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The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the preliminary candidates for the Class of 2026, and as always, it is a very long list that few have gone into great depth to discuss. We like to change that. The Finalists will be chosen on February 9 as part of the NBA All-Star weekend.  Following that, on April 5th, during NBA All-Star Game weekend, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 will be announced. Here is a complete list of all of the participants: NORTH AMERICAN NOMINEES: Rick Barnes (COA).  Barnes is the current Head Coach of the…

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.  Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the Seattle Mariners have announced that they will retire Randy Johnson’s #51 during the 2026 Season. The event will take place on May 2 during their home game. Johnson’s career began in Montreal, but he was traded during his second season (1989) to the Mariners, where he played ten seasons…

1988 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 42 years. For “1988,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1982. We also follow the structure in which 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…

1987 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class. Here we are!  Again!! If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know we have asked the question: What if the PFHOF had begun in January 1946? After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which each voter selected 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 names for the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3 in the Senior…

Here we go!!! The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced the five names (one coach, one contributor, and three seniors) as the Finalists for the Class of 2026. Moving forward, this group will be lumped together in the Final Round, with a candidate having to receive 80% of the vote from the 50 voters. At most three can advance, with at least one.  Should none of the candidates receive 80%, the highest vote getter will advance. The Coaching candidate: Bill Belichick.  Beginning his coaching career as a special assistant in Baltimore, Belichick joined the New York Giants in 1979,…