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The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces 12 Coaches advancing to the 2025 PFHOF Class
Oct 17, 2024
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame reduced the 2025 Contributor candidates to 14 from 12. In a couple of weeks, the Blue Ribbon Committee will reduce this group to nine, and eventually, one name will be put forth as a Finalist. The names considered are: Bill Arnsberger. Arnsberger is one of the most heralded defensive minds in NFL history, first working for the Baltimore Colts (1964-69) where his defense brought the Colts to Super Bowl III. He would join his Cots Coach, Don Shula, to Miami, where his “No-Name Defense” led the Dolphins to back-to-back Super Bowl wins. He took…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces 25 Preliminary Candidates for the Contributor DIvision
Oct 16, 2024
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Committee Chairman
The Pro Football Hall of Fame reduced the 2025 Contributor candidates to 25 from 47. In a couple of weeks, the Blue Ribbon Committee will reduce this group to nine, and eventually, one name will be put forth as a Finalist. The names considered are: Bud Adams. Adams was the owner and founder of the Houston Oilers, where his team won the first two AFL Championships. He owned the team for 54 years until he died in 2013. Roone Arledge: Arledge was the mastermind behind Monday Night Football and was the head of ABC Sports for years. Chris Berman: Berman…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1967 Final VOTE
Oct 12, 2024
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Committee Chairman
1967 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project Class. Here we are! Again!! If you have been following our Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, you know we have asked the rhetorical question: What if the PFHOF began in January 1946? After soliciting and obtaining a passionate group of football fans and historians, we sent out a ballot for a Preliminary Vote, in which we asked each voter to give us 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 in the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3…
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announce additions to the Fan WIng
Oct 10, 2024
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Committee Chairman
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the addition of four new SuperFans to its James F. Goldstein SuperFam Gallery. The names announced are well-known. The new names to the wing announced are: Billy Crystal. The comedic actor and Saturday Night Live alumni has long been associated with sports, having competed on ABC’s Battle of the Network Stars, directing the HBO biopic on Roger Maris (*61), and playing an NBA referee in the film, “Forget Paris.” Crystal is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Clippers. Alan Horwitz. Horwitz is a Philadelphia-based businessman who founded Campus Apartments. He is…
Connor McDavid to have his number 97 retired by the Erie Otters
Oct 10, 2024
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Committee Chairman
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League will retire the number 97 of Connor McDavid. The event will occur on January 10 during Erie’s home game against Saginaw. Receiving a special exemption (Exceptional Player Status) to enter the OHL Draft at age 15 (only John Tavares and Aaron Ekblad…
AC Milan to begin their Hall of Fame
Oct 10, 2024
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Committee Chairman
Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that in honor of its 125th Anniversary, the Italian club AC Milan has announced the formation of its own Hall of Fame. Defender Franco Baresi will be its inaugural member. Baresi played for AC Milan for his entire 20-year career (1977-97), during which he experienced the highest of highs and lowest…
RIP: Luis Tiant
Oct 08, 2024
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Committee Chairman
Baseball lost a great one today. Former Boston Red Sox Pitcher Luis Tiant passed away at 83. Beloved by his fans and teammates, Luis Tiant was born in Cuba in 1940. Tiant came to the United States in 1961 when the Cleveland Indians signed him. Due to the conflicts between the U.S. and Cuba that would arise a year later, Tiant would not be able to return home for years, but he was able to do what many Cuban baseball stars could do in the decades that followed: he became a star in Major League Baseball. Tiant made it to…
Our All-Time Top 50 Winnipeg Jets have been revised to reflect the 2023-24 Season
Oct 07, 2024
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Committee Chairman
Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Winnipeg Jets. As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 1. Advanced Statistics. 2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 3. Playoff accomplishments.…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project: 1967 Semi-Final VOTE
Oct 05, 2024
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Committee Chairman
1967 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the years up to 1966. For “1967,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1961. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select 25…
Our All Time Top 50 Toronto Raptors have been revised to reflect the 2023-24 Season
Oct 05, 2024
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Committee Chairman
Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Toronto Raptors. As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following: 1. Advanced Statistics. 2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 3. Playoff accomplishments.…