Dennis Rodman will be on Outside the Lines Sunday morning
In March, headlines described former NBA star Dennis Rodman as “broke” and “extremely sick.” At 51, and now a dozen years removed from his last NBA rebound, he often boasts he hasn’t had a steady job since being waived by the Dallas Mavericks in 2000. For Rodman, who has had issues with alcohol, life has never come as easily as professional basketball. Sunday, the flamboyant Hall of Famer speaks candidly about life after basketball, and about allegations that he’s an alcoholic. Mark Schwarz reports.
Sunday’s guests will include Kurt Rambis, who coached Rodman on the Lakers in 1999, and Tim Keown who co-wrote “Bad As I Wanna Be,” the 1997 best-selling autobiography.
“I been hearing that for years — I’ve been hearing that I’m a cokehead, I’m a drug head. Everyone knows that I like to have a good time. If you see me drinking, ok great. I drink! If you see me having sex every day, oh, I’m an addict. I’ve looked death in the eyes. And I say one day I could probably drink to a point where it’s like I won’t wake up.” – Dennis Rodman
“I started to go out to dinner for free. I started to get cars and stuff like that for free. I started to get a lot of things around the country. All of a sudden I land the big one, Madonna, so it’s like, ‘Hello!!’ I started to get stuff like that.” – Dennis Rodman
Here’s a video preview of the interview. I’m sure it won’t be an easy one to watch, but it airs at 9 a.m. Eastern on ESPN if you’re up Sunday morning and want to catch it.
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May 20, 2012 • 11:24 am
by MNM
I’ve never watched “Outside The Lines” before, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I watched the Dennis Rodman episode and I found it to be quite dissapointing. How the hell can you do a legitimate documentary on someone in 30 minutes, without it being half-assed and not really touching on any significant points in ones life..? Answer..You don’t.
May 21, 2012 • 9:26 am
by gmehl
Every team needs a crazy guy and Dennis was ours. It keeps the locker room interesting and everyone on there toes. The nba i feel has changed for the worse cause it has/is eliminating all the characters and emotion from the game. I say bring back hard fouls and trash talking ala the 80s and 90s.
May 22, 2012 • 1:17 pm
by Jacob
Watched it. Didn’t really learn anything new, except that I don’t think Dennis is a lost cause. He’s had some very difficult things to deal with (some of it his doing, others not), but it’s not too late for him to get on the right track. I really hope he can find some fulfillment in his life and feel good about himself again.