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Rodman won’t give the shirt off his back ■ MBA: The eccentric Chicago Butts forward wdl have his tattoos preliminarily protected from being put on T-shirts NKWAKK. N J, f AF) — Far the time being Pen ni« Hodman. tattoo* wilt remain an hi* body, not on T -Shirt* Hul he may have in hare hi* bank in (mibite to make that ruling rtkl A federal (udge ruled Tue*dav that a New |er *ey T *hirt maker appear* to be unfairly profiting from Rodman'* fame and tattoo* He iaaued a preliminary inpinction continuing to liar Fanatkx Apuaret Inc and it* 24 year old tire* idem from marketing a long thwve. cruam-toiored T *tmt that ha* image* of tattoo* on the bark. abwve* and front U S, District fudge Alfred M Wolln. who had Clod a retraining order tought liy Rodman ear thi* month, ruled following a half hour hear tug in federal court Rodman, who** Chicago Bolt* < line heel a *(JOt In the NBA Final* on Monday, did not attend But VVohn al*o ruled lliat lawyer* few T shirt entre preneur Micky (told** hmidt have the right to take a tbqwwtiion town Rodman two week* after the Bull*' *mmn conclude* And Wolin left open the possibility that Rodman c»uld he required to remove hi* *hlrt to *how the doom tattoo* on hi* upjwr body and arm* title* I) /aIon. Rodman'* lawver *aid there *«• lea* intrusive method* to show omxt.tng lawyer* the tattoo* but added he ha* not decided whether to seek a protective order limiting what Rodman J* required to do lie likened Goldschmidt to a bootlegger capital izing on Rodman'* personality by tolling Tshirt* that depict tattoo* "virtually identical'* to thorn worn by th* player. Goldschmidt claim* that few would equate th* T*hirt with Rodman But Woltn. meing that tamtam tram Fanatic ttwdf callad th* garment th* Denni* Rodman Tattoo T Shirt." Mid that buver* incorrectly believed ihey am gutting an ttara endormd by th# player Rodman « natn* or imam dona not appear on th* dim*, but Woltn examined mm and **id th* design* w«r» kttnilar to thorn on Rodman * body. Rodman ha* about « doem tattoo* on hi* upper hody. including that of a baby * tmm Th# T shirt *l*o feature* a baby'* lac* *1 *»n greetly offended and disturbed by having my tattoo*, particularly wy daughter * image, mi* appropriated and hum produced on a Tdsirt and •old nationwide. Rodman **id in a declaration attached to hi* lawsuit Itavid S Rata, Cotdachmidl** lawyer, told the |ud«* that the *hirt* *rtt*t would testify th* baby wa* the artist'* nephew He maintained that the *hirt* are only "looaady baaed" on thorn wont by Rodman. Rodman * lawmit. Bled May 7, want* Renal lx to give him all profit* from the shirt*. any untold over i hands** and production equipment. and II mil lion in damage* The thirl*, wiling for more than a year for about 120 In *torm and via a Fanatic web tile on the Inter net . gtrf a big boot! when they x«n thown during a national telecast of a Bull* gam* this winter Thai led to huge mfet of lit* "bootleg" *hirtt In tnaior chain ctore* and supermarket*, imperially around Chicago. Rodman lawyer* Mid Goldschmidt had sought Rodman'* endorsement lot the product but never received it. ABL offers women chance to be pro basketball players ■ BASKETBALL: The league has 44 rosier spots on e<gh! teams SEATTLE LAP) - Playing pm basketball was atm an option (or women hnopatert. •o ihey got on with their llm But now. suddenly. there* the Amoriun Bwokwitwill league holding tryout* at Emory Uni vend v to Atlanta (hi» week tor 44 malar spots on aight loam* — om of thorn to b» barnd ham — that art* to bagin a 40-game season in October "Playing basketball is a col abration of lit*, and that’* (or m»," *av* S-foot-11 friary I Bishop, 32. of Seattle Bishop i« one of just five women special agent* in the Federal Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearm* and is such a good shot, she is part of the ATF's elite Special Response Team But she"* also a former University of Alaska-Anchor age forward and the Great NnrtJiwW Conference « IMS player of the irear —* and on* of SSO women who signed up for • chance to pursue the hoop drouiu they never quite gave op on They paid a $200 regutra lion fee for a shot at the ABL. a five-month joh offering minimum pay of $40,000 On Sunday, the pool wtU be cot to IOO players eligible for the fledgling league's first draft June 19. "Even though I love law enforcement. I began to miss basketball — the atmosphere the challenge of it. the team camaraderie.'' said Bishop, a Berkeley. Calif., native, seven-year ATF veteran and a regular in a local semi-pro league. "Whatever she chooses, she's not going to lose." said Margaret Moore, special agent in charge of the 90 niember Seattle ATF office. "The ATF Is a great career. 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