Not in Hall of Fame News

The final two inductees from the online vote for Goal.com Hall of Fame have been announced and two more legends will be joining Diego Maradonna, Zinedine Zidane and Pele to this new Hall. The fourth man announced on Thursday was Hungarian superstar, the late Ferenc Puskas.  Puskas scored 84 Goals in 85 Games internationally for Hungary and took his team to the World Cup Finals in 1954.  The Hungarians did not win, but the Puskas was named the MVP for the tournament.  On the club level, Puskas starred for Budapest Honved and for Real Madrid, helping them with European Cup…

This week Goal.com announce that from an online vote, that the greatest player in the history of France, Zinedine Zidane and the best player ever from Brazil (and arguably the world) Pele, has been selected to be a part of their first Hall of Fame class.  It should therefore be no shock that the most famous (and infamous player) from Soccer mad Argentina, has also been chosen. Diego Maradona was raised in a Buenos Aries ghetto and like virtually all South American youngsters he gravitated toward soccer.  Maradona would make his Senior cub debut with Argentinos Juniors, a few days…

It is with much sadness that we learned that Orlando Thomas passed away after a battle with ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Thomas played all seven of his National Football League seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he played Safety. Thomas, who was drafted in the Second Round from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette had a very impressive rookie season where he led the National Football League in Interceptions.  That was arguably his best season, but he would complete his career with 22 Interceptions and a 457 tackles. We would like to extend our condolences to the friends…

Tonight will be a special night for Guy Lapointe, the former Defenceman of the Montreal Canadians and current Scout for the Minnesota Wild.  At the Bell Center in Montreal, where the Canadians are hosting the Wild, Lapointe’s #5 will be officially hung to the rafters and retired. The number 5 has already been retired, when in 2006, Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion saw that number retired in his honor, and this is not out of the ordinary in Montreal as the numbers 12 and 16 have also been retired twice; the 12 for both Dickie Moore and Yvon Cournoyer and the…

It was announced today that seven time All Star Alfonso Soriano has officially retired from Major League Baseball.  The 38 year old Dominican born player spent sixteen seasons in the Majors, predominantly with the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs. Soriano had a rough start to his professional career, electing to begin in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, only playing nine games and seeking an out to his distaste of the Japanese style of discipline and play.  After legal red tape was cut through, he would sign as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees, where in…