The Canadian Football Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2021, which comprises of five former players, a coach and contributor.  

The new members are:

Will Johnson, Linebacker.  Calgary 1989-96 & Saskatchewan 1997.  From Northeast Louisiana, Johnson briefly played for the Chicago Bears, before finding a home with the Calgary Stampeders.  A five-time CFL All-Star, Johnson anchored the team to a win in the 1992 Grey Cup.  Individually, Johnson recorded 99 Sacks over his career, twice leading the league in that stat.

Marv Levy, Coach.  Montreal 1973-77.  Before he made himself a legend in Buffalo, Levy led the Montreal Alouettes to two Grey Cup wins (1974 & 1977) and had a 43-31-4 record.  Levy becomes the third person to enter both the Canadian and Pro Football Hall of Fame, joining Bud Grant and Warren Moon.

Nik Lewis, Slotback.  Calgary 2004-14 & Montreal 2015-18.  Lewis was a Division II All-American at Southern Arkansas, and he became one of the top receivers in CFL history.  Winning two Grey Cups with the Stampeders, Lewis was the 2004 Rookie of the Year with and was named to three straight All-Star Games (2010-12).  Statistically, Lewis had 13,778 Receiving Yards and 71 Touchdowns, and is the all-time league-leader in Receptions with 1,051.

Doug Mitchell, Commissioner, 1984-1988.  Mitchell was a three-time Grey Cup Champion (Hamilton 1967 & 1972, Montreal 1974) as a Center, but achieved more notoriety as the CFL Commissioner in the mid-80s.

Orlondo Steinauer, Defensive Back. Ottawa 1996, Hamilton 1997-2000 & Toronto 2001-08.  Steinauer was a five-time CFL All-Star who won two Grey Cups as a player, one with Hamilton (1999) and a second with Toronto (2004). Recording 49 Interceptions, Steinauer is second all-time in Interception Return Yards (1,178).  He is currently the Head Coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Mike Walker, Defensive Tackle.  Hamilton 1982-89 & Edmonton 1990-91.  Walker was a three-time CFL All-Star who helped lead the Tiger-Cats to a win in the 1986 Grey Cup and had 95.5 career Sacks.  The former Washington State Cougar has been the Defensive Line Coach for the Edmonton Eskimos since 2009.

Don Wilson, Defensive Back.  Edmonton 1987-89, Toronto 1990-92, Edmonton 1993-94, Toronto 1995-96, B.C. 1997 & Edmonton 1998.  Wilson was a part of four Grey Cup championships (Edmonton 1987 & 1993, Toronto 1992 & 1996) and was a four-time All-Star.  A college player at North Carolina State, Wilson had 61 Interceptions, which is fifth all-time.

The ceremony is scheduled for November, which will be four months after the COVID-postponed Class of 2020 enters.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

The most awaited two minutes sport is coming very soon. Happening every first Saturday of May, this year's event falls on May 01. The fun-packed event is looked forward to with action and excitement by horse enthusiasts. The upcoming race is the 147th Grade 1 Thoroughbred stake race in Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 

The event will host a total of fourteen races; the dirt track accommodates racehorses that belong to a 3-year-old thoroughbred category racing a distance of 1 ¼ mile. The event is fascinating, anticipated by around 155,000 sports fanatics, including celebrities and top names in sports. People are placing bets and anticipating winnings. But they are not just ins for the wins but also for the age-old traditions that they always celebrate. 

The Derby Traditions

Every event is a celebration for horse enthusiasts because they are eyeing on their best contender, anticipating the traditions that they always celebrate. The Kentucky Derby 2021 is awaiting men and women celebrating in their bold formal fashion wearing bright, colorful, wild patterned, and creative hats. It is a showcase of lavished fashions for everyone. 

"My Old Kentucky Home," the state's song, is happily played and participated by everybody is also a tradition starting off the event. The iconic Mint Julep, the traditional symbolic drink during the derby, is feasted for the celebration. A Mint Julep in a souvenir glass costs $15 on Derby Day, but it costs as high as $2,500 available on deluxe to cash-rich aficionados. Another tradition is the giving of iconic roses to the champion horse.

But the most anticipated tradition is the placing of bets to their eyed contenders. Betting has become synonymous with racing that spans a whole weekend to stack racing cards. Bets are placed to contenders that will give a strong winning pick and best-winning forecast. Thus, try to visit TVG to check out the latest odds and pick who is among the top of the 2021 Kentucky derby. 

The Top Contenders

In anticipation of the win, horse aficionados always place their bets on who they believe are strongest to give them the winnings they expect. And for the 2021 Kentucky Derby, these horses are on the top list of winnable contenders:

Hot Rod Charlie

Hot Rod Charlie is rated 7.99 of 10 and has 110 total points in his record. The top four finishers only get the points on a 150 - 60 - 30 - 15 point basis. Hot Rod Charlie just won the $1 million race over Midnight Bourbon in the recently concluded Louisiana Derby just this March 20, 2021.  

Hot Rod Charlie is trained by Doug F. O'Neil, owned by Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing LLC, and his jockey is Joel Rosario. He now ranked first in points among the nominated horses for the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

Like The King

The victory of Like The King in the 1 ⅛ mile earned him 100 points, guaranteed to berth the Kentucky Derby. He defeated Sainthood in his most recent victory last March 27, 2021, and earned him 100 points in a neck-back finish.

Like The King is an active 3-year-old colt, his owner is M.Racing Group, LLC. Like The King is trained by a retired champion jockey Wesley A. Ward, known for his training skills in Thoroughbred horses, and among them is Like The King.

Known Agenda

Known Agenda is a Kentucky bred born in 2018, now ranked third in the Kentucky Derby contenders. He has 102 points that he recently earned from winning over Greatest Honour at the Florida Derby last March 27, 2021. Known Agenda swept away the $750,000 stake from his Florida Derby victory. He was trained by Todd A Pletcher and competed by Jockey Irad Ortiz. 

Greatest Honour

Greatest Honour has the reputation as The horse to beat in Florida Derby, who headline among the recent winners preparing for the "Run For The Roses" derby. Greatest Honour has 82 points, and he earned the fourth spot in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby. He is an active three-year-old colt owned by Courtlandt Farms and trained by hall of fame trainer Shug McGaughey. Greatest Honour has a career record of 3 wins, four placings, and seven starts.

Midnight Bourbon

Midnight Bourbon had run solid races; he just finished off the LeComte Stakes last January 16, 2021, in a 1 1/16 miles race, advancing to rank five in the Kentucky point standings. Midnight Bourbon just finished off Proxy on second and TDN Rising Star' Mandaloun on third.The $200,000 debut was a qualifying race for Midnight Bourbon to the Kentucky Derby. 

Final Thoughts

The Kentucky Derby is an event to look forward to for horse lovers. Placing bets and anticipating wins for their horse contenders listed on top of the point standings. For 2021, you would expect an exciting race with the horses on the top list like Hot Rod Charlie, Like The King, Known Agenda, Greatest Honour and Midnight Bourbon. They are the stars of the race to watch out for. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Green Bay Packers of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There are no new additions in the Top 50, but two elevations, from current Packers.  One of which, effects our top five.

As always, we present our top five.  They are:

1. Brett Favre

2. Don Hutson

3. Aaron Rodgers

4. Forrest Gregg

5. Bart Starr

You can find the entire list here.

Rodgers, the reigning MVP, moved up from #6.  

The other jump is Offensive Lineman, David Bakhtiari climbed six spots to #30.  He was a First Team All-Pro this year, despite only playing in 12 Games.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

New England Patriots Wide Receiver, Julian Edelman, has retired.  Edelman, who is 34, played only six Games last year due to chronic knee issues, played all 12 of years in the NFL with the Pats.

Edelman’s story is a phenomenal one, as despite being a Quarterback at Kent State, Patriots Head Coach, Bill Belichik saw him as a possible receiver/returner, and as often was the case, he was right.  Edelman was never a Pro Bowl or All-Pro Selection, but he became a regular target of Tom Brady, and would have three 1,000-Yard campaigns, accumulating 6,822 Yards with 36 Touchdowns.  Combined with his Return and Rushing Yards, Edelman had a total of 9,869 All-Purpose Yards.

What makes Edelman a fringe Hall of Fame candidate is his post-season play.  Edelman won three Super Bowls (XLIX, LI and LIII), all of which, he was the leading receiver for his team.  In Super Bowl LIII, Edelman was the Super Bowl MVP, and had the catch of the game in their come-from-behind win over Atlanta in Super Bowl LI.  Edelman is second only to Jerry Rice in post-season Receptions with 118.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank Julian Edelman for his on-field moments and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.