Not in Hall of Fame News

As you all know we are working on our Top 50 Players from each major North American Team.  This will eventually bleed into a look at how each one of them honors their respective former players/executives with retired numbers, rings of honor, franchise halls of fame etc.  As such, it is news to us that the Green Bay Packers have announced that they will be inducting Donald Driver and Mark Lee to their organization’s Hall of Fame on July 27th, 2017. Drafted seventh overall in 1999, Wide Receiver Donald Driver would play 205 Games over his fourteen year tenure at…

Today is one of our favorite days here at Notinhalloffame.com as tonight is when the Hockey Hall of Fame officially inducts their latest class. We thought it would be fun to take another look at the achievements of this year’s class. The undisputed headliner this year is Eric Lindros who made it in to Hall in his seventh year of eligibility.  This felt like it would it be his year, as in previous years, there had always been elite players with longer careers than Lindros, as shown by the fact last year was the first time he was ranked #1…

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have been diligently working on expanding our website, and we have a small addition to our Basketball section, the 2021 Basketball Futures. As many of you know, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has reduced the eligibility wait by one year, thus making everyone eligible five years after their career ends in the National Basketball Association.  We know this much.  Once you take a look at the group that is eligible and see the three certain first ballot Hall of Famers, perhaps you will wish to join us on our pilgrimage to Springfield, Massachusetts…

It is another sad day in the music industry.  On his official Facebook Page, it was announced that revered folk-poet singer, Leonard Cohen died at the age of 82.  The cause of death has not been disclosed. While there was a plethora of singer songwriters who emerged in the 1960’s, there was none that could batch his haunting and deep voice and the wide scope of topics that his songs broached.  Amazingly, it almost never happened. Cohen, who was born in Quebec, was a published poet but hardly a successful one.  A meeting with Judy Collins led to her using…

It’s that time of the season where we can put some serious thought into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  The Ford C. Frick Award is resented annually to the announcer who exemplifies excellence in broadcasting.  There are eight men who have been named Finalists for this prestigious honor, the recipient of which will be automatically entered into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Finalists are: Gary Cohen, who joined the New York Mets broadcast team in 1989 and has been doing the broadcast ever since.  He has also done work for ESPN Radio in the playoffs. Jacques Doucet, who did…