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Trinity Rodman makes her own way

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It was August 2011, and 9-year-old Trinity Rodman found herself among giants of the sports world. With her brother DJ at her side, they led their father, Dennis — the NBA rebounding extraordinaire — down the aisle for his Hall of Fame induction speech in Springfield, Mass.

They passed Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen. There was inductees Chris Mullin and Tara VanDerveer, plus NBA commissioner David Stern. Was that Bill Walton?

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The siblings arrived at their front-row seats next to their mother, Michelle, who had raised them on her own.