Dennis Rodman Heads To North Korea

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman plans to run a basketball camp for children and will compete against North Korean athletes in the hopes it will be attended by Kim Jong Un.

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Dennis Rodman Heads To North Korea
Michael Rusch

1. Update: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 7:53 P.M. EST

Dennis Rodman Arrives In North Korea.

Source: youtu.be

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, pushes his luggage pass through a group of Chinese security officers as he makes his way to the check in counter at the departure hall of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.

Image by Andy Wong / AP

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Flamboyant former-NBA star Dennis Rodman is heading to North Korea with VICE media company — tattoos, piercings, bad-boy reputation, and all.

The American known as “The Worm” is set to arrive Tuesday in Pyongyang, becoming an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.

Source: hosted.ap.org

TV crews surround Dennis Rodman, a former NBA star at the departure hall of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013.

Image by Andy Wong / AP

Members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team gesture as they prepare to check in with former NBA star Dennis Rodman at the departure hall of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing.

Image by Andy Wong / AP

Korea Bureau Chief for the Associated Press:

Twitter Reacts To The News:

Kim Jong Un likes basketball + is weird. He and Dennis Rodman are going to get along just fine.

Just choked on a microwable lava brownie reading the headline "Dennis Rodman worms his way into North Korea"

How the fuck Dennis Rodman get into North Korea.....

In Argo II, Dennis Rodman has to be exfiltrated by @josecanseco

Dennis Rodman is a sports ambassador to North Korea. You can’t make this stuff up.

Dennis Rodman old af still wearin lip & nose rings smfh!!!

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