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The Blues HOF announces their latest class
Feb 19, 2016
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Regular visitors to Notinhalloffame.com might have noticed that we have been working on the top fifty players of each North American franchise. We are continuing this with the look at our second NFL franchise, the Buffalo Bills.
The Blues Foundation announced their 2016 Hall of Fame Class today headlined by five new musical inductees.
The committee has chosen all Elvin Bishop, Eddy Clearwater, Jimmy Johnson, John Mayall and the Memphis Jug Band.
Bishop got his start with the influential group, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and had a successful solo career. Clearwater and Johnson are still putting out new music and are both fifty years deep into their respective careers. John Mayall was the leader of his own group, the Bluesbreakers, which gave Eric Clapton his start. The Memphis Jug Band were praised for braking down racial lines in the first half of the twentieth century, a rarity for that time.
The Blues Hall will also be inducting two non=performers in Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson who worked behind the scenes at Malaco Records.
The book, Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis by Jeff Todd Titon is the literary entry.
“Blues in the Mississippi Night” the compilation album from 1959 was also inducted as were the singles “Crazy Blues” (1920) by Mamie Smith, “That’s All Right (1950) by Jimmy Rogers, “I Wish You Would” (1955) by Billy Boy Arnold, “Three Blazers” by Johnny Moore and “Blues Before Sunrise” (1934) by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell.
This group will be officially inducted on May 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest Hall of Fame class.
The Blues Foundation announced their 2016 Hall of Fame Class today headlined by five new musical inductees.
The committee has chosen all Elvin Bishop, Eddy Clearwater, Jimmy Johnson, John Mayall and the Memphis Jug Band.
Bishop got his start with the influential group, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and had a successful solo career. Clearwater and Johnson are still putting out new music and are both fifty years deep into their respective careers. John Mayall was the leader of his own group, the Bluesbreakers, which gave Eric Clapton his start. The Memphis Jug Band were praised for braking down racial lines in the first half of the twentieth century, a rarity for that time.
The Blues Hall will also be inducting two non=performers in Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson who worked behind the scenes at Malaco Records.
The book, Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis by Jeff Todd Titon is the literary entry.
“Blues in the Mississippi Night” the compilation album from 1959 was also inducted as were the singles “Crazy Blues” (1920) by Mamie Smith, “That’s All Right (1950) by Jimmy Rogers, “I Wish You Would” (1955) by Billy Boy Arnold, “Three Blazers” by Johnny Moore and “Blues Before Sunrise” (1934) by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell.
This group will be officially inducted on May 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest Hall of Fame class.
Jerod Mayo Retires
Feb 19, 2016
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Jerod Mayo, the 29 year old Linebacker with the New England Patriots announced via Instagram post that he would be retiring from the National Football League.
Drafted out of the University of Tennessee in the first round in 2008, Jarod Mayo made an immediate impact with the Patriots earning the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. Mayo would enjoy his best year in 2010 when he made his first and only First Team All Pro roster and led the NFL in combined tackles. He would make the Pro Bowl again in 2012 and in 2015 was a member of the Super Bowl Champion Patriots team.
Mayo retires with 353 Solo Tackles and 11 Quarterback Sacks over 103 Games Played. Mayo will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021, though he is unlikely to get inducted. He is however likely to get inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in the future.
We would like to thank Jerod Mayo for the great memories on the field and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.
Drafted out of the University of Tennessee in the first round in 2008, Jarod Mayo made an immediate impact with the Patriots earning the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. Mayo would enjoy his best year in 2010 when he made his first and only First Team All Pro roster and led the NFL in combined tackles. He would make the Pro Bowl again in 2012 and in 2015 was a member of the Super Bowl Champion Patriots team.
Mayo retires with 353 Solo Tackles and 11 Quarterback Sacks over 103 Games Played. Mayo will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021, though he is unlikely to get inducted. He is however likely to get inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in the future.
We would like to thank Jerod Mayo for the great memories on the field and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.
Awards = HOF? Part Sixteen: The Frank J. Selke Trophy
Feb 13, 2016
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We here at Notinhalloffame.com thought it would be fun to take a look at the major awards in North American team sports and see how it translates into Hall of Fame potential.
Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential. In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher. In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.
Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential. In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher. In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.
Shaq and Allen Iverson headline the list of Finalists for the Basketball HOF
Feb 12, 2016
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It is All Star Game Weekend and as is customary, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced their Finalists for the 2016 Class, which as expected includes two major names who re now eligible following the decrease by one year of the waiting time following retirement.
Here are the Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for this year:
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (Coach): The only coach in NCAA history to take four programs to 100 wins and the only coach to be Conference Coach of the Year in four different conferences. He has a record of 786 and 394 and is already a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Darrell Garretson (Referee): A veteran of 27 years as an official in the NBA, refereeing 1,798 Regular Season Games and 269 NBA Playoff Games.
Robert Hughes (Coach): A high school basketball in Texas for 47 years with 35 district championships and five state championships. His overall record is 1,333 and 247.
Allen Iverson (Player): A former MVP and three time First Team All Pro, who carried the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA Final. He is also a four time Scoring Champion and three time Steals Champion.
Tom Izzo (Coach): A former NCAA Coach of the Year, Izzo took Michigan State to the NCAA Title in 2000 and seven Final Fours.
Kevin Johnson (Player): A four time Second Team All-Star and three time All Star, Johnson is primarily responsible for keeping the Sacramento Kings in California’s capital.
John McLendon (Coach): The first head coach to win three consecutive NAIA Championships when he did so with Tennessee State. He is a African-American pioneer in coaching.
Shaquille O’Neal (Player): A four time NBA Champion, O’Neal is a fifteen time All Star and former NBA MVP.
Bo Ryan (Coach): A four time NCAA Division III Champion (Wisconsin-Platteville) and has taken the University of Wisconsin to two Final Fours.
Eddie Sutton (Coach): A four time National Coach of the Year and is the first Head Coach to take four teams to the NCAA Tournament.
Leta Andrews, Muffet McGraw, Sheryl Swoopes and the Wayland Baptist University Team are the women’s Finalists.
This year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class will be announced at this year’s Final Four in April.
Here are the Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for this year:
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (Coach): The only coach in NCAA history to take four programs to 100 wins and the only coach to be Conference Coach of the Year in four different conferences. He has a record of 786 and 394 and is already a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Darrell Garretson (Referee): A veteran of 27 years as an official in the NBA, refereeing 1,798 Regular Season Games and 269 NBA Playoff Games.
Robert Hughes (Coach): A high school basketball in Texas for 47 years with 35 district championships and five state championships. His overall record is 1,333 and 247.
Allen Iverson (Player): A former MVP and three time First Team All Pro, who carried the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA Final. He is also a four time Scoring Champion and three time Steals Champion.
Tom Izzo (Coach): A former NCAA Coach of the Year, Izzo took Michigan State to the NCAA Title in 2000 and seven Final Fours.
Kevin Johnson (Player): A four time Second Team All-Star and three time All Star, Johnson is primarily responsible for keeping the Sacramento Kings in California’s capital.
John McLendon (Coach): The first head coach to win three consecutive NAIA Championships when he did so with Tennessee State. He is a African-American pioneer in coaching.
Shaquille O’Neal (Player): A four time NBA Champion, O’Neal is a fifteen time All Star and former NBA MVP.
Bo Ryan (Coach): A four time NCAA Division III Champion (Wisconsin-Platteville) and has taken the University of Wisconsin to two Final Fours.
Eddie Sutton (Coach): A four time National Coach of the Year and is the first Head Coach to take four teams to the NCAA Tournament.
Leta Andrews, Muffet McGraw, Sheryl Swoopes and the Wayland Baptist University Team are the women’s Finalists.
This year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class will be announced at this year’s Final Four in April.