Not in Hall of Fame News

Days after the Florida Panthers won their second straight Stanley Cup, the Hockey Hall of Fame has named its Class of 2025, which features eight new members, including six former players and two builders. Let’s take a look at the newest members of the Hockey Hall of Fame: Jennifer Botterill:  Botterill played collegiately at Harvard, where she was a four-time All-American and four-time All-ECAC Selection.  The native of Winnipeg represented Canada in multiple tournaments, winning three Olympic Gold Medals and six World Championships.  Zdeno Chara:  From Slovakia, Chara stood at 6 9” and was as much of a leader as…

It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works: For every regular-season game, we anointed the best five players with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1.  We know 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 they can amass Cup points more easily than elite…

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 Pittsburgh Pirates have announced three new members to their franchise Hall of Fame. Kiki Cuyler, Vernon Law and Al Oliver will comprise the Class of 2025, adding to the 26 that have been inducted since the Hall’s inception in 2022. Cuyler played his first seven years with the Pirates…

1979 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:  Thank you for 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 1978. For “1978,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1972. 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…

This past weekend, the UFC announced that Mark Kerr will be entering the UFC Hall of Fame as part of the UFC HOF Class of 2025.  He will be inducted as part of the Pioneer Wing. The ceremony will take place on June 26 as part of International Fight Week. A Division I Champion from Syracuse at 190 pounds, Kerr made his MMA debut in 1997 and would win two tournaments in UFC, at UFC 14 and UFC 15, respectively.  He never competed in the UFC after that, but instead mainly competed in Pride over the next few years.  “The…