Not in Hall of Fame News

We continue our expansion here at Notinhalloffame.com, and part of that is updating our existing futures on the Hockey Section. As such, we have added a pair of players that we missed that warrant some Hall of Fame consideration who may be worth your vote and/or your opinions. Added to the 2016 is Vinny Prospal, a former Centre with 765 career NHL Points.  Prospal joins Jose Theodore, Milan Hejduk, Roman Hamrlik and Ziggy Palffy. You can cast your votes on these players here. Added to the 2017 Hockey Futures is Petr Nedved.  He joins Ryan Smyth and Miroslav Satan.  You…

With the Charlotte Hornets embracing their identity, it stands to reason that the National Basketball Association would take over their past. The first version of the Hornets (now the New Orleans Pelicans) retired the number 13 of Bobby Phills on February 9, 2000, less than a month after he was killed in a car accident.  Phills was following his teammate David Wesley, where the two were allegedly driving in a reckless manner (Wesley was charged with that offense) and his Porsche swerved into oncoming traffic.  In his three seasons in Charlotte, the former Shooting Guard played in 133 Games, starting…

It was not that long ago that the Buffalo Sabres announced their intention to retire the number of former Goalie, Dominik Hasek this season.  The organization has now officially announced the date, as on January 13th, in their home game against the Detroit Red Wings, Hasek’s number 39 will be raised to the rafters at the First Niagara Center. Hasek, who recently entered the Hockey Hall of Fame on the first ballot was a six time Vezina Trophy winner, a six time First Team All Star and more impressively a two time Hart Trophy winner as a Buffalo Sabre.  In…

It was not that long ago that we mentioned how ling time Deep Purple bass player, Roger Glover, mentioned that he was not certain that the band would accept a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.  That was before this year’s nominations came out and Deep Purple, who was a nominee the past two years, failed to make the group of Finalists this year.  Lead Singer, Ian Gillan was recently asked by Radio Futoro in Chile, what his thoughts were on the Rock Hall snub, and below is the meat of his interview regarding this topic.  “Whatever I say…

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has just announced their Nominees for their next year’s class, and much like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who announced their 2015 nominees last week, it is a very diverse group of candidates.  Although we don’t have a Notinhalloffame list for the Songwriters Hall of Fame, it is an institution that we have respect for and will always take time to report on the actions of. This year’s Performing Nominees are as follows: Harry Wayne Casey, known as “K.C.” of K.C. and the Sunshine Band fame, a major staple of the Disco sound…