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RIP: Joe Garagiola
Mar 24, 2016
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It was announced yesterday that Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Joe Garagiola passed away at the age of 90.
Garagiola had a nine year career as a player, peaked by a World Series Championship as a rookie with the St. Louis Cardinals, but it was skills with his vocabulary and personality that far exceeded his accomplishments on the baseball diamond.
Beginning in 1961, Garagiola would become a baseball broadcaster for NBC and for nearly 30 years would work games for the network. Most notably, he would work the “Game of the Week” and starred alongside Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Bob Costas. It was a long and fruitful relationship but he would quit the network in 1988 and would work for the California Angels and later the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He was also known for his work on NBC’s “The Today Show”.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Joe Garagiola at this time.
Garagiola had a nine year career as a player, peaked by a World Series Championship as a rookie with the St. Louis Cardinals, but it was skills with his vocabulary and personality that far exceeded his accomplishments on the baseball diamond.
Beginning in 1961, Garagiola would become a baseball broadcaster for NBC and for nearly 30 years would work games for the network. Most notably, he would work the “Game of the Week” and starred alongside Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Bob Costas. It was a long and fruitful relationship but he would quit the network in 1988 and would work for the California Angels and later the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He was also known for his work on NBC’s “The Today Show”.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Joe Garagiola at this time.
RIP: "Ken Reeves"
Mar 24, 2016
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For fans of our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, it is a sad day as Ken Howard, the man who played Ken Reeves on The White Shadow passed away at the age of 71.
In recent years, Howard was known for his work as the President of the Screen Actors Guild and he had regular work in film and television over the past forty years, but when you read many of the obituaries for Howard reference his role as Ken Reeves.
The White Shadow was a landmark show as it one of the first to showcase a predominantly African-American cast and was the first successful sports dramas on television. Ken Howard’s role was as the Carver High School Basketball Coach, who was forced out of the NBA due to a severe knee injury.
Known as “The White Shadow” during his playing days, Reeves would take a job at Carver High, a school in urban Los Angeles. The show, while about a basketball team dealt with contemporary issues such as sex, gambling, race and teen pregnancy, and was ahead of its time.
While we here at the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame mourn the loss of former Chicago Bull, Ken Reeves, those from Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Ken Howard.
In recent years, Howard was known for his work as the President of the Screen Actors Guild and he had regular work in film and television over the past forty years, but when you read many of the obituaries for Howard reference his role as Ken Reeves.
The White Shadow was a landmark show as it one of the first to showcase a predominantly African-American cast and was the first successful sports dramas on television. Ken Howard’s role was as the Carver High School Basketball Coach, who was forced out of the NBA due to a severe knee injury.
Known as “The White Shadow” during his playing days, Reeves would take a job at Carver High, a school in urban Los Angeles. The show, while about a basketball team dealt with contemporary issues such as sex, gambling, race and teen pregnancy, and was ahead of its time.
While we here at the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame mourn the loss of former Chicago Bull, Ken Reeves, those from Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Ken Howard.
Interesting inductors for the WWE HOF
Mar 24, 2016
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We aren’t really sure what we think of this one.
It was strongly speculated and for the most part assumed that Kevin Von Erich would be inducting the Fabulous Freebirds into the WWE Hall of Fame. It was announced today that this would not be the case.
Current WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E. and Xavier Woods will have that honor, and for us this is a bit of a head scratcher.
The Von Erich/Freebirds feud set the World Class territory on fire and it seemed fitting that the last surviving member of the Von Erichs, Kerry, would be the one to induct the Freebirds, and based on comments made from other wrestlers and fans, that was the belief too, although a case (though much weaker) could be made for the current WWE Tag Team Champions.
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts instituted what is still referred to as the “Freebird Rule”, in which the trio would choose which two members would defend the Tag Team Championship, a rule that has been used by groups after and is currently utilized by the New Day. Both groups were charismatic and featured members whose wrestling styles were vastly different from one another.
Still there is no existing link between the groups, other than the fact that Hayes has worked with the company for the past twenty-one years. It is also curious (or maybe we are reaching) that three African Americans have been asked to induct a group who flew the Confederate Flag, and does have a member (Hayes) who has had past racial insensitivities in the company as the inductors.
With all due respect to the New Day, is there really a more fitting inductor than Kevin Von Erich?
Moving on, it was also reported that Vader will be the inductor of Stan Hansen.
This is also a little bit of a surprise as barring a match the two had in Japan which involved Hansen nearly blinding “the Mastadon” and the two are not exactly synonymous with another, though who are we kidding?
We are going to watch this regardless!
It was strongly speculated and for the most part assumed that Kevin Von Erich would be inducting the Fabulous Freebirds into the WWE Hall of Fame. It was announced today that this would not be the case.
Current WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E. and Xavier Woods will have that honor, and for us this is a bit of a head scratcher.
The Von Erich/Freebirds feud set the World Class territory on fire and it seemed fitting that the last surviving member of the Von Erichs, Kerry, would be the one to induct the Freebirds, and based on comments made from other wrestlers and fans, that was the belief too, although a case (though much weaker) could be made for the current WWE Tag Team Champions.
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts instituted what is still referred to as the “Freebird Rule”, in which the trio would choose which two members would defend the Tag Team Championship, a rule that has been used by groups after and is currently utilized by the New Day. Both groups were charismatic and featured members whose wrestling styles were vastly different from one another.
Still there is no existing link between the groups, other than the fact that Hayes has worked with the company for the past twenty-one years. It is also curious (or maybe we are reaching) that three African Americans have been asked to induct a group who flew the Confederate Flag, and does have a member (Hayes) who has had past racial insensitivities in the company as the inductors.
With all due respect to the New Day, is there really a more fitting inductor than Kevin Von Erich?
Moving on, it was also reported that Vader will be the inductor of Stan Hansen.
This is also a little bit of a surprise as barring a match the two had in Japan which involved Hansen nearly blinding “the Mastadon” and the two are not exactly synonymous with another, though who are we kidding?
We are going to watch this regardless!
The College Basketball HOF Announces its latest class
Mar 23, 2016
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The College Basketball Hall of Fame has officially announced the next class of inductees, which will consist of six former players and two coaches.
Those men are Mark Aguirre, Bob Boozer, Doug Collins, Lionel Simmons, Jamaal Wilkes and Dominique Wilkins join former coaches Hugh Durham and Mike Montgomery.
Averaging 24.5 Points per Season in his three seasons at DePaul, Mark Aguirre took the Blue Demons to a Final Four appearance as a Freshman. The following year he was named the Naismith College Player of the Year.
Playing for Kansas State in the late 1950’s, Bob Boozer would bring the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1958. He averaged 21.9 Points per Game over his collegiate career.
Doug Collins holds the distinction of being the first scholarship player for Illinois State. In his final season, he averaged over 31 Points per Game.
Lionel Simmons played for LaSalle and remains the only player in NCAA Division One history to score 1,000 Rebounds and 3,000 Points.
Jamaal Wilkes played for UCLA and was a member of the John Wooden dynasty. He was a member of two Championship Teams.
Dominique Wilkins played for the University of Georgia averaging 21.5 Points per Game and was named the SEC Player of the Year during his Junior and last campaign with the Bulldogs.
Hugh Dunham retired with 633 wins and is the first coach to take two programs to the NCAA Final Four.
Mike Montgomery was a star coach in the Pac 12 with 282 league wins with Stanford and California.
We here at Norinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest class of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Those men are Mark Aguirre, Bob Boozer, Doug Collins, Lionel Simmons, Jamaal Wilkes and Dominique Wilkins join former coaches Hugh Durham and Mike Montgomery.
Averaging 24.5 Points per Season in his three seasons at DePaul, Mark Aguirre took the Blue Demons to a Final Four appearance as a Freshman. The following year he was named the Naismith College Player of the Year.
Playing for Kansas State in the late 1950’s, Bob Boozer would bring the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1958. He averaged 21.9 Points per Game over his collegiate career.
Doug Collins holds the distinction of being the first scholarship player for Illinois State. In his final season, he averaged over 31 Points per Game.
Lionel Simmons played for LaSalle and remains the only player in NCAA Division One history to score 1,000 Rebounds and 3,000 Points.
Jamaal Wilkes played for UCLA and was a member of the John Wooden dynasty. He was a member of two Championship Teams.
Dominique Wilkins played for the University of Georgia averaging 21.5 Points per Game and was named the SEC Player of the Year during his Junior and last campaign with the Bulldogs.
Hugh Dunham retired with 633 wins and is the first coach to take two programs to the NCAA Final Four.
Mike Montgomery was a star coach in the Pac 12 with 282 league wins with Stanford and California.
We here at Norinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest class of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.