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While most basketball fans are excited about the Final Four, this is secondary to us to the announcement of the annual Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class.  This year’s announcement was altered when the Hall announced three months ago that they reduces the waiting period from three years to two, which allowed Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and Sue Bird to be eligible this year.  As expected, all three of them were elected. Here is the complete list of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025. 2008 United States Olympic Team (TEA).  Coached by Mike Krzyzewski (with Jim Boeheim,…

This was no surprise. Days before the official announcement of the Naismith Basketball Class of 2025, it has been leaked that Carmelo Anthony will be a part of this year’s class. Anthony led Syracuse to a National Championship in 2003, ands drafted third overall by the Denver Nuggets, where he blossomed into one of the premier scorers in the league.  Traded to the New York Knicks where he had his best run (and most recognized), Anthony would overall make ten All-Star Games, earn six All-NBA nods and was chosen for the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.  He also won the Scoring…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Tampa Bay Rays. As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 3.  Playoff accomplishments.…

Following their TKO brethren, the UFC Hall Of Fame, the WWE Hall of Fame has announced the first ever match to be inducted to into their institution.  From Wrestlemania 13, the Submission Match between Bret “Hit Man” Hart and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will become the first match deemed worthy by the WWE Hall to be inducted. Refereed by the debuting Ken Shamrock, Austin and Hart had been feuding since the 1996 Survivor Series, with Austin costing Hart the Royal Rumble and later the WWF World Heavyweight Championship when he interfered in the Hit Man’s Steel Cage Title defense against…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners. As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 3.  Playoff accomplishments. 4. …