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Today the National Soccer Hall of Fame announced the official Class of 2018. The induction will take place on October 20 in Frisco, Texas. Here are the five new members of the Class of 2018: Don Garber: This is one of those rare cases where you can argue that an administrator is the headliner for a sporting hall of fame. Don Garber was named the commissioner of Major League Soccer in 1999 and nobody can dispute that the league has grown leaps and bounds under his watch. There are now 23 teams from the 10 in 1999 and he ushered…
It is another big day for us at Notinhalloffame.com! Last December, The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced it’s third full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public. That class comprised of Wyld Stallyns and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. They joined previous inductees, Gorillaz, Tenacious D, Spinal Tap, The Blues Brothers and The Monkees. Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 500 Fictional Musicians which has been reduced to 30 Fictional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists. The 30 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Semi-Finalists are: Aldous…
At Notinhalloffame.com we are interested in how the major universities induct in their athletic Halls of Fame. As such it is news to us that the 28th class of West Virginia University has been announced. Here are the 11 members of the Class of 2018: Kate Bulger, Women’s Basketball 1981-84: The sister of former Mountaineers Quarterback Marc Bulger. Kate averaged 15.1 Points per Game for WVU and she never missed a game. Her 1,732 Points is sixth all-time in university history. She is also first in Mountaineer history in Three Point Field Goals Made. Jon Capon, Men’s Soccer 1978-81: Capon…
We have another retirement from football to discuss as Montreal Alouettes Quarterback Josh Freeman has ended his career at the age of 30. This ends a career that was full of so much promise yet it ended with a losing record and no Pro Bowls. Still, let’s take a look. Freeman was Tampa Bay’s first round pick in 2009 (17th overall) out of Kansas State. The Quarterback came with high expectations and after taking the starting job midway through his rookie season he was cemented as the starting pivot in 2010 and this was arguably his best season in professional…
It’s that time again! Last December, our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s fourth full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public. That class saw Bobby Boucher (The Waterboy), Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) and Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League) join previous inductees, Apollo Creed (Rocky), Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Crash Davis (Bull Durham), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee. Like in previous years, the opening round…
In an interview with Cleveland.com Def Leppard’s lead guitarist Phil Collen discussed the band’s omission from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: “We don’t actually care because everyone does it for us…We treat everything – Grammy’s, al that stuff as irrelevant…If that’s your main focus, there’s some life lessons to be learned.” Def Leppard has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2004 and not only have they not been inducted into the Hall they have never been nominated. Despite this, Collen pointed out to Cleveland.com that he had no issue with the Hall itself…
The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2019, which comprises three former drivers Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki and two current owners Jack Roush and Roger Penske. To be inducted you had to appear on the most ballots amongst the other 15 nominees. There were 57 ballots in total, which included an online fan vote. Without question, Gordon is the headliner and he would receive 96% of the vote (how did he not appear on all of the ballots?) Gordon was a four time Winston Cup Champion (1995, 1997, 1998 & 2001) a three time…
A day after we added some more additions to our 2021 and 2022 Football Futures, it looks like we will have another addition to get to as it has been announced that Wide Receiver Vincent Jackson is now retired. The news came when Jackson’s agent, Jonathan Feinsod told ESPN that his client is “very happily retired”. Jackson was a second round draft pick from Northern Colorado who was known for his big play ability and explosiveness on the gridiron. In a career split with the San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers he would go to three Pro Bowls and…
A lot of what we do on Notinhalloffame.com is maintaining existing sections. One of those is the Football Futures where players take their time in retiring in hopes of latching on to another team. As such, it feels like we are constantly adding batches to our futures section and today is one of those days. We have had some new names to the 2021 and 2022 Football Futures list: They are as follows: 2021: B.J. Raji: A Nose Tackle who spent his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, B.J. Raji helped the Pack win Super Bowl XLV. He went…
We have another significant retirement in Pro Football as DeAngelo Hall of the Washington Redskins has announced that he is done playing pro football. Hall spoke modestly about his career calling it “average” when speaking at the Ryan Kerrigan Leukemia and Lymphoma Society golf tournament. He had more to say about his career being Hall of Fame worthy: “Not great; on pace to be really good until four years ago. I had a vision of a gold jacket. The injuries the last couple years have been very hard on me, so that's out of the question. Who's to say I…