While we are not sure if any petition from Change.org has ever worked, it is of interest to us that there is one to try and remove a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

The non-profit Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has started a petition to remove Dennis Rodman from the Hall following his praise and defense of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, who now has American blood on his hands”.  This is in reference to Otto Warmbier, who was held captive by North Korea for seventeen months and was returned in a coma.  He died on Monday.

To date, Rodman has made five visits to the isolated nation and has cited Kim Jong-un as a friend.  The group seeking Rodman’s removal from the Hall is citing the Halls rule that “a candidate may be removed if he or she has damaged the game of basketball.”

While Rodman has always been known to be a little eccentric it is unlikely that this action will result in his expulsion from Springfield.

Looks like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is expanding.

The Cleveland based institution has announced that a satellite exhibit will debut in Tokyo, Japan this September and that a permanent venue will be developed later on.

Tokyo is a musical hotbed in the world and it is not that out of leftfield for the first expansion to take place here.  It will be very interesting to see where they look to expand next and with the huge growth in visitors that the Rock Hall has seen they are far from done.

Trip to Tokyo anyone?

Jason Taylor has announced via his Twitter feed that his former coach in Miami, Jimmy Johnson will be his presenter at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5 in Canton. 

This is a fitting choice as Taylor was drafted into the NFL by Johnson in the third round in 1997.  The former Defensive Player of the Year cited Johnson as “someone who believed in him from day one”.

We will be watching the ceremony and we are certain that many of you will be too!

The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that its membership will swell by five new members today. 

Let’s get right to it and see who is entering this prestigious institution!

Scott Young:  A seventeen year veteran of the National Hockey League, Young scored 756 Points over his career.  His highlights were being part of two Stanley Cup Championship Teams (Pittsburgh in 1991 & Colorado in ’96).  Internationally, Young would win a Gold Medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and a Silver in the 2002 Olympics. 

Ron Wilson:  Wilson’s career as a player was not a long one but as a Head Coach in the National Hockey League he won 648 Games and took the Washington Capitals to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1998.  Wilson was the Head Coach for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Championship Team and also coached the Americans to a Silver Medal in the 2010 Olympics.

Jack Parker:  Parker helmed the Boston University Terriers team from 1973 to 2013 and is the winningest coach in NCAA history.  He would take the Terriers to three NCAA Titles.

Ben Smith:  Smith was an Assistant Coach for the Men’s Olympic Team in 1988 but would be the Head Coach for the Women’s Olympic Team in 1998 where the American squad won the Gold.  He would coach the team to a Silver in the 2002 and Bronze Medal in the 2006 Olympics respectively.

Kevin Collins:  Collins refereed 1,964 regular season NHL games and 296 playoff games in the NHL.  He becomes the third American to enter the Hall.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2017.