Not in Hall of Fame News

Last December, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced it’s first full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.  That class inducted Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League) and Crash Davis (Bull Durham), which joined Rocky Balboa, the inaugural inductee.   Like last year, the opening round began with over 300 Fictional Athletes and over 100 Contributors, which has been reduced to 50 Fictional Athletes and 30 Fictional Contributors for the Semi-Final Round. This year, a new category began to honor the fictitious athletes prior to 1970, this being the Veteran’s…

Los Angeles based band, Motley Crue, was asked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Rolling Stone Magazine, and their comments of course is news to us.  After all, that is what we do here at Notinhalloffame.com! Below are some of the comments from the band regarding the Rock Hall: From Guitarist, Mick Mars: “Honestly, I don't think it'll happen.  We were there when the thing was being built; we had to wear hard hats while we were walking around the building site. They were like, 'One of these days, you guys will be in here!' Right. [Laughs]…

Former San Francisco 49ers Offensive Lineman, Bob St. Clair passed away today at the age of 84. St. Clair played all eleven seasons with the Niners from 1953 to 1963 and was chosen for five Pro Bowls and the 1950’s All Decade Team.  He would receive the ultimate honor when in 1990 he was chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  A decade later, San Francisco would retire his number. The former lineman was entrenched in the San Francisco community and this is a huge loss for the area.  We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences…

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony should be a time when we here at Notinhalloffame.com look forward to annually.  It is, but we are site for debate, we far more enjoy the day when they make the decisions of who got in (so we can tell them why they are wrong). Regardless of our motives, this is an evening to celebrate the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, though yes…forgive us if a few snide comments emerge.  As per tradition, Jann Wenner, the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and publisher of Rolling…

It was announced today that Percy Sledge passed away in his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana following complications from liver cancer.  He was 73 years old. Sledge is best known for his massive hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman”, a song that went to #1 in 1966 and remains one of the most recognizable soul ballads of all time.  While he did have other hits, “When A Man Loves A Woman” was his first and far more known than the rest of his catalogue combined.  The song came directly from his heart as he wrote it based on the…