Not in Hall of Fame News

It was announced that Jabari Greer, the Cornerback, most recently with the New Orleans Saints has called it a career in the National Football League. Greer was an undrafted Cornerback from the University of Tennessee in 2004 who latched on with the Buffalo Bills, eventually securing a starting role with the team.  As his skills improved, Greer would sign with the New Orleans Saints and would not just be a starting Cornerback, but become a big part of the Saints defense.  As such, Greer would become a part of the Saints team that won Super Bowl XLIV, and would overall…

While we may never get to doing a Notinhalloffame.com rank of those who should be in the Poker Hall of Fame, we have a lot of respect for the game and how much it has grown in popularity in the past two decades.  As such, a brief synopsis of this year’s ten Finalists, which were announced today. In the last three years two people were selected, and it is expected that this trend will continue this year.  This year’s Finalists are: Chris Bjorin: Considered one of the best European Poker players ever, and the most successful Swedish player, Chris Bjorin…

Legendary Dallas Cowboys Quarterback, Troy Aikman will finally have his number retired, but not in Texas.  The Cowboys do not retire numbers, but his collegiate alma mater, UCLA does.  It was announced today that his number 8 will become the ninth number retired by the UCLA Football program. Aikman actually began his College career at the University of Oklahoma with Barry Switzer in 1985 and found himself as the starter as a rookie.  Aikman would unfortunately suffer a broken ankle in an October game, causing him to miss the season and prompting the Sooners to utilize Jamelle Holieway, who was…

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will celebrate the career of the Everly Brothers this October 25 at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square with a tribute concert celebrating them as this year’s “Music Masters Honorees”.  There will be a week’s worth of tributes to the Everly’s leading up to the concert which will have Country Singer/songwriter, Rodney Crowell. Crowell will have an incredible list of talent to work, all of which who have credited the Everly Brothers as major influences on their career.  This lineup includes Vince Gill, Graham Nash, Peter Asher, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris and Albert Lee. Don Everly…

Last November, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced Rocky Balboa as their inaugural inductee.  The Class of 2014 will be decided on an online vote, which will conclude on November 30th of this year.  The opening round began with over 300 Athletes and 100 Contributors in the Preliminary Round, which was reduced to 50 Fictitious Athletes and 30 Fictitious Contributors in the Semi-Finalist Round.  After three months of voting open during the Semi-Finalist Round, the 15 Athletes and the 11 Contributors with the most votes have advanced to become the Finalists for the Fictitious Hall of Fame Class of…