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After watching ESPN’s Outside the Lines Program about the death of Pat Tillman, Sunday Night Football Analyst and Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Cris Collinsworth took the Twitter stating his belief that Tillman should be inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame. “If I live to be a million years old, I will never understand why Pat Tillman is not in the NFL Hall of Fame. Thanks ESPN. Great Reporting” “I cannot name one person in NFL history that represents what I would like the NFL to be more than Pat Tillman. Shouldn’t that be enough HOF?” Actually…
For those to say the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is full of rubbish, apparently the institution has decided to confirm it.  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have procured one of the painted oil drums that is used at the Glastonbury Music Festival to collect garbage will soon be on exhibit in Cleveland, Ohio where it will stand alongside Elvis’ leather jacket and everything that Bruce Springsteen ever owned.  When asked why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wanted this to add to their collection, Glastonbury founder and promoter, Michael Eavis could only offer a perplexing…
When the New York Giants had Hakeem Nicks, the Wide Receiver wore the number 88; though he will not be wearing those digits with the Indianapolis Colts, who he signed a free agent deal with in the off-season.  Why is this news to us?  In about six months, we will be unveiling our look at the retired numbers and franchise Halls of Fame/Rings of Honor and since 88 has been made unavailable to Nicks, this tells us that the Colts will be retiring it.At present, the Colts have retired eight numbers, including the number #12 of the still active Peyton…
In an interview with the website BANG Showbiz, Chris Squire, the long time member of the Progressive Rock band, Yes, discussed his thoughts about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the perpetual snubbing that the band has received.  We thought some of those comments were worth mentioning here. “There were bands nominated who had been up before so I didn’t really think we would get in there this year.  We missed it by a few votes or something I was told, but I’m sure it will come up again.” Yes has been eligible since 1994, but until this…
A few weeks ago, World Wrestling Entertainment inducted the Class of 2014 to their Hall of Fame.  As is tradition with our website, once a Class is inducted, we move on to the rankings of the next possible class, which will again come to life the night before Wrestlemania. Two of our top ten (The Ultimate Warrior and Jake “The Snake” Roberts) were selected and once again the top of our rankings will see a significant change.  As always, votes and comments made by all of you affect the rankings, and we continue to solicit your input for the future.…
As you know, we are going to be launching in the summer of this year a look (and ranking) of the major North American Sports and their post career accolades.  This means retired numbers and respective Halls of Fame if applicable.  As such, we thought it was pertinent to mention that the New England Patriots Hall of Fame have announced three Finalists for their 2014 Class. The first is recent Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Bill Parcells.  Parcells, returned to Head Coaching after a two year hiatus in 1993 and in his second season took the Patriots to their first…
In what we thought was an interesting comment, Green Bay Packers President, Mark Murphy mentioned to WHBL Radio that he wanted to retire former Quarterback, Brett Favre’s #4 last fall.  According to Murphy, plans fell through when the High School team that Favre was coaching in Mississippi had a deep post season run, which kept him occupied.  Murphy also stated that he has a good relationship with the former “gunslinger” which is worth noting as his “will he or won’t he retire” caused turmoil for the Packers organization and his departure was not as clean as either side would have…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame continues to be a source of controversy, but the second most important music related Hall of Fame in the United States continues along without any real issues.  We are referring to the Country Music Hall of Fame, which supports a musical genre that continues to grow in popularity.  The Country Music Hall is reflecting that success as this past Tuesday, its expansion has completed, and it is now double in size. Located in Downtown Nashville, the facility’s growth predominantly reflects many of the Country acts, and the evolution to today’s sound.  One such…
Paul Stanley isn’t done trashing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just yet.  The co-leader of KISS who was just inducted into the Cleveland based institution after a fifteen-year wait, took to Twitter to discuss his issues with the ceremony.  In a Tweet to Rolling Stone, Stanley quipped: “Our treatment at the RRHOF confirmed my worst suspicions.  Wenner and the rest are spineless weasels” He continued with a direct tweet to Jann Wenner, on how he felt like unwanted guests: “Jann Wenner & his RRHOF made sure to treat us as uninvited guests. No Passes. No schedule and on.…

RIP: Lou Hudson

Former St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks star Lou Hudson passed away at the age of 69.  Hudson was a collegiate star at the University of Minnesota and was the fourth pick of the St. Louis Hawks in 1966.  As a star with the Hawks, “Sweet” Lou Hudson made six consecutive All Star Games and had seven seasons in a row where he topped the 20 Points per Game mark.  Hudson’s number was retired by both the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Atlanta Hawks and is number 25 on our countdown of those to consider for the Basketball Hall of Fame.We here at…