Not in Hall of Fame News

The Blues Foundation in conjunction with the Blues Hall of Fame have announced their Class of 2015, which will include multi-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Tommy Brown. Clapton is the headliner of the trio, having popularized the music in his native Britain as well as the rest of the world through his incorporated that style of music into his rock sound for years.  Fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Little Richard will also be joining the Memphis based Hall.  Little Richard was one of the most important R&B and Rock…

The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their latest Hall of Fame Class and it is certainly a diverse group of inductees. Inducted this year is Cyndi Lauper, a star of the 1980’s and was a feminist icon of the decade.  Her biggest songs, Time After Time and True Colors have been often covered and propelled her stardom and as a respected songwriter. The late Jerry Garcia and lyricist, Robert Hunter from the Grateful Dead, will also be joining the Hall.  The Dead are already members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Linda Perry, who might be best…

Hopefully in a year’s time, we will be able to unveil our ranking of all four major North American sports franchise and how they retire numbers or have their own Hall of Fame.  Basically it will be a ranking of post career accolades.  As you can imagine, the New York Yankees are a strong contender to top that list, and it looks like they are going to add another three retired numbers sometime next season. Andy Pettitte will have his number 46 retired by the organization.  Pettitte played fifteen of his eighteen seasons in Baseball in Yankee pinstripes and would…

Another major retirement has taken place in the National Hockey League and in our estimation it has not received the press it should have. Evgeni Nabokov, who was just traded back to the San Jose Sharks, retired after fourteen seasons in the NHL, and after a return to San Jose, where he played for ten years and holds numerous goaltending records has decided to call it a career.  From the Kazakhstan part of the Soviet Union, Nabokov was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 1994, but did not make his NHL debut until 2000 and would win the Calder…

It is a sad day in the National Football League as the founder of NFL Films and Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Steve Sabol passed away in his home in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 98. Sabol, along with his son Steve transformed the way that we watch the National Football League once he won the right to chronicle the game in 1962, and his vision gave us innovations that are still very much in use today.  With a multi-camera attack, players with microphones and locker room access, Sabol created what was akin to a Hollywood production. NFL…