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}} Rodney Ray Rogers (born June 20, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ==Early life== Rogers was the fourth and youngest child born to Willie Wardsworth and Estella Rogers. He spent most of his childhood growing up in the McDougald Terrace housing project in Durham. His father, who left the family and moved to Texas when Rogers was a toddler, died when Rogers was eight.〔Atkinson, Charlie. - "Battling the Odds: Life Hasn't Dealt Kindly with Hillside's Rogers". - ''Greensboro News & Record''. - February 23, 1990. | - McCann, Gary. - "Rogers Making Most of Chance". - ''Greensboro News & Record''. - May 26, 1991. | - Chandler, Charles. - "Deacons' Rogers Keeps Family Close During Tough Times". - ''Charlotte Observer''. - March 12, 1992. | - McCann, Gary. - "Kid From the 'Hood Has Dreams". - ''Greensboro News & Record''. - November 22, 1992. | - "Rogers leaving demons in his past". - ''The Denver Post''. - July 1, 1993.〕 Estella Rogers sustained severe head injuries and required two operations when she was nearly killed in an automobile wreck in 1988. She was in a coma for more than two weeks and remained hospitalized for three more months. Even after she returned home she still had memory loss and needed extra care. While his mother recovered, Rogers moved in with Nathaniel Brooks, who was once his youth league coach, spending his last two seasons at Hillside High School with the Brooks family.〔 His stepfather James Spencer, who was the only man Rogers called "Dad", died of lung cancer in February 1990. Renita, the oldest of the Rogers children, became a nurse at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. His oldest brother Stacy, who attended the Eastern N.C. School for the Deaf in Wilson and the N.C. School for the Deaf in Morganton, won a gold medal in basketball at the 1981 XIV Deaflympics (aka "World Games for the Deaf" and "World Deaf Olympics") in Cologne, Germany. After that he worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham. Stanley, his other brother, served over 10 years (1981–1991) of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery at Central Prison in Raleigh.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rodney Rogers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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