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Longtime Bass Player of Deep Purple, Roger Glover, was asked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the radio show, Noize in the Attic.  Glover responded that the band was “kind of ambivalent” about the prospect of entering the Cleveland based institution and that they were “up in the air” whether they would accept an induction or not.  The British based Hard Rock band has been eligible for the Hall since 1993, but has only been nominated in the last two years. It is easy to understand Glover, and his bandmates frustration.  Glover continued to add that they…
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…
The San Diego Chargers has officially announced that former Defensive standout, Leslie O’Neal will be the 37th member inducted into their franchise’s Hall of Fame.  The ceremony will take place on their October 19th home game against their division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs.  The Chargers Hall of Fame inducted their first group in 1976. O’Neal was the eighth overall pick of the 1986 Draft and the two-time All American from Oklahoma State made an immediate impact on the Chargers with 12.5 Quarterback Sacks and the capture of the Defensive Rookie of the Year of the Award.  It was a…
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…
Chasing his first berth in the Major League Baseball Playoffs, Adam Dunn, who was just traded to the Oakland A’s has announced that this will be his final season in the game.  Dunn, who currently has 460 career Home Runs, and hit the 40 Home Run mark in a season five consecutive years (2004-2008) currently is 36th all-time and fifth among active players. Dunn, an All Star twice in his career (2002 & 2012) may possess a low career Batting Average of .237, but he did lead have two seasons leading his respective League in Walks twice and has a…
Shortly after the San Diego Padres controversially renamed their area where they honor past stars, “Selig Hall of Fame Park”, a very uncontroversial moment occurred today for Baseball fans in Southern California. Trevor Hoffman, one of the most accomplished Relief Pitchers in Baseball’s history, officially became the ninth man inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame today.  Hoffman, who is second all time in career Saves, had 552 of his 601 as a Member of the Padres, a team in which he spent sixteen seasons with. Hoffman would represent the Padres six times as an All Star, twice…
A major retirement in the world of Football took place as Linebacker, James Harrison has announced that his playing career is over. Harrison went undrafted in 2002 after his College career at Kent State, but would be signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.  It would be a struggle for him to stick on the team as he floated on and off the practice squad, and only saw one game that season in a Special Teams role.  The following year, Harrison would try his hand with the Baltimore Ravens and after being assigned to the Rhein Fire of the World Football League,…
We owe all of you an apology, as we have been a little slow in revamping our WWE Celebrity Rankings.  With that being said, we are very pleased to announce the new top ten personalities who should be considered for the WWE Celebrity Wing. Before we go into the new list, the Celebrity List of the WWE Hall of Fame could very well be exponentially more controversial than the performer list.  Inductees like Drew Carey and William “The Refrigerator” Perry, who have only appeared on one WWE show, does not exactly scream Hall of Fame in any capacity.  The most…
We needed a few days to truly digest this.  The San Diego Padres have announced that they are renaming Palm Court Plaza, the Bud Selig Hall of Fame Plaza, which is located outside of Left Field, near the busiest entrance in the park.  The name change is to coincide with a relaunch of their own Hall of Fame, and a celebration of Padres history. To date, with the addition of Relief Pitcher Trevor Hoffman last year, the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame includes nine men.  The other eight who have been previously inducted are Buzzie Bavasi, Nate Colbert, Jerry…
The transfer from South Bend, Indiana to Atlanta, Georgia is complete. This weekend, the College Football Hall of Fame has officially opened up embracing the old (many artifacts in the Hall are over 100 years old) and the new with a virtual presence unseen in any other North American Sporting Hall of Fame to date.  The three story facility features a chance for NCAA fans to pick their favorite collegiate team and have multiple exhibits display interactive components of their respective team.  Multiple videos are also available at the simple touch of a screen, making this Hall of Fame more…