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Joan Jett wants more women in the RRHOF

Apr 09, 2015

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this month and will be the only the female inducted into the Cleveland based institution.

In an interview with Billboard, Jett wants to see more female rock stars inducted into the Rock Hall.

“There should be more women in the Hall of Fame, and more women in rock…They’re out there, they just don’t get the notice the pop girls do. Go to any city and there’s an all-girl rock band. It’s just a matter of society wanting to hear that kind of music. But people’s tastes change, so you have to do what you love and hope other people love it too.”

It was only a few years ago that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had a tribute to female rockers and the powers that be decreed that it would like to see more females inducted.

With all due respect to Jett, there realistically aren’t that many worthy women to induct.

In looking at our top 250 acts, there are not a lot of representatives of the female gender that are currently eligible, in our mind worthy. Those women are:

#20 Kim Deal of the Pixies

#26 Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth

#34 Janet Jackson

#51 D’Arcy Wretzky of the Smashing Pumpkins

#57 Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson of the B-52’s

#60 Exene Cervenka of X

#65 Mary Wells

#66 Pat Benatar

#81 The Runaways

#92 The Shangri-La’s

#99 The Go Go’s

#102 Debbie Googe and Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine

#104 Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics

#108 Carole King (though she is inducted as a songwriter with Gerry Goffin)

#121 Mariah Carey

#126 Stevie Nicks (already inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac)

#128 Tina Turner (already inducted as one half of Ike and Tina Turner and not as a solo artist.

#130 Tracy Chapman

#131 Chaka Khan from Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

#137 Sarah McLachlan

#139 Kate Bush

#144 Cyndi Lauper

#147 Cher

#156 The Pointer Sisters

#172 Salt-N-Pepa

#178 Joan Baez

#183 Siouxsie and the Banshees

#188 Diana Ross (already inducted with the Supremes, but not as a solo act)

#206 Whitney Houston

#234 The Marvelettes

#241 Hole (featuring Courtney Love)

That is a pretty good list, but percentage wise in comparison to men it is very low.

With all due respect to Jett and women in rock in general, based on the mathematics behind what we have seen, one female inductee seems about right, though we think this was more of a call for women to be associated with rock and roll as opposed to a shot at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com welcome your thoughts on women in the Rock Hall!

2015 Basketball HOF Class Announced

Apr 06, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

The Basketball Hall of Fame has announced their latest Class for 2015.

As all of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com only rank players and have not yet branched out to coaches and administrators, thus there are no rankings associated with coaches, but let’s take a look at those who will be inducted into the Class of 2015!

Dikembe Mutombo, who was eligible for the first time this year, rocketed to the top of our rankings. The four time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and master of the block will be this year’s headliner (in our eyes). Mutombo led the NBA in Blocks five times and in Rebounds four times.

After being told two years ago that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Spencer Haywood has finally made it in. Haywood was a controversial figure challenging the restrictions of the NBA and joined the ABA, becoming their MVP in his rookie year. Haywood would go on to become a two time First Team All NBA Selection and would win a championship ring with the Los Angeles Lakers late in his career.

Jo Jo White was also chosen to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame. White was a two time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics and was a seven time All Star.

As leaked on Sunday, current University of Kentucky Head Coach, John Calipari was chosen for induction, though this is a small consolation for his team having been eliminated by Wisconsin in the semi-finals of The Final Four. Calipari won the NCAA Title with the Kentucky Wildcats in 2012 and made the Final Four five times with Kentucky, UMass and Memphis. His overall College Coaching Record is 593 and 174 and he is a three time Naismith Coach of the Year.

Lisa Leslie will also be enshrined. Leslie is a four time Olympic Gold Medalist, a two time WNBA Champion and a three time WNBA MVP and is considered to be one of the best female players of all time.

Former NBA referee, Dick Bavetta was also chosen for the Hall of Fame.

Former players, Tim Hardaway and Kevin Johnson were not chosen. Bo Ryan, the head coach of the University of Wisconsin did not get in either, but this year’s performance by the Badgers should help his future candidacy. Former two time NBA Coach of the Year, Bill Fitch, former High Scholl Basketball Coaches, Robert Hughes and Leta Andrews also were not chosen.

Former Head Coach, Tom Heinsohn, ABA standout, Louie Dampier, Australian player/coach Lindsey Gaze, coach George Raveling and basketball pioneer John Isaacs were direct elected earlier in the year.

Although the popularity of basketball continues to rise, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has not risen accordingly, mostly due to the lack of understanding from the public as to what the process is for induction and how collegiate accomplishments seem to carry as much weight as professional.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this year’s class and we will be unveiling the newest Notinhalloffame.com basketball list in roughly five weeks.

RIP: Elmer Lach

Apr 06, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

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It was announced yesterday that Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Elmer Lach passed away at the age of 97.

Lach played all fourteen of his seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadians and was a member of three Stanley Cup winning teams. The former Centre would lead the NHL in scoring twice in Assists three times and retired as the all time leading scorer in the NHL with 623 Points. Lach would also win the coveted Hart Trophy in 1945 and was a two time First Team and two time Second Team All Star.

Lach would enter the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966 and would have his number retired by the Montreal Canadians in 2009.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Elmer Lach at this time.

A.J. Lee Retires

Apr 05, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It was a bit of surprise (or maybe not really) that former WWE Diva’s Champion, A.J. Lee abruptly announced her decision to retire from professional wrestling. Lee had teamed with Paige at last week’s Wrestlemania to defeat the Bella Twins and is a former three time WWE Divas Champion.

A.J. signed with the WWE in 2009 after a successful indy run and would be assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling, the then developmental territory for the WWE. Lee would win the “Queen of FCW” and FCW Divas title but would be called up to participate in the third season of NXT, which was an all female season. With Primo as her “Pro”, A.J. would finish third in the competition and would embark on a tag team with fellow diva, Kaitlyn and would become a fixture on the main roster as the on screen girlfriend of Daniel Bryan.

This would lead to a high profile run where she became “unstable” and worked programs with John Cena, Kane, CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler and would win the first of three Divas Titles, and was regarded by many as the best female wrestler in the WWE.

At the age of 28, this may seem like an abrupt retirement, but the signs were there that Lee would leave the WWE and professional wrestling. She married CM Punk in real life, who had been burned out by the business and had left the industry fifteen months ago and is now pursuing a career with UFC. Lee, when accepting the WWE Diva of the year last December, which sounded like a farewell. She also made headlines when confronting Stephanie McMahon about equal pay on Twitter, when she responded to Patricia Arquette’s equal pay speech on the Academy Awards. She has also been off a lot this past year mending past injuries.

Lee is only 28 years old and could easily come back and we will hold off on ranking her on the Notinhalloffame.com WWE list, but will create a profile for her on the Futures List.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish A.J. the best of luck and look forward to see what she is up to next!