Former WWE and WCW Heavyweight Champion Sid Eudy passed away at 63.  According to his son, Gunnar, he died following a long battle with cancer.

Standing 6’9” and over 300 pounds of muscle, Sid looked like he was built in a workshop.  Making his pro wrestling debut in 1987, he entered WCW two years later as one-half of the Skyscrapers with Danny Spivey.  An injury to Sid ended the tag team, but he returned as a member of the Four Horseman and would challenge Sting for the WCW World Title at Halloween Havoc.  When his contract ended in 1991, he signed with the WWF, and changed his name from Sid Vicious to Sid Justice, and was immediately a main event player.  Sid eliminated Hulk Hogan from the 1992 Royal Rumble, and would face him in a DQ loss in the main event of Wrestlemania 8.  Sid was, however, suspended for failing a drug test, and rather than serve it, he quit the company.

Sid returned to WCW as a surprise in 1993 and again was thrust into the main event scene.  Months in, it was alleged that he was set to win his first World Title at that year’s Starrcade, but he was fired after stabbing Arn Anderson with scissors over an argument in England.  It looked like Sid’s career was over, but when you look like he did, he was going to get another shot in the big time.

Prior to Wrestlemania 11, he returned to the WWF as Shawn Michaels’ bodyguard.  Now named “Psycho Sid”, he inadvertently cost Michaels his match against Diesel for the World Title, and on the night after on Monday Night Raw, he turned on Michaels and joined the Million Dollar Corporation.  Sid competed for the World Title but could not dethrone Diesel and a neck injury saw him leave again in early 1996.

Sid returned in the summer of ’96, replacing The Ultimate Warrior in a six-man tag team main event on a PPV, and he went on the best face run of his life.  Sid became super popular with the WWE audience and beat Michaels in front of a hot crowd at the Survivor Series to win his first World Title.  He lost it back to Michaels at the 1997 Royal Rumble but regained it shortly after in a match against Bret Hart, who won it the day before in a four-man match.  Sid went on to defend his title against the Undertaker in the main event of Wrestlemania 13.  He lost and was released by the WWF months later.

Sid came back to wrestling, joining WCW in 1999, though it had significantly lost its luster.  He won multiple world titles there, but his career came to an abrupt end when he broke his leg in a gruesome injury while attempting a second rope kick.  Sid appeared sparingly in wrestling after, making his last major appearance on Monday Night Raw in 2012.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to Sid Eudy's fans, friends, and family.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Charlotte Hornets.

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

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

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

Last year, Charlotte had another awful year and was nowhere close to playoff consideration.  As this is a very young organization, there were multiple elevations and one new entrant. 

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Kenba Walker
2. Gerald Wallace
3. Larry Johnson
4. Muggsy Bogues
5. Dell Curry

You can find the entire list here.

Terry Rozier, who was traded to the Miami Heat during the season, played 30 Games for Charlotte.  There was a chasm between his #17 rank and #16, and he did not do enough to advance from that rank.

LaMelo Ball, who played less than 30 Games last year, still managed to climb up five spots to #18.  This is a testament to Ball’s skills and the lack of overall talent this Hornets incarnation has had.

The returning Miles Bridges moved up four spots to #21.

P.J. Washington, who was traded to the Dallas Mavericks during the season, went up one spot to #40.

Gordon Hayward, who retired after the season (and was also traded during the year to the Oklahoma City Thunder) advanced one rank to #45.

The new entrant is Center Nick Richards, who debuts at #48.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

1965 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the years up to 1964.

For “1965,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1956. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

32 Votes took place, with the top five advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

We will post Class of the 1965 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

Joey Votto, arguably the best Cincinnati Red over the last 20 years announced that he is retiring from baseball.

Votto, who was playing for Triple-A Buffalo of the Toronto Blue Jays, elected not to continue his career and possible play in front of his home country.

Votto had a claim at one time as the best hitter in baseball.

While most people know that he is good, they might not be aware this is a player who won the National League On Base Percentage Title fseven times (including four in a row from 2010 to 2014, batted over .300 eight times, and is also a former Slugging Champion. 

Votto retires with  a 64.4 bWAR, 2,135 Hits, 356 Home Runs, 1,144 RBIs, and a Slash Line of .294/.408/.511.

He will be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2029.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish Joey Votto the best in his post-playing career.