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Although it will not be official until Monday, it appears that the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013 is set. We have no problem announcing that this is a class that makes us very happy, as our top three candidates will be inducted.


This includes first year nominee, and our number one candidate, Gary Payton. His defensive acumen made him a star, and the Glove deserves to enter immediately. The number two and three candidates on our list, Bernard King and Spencer Haywood, had a much longer wait for their call, which for both has been a long time coming.

They will be joined by college coach superstar, Rick Pitino, and former college coaches, Guy Lewis (Houston) and Jerry Tarkanian (Fresno State & UNLV)

We congratulate this latest class, and will get to work on our 2014 list.  
Although it is not officially confirmed, it has been reported that Gary Payton will be selected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The official announcement will come on Monday, but if accurate, we would like to congratulate the Glove for this deserved accomplishment.  


For us, it is always news when a player’s jersey is retired. The player in question is usually a Hall of Famer, or one who had significant impact on a franchise, so when it happens we always take notice; especially when it happens in a team as storied as the Los Angeles Lakers.

Tonight in L.A., the charismatic Shaquille O’Neal will have his number 34 retired by the Lakers organization where he was a member of three NBA championship teams. Shaq’s best years were in Los Angeles, though the powerful center is equally remembered for the feud he had with fellow superstar, Kobe Bryant. It culminated with Shaq moving to Miami, as the two could not co-exist.

O’Neil joins elite company and becomes the 9th man to have his jersey retired by the Lakers. That group is Wilt Chamberlain (13), Elgin Baylor (22), Gail Goodrich (25), Magic Johnson (32), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33), James Worthy (42), Jerry West (44) and Jamaal Wilkes (52).

Eventually (though admittedly a couple of years away) we hope to look at every franchise of the big four North American sports with their greatest All time players. A player like Shaq would likely be on the list of multiple teams.


As the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony slowly approaches, announcements have been made regarding the event. Four of the inductees (Heart, Rush, Randy Newman and Public Enemy) will be performing at the Los Angeles held ceremony on April 18th. In addition, special guest stars will also be lending their talents to what should be a star studded attraction.

Paying homage to their Seattle roots, Heart will be joined on stage by Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains. They will be inducted by Chris Cornell who is best known as the lead singer of Soundgarden. Spike Lee and Harry Belafonte will be on hand as they will help pay tribute to Public Enemy. In honour of the late Donna Summer, Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera will perform.

In regards to our favourite Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Rush, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters will be presenting them. John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr., will be performing on behalf of Albert King, who like Summer will also be inducted posthumously.

Other notable guests will be Carole King who will perform for Lou Adler, Jackson Browne and John Fogerty who will be performing with Randy Newman, Don Henley who will induct Newman and comedy duo, Cheech and Chong will present Lou Adler his award.

The induction ceremony will be shown on HBO on May 18th at 9:00 PM.