(Dennis Rodman. Photo by Tom Sweeney, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

1/15/1967 - Super Bowl I

The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to win the very first Super Bowl, thus initiating one of the greatest TV traditions in America.

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1/15/1990 - Trent Tucker hits game-winner

With only one-tenth of a second remaining in the fourth quarter, the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls were tied at 106. New York inbounded the ball to three-point specialist Trent Tucker, who caught it 26 feet from the basket. Tucker turned, fired, and launched a three before the gamekeeper could start the clock. Tucker's shot was good, giving the Bulls a memorable 109-106 victory.

After the game, Chicago filed a protest, claiming that it was impossible for someone to get off a three-pointer in 0.1 seconds. "A second or two, maybe," said Bulls coach Phil Jackson, "but in one-tenth of a second it can't be done. You can't shoot a shot in that time. The officials are still getting adjusted to the tenths of a second."

The 1989-90 season was the first year in which tenths of a second had been added to the game clock. The old rule of thumb was that if the shot went off before the buzzer, it was good. But the NBA determined that the Bulls had been right in their protest, though the Knicks were still awarded with the win.

"The question before me is not whether Trent Tucker received Mark Jackson's pass and released his shot within one-tenth of second," said commissioner David Stern. ''Plainly, he did not. The question presented by Chicago's protest, rather, is whether the referees' failure to disallow Tucker's shot constitutes a sufficient basis for overturning the result of the game. The NBA has consistently denied protests based on errors in judgment by the game officials."

Still, a new rule was put in place. Dubbed the "Trent Tucker Rule," the NBA determined that no shot taken with less than 0.3 on the clock could count, and that only a tip-in or dunk could be accepted with that much time remaining. It would take 16 years for someone to actually tip-in a shot with only 0.1 seconds remaining in a game -- David Lee did it against the Charlotte Bobcats. Fittingly, that game also took place at Madisen Square Garden, with Bobcats owner -- and former Bull -- Michael Jordan watching from the sideline. Once again, a New York hit the winner, and once again, Michael Jordan was on the losing end.

1/15/1997 - Rodman kicks cameraman

Dennis Rodman was a pretty crazy guy. He changed his hair to a multitude of different colors, wore a wedding dress to promote a book, had a ton of nose and facial piercings, had a highly-publicized affair with Madonna, was temporarily married to Carmen Electra, and fought Karl Malone in a wrestling match. But his most infamous incident, at least on the basketball court, came in a regular season game at Minnesota.

The Bulls forward was stumbling out of bounds, trying to claim a loose ball, when he tripped over the legs of cameraman Eugene Amos. Rodman, thinking that he had sprained his ankle, took out of his frustration by kicking the cameraman in the groin. Rodman was actually fine, but the cameraman had to be carted off the floor. Dennis stayed in the game and was not given a technical foul. He pulled down 15 rebounds as the Bulls beat the Timberwolves, 112-102.

After the game, NBA commissioner David Stern was less than lenient to the chaotic rebounder. He handed him an 11-game suspension (which cost him $1 million) and a $25,000 fine -- it was the second-harshest suspension in league history, with only Kermit Washington's 26-game suspension, which he got for punching Rudy Tomjanovich, being longer. The severity of the punishment came from Rodman's long rap sheet of berating officials. In 1996, he had received a six-game suspension for headbutting an official and was later given a two-game suspension for shouting obscenities at another ref.

"Until Dennis can provide meaningful assurances that he will conform his conduct on the playing court to acceptable standards -- including not placing others at physical risk -- his suspension will continue," Stern said in a statement. "During the period of Rodman's suspension, he will be required to meet with a counselor designated by the NBA. A decision will then be made as to whether he can return to active status following the All-Star break."

Rodman was reinstated after serving his suspension. He then payed Amos $200,000 in an out-of-court settlement.