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USA Today
21 hours ago
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Germany vs. Portugal: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream
Germany vs. Portugal: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream Show Caption Hide Caption U.S. soccer player Trinity Rodman says Dennis Rodman is 'not a dad' U.S. women's soccer star Trinity Rodman has spoken openly about her strained relationship with her father, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, criticizing his lack of involvement in her life. unbranded - Sport Germany and Portugal face off in Munich on Wednesday in the first of two UEFA Nations League semifinals. France will take on Spain on Thursday, with the winners of the two matches meeting on Sunday in the final. Germany is aiming to win its first Nations League title, while Portugal is looking for its second after winning the inaugural edition in 2018-19. Watch Germany vs. Portugal on Prime Video Portugal advanced to the final four by defeating Denmark 5-3 on aggregate in the quarterfinal, while Germany secured a thrilling 5-4 aggregate win over Italy. Germany has not lost to Portugal since 2000, winning the most recent matchup between the sides at Euro 2020 (held in 2021) 4-2 in the group stage. Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still part of the Portugal setup, has never beat Germany despite his international debut coming 22 years ago. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the match. How to watch Germany vs. Portugal When: Wednesday, June 4 Wednesday, June 4 Where: Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany) Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany) Time: 3 p.m. ET 3 p.m. ET Channel/streaming: FS1, ViX (Watch on Prime Video) We recommend interesting sports viewing/streaming and betting opportunities. If you sign up for a service by clicking one of the links, we may earn a referral fee. Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage
USA Today
3 days ago
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USWNT vs. Jamaica: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream
USWNT vs. Jamaica: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream Show Caption Hide Caption U.S. soccer player Trinity Rodman says Dennis Rodman is 'not a dad' U.S. women's soccer star Trinity Rodman has spoken openly about her strained relationship with her father, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, criticizing his lack of involvement in her life. unbranded - Sport The U.S. women's national team closes out a two-match international window when it faces Jamaica in St. Louis on Tuesday. Emma Hayes' side made easy work of China on Saturday, winning 3-0 in a friendly at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minn. Catarina Macario, Sam Coffey and Lindsey Heaps scored in a comfortable win that also saw Lo'eau LaBonta become the oldest player to ever debut for the USWNT. Watch USWNT vs. Jamaica on Sling The USWNT was slated to play both matches of this window against China, which ultimately had to pull out of the second game and was replaced by Jamaica. The USWNT and Jamaica have played six times in their history, with the most recent meeting a 5-0 U.S. win at the 2022 Concacaf W Championship. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the match. USWNT vs. Jamaica (international friendly) When: Tuesday, June 3 Tuesday, June 3 Where: Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO) Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO) Time: 8 p.m. ET 8 p.m. ET Channel/streaming: TNT, Universo, Max, Peacock (WATCH NOW) We recommend interesting sports viewing/streaming and betting opportunities. If you sign up for a service by clicking one of the links, we may earn a referral fee. Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage
USA Today
6 days ago
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USWNT vs. China: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream
USWNT vs. China: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream Show Caption Hide Caption U.S. soccer player Trinity Rodman says Dennis Rodman is 'not a dad' U.S. women's soccer star Trinity Rodman has spoken openly about her strained relationship with her father, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, criticizing his lack of involvement in her life. unbranded - Sport The U.S. women's national team faces China on Saturday in the first of two friendlies during the current international window. Following the match at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minn., the USWNT will head to Energizer Park in St. Louis to face Jamaica on Tuesday. USWNT head coach Emma Hayes has called in a roster filled with familiar faces, but has also included some newcomers as well. The headliner in that group is Kansas City Current midfielder Lo'eau LaBonta, who earns her first senior call-up at age 32 and could become the oldest debutant in USWNT history. Watch USWNT vs. China on Sling Overall the USWNT and China have faced off 60 times, making the Asian nation the second-most common opponent in team history behind only Canada. Most recently, the USWNT defeated China in two straight friendlies in December 2023. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the match. USWNT vs. China (international friendly) When: Saturday, May 31 Saturday, May 31 Where: Allianz Field (St. Paul, MN) Allianz Field (St. Paul, MN) Time: 5:30 p.m. ET 5:30 p.m. ET Channel/streaming: TNT, Universo, Max, and Peacock (WATCH NOW) We recommend interesting sports viewing/streaming and betting opportunities. If you sign up for a service by clicking one of the links, we may earn a referral fee. Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage
Yahoo
28-05-2025
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"I'm sorry that I haven't been a father, haven't been a dad or been a son" - Dennis Rodman on apologizing to his family after getting inducted to the Hall of Fame
Dennis Rodman's career came full circle when he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. It was a moment of reflection for a man whose off-court chaos had long defined him as much as his rebounding titles. The five-time NBA champion and two-time Defensive Player of the Year walked into Springfield that night with his head high, his iconic look intact and his past trailing behind him like a shadow. Rodman's apology Rodman wasn't just there to bask in applause. He stood before legends and fans to acknowledge the reality that many of his greatest victories had come at the cost of personal wreckage. Advertisement And as his speech unfolded, it became clear that the applause meant little compared to the people sitting in the front row — his family. Not fans, not teammates. Just them. "I had my family right in front of me," Rodman said. "I was talking directly to them. I wasn't to anybody else but them. I said, 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I haven't been a father, haven't been a dad or been a son, sorry about that.'" That moment on stage wasn't polished or rehearsed. It was raw. Years of fame, rebellion and isolation had built a wall between Rodman and the people closest to him. As a player, he thrived on chaos, diving onto the floor for rebounds, coloring outside the lines of structure. But as a man, he often drifted — detached, unavailable and unreachable. Advertisement Rodman's estrangement from his family had deep roots. He grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, a neighborhood marked by poverty and crime. His father, Philander Rodman Jr., abandoned the family when Dennis was just a child. According to Rodman, his father had at least 29 children by 16 different women. That absence left a crater in his childhood, one that echoed in his adult life as he cycled through headlines, marriages and moments of mayhem. When he stood at that podium, what filled the silence between his words was the sound of a man breaking the chain that bound him to his father's legacy of absence. Related: "He's Mr. Discipline, Mr. Straight, Mr. Conservative" - Dennis Rodman admits Gregg Popovich was "the big problem" in San Antonio Taking responsibility Rodman had walked almost the same path as his father. He married multiple times, fathered several children and left behind a trail of broken homes. His highly publicized marriage to Carmen Electra in 1998 ended in just five months. Before that, he was married to Annie Bakes, with whom he had a daughter. Advertisement Later, he would have a son and daughter with Michelle Moyer, a relationship that ended in divorce after several years of turbulence. The pattern was familiar — connection followed by collapse, presence followed by absence, which was why he owned up to his actions in front of all of them. "A lot of guys cannot do that," Rodman said, reflecting on apologizing to his family on stage. "Really like that. I wasn't trying to do that to get people to like me, I'm always like that." The truth was, behind the piercings and the painted nails and the North Korea trips, Rodman carried a load that many never saw. He wasn't trying to be liked. He was trying to survive. Over a 14-season NBA career, Rodman led the league in rebounds per game for seven consecutive seasons — an unmatched feat. He never averaged more than 11 points per game in a season, yet found himself on five championship teams and made eight All-Defensive Teams. His effort was unrelenting, his motor unmatched. But while he chased every loose ball and put his body on the line in every arena, he couldn't seem to stay grounded at home. Advertisement His children often saw him from afar, as a figure in headlines, a caricature on TV. And while his antics generated buzz, the distance they created became a wound. In the years that followed his playing career, Rodman struggled publicly with alcohol addiction and legal issues related to child support. Rehabilitation stints came and went. Each time, he promised change. Each time, the weight of his past kept pulling him back. So when he stood under the lights of the Hall of Fame, he didn't need any career validation. He was owning up to what he missed. He was no longer the young man chasing rebounds and controversy. He was an aging father finally looking into the eyes of those he had left behind. Related: "One thing led to another" - BJ Armstrong reveals how the breakfast with Michael Jordan led to his return in 1995
Yahoo
27-05-2025
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"He had a po'boy pulled down over his sunglasses" - Phil Jackson recalls Dennis Rodman's bizarre first meeting with Bulls
Dennis Rodman could be unpredictable as a player. With his eccentric personality, technicolor hair and refusal to play by anyone's rules but his own, it was jarring to picture him in a Chicago Bulls uniform — especially in the mid-'90s. This was a team defined by structure, discipline and the sheer definition of greatness. After missing the NBA Finals two years in a row, the Bulls were desperate to climb back to the top. Advertisement Rodman, of all people, was the answer they turned to. From Motor City to Chicago Two years and it was unlike the Bulls not to have made the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan was back for his first full season after his baseball stint, but they needed more. That was when head coach Phil Jackson sought Rodman. From the onset, he knew what he was dealing with. "I set up a meeting with Dennis and it was at Jerry Krause's home and I went in and Dennis had all these rings in his nose, in his lip, in his ears," Jackson said. "He had a po'boy pulled down over his sunglasses. You couldn't see him." Rodman didn't exactly waltz into Chicago with a clean slate. His journey to the Bulls was littered with controversy, defiance, and stints with franchises that couldn't quite contain his chaos. With the Detroit Pistons, Dennis played a crucial role in the Bad Boys era, helping the Pistons secure back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. Advertisement But his personal life began to unravel after the departure of mentor Chuck Daly. A trade to the San Antonio Spurs followed in 1993, where things only got stranger. Despite leading the league in rebounding and earning All-Defensive Team honors, his clashes with management and increasingly unpredictable behavior, like taking off his shoes mid-game or refusing to suit up, became too much for the Spurs' brass to tolerate. By 1995, the team was ready to cut ties, but few organizations were willing to take on that kind of volatility. Until Chicago. At the time, the Bulls were trying to piece together a new identity after losing Horace Grant to free agency. The franchise was trying to reconstruct a frontcourt tough enough to contend again. They didn't just need any big man. They needed rebounding, grit and above all, someone capable of holding down the dirty work so Jordan and Scottie Pippen could operate at full throttle. Advertisement Related: "A game for sissies" - Wilt Chamberlain admitted he only started playing basketball because he was from Philadelphia Rodman's impact The Bulls needed someone to crash the boards, especially with Grant — who had averaged 15.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in his final year with Chicago — gone and the team physically outmuscled in the paint. Rodman, for all his baggage, was still the most ferocious rebounder in the game. "We looked at the options, all of them were costly, none of them that extreme," Jackson said. "We went with San Antonio and Will Perdue went in exchange for Dennis Rodman. And the big deal was, 'Can you handle Dennis Rodman?'" Advertisement The trade was finalized in October 1995 and it shook the league. The Bulls were sending a serviceable center in Will Perdue to the Spurs in exchange for one of the NBA's most polarizing figures. But Jackson and the Bulls' brain trust believed they had the infrastructure to manage Rodman. With the stoicism of Pippen, the iron will of Jordan and Jackson's own spiritual-meets-psychological coaching style, there was confidence that the team could absorb the chaos. And Rodman, for all the noise he made off the court, showed up when it mattered. The wild nights, the Vegas disappearances and the dress-wearing press appearances didn't stop. But neither did his production. "The Worm" led the league in rebounds in all three of his seasons with the Bulls, averaging 14.9, 16.1 and 15.0 rebounds per game, respectively, from 1995 to 1998. He wasn't brought in to score or be a locker room presence but brought in to do one job, and he did it better than anyone in the league. In the 1996 NBA Finals against the Seattle SuperSonics, Rodman grabbed 19 rebounds in Game 2 and 11 more in the clinching Game 6. Advertisement Dennis would help Chicago win three straight championships from 1996 to 1998, solidifying his legacy not just as one of the most unique characters in basketball history but also as one of its greatest competitors. Related: "He's more impressive when you're playing with him than against him" - Dennis Rodman admits he was in awe of Scottie Pippen from day one
