The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame has just announced their second ever group of inductees which will be officially inducted this June.
The next class will be headlined by the “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, Loretta Lynn, a country music legend and long time staple of the ACL program. Lynn will be joined by the West Virginia originated, though Austin based band, Asleep at the Wheel, who were multiple time performers at the stage show.
Tex-Mex accordion legend, Falco Jiminez, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and the original ACL production team will also be inducted.
Last year’s inaugural class included Stevie Ray Vaughn and Willie Nelson and the ceremony was hosted by Academy Award winning actor, Matthew McConaughey.
Austin City Limits remains after forty years as one of the most important music shows in the United States and it runs weekly on PBS.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s inductees and the ACL show and Austin, Texas for giving us one of the best music scenes in America.
A major retirement took place in the world of professional hockey as St. Louis Blues Goalie, Martin Brodeur announced that his playing career is over and has accepted a position with the Blues front office.
After sitting out the first few months as an unrestricted free agent, Brodeur signed with the Blues and played seven games when the teams starting Goalie, Brian Elliott went down to injury. Upon Elliott’s return, Brodeur was relegated back to the number three role, and was not expected to see much playing time. It is an end to one of the most successful careers that a Goalie has ever had.
Prior to this season, Brodeur spent twenty-one seasons with the New Jersey Devils where he would win the Stanley Cup three times in 1995, 2000 and 2003 and would have a career playoff record of 113 and 91 with a 2.02 GAA. In the regular season, Brodeur is the all time career leader in wins (691) and is 140 wins over Patrick Roy who is second. In addition to his three rings, Martin Brodeur won the Vezina Trophy four times, the William M. Jennings Trophy five times, the Calder Trophy, was a First Team All Star three times and a Second Team All Star four times. He is also a two time Olympic Gold Medalist with Canada in 2002 and 2010.
Brodeur will be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, and should be a lock for the enshrinement on his first year of eligibility.
We would like to thank Martin Brodeur on what will be Hall of Fame career, and wish him success in the Blues front office.
It was reported by TMZ, that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the next inductee to the WWE Hall of Fame and will be part of their “Celebrity Wing”. TMZ was the first to report that Randy “Macho Man” Savage would be part of the class.
Schwarzenegger has been a longtime fan of the WWE and has befriended many past superstars, namely Bruno Sammartino who ha inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame two years ago and Jesse “The Body” Ventura who appeared in three of his movies. He has also done film work with Professor Toru Tanaka and Andre the Giant.
The former Governor of California has made multiple appearances on WWE television, the first and most famous when he appeared on Smackdown in 1999 receiving a replica title belt as the “World Box Office” Champion. He would later that show get physically involved in a match, where he decked Triple H.
Schwarzenegger was Bruno Sammartino’s inductor at the 2013 Hall of Fame and appeared on RAW last year along with Hulk Hogan and Joe Manganiello and beat down The Miz.
We would like to congratulate the WWE for this get, and Schwarzenegger for adding another accolade to his belt.
It is a very sad day for Baseball fans as it was learned yesterday that the “Mr. Cub”, Ernie Banks passed away at the age of 83.
Banks was not just “Mr. Cub”, he was the greatest and most important player in the history of the Chicago Cubs the team he played his entire career for.
Over his nineteen year career in Baseball, Banks was a two time National League MVP (1958 & 1959), a two time Home Run Champion (’58 & ’60), a two time RBI Champion (’58 & ’60) and a fourteen time All Star and would accumulatively would blast 512 Home Runs with a 67.5 bWAR.
Banks was not just popular at Wrigley, but of all of Baseball as his infectious personality made him a popular figure everywhere. Although Banks was never able to make it to the post season he was a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee. His number was the first retired by the Cubs and when news of his death occurred, the city of Chicago (White Sox fans too) began mourning.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to friends, family and the Cubs organization at this time.