Trinity Rodman Owns Her Last Name

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🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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When people hear the name Rodman, they quickly think of NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman. But there’s another Rodman making headlines: 20-year-old Trinity has exploded onto the scene of women’s soccer, quickly becoming one of the faces of the NWSL. She’s also nominated for Best Breakthrough Athlete at tonight’s ESPY Awards. ESPN reporter Charlotte Gibson tells the story of how Trinity rose out of her humble beginnings to set records and take home titles, all while still in her teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Charlotte Gibson, where do you want to start this story?
0:03.3	Last November, Trinity Rodman was gearing up to face the North Carolina courage in a
0:08.8	national women's soccer league playoff game. At this point, this was the biggest game of Trinity's
0:15.0	career so far. She is a forward for the Washington spirit. She was the youngest player ever drafted in
0:24.7	NWSL history at the age of 18 and this was a big night. It was her time. At that point,
0:31.6	she was leading the league in assists. She was carving her name for herself and honestly,
0:37.7	all eyes were on Trinity. Fans were screaming her name. She heard the familiar voice of her mom,
0:43.0	Michelle Rodman, who is always screaming her name, that go Trinity. She heard all of that,
0:48.4	but then this time she heard something different and it was go Trinity, but it was a deeper voice.
0:53.6	It was a familiar deeper voice and it was the voice of her father NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman
1:00.0	and she just hears her dad's voice and everything stops. When I saw my dad on the side like I didn't,
1:06.9	I don't even know if there was a thought. I think my mind went blank. I was in shock. I had so many
1:15.8	feelings but also none. And she turned in disbelief when she heard it. She felt conflicted. She felt
1:23.0	like she was going to cry. I mean, all of the emotions were flooding her and she's sad. She's
1:29.2	ultimately sad. Why was shock and sadness, Charlotte? Why was that Trinity's reaction here?
1:37.5	Up until that point, Trinity and Dennis didn't have a close father-daughter relationship. Trinity
1:44.5	only lived with Dennis once in her life and it was for maybe less than six months and it was when
1:50.4	she was a toddler. Her parents divorced when she was little and Dennis was in and out of her life
1:56.3	and her brother DJ's life. And so when she was filled with this sadness, it was a sadness because
2:02.3	that's her dad. She's always going to have a love for her father. She shares his last name.
2:08.0	She looks very similar to him. She plays like him but she doesn't talk to him regularly.
2:15.1	She's gone months, years without talking to him and it definitely fills her with that sense of
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