Rodman and Kasparov: As Bad as They Wanna Be

Published: November 26, 2007, 1:22 am

Guest blog by Doug Sacrison Well, two of the world's bad boys are in trouble again. Both former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman and chess master Garry Kasparov are both facing jail time. And yes, I'm pretty sure that I will now go down in history as the first person to use the names Dennis Rodman and Garry Kasparov in the same sentence. But really, if you look at the broader scope of life, they are pretty much the same person. Okay, not really. Kasparov, the Russian chess prodigy, former chess world champion, and general bad boy in the chess community (yes, it's a stretch), is being jailed for five days after his arrest in Moscow for protesting Russia's current government. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, is apparently not a big Kasparov fan. Perhaps Putin, rumored to be out to get James Bond, may have just wanted to have five days in which to win a game of chess. In recent years Garry Kasparov has showed an interest in politics, going so far as entering the

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