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The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced the seven names who will comprise the Class of 2024 Colin Campbell, Natalie Darwitz, Pavel Datsyuk, David Polle, Jeremy Roenick, Shea Weber, and Krissy Wendell-Pohl were chosen for the Toronto-based institution. Colin Campbell had an 11-year career as a player, but he entered as a builder.  A Stanley Cup winner in 1994 as an Assistant Coach with the Rangers, Campbell took over as the NHL’s Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations in 1998. Natalie Darwitz was a three-time All-American at the University of Minnesota, leading the Golden Gophers to back-to-back National…

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 101 to 110: 101. Norm Van Lier102. Alvan Adams103. Derek Harper104. Zach Randolph105. Archie Clark106. Eddie Johnson107. Glenn…

We have some College Football Hall of Fame drama to discuss. For a coach to make the hall, he has to have a winning percentage of .600.  Les Miles, who coached LSU from 2005 to 2016, is suing LSU, stating that the school’s decision to vacate 37 wins from 2012-15 removed from Hall of Fame consideration.  The vacated wins dropped his winning percentage to .597. The vacated wins occurred when an NCAA investigation uncovered a Level I recruiting violation.  Specifically, in 2012, an LSU representative paid a prospective athlete’s father $180,150 over a five-year period.  Miles, who led LSU to…

1962 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated 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 first 16 years thus far. For “1962,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1955. 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…

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, resulting in a long push to revise what we already have, specifically now with our Football and Basketball Lists. At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the next twenty-five of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on: The new 276 to 300: 276. Keith Millard277. Derrick Johnson278. Stanley Morgan279. Leon Gray280. David Akers281. Buster Ramsey282. Beattie Feathers283.…