Not in Hall of Fame News

          You may not have noticed, but this is the Baseball Hall of Fame weekend. Or maybe you did notice, and decided not to be too interested. If it is the latter, count us among that group.          In many articles that permeate this website we have openly stated that we are for many of the PED users to get in; however only those who partook in that prior to Major League Baseball having a set policy in place against the aforementioned unnatural boost.   Actually, we want to applaud MLB, which has dramatically changed its culture and is even overzealous at…

                    The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has added five new members to its institution. In our eyes, there are two co-headliners, that being Doug Weight and Bill Guerin.          Weight played for nineteen seasons with seven different NHL clubs. He finished his career with 1,033 career points, a Stanley Cup Ring with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and the King Clancy award in 2011. Like Weight, Bill Guerin is a four time NHL All Star. The Right Winger won two Stanley Cups (1995 New Jersey & 2009 Pittsburgh) and was once a Second Team All-Star Selection. The two American were…

Our work on the existing Hockey Hall of Fame Classes continue. We have now made our way to the year of 1983 (which for the record is easily among our favourite Classes). The Class of 1983 contains:Bobby HullHarry SindenKen DrydenStan MikitaGang you know the drill. Check it out, and cast your votes and let us know whether you think they deserved their Hall of Fame induction. Look for upcoming classes soon!

It wasn’t much of a build-up was it? The UFC may have come a long way in the last ten years, but its Hall of Fame is in the dark ages. Six weeks ago, Dana White announced that Stephen Bonnar and Forrest Griffin would be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at their event on July 6, 2013. That day has arrived, and they are now officially part of the Hall of Fame, but has this really mattered as much as it should? That answer is easy: No.Let’s forget about the fact that there is no physical Hall of…

                    The world of professional wrestling lost another of its brethren when Matt Borne passed away yesterday at the age of 56. To fans of the WWE, Borne is best known as the original Doink the Clown. As strange as that character was, even in the cartoonish world of wrestling, Borne made it work and fans often look back on his heel run in 1994 as a great role, and one that was completely neutered when he left the organization late that year and the role was recast.         Matt Borne was a second generation wrestler, the son of “Tough” Tony…