestic AssaultJune 25, 2008
- 134NewsRodman pleads no contest to spousal batteryJune 25, 2008
- 135NewsDennis Rodman facing criminal charges in July hit-and-run, prosecutors sayNovember 21, 2016
- 136NewsDennis Rodman pleads guilty to wrong-way driving on 5 Freeway and avoids jail timeMatt Hamilton et al. — February 6, 2017
- 137Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman sentenced to three years probation after DUI arrestTom Schad — March 12, 2018
- 139Dennis Rodman Charged with Battery for Allegedly Slapping Man at BarOctober 18, 2019
- 140MagazineThe Peggy Show: Every athlete's worst nightmareAlex Prewitt — September 19, 2019
- 141NewsDennis Rodman endorses Trump for presidentSophie Tatum — July 24, 2015
- 142NewsDennis Rodman endorses Donald Trump for presidentAdam B. Lerner — July 24, 2015
- 143Dennis Rodman Is Campaigning For Kanye West & Fans Are ConfusedOctober 15, 2020
- 144NewsTensions Rising With North Korea, but Dennis Rodman Is ThereLynn Zinser — February 26, 2013
- 145NewsDennis Rodman to North Korea: 'I come in peace'Alan Duke — February 26, 2013
- 146NewsRodman Worms His Way Into Kim Jong Un MeetingJoohee Cho — February 28, 2013
- 147NewsDennis Rodman And Kim Jong-Un Chat Courtside At Pyongyang Basketball GameMichelle FlorCruz — February 28, 2013
- 148NewsWay to Reach Kim Jong-un? Follow the BallSang-Hun Choe et al. — March 1, 2013
- 149'Vice' season finale on HBO gives fresh look at Dennis Rodman's meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-unSilverman, Justin Rocket — May 29, 2013
- 150NewsDennis Rodman: Kim Jong Eun is 'my friend'Aaron Blake — March 3, 2013
- 151In direct response to your article headline, "Ok." Read your story @uscthanhtan, and I decided to help.Dennis Rodman — May 7, 2013
- 152Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detaineeUri Friedman — Foreign Policy — May 7, 2013
- 153I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him "Kim", to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.Dennis Rodman — May 7, 2013
- 155Rodman: Kim Jong Un is 'a great dad'Caitlin McDevitt — Politico — September 9, 2013
- 156Dennis Rodman To Train North Korea Olympic Basketball TeamMediaite — September 9, 2013
- 157NewsNorth Korea: Reality vs. The World According to Dennis RodmanJosh Levs
- 161Dennis Rodman departs for North Korea basketball exhibitionJanuary 6, 2014
- 162Today FM's Matt Cooper is in North Korea with Dennis RodmanHugh O'Connell — January 6, 2014
- 163NewsDennis Rodman: 'I had been drinking'January 9, 2014
- 164Dennis Rodman's ranting saved me from North Korean gulagDavid K. Li — New York Post — May 2, 2016
- 165NewsDennis Rodman hopes to do 'something pretty positive' in North KoreaMatt Rivers, Will Ripley and Joshua Berlinger
- 169NewsThe Montrealers funding Dennis Rodman's trip to North KoreaCBC/Radio-Canada — June 14, 2017
- 170NewsDennis Rodman North Korea Mission to Become Fox Movie (Exclusive)Tatiana Siegel — February 23, 2014
- 171NewsReport: Movie Based on Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trips in DevelopmentDan Carson — February 24, 2014
- 172NewsKim Jong-un, Dennis Rodman film planned by Ride Along director Tim StoryHugh Armitage — February 24, 2014
- 173NewsDennis Rodman's Basketball Diplomacy Is Getting Turned into a MovieBrian Feldman — February 24, 2014
- 175Dennis Rodman May Be Crazy or a CIA Case Officer: In Either Case He Is Not Entirely Wrong About North KoreaDoug Bandow — January 10, 2014
- 176CIA: Maybe Dennis Rodman Works For Us, Maybe He Doesn'tPhilip Bump — The Atlantic — January 23, 2014
- 177NewsDennis Rodman is back in North Korea. Was he sent by Trump?Anna Fifield — June 13, 2017
- 178NewsDennis Rodman, Frequent Visitor to North Korea, Is BackAustin Ramzy — June 13, 2017
- 179NewsHigh-level U.S. visit leads North Korea to free student in comaJune 14, 2017
- 181Dennis Rodman speaks out about his visit to North KoreaJune 23, 2017
- 182Blocking nuclear war would be a win for both the U.S., North KoreaJoseph Terwilliger — December 6, 2017
- 187BookRebound: The Dennis Rodman StoryDennis Rodman — Crown — 1994
- 188BookBad as I Wanna BeDennis Rodman — Random House Publishing — 1996
- 189BookWalk on the Wild SideDennis Rodman — Delacorte Press — 1997
- 190BookI Should Be Dead by NowDennis Rodman — Sports Publishing LLC — 2005
- 191BookDennis the Wild BullDennis Rodman — Neighborhood Publishers — 2013