Not in Hall of Fame News

There are chances that if you are regular visitor to this website, you know that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the constant controversy that surrounds it, is the backbone of what this site about.  The Pennsylvania based “America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame” may not have nearly the same prestige or name recognition, but they have unveiled their third Class, which will be the official Class of 2015. Named to their Hall of Fame are the following: Paul McCartneyLinda RonstadtGlen CampbellPaul AnkaChubby CheckerThe EaglesThe Everly BrothersThe Four SeasonsTom JonesRicky NelsonThe Righteous BrothersJohnny TillotsonAndy Williams With all due…

We were not playing to really look at Pro Bowl selections, but every time the Pro Football Hall of Fame announces their classes, articles always point to the amount of Pro Bowl selections a player accumulated.  With that in mind, we thought we would take a brief look at this year’s Pro Bowl selections, and what, if any impact that holds for the Hall of Fame. Quarterbacks: Tom Brady, New England Patriots.  10th Pro Bowl Selection.  Brady is already a First Ballot Hall of Fame inductee, and there is a very good chance he could add a fourth Super Bowl…

It was a sad day in the world of Rock and Roll as we learned today that Joe Cocker died of lung cancer at the age of 70. The English Blues/Rocker hit worldwide prominence in the late 60’s on both sides of the pond where his Beatles cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” went number one in the United Kingdom, and though only went to 68 in the United States, his live version of the song at Woodstock was a major moment of what would become the most important concert of a generation.  Joe Cocker would embark…

Some of you who are regular visitors to our website know that we will be unveiling in the future a look at each North American franchise and ranking them in order of how they honor their former players and/or contributors.  That will not be unveiled until late next year, but the natural progression of that will be to look at the major U.S. Universities and as such whenever one major college Hall of Fame announces a new class you can believe we will be interested. Missouri University has just announced their latest class, which includes six new members, three of…

The International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their latest class and true to its name, the class represents players from around the world.  This year’s class adds seven new members to the Toronto based Hall, though the ceremony will take place next May in Prague during the 2015 World Hockey Championships. The headliner is Dominik Hasek, who was just inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Hasek played internationally for the Czech Republic and would take them to the Olympic Gold Medal in 1998.  This was no misnomer as the “Dominator” allowed only six goals in the entire…