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Saturday's Sporting Icon - Dennis Rodman

  Welcome to Saturday's Sporting Icon!  Every Saturday, this page will showcase some of history's most unappreciated sports superstars. From the winding streets of Monaco to the NBA hardcourt, I think it's time to shed some light on the greatness of some of the world's least treasured icons. Saturday 23rd January - Dennis Rodman  When people think Chicago Bulls, they think of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. I mean who wouldn't? They dominated both sides of the ball and grabbed all the front-page headlines that every paper in America had to offer (the good one's at least). They truly were the titans of 1990's NBA basketball. However, for every angel, there is a devil, and for the Chicago Bulls, that devil came in the form of Dennis Rodman, who to this day remains the most underrated and controversial basketball player of all time.  As a shy kid from Dallas, no one would have ever imagined that Dennis Rodman would ignite the NBA hardcourt with his smash-mou...