Author: GoldenPalace.com
Dateline: Tue, 05 Jul 2005
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SONKAJARVI, Finland - July 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As an NBA legend, notorious party animal, headline-grabbing celebrity, wrestler, poker player, and talk-show host, Dennis Rodman has done it all. Except lend his unique brand of shock value to the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships. Now "The Worm" proves there's a first time for everything.
Photo Caption: Dennis Rodman carrying local girl.
Rodman was on hand for the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships in SonkajArvi, Finland, sponsored by GoldenPalace.com. Like so many of the world's more bizarre events, wife carrying has its origins buried deep in the bosom of an age old local tradition - in this case, the 19th century practice of wife stealing.
The competition has achieved enormous popularity worldwide spawning North American, Australian, German, South African, and Estonian Championships. But the World Championships will always be in SonkajArvi where it all started.
Unfortunately Rodman was not able to bring his wife because she recently broke her leg. He chose a lucky local girl to carry instead. The ex-basketball star only participated in the final 100 meters of the 235 meter course saying that he was not ready for such a grueling course. In a post-event press conference, Rodman promised to train harder for next year's competition. The Estonians went on to win the event.
The casino has been making headlines for years with their outrageous advertising, and this is just the kind of eccentricity that attracts the popular gaming site, as well as their celebrity spokesperson Rodman.
Rodman has been involved with several GoldenPalace.com marketing campaigns, including the famous Running Of The Bulls in Pamplona with Ray Sabbatini, a man stricken with Multiple Sclerosis, to support MS awareness and help find a cure for the deadly disease.
More information is available at www.GoldenPalace.com and www.eukonkanto.com.
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• Story Title: Dennis Rodman Crosses Line with Wife - Basketball Legend and Online Casino Team up for Wife-Carrying Contest
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Dateline: Tue, 05 Jul 2005
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “SONKAJARVI, Finland - July 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As an NBA legend, notorious party animal, headline-grabbing celebrity, wrestler, poker player, and talk-show host, Dennis Rodman has done it all. Except lend his unique brand of shock value to the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships. Now 'The Worm' proves there's a first time for everything.”
A R T I C L E:
SONKAJARVI, Finland - July 5 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As an NBA legend, notorious party animal, headline-grabbing celebrity, wrestler, poker player, and talk-show host, Dennis Rodman has done it all. Except lend his unique brand of shock value to the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships. Now "The Worm" proves there's a first time for everything.
Photo Caption: Dennis Rodman carrying local girl.
Rodman was on hand for the 2005 Wife Carrying World Championships in SonkajArvi, Finland, sponsored by GoldenPalace.com. Like so many of the world's more bizarre events, wife carrying has its origins buried deep in the bosom of an age old local tradition - in this case, the 19th century practice of wife stealing.
The competition has achieved enormous popularity worldwide spawning North American, Australian, German, South African, and Estonian Championships. But the World Championships will always be in SonkajArvi where it all started.
Unfortunately Rodman was not able to bring his wife because she recently broke her leg. He chose a lucky local girl to carry instead. The ex-basketball star only participated in the final 100 meters of the 235 meter course saying that he was not ready for such a grueling course. In a post-event press conference, Rodman promised to train harder for next year's competition. The Estonians went on to win the event.
The casino has been making headlines for years with their outrageous advertising, and this is just the kind of eccentricity that attracts the popular gaming site, as well as their celebrity spokesperson Rodman.
Rodman has been involved with several GoldenPalace.com marketing campaigns, including the famous Running Of The Bulls in Pamplona with Ray Sabbatini, a man stricken with Multiple Sclerosis, to support MS awareness and help find a cure for the deadly disease.
More information is available at www.GoldenPalace.com and www.eukonkanto.com.
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Copyright © 2005 by GoldenPalace.com and Send2Press® Newswire, a service of Neotrope® - all rights reserved. Information believed accurate but not guaranteed. Sourced on: freeNewsArticles.com.
• Story Title: Dennis Rodman Crosses Line with Wife - Basketball Legend and Online Casino Team up for Wife-Carrying Contest
• REFERENCE KEYWORDS/TERMS: , , , , Pop Culture and Cool Stuff, , , .
IMPORTANT NOTICE: some content which is considered "old" or "archival" may reference an event which has already occurred; some content possibly considered "advertorial" may also reference a promotion or time-limited/sensitive offering, and in all of these instances certain material may no longer be valid. For notably stale content, you should directly contact the company/person mentioned in the text (GoldenPalace.com); this site cannot assist you with information about products/services mentioned in the news article, nor handle any complaints or other issues related to any person/company mentioned or promoted in the above text. Information believed accurate but not guaranteed as of original date of story [Tue, 05 Jul 2005 17:40:00 GMT].
USE THIS CONTENT FOR FREE: To use this content in your newspaper, broadcast outlet, news portal, blog/ezine or similar, free of cost, CLICK HERE to learn how.