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ESPN.com: NBA Monday, November 17, 2003 Rodman, 42, voluntarily sought help -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services Dennis Rodman has voluntarily entered himself into a program for alcohol abuse, his agent said Monday. Darren Prince, of Prince Marketing Group, said the former NBA rebounding champion has been seeing a private counselor for the past 3½ weeks. "Next week will be Dennis' one-month anniversary, but we'll take it one day at a time," Prince said. Prince said Rodman, 42, still wants to play in the NBA this year but first must get his life in order before contacting teams for tryouts. Rodman was...

NEWPORT BEACH — Dennis Rodman was arrested today on suspicion of public intoxication, after deputies got a tip that he was driving his high- powered boat "Sexual Chocolate" while drunk, officials said. Rodman, 42, was taken into custody shortly before 4 p.m. at the dock area at 3010 Lafayette Ave., said Orange County sheriff's Lt. Hayward Miller. The former rebounding star for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks was booked into the Newport Beach Police Department jail, but was released just before 8 p.m. He told a news reporters that he had...

<p>A jury in a civil trial issued divided decisions Friday in rejecting a woman's claim that former NBA star Dennis Rodman sexually assaulted her.</p> <p>The panel voted 10-2 that Rodman did not sexually batter or inflict emotional distress on Jo Len Ann McGowen. It also held 9-3 that McGowen was not assaulted. The jury voted unanimously to reject McGowen's claims of false imprisonment and battery.</p>