Not in Hall of Fame News
Slayer's Kerry King talks about the RRHOF
Oct 02, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The heavy metal band, Slayer has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a few years now, but there has not been a lot of online support fro their fans clamoring for their induction nor have we really heard much about their opinion on the institution itself. This has changed as VH1 spoke with their lead guitarist, Kerry King, who had this to say about the Rock and Roll Hall: “I’m not making a ploy to get in, but it makes me think, ‘Man, I hope they call my name one of these days.’ I think…
The Toy Hall of Fame announces the 2015 Finalists
Sep 30, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The Toy Hall of Fame have announced their latest finalists for their institution. The twelve finalists are: American Girl Dolls Battleship Coloring Books Jenga PLAYMOBIL Puppets Scooters Spinning Tops Super Soakers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Twister Wiffle Balls The curators at the Toy Hall of Fame and historians chose the finalists. Two toys will be inducted on November 5th of this year. We are not planning to do a Notinhalloffame.com list for the Toy Hall of Fame, but should we? Let us know what you think!
2011-12 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees are now up
Sep 28, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Over the last few months, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have been so focused on other endeavors at the site, that we neglected to tell you about the continuing opportunity fro you to cast your opinion on existing Hockey Hall of Famers. With that in mind, we here at Notinhhalloffame.com have expended greatly to allow you to vote on Hockey Hall of Fame inductees from 2010-2012. The Players/Builders from that existing time frame include: The 2011 Hockey Hall of Fame Class: Doug Gilmour, a two time All Star and winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy. Ed Belfour, a two rime…
Former Football HOFers to have a say on who gets in?
Sep 27, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The Pro Football Hall of Fame might just be mixing it up a bit. Currently, a the 46 member selection committee is made up of a media member representing each NFL team, a member chosen by the Pro Football Writers of America and thirteen at large delegates. According to Pro-Football Talk, this is about to change. They have reported that there will be an announced change that will have modifications that would allow current Pro Football Hall of Fame members to be a part of the election process. What those are? At present, we have no idea, but it was…
Jason Richardson Retiring. HOF Credentials?
Sep 26, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Jason Richardson has announced on his Facebook page that he will be calling it a career in Professional Basketball citing that he was choosing “his family and health” over the game. Richardson was a star at Michigan State and as a freshman was part of the Spartans 2000 NCAA Championship. He would receive far more playing time the year after and would take them to another Final Four appearance, though Michigan State would not repeat as champions, though Richardson would be named First Team Big Ten. The Shooting Guard would declare for the draft shortly thereafter and was selected fifth…
Tim Hudson to retire. HOFer?
Sep 25, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Tim Hudson has quietly announced that he will be retiring at this year’s baseball season. The 40 year old San Francisco Giants Pitcher cited that “it was time” and he is currently holds the most Wins (222) of any active Pitcher. Hudson balances that out with only 132 Losses and currently has well over 2,000 career Strikeouts with a healthy 57.4 career bWAR. Hudson broke in with the Oakland Athletics in 1999 and would have a very productive year in 2000 where he went 20 and 6, leading the American League in Wins and was the runner up for the…
2008-2010 Hockey HOF Inductees are up
Sep 25, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Over the last few months, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have been so focused on other endeavors at the site, that we neglected to tell you about the continuing opportunity fro you to cast your opinion on existing Hockey Hall of Famers. With that in mind, we here at Notinhhalloffame.com have expended greatly to allow you to vote on Hockey Hall of Fame inductees from 2008-2010. The Players/Builders from that existing time frame include: The 2008 Hockey Hall of Fame Class: Ed Chynowyth, who was a major force in creating the Canadian Hockey League. Glenn Anderson, a six time Stanley Cup…
RIP: Yogi Berra
Sep 23, 2015
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Committee Chairman
It is a sad day for Baseball, the New York Yankees and the witticisms as Yogi Berra passed away at the age of 90 due to natural causes. The Hall of Fame Catcher and three time American League MVP was one of the best hitting Catchers of all time and holds the distinction of playing in more World Series Games than anyone else. Berra would win ten World Series rings as a player and three as a coach and would retire as a player with 358 Home Runs and 1,430 Runs Batted In. The popular Catcher would become known not…
Coming Soon
Sep 21, 2015
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Committee Chairman
You know that we here at Notinhalloffame.com never take our foot off the pedal right? Here is what we have that is coming soon on our website! You have all seen that the Finalists are up for our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. Hopefully you have voted, or will be soon, but there is still time to vote for our other Fictional Hall of Fame, The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which will announce the first ever, class on October 6, based on your online votes. In a month, we will be updating the Football Futures where we…
The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Finalists are announced...Time to vote!
Sep 18, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The finalists for the second full class for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame have been announced. Like the first full year, voting on the candidates are open to the public and began with an initial round of Preliminary Nominees and then was pared down to Semi-Finalists. Last year saw Ricky Vaughan (Major League), Roy Hobbs (The Natural) and Crash Davis (Bull Durham) and Harry Doyle (Major League) emerge as the first full class joining inaugural inductee, Rocky Balboa. This year the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame will be inducting fictional characters from three categories, Athletes, Contributors and the new…