Not in Hall of Fame News

It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works: For every regular-season game, we anointed the top five players with the most points, in descending order: 5-4-3-2-1.  We know the following: The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as they can amass Cup points…

We continue to chip away at our revised Notinhalloffame.com Hockey list for the 2026 vote and have updated 76-100. The entire list (albeit under construction) is available here for your reference; the updated ranked players for the Hockey Hall of Fame consideration are: *Denotes eligible for the first time. 76. Doug Weight77. Gary Roberts78. Ray Whitney79. Eddie Shack80. Stephane Richer81. Adam Foote82. Tuuka Rask83. Wayne Cashman84. Mats Naslund85. Rick Mash86. Doug Mohns87. Brad Richards88. Flash Hollett89. Cecil Dillon90. Jean Guy Talbot91. Terry O’Reilly92. Brian Rafalski93. Mike Liut94. Trevor Linden95. Tony Amonte96. Doug Jarvis97. Bob Goldham98. Red Berenson99. Gus Mortson100. Milan Hejduk…

We continue to chip away at our revised Notinhalloffame.com Hockey list for the 2026 vote and have updated 26-50.  The entire list (albeit under construction) is available here for your reference; the updated ranked players for the Hockey Hall of Fame consideration are: *Denotes eligible for the first time. 26. Nikolai Khabibulin27. Peter Bondra28. Rod Brind’Amour29. Marc Tardif30. Patrik Elias31. Sergei Gonchar32. Vladimir Krutov33. Kent Nilsson34. Pekka Rinne35. Steve Larmer36. Randy Carlyle37. Pat Stapleton38. Butch Goring39. Chris Osgood40. Reggie Leach41. Vincent LeCavalier42. Vladimir Konstantinov43. Paul Henderson44. Brian Propp45. Markus Naslund46. Gary Suter47. Alexei Kasatonov48. Bobby Smith49. Neal Broten50. Andy Moog  Look…

1985 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 select 25 names as their semi-finalists and 5 names for the Senior Pool. We then asked the group to vote for their 15 Finalists in the Modern Era and 3…

The news coming from Canton continues, as the Pro Football Hall of Fame has reduced their Modern Era Preliminary Nominees from 128 to 52. To qualify, a player must have retired less than 25 years ago and at least five years ago: This group will be pared down to 25 names this fall by the 50-person Hall of Fame committee. *Denotes they were a Finalist last year. **Denotes they are eligible for the first time. Quarterbacks (2): (cut from 10) **Drew Brees: SDG 2001-05 & NOR 2006-20.  After five years in San Diego, Brees ascended to superstar status in New…