Where does Dennis Rodman's Cowboys loyalty come from?
Dennis Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1961, but he grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, and he attended South Oak Cliff High School there. The Cowboys are the team of the city he was raised in. That is a geographic fit, and nothing in the record says it is the reason.
He has said it in his own words, and in more than one place. On Basketball Time Machine he asked, "You know the Dallas Cowboys are my team, right?" He also told Bleacher Report, "I was really into the Cowboys." The Cowboys won Super Bowl VI in 1972, the year he turned 11.
What about the New York Jets?
The Jets claim is a separate matter, and it carries a different level of proof. CBS Detroit ran an AP wire story in 2016 in which Rodman is quoted: "It's time to take over New York. No more Giants, but the New York Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets." That is a reported fandom from a news outlet, not a long-running stated allegiance, and the outlet's account is the only support for it.
New York sits in the same part of the country as his birthplace in New Jersey. Rodman's NBA career, though, ran through Detroit, San Antonio, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas, and none of those is a Jets market. The Cowboys tie follows his upbringing; the Jets statement is the newer and thinner of the two.
Questions people ask
What team did Dennis Rodman root for growing up?
He grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, and he has said the Cowboys are his team and that he was really into them.
What is Dennis Rodman's favorite NFL team?
By his own account it is the Dallas Cowboys, whom he called "my team" on Basketball Time Machine.
Is Dennis Rodman a New York Jets fan?
Reportedly, yes: CBS Detroit's 2016 AP wire story quotes him saying "Jets, Jets, Jets."