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The United States Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their latest crop of inductees for their Minnesota based institution, and former New Jersey Devil and Detroit Red Wing Defenceman, Brian Rafalski will headline it. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Rafalski was the defensive anchor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was named a WCHA First Team All Star in his senior year.  Going undrafted in the NHL, Rafalski turned to Europe and found his niche in the Finnish League, most notably playing for HIFK.  In his final season there (1998/99) he won the Kultainen Kypara (Translated into Golden Helmet) which is…

We were wondering when this was finally going to happen.  Although an official date has not been announced, the Green Bay Packers have announced that Brett Favre will enter their franchise’s Hall of Fame in the summer of 2015, and that his number will be officially retired. On Favre’s website, where the announcement first took place he had the following to say: “I’m pleased to announce that I will be returning to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2015 for induction into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and retirement of my jersey. It was a tremendous honor to play 16…

We aren’t messing around with revisions any more here at Notinhalloffame.com! Two months ago, the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted five men who were on our list of those to consider for enshrinement, and as you would expect those were all highly ranked individuals, including three in our top five.  Dominik Hasek was number one on our list last year, and the Czech Goalie entered on the first year of eligibility to the surprise of nobody.  Peter Forsberg (who was number four) and Mike Modano (number five) also entered the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Pat Burns, who we had at…

In a retirement that almost slipped through the cracks here for us at Notinhalloffame.com, Eric Chavez of the Arizona Diamondbacks has announced his retirement.  Chavez, who was in his seventeenth season in Major League Baseball, was with the Oakland A’s for thirteen of them, and it was in the Bay Area that he had his most productive campaigns. Known mostly for his defensive skills, Chavez won six consecutive Gold Gloves at Third Base, though he brought offensive production to the plate with 260 career Home Runs and a more than respectable career Slash Line of .268/.342/.478/.821 and was the American…

The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced a major change amongst the voting process.  Hence forth, a player will only remain on the ballot for ten years as opposed to the fifteen years that has been the tradition for decades. Currently, there are three men who will be entering next year in their year of eligibility past ten years who will be grandfathered in.  Lee Smith (13th), Alan Trammell (14th) and Don Mattingly (15th and final) will remain on the ballot, though based on the support patterns that the three have had, it is not expected that any of the…