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It happened quietly but a former NHL Conn Smythe Trophy has called it a career today. Jean-Sebastian Giguere has officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League after a successful career that saw him win the Conn Smythe (2003) and the Stanley Cup in 2007.  Giguere had his best seasons with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim/Anaheim Ducks, specifically the Conn Smythe season where he may not have won the Stanley Cup, but became a star posting a sub 1.75 Goals Against Average in the Playoffs.  In 2007, with a more loaded offence, he hoisted the Stanley Cup, again posting…

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Senior Committee has announced that Mick Tingelhoff, the former Center for the Minnesota Vikings will be their lone nominee.  Unlike previous years, the Senior Committee, which only looks at those whose players have been over for twenty-five years, has reduced their nominees from two to one.  Undrafted out of Nebraska in 1962, Tingelhoff signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Vikings and not only made the roster but cracked the starting lineup.  He would begin an incredible streak of starting 240 consecutive games and would anchor the Offensive Line that protected Quarterback Fran…

This weekend, the most decorated team in National League history, the St. Louis Cardinals ushers in its second group of inductees to their Hall of Fame.  This collection of talent includes Marty Marion, Willie McGee, Jim Edmonds and Mike Shannon. The Cardinals Hall of Fame inducts people from three categories, the Veteran, Modern and Lifetime Achievement.  This year’s Veteran Category inductee is Mary Marion, the 1944 National League Most Valuable Player.  Marion was considered the finest defensive Shortstop in his day and even with advanced metrics he would lead the National League in Defensive bWAR three times.  Marion was selected…

The Los Angeles Kings have announced that they will retire the number 4 of Rob Blake, marking the sixth time that the organization has retired a number.  Blake joins a group that includes Marcel Dionne (#16), Dave Taylor (#18), Luc Robitaille (#20), Rogie Vachon (#30) and Wayne Gretzky (#99). Blake was drafted by Los Angeles in 1988, Blake worked his way up the ranks to become one of the top Defenceman in the National Hockey League.  He would have his breakout campaign in the 1997/98 season where he won the Norris Trophy Award as the NHL’s top Defenceman and earned…

The Arena Football League announced their Class of 2014 during their National Conference Championship Game.  The relatively new league first began operation in 1987, and inducted their first member to their own Hall of Fame in 1997.  Currently, the AFL has fourteen teams and is doing substantially better economically, as we are only five years removed from when they League suspended operations in 2009 for one season to restructure their business model Four players were selected for this year’s class. The arguable headliner of the Class is Damian Harrell, who is the all time Arena League leader in Receptions.  Harrell…