February 26, 2013

Dennis Rodman is in North Korea as an ambassador for sports diplomacy. (Brian Snyder/Reuters/Files)

TORONTO - Talk about an odd choice.

Dennis Rodman is in North Korea as an ambassador for sports diplomacy.

The flamboyant, basketball hall-of-famer arrived on Tuesday in Pyongyang with VICE television and three members of the Harlem Globetrotters for a news program on North Korea that will be aired by HBO later this year.