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As he announced earlier in the year, Shawn Marion followed through on his retirement plans following the Cleveland Cavaliers loss in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors.  Marion, who is 37, is coming off career lows in the NBA, but did have a productive sixteen year career in the Association.  Marion was drafted ninth overall by the Phoenix Suns in 1999 out of UNLV and was instantly dubbed the “Matrix”.  The versatile forward would have his best seasons with Phoenix, going to four All Star Games and being named to the All NBA Third Team twice.  Following a…
Amongst the congratulations of the Chicago Blackhawks a special one from here at Notinhalloffame.com goes to Kimmo Timonen, a Finnish born defender who is retiring as a Stanley Cup Champion. Debuting with the Nashville Predators in 1998, Timonen would steadily improve his play and would become an average half a point per game scorer and make his first All Star Game in 2004.  His best season, his final one with the Preds, saw him reach fifth place in Norris Trophy voting.  Timonen would be traded to the Flyers and still maintain a solid two way attack and would make his…
Regular visitors to Notinhalloffame.com know all about our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame and the first class.  We here at Notinhalloffame.com are pleased to announce the 15 Finalists based on your online votes for the Fictitious Rock and Roll and Roll Hall of Fame. Your 15 Finalists are:  Alvin & The Chipmunks (From multiple TV Shows and Movies) The anthropomorphic chipmunks have been around for decades and actually went to number one on the Billboard charts twice and have been in the top five in voting in both previous rounds. The Archies (The Archie Show) Who doesn’t know Sugar Sugar? …

RIP: Dusty Rhodes

It is a sad day in the world of professional wrestling as it was announced by the WWE that Hall of Famer and former multi time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, passed away today at the age of 69.  Rhodes was still employed with the WWE at the time of his passing assisting with the younger talents in the developmental system and he had made multiple appearances on Monday Night Raw over the past few years.  Rhodes first gained prominence as one half of the Texas Outlaws with Dick Murdoch, where they would become one of…
Damn we love new Halls of Fame…perhaps that is why we created two of our own! As such, it is news to us that the World Video Game Hall of Fame, which is based in Rochester, New York has announced their first full Hall of Fame class. The first group of inductees are: Doom Pong Pac-Man Super Mario Brothers Tetris World of Warcraft For what it is worth, here are the unsuccessful candidates for this year’s class: Angry Birds FIFA Minecraft Pokemon Sonic the Hedgehog Space Invaders The Legend of Zelda The Oregon Trail The Sims We here at Notinhalloffame.com…
You may have seen that the College Football Hall of Fame has announced the 2016 ballot, but might be struggling to find a complete list of all the nominees.  That is probably because with over a hundred of them each region will focus on the ones that are locally pertinent. To qualify for the College Hall of Fame, a player has to have been an All American once and at least ten years away removed from the college ranks. The 76 Football Bowl Subdivision Players are: Morten Anderson: Michigan State Place Kicker, 1978-81 Erick Anderson: Michigan Linebacker, 1988-91 Michael Bishop:…
For those of you who are regular visitors to Notinhalloffame.com, you have probably noticed a major overhaul in the site.  That isn’t all as the Notinhalloffame.com WWE section has received a major makeover.  We here at Notinhallofffame.com always strive to update our rankings after a class is announced but with the extensive overhaul of the website it took a little longer than normal.  Also, we elected to look more to the past than before, this resulting in additions that had not been there previously. With the help of one of our regular visitors and WWE historian, we have added a…

RIP: Tommy Rogers

It was announced today that former tag team champion, Tommy Rogers passed away today in his home in Hawaii.  Rogers was found dead at the age of 54, but it is unknown at this time as to the cause. Rogers is best known as one half of the Fantastics with Bobby Fulton.  Together, the duo won championships in the UWF, World Class Area and the NWA and in 1997 he was Extreme Championship Wrestling where he had a decent run and was briefly featured on WWF television that year in the Light Heavyweight Division.  Following hip replacement surgery, Rogers retired…
We will get there I promise. We are looking to set up in the future a greatest players list for every major North American Sports team, and along with that a look at how they treat their past stars via retired numbers, franchise hall of fames, rings of honor etc.  Once that is done, the college ranks won’t be far behind, and as such when an athletic conference such as the Mid-American Conference adds to their Hall of Fame, it is news to us. Last night the 2015 Class was officially inducted in Cleveland, Ohio, and the most recognizable name…
Love them or hate them, you have to respect the legacy of the New York Yankees who may have the most colorful history of any North American sports franchise.  The Bronx Bombers added to that with the official retirement of former Outfielder, Bernie Williams’s number #51 yesterday. Williams was a member of the Yankees in all of his sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball and was a member of four World Series Championship Teams.  He would win the American League Batting Title in 1998, the Silver Slugger Award in 2002 and won the Gold Glove Award four consecutive seasons from…