Not in Hall of Fame News

It was reported that Dr. Jack Ramsay passed away to today at the age of 89.  Ramsay was best known for his twenty-one seasons as a Head Coach in the National Basketball Association, most famously for leading the Portland Trailblazers to their only Championship to date.  This was accomplished in his first season in Oregon a year after the Blazer had failed to even make the playoffs.  Overall, Ramsay had a winning percentage of .525 and he was known as being ahead of the curve in regards to conditioning of his players. After his coaching career ended in 1988, he…

The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame will be holding their 44th Annual Hall of Fame Induction banquet on July 19th of this year, and they have announced the presenters for the new inductees of the Class of 2014.  His oldest brother, Jerry Paul, will induct former Running Back, Ahman Green.   While in Green Bay, Green was selected for four consecutive Pro Bowls and had 11,048 All Purpose Yards and 68 Touchdowns.  Paul is a retired veteran of the Omaha Police Department.  Ken Ruettgers, who had 140 Starts with the Packers on their Offensive Line from 1985 to 1996 will…

Quickly, the Country Music Hall of Fame is becoming the institution to watch.  They have recently announced a new exhibition that will celebrate the career of Kenny Rogers, one of the most successful Country acts of the late 70’s and 80’s.  On August 15, 2014, “Kenny Rogers: Through the Years” will debut and the career of the “Gambler” will be celebrated.  Rogers entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and had multiple #1 albums and #1 songs and had serious crossover success on the mainstream Pop charts.  Rogers is also a multi-time Grammy Award winner and has acted…

Shortly after the Country Music Hall of Fame completed its expansion, the Nashville based institution has announced three new inductees in their Class of 2014. Ronnie Milsap headlines this group as the Modern Era Artist inductee, and is one of the most successful Country Musicians of all time. Starting out as a session musician in the 60’s (he appeared on Elvis Presley’s Kentucky Rain), Milsap also penned some hits for others (including Ray Charles) but in 1972 after a trip to Nashville, he switched his focus to Country Music at the influence of Charley Pride. Milsap would soon after have…

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…