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1951 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you for all of you who have participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, and if you are unaware of what that is, simply, we acted as if the PFHOF had their first class in January of 1946? We have completed the first two years, where a Preliminary, Semi-Final and Final vote for the 1946 Class, which inducted two full classes For “1951” a Preliminary Vote with 130 players whose playing career ended by 1945. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do…
It is with great pleasure that we announce the results of the third annual Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Season Cup, and let us explain how this works: With every single regular season game, we anointed the best five players in the game with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1.  We knew the following: The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as…
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 post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Chicago Bulls. 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…
The Baseball Hall of Fame season continues as the Baseball Hall of Fame has announced ten candidates who comprise the 2024 Ford C. Frick nominees.  This is an annual award that is given towards excellence in broadcasting.  This ballot is the second of a four-year cycle focusing on announcers whose career extended or began in the Wild Card era.  In the fifth year, the Ford C. Frick will focus on broadcasters whose career ended before the advent of the Wild Card. The Nominees are: Joe Buck:  Buck is best known for his work as a football commentator, but served as…
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 intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the Dallas Stars will be inducting Ed Belfour and Ken Hitchcock as their second franchise Hall of Fame class. Ed Belfour played for Dallas from 1997 to 2002 where he backstopped the Stars to their first and only Stanley Cup in 1999.  A two-time Vezina Trophy winner in…
Today the 2023-24 NBA Regular Season begins and with that we are thrilled to announce that we have updated our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball Hall of Fame Monitor of active players based on their existent accomplishments. You can see the complete list here, but we are presenting the Pre-2023-24 Top 10 Active Players immediately! #1. LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers #2. Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns #3. Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors #4. Chris Paul, Golden State Warriors #5. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks #6. Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets #7. James Harden, Philadelphia 76ers #8. Russell Westbrook, Los Angeles Clippers #9. Anthony Davis, Los…
1950 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 that we have asked the rhetorical question…what if the PFHOF began in January of 1946? After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists, and 5 in the Senior Pool. Following that, we asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era, and…
Days before the 2023-24 NBA Season is set to begin, it will have to do so without Andre Iguodala, who announced his retirement. Taken ninth overall in the 2004 by the Philadelphia 76ers, Iguodala had a good run there, where he was an All-Star in 2011-12, and had a four-year streak where he averaged at least 17 Points per Game.  After his All-Star year, Iguodala was traded to Denver, and a season after he was dealt to Golden State, where he had his greatest team success. After his second season with the Warriors, Iguodala was moved to the bench, but…
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 intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the St. Louis Blues have announced that Pavol Demetria, Mike Liut and Keith Tkachuk will comprise their second full class. Pavol Demetria was traded from the Ottawa Senators in 1996 and the Slovak would blossom two years later with an 89-Point season.  Demetria continued to be a point-per-game…
Hall of Fame season continues with the Baseball Hall’s announcement of the eight names on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires.  The Committee will meet on December 3 at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, and the results will be shared that night at 7:30 on MLB Tonight on the MLB Network. To enter the Hall, the candidate must receive 75 percent of the 16-person group.  Here are the nominees: Cito Gaston:  Gaston managed the Toronto Blue Jays for 12 seasons, and he helmed to back-to-back World Series wins in 1992 and 1993.  Making history as the first African-American Manager…