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I'm not big on sports history, but apparently these people on yahoo comments detest him. Well, I always knew he was never liked much, but I didn't know the hate was this strong.
Is there something he did, or is this just the typical yahoo commenters showing off their ignorance/racism/ etc.
Oh, here is the story and link.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/dennis-rodman-meets-father-philander-rodman-42-years-185338430--nba.html
Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman doesn't know his father well. The aptly named Philander Rodman left Dennis' mother 48 years ago, and the former Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Lakers and Mavericks forward hadn't seen his father for 42 years. Until recently, that is, when a barnstorming team Dennis plays for stumbled into Manila in the Philippines, and Dennis surprisingly agreed to a short meeting with his father.
From the Associated Press:
Philander Rodman Jr., who has acknowledged fathering 29 children by 16 mothers, says he was happy and surprised that his son agreed to meet him late Wednesday. He tried to meet the basketball Hall of Famer during another game in Manila in 2006.
Philander, who has been living in the Philippines for nearly 50 years, said Thursday he wanted to explain to his son that he didn't abandon his family in the United States, but they only had time for greetings and handshakes.
That's correct. Twenty-nine children by 16 mothers. So, without any visual evidence to support it, you can at least assume that Dennis (who clearly, and we're not making some dry joke, suffers from incredible shyness and social anxiety) kept his sunglasses on and the discussion was brief. Dennis has a hard time talking to former teammates he once won championships with, so the father that left his house when he was 3 probably isn't the easiest to gab with.
Philander Rodman
Here's Dennis' take on his father, from his 1996 memoir "Bad As I Want To Be," with some cursing removed:
"I never really knew my father, Philander Rodman. He was in the Air Force in New Jersey, where I was born, and when I was three we packed up and came back to Dallas where my mother is from. We did this when my father stopped coming home.
My father isn't part of my life. I haven't seen him in more than thirty years, so what is there to miss? I just look at it like this: Some man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father; I don't. I could say, 'This is my father. This is my dad,' but that doesn't sound right to me. I grew up with my mother and two younger sisters, Debra and Kim. There wasn't a male role model in my life until I got to college and started getting my [act] together."
The AP went on to mention that Rodman's father currently runs something called Rodman's Rainbow Obamaburger in the Philippines; which I'm sure is about as tactful and classy an establishment as can be expected by the father of 29 children by 16 women who tried to cram two different famous names into the name of his restaurant while appearing on the restaurant's website wearing a bootleg Chicago Bulls jersey with the name "Rodman" emblazoned on the front instead of the word "CHICAGO."
Dennis Rodman, who has had his own issues with paying child support, probably wouldn't take too happily to Philander's assertion that he is Dennis' "long lost dad," on the same website. Philander wasn't lost, he was just gone. And, to hear Dennis tell it, neither father nor son minded much.
Perhaps there still is space enough in this world for the two to move beyond "greetings and handshakes," but that's a bit of a stretch at this point. And you have to wonder, as Philander affixes another sticker of Dennis in uniform to his menus, how the other 28 children feel about any of this.
In the interim, Rodman thinks this could be the start of an improved relationship. From the AP:
''I've been trying to meet him for years. And then last night, boom, I met him. I was really, really happy and very surprised,'' he told The Associated Press.
''I really, really felt good,'' he said. ''It's the beginning of something new.''
Is there something he did, or is this just the typical yahoo commenters showing off their ignorance/racism/ etc.
Oh, here is the story and link.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/dennis-rodman-meets-father-philander-rodman-42-years-185338430--nba.html
Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman doesn't know his father well. The aptly named Philander Rodman left Dennis' mother 48 years ago, and the former Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Lakers and Mavericks forward hadn't seen his father for 42 years. Until recently, that is, when a barnstorming team Dennis plays for stumbled into Manila in the Philippines, and Dennis surprisingly agreed to a short meeting with his father.
From the Associated Press:
Philander Rodman Jr., who has acknowledged fathering 29 children by 16 mothers, says he was happy and surprised that his son agreed to meet him late Wednesday. He tried to meet the basketball Hall of Famer during another game in Manila in 2006.
Philander, who has been living in the Philippines for nearly 50 years, said Thursday he wanted to explain to his son that he didn't abandon his family in the United States, but they only had time for greetings and handshakes.
That's correct. Twenty-nine children by 16 mothers. So, without any visual evidence to support it, you can at least assume that Dennis (who clearly, and we're not making some dry joke, suffers from incredible shyness and social anxiety) kept his sunglasses on and the discussion was brief. Dennis has a hard time talking to former teammates he once won championships with, so the father that left his house when he was 3 probably isn't the easiest to gab with.
Philander Rodman
Here's Dennis' take on his father, from his 1996 memoir "Bad As I Want To Be," with some cursing removed:
"I never really knew my father, Philander Rodman. He was in the Air Force in New Jersey, where I was born, and when I was three we packed up and came back to Dallas where my mother is from. We did this when my father stopped coming home.
My father isn't part of my life. I haven't seen him in more than thirty years, so what is there to miss? I just look at it like this: Some man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father; I don't. I could say, 'This is my father. This is my dad,' but that doesn't sound right to me. I grew up with my mother and two younger sisters, Debra and Kim. There wasn't a male role model in my life until I got to college and started getting my [act] together."
The AP went on to mention that Rodman's father currently runs something called Rodman's Rainbow Obamaburger in the Philippines; which I'm sure is about as tactful and classy an establishment as can be expected by the father of 29 children by 16 women who tried to cram two different famous names into the name of his restaurant while appearing on the restaurant's website wearing a bootleg Chicago Bulls jersey with the name "Rodman" emblazoned on the front instead of the word "CHICAGO."
Dennis Rodman, who has had his own issues with paying child support, probably wouldn't take too happily to Philander's assertion that he is Dennis' "long lost dad," on the same website. Philander wasn't lost, he was just gone. And, to hear Dennis tell it, neither father nor son minded much.
Perhaps there still is space enough in this world for the two to move beyond "greetings and handshakes," but that's a bit of a stretch at this point. And you have to wonder, as Philander affixes another sticker of Dennis in uniform to his menus, how the other 28 children feel about any of this.
In the interim, Rodman thinks this could be the start of an improved relationship. From the AP:
''I've been trying to meet him for years. And then last night, boom, I met him. I was really, really happy and very surprised,'' he told The Associated Press.
''I really, really felt good,'' he said. ''It's the beginning of something new.''
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Well to be honest a lot of comments on everything online today is full of folks going overboard for reactions
Rodman was hated for his tough play vs the Bulls while he was on Detroit. But really the whole team was hated. And Lambier and Mahorn were easily more hated then Rodman.
By time Rodman left the Bulls I think more folks liked him and respected his game
Then came the side show ? and his career just fell off. So it could be folks who think he wasted his time on ? antics instead of just balling. Then right after his career was over he just became a celebrity ? for real. -
Well to be honest a lot of comments on everything online today is full of folks going overboard for reactions
Rodman was hated for his tough play vs the Bulls while he was on Detroit. But really the whole team was hated. And Lambier and Mahorn were easily more hated then Rodman.
By time Rodman left the Bulls I think more folks liked him and respected his game
Then came the side show ? and his career just fell off. So it could be folks who think he wasted his time on ? antics instead of just balling. Then right after his career was over he just became a celebrity ? for real.
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I guess because he went all our to be different and he put on that white dress. He didn't go as far as Williams buta dress is a dress.
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man, if society was judged on the internet comments we make, we'd all be ? .
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Dennis rodman was the trillest ? the nba will ever see, with Ron artest being his clone, best reb PF of all-time arguably the best defensive PF of all time
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Cause son a give a ? what they thought of him
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He was hated??
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he bangs out alot of white chicks
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He was hated??
I didn't think he was, until I read those comments and many people were referring to him as the ? of the earth and such. -
You could post an article about Ghandi and MLK meeting for coffee and samosas and people would hate on the internet. Thats the nature of the internet.
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MF's hate you when ever you not acting how THEY think you should act
did he do some over board ? on and off the court yea but he brought it 100% when it was game time every night and was a played a pretty good part of those championships they won -
i wonder if jordan and rodman ever had problems behind the scenes since jordan would talk to ? how he wanted to on and off the team
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bet none of u ? would run up on rodman tho
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Rodman is a ?
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He's a self admitted bad father and bad son to his mother, and he came out the house dressed like this.
Not saying he is a bad person but c'mon man white folks don't like nobody that eccentric... at least if they aren't white. -
6'8 and dominated the board like he was 7'8 GOAT rebounder
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Because he's ? .........? ,? ,? .
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Didnt rodman marry Carmen Electra and don't he got hella kids too?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdUT3GPlGwU
look what he did in the finals....smh^^^
rodman was crazy.....jordan and phil did a good job of keeping him in check though -
I am and always have been a bulls fan and Rodman was my favorite Bull more so than Jordan.
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Maybe because he's a crying, crossdressing, STD carrying, ugly ass fruit loop
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I mean he basically wanted to be hated, I don't see what the big deal is....this the same ? who ? on his moms at his hof speech all while she was in the crowd..
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See Dennis all the time down at the Hard Rock casino.
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Because he is a ? With Attitude