Not in Hall of Fame News
The 2022 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is announced!
Apr 30, 2023
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Committee Chairman
One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the six new members comprising the Class of 2022, which is the 9th full class. There are three wings in the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame: The Fictitious Athlete wing, whose members are: Rocky Balboa (The Rocky series), Roy Hobbs (The Natural), Crash Avis (Bull Durham), Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore), Reggie Dunlop (Slap Shot), The Hanson Brothers (Slap Shot), Charlie Conway (The Mighty Ducks) Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot), Apollo Creed (Rocky), Willie “Mays” Hayes (Major League), Forrest Gump…
Connor McDavid wins our third annual Notinhalloffame NHL Regular Season Cup
Apr 29, 2023
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Committee Chairman
It is with great pleasure that we announce the third annual Notinhalloffame NHL Regular Season Cup, and let us explain how this works: With every single regular season game, we anointed the best five players in the game with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1. We knew the following: - The top players for the NHL 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…
Joel Embiid wins our third annual Notinhalloffame Regular Season Cup
Apr 28, 2023
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Committee Chairman
Two years ago, Notinhalloffame.com awarded the first ever NBA NIHOF Regular Season Cup, which was a mammoth undertaking. Denver’s Nikola Jokic, who also won the MVP, was awarded the inaugural Cup. Last year, the multi-faceted European won it again, along with a second MVP. The NIHOF NBA Cup is deduced by awarding the best five players in the game with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1. Obviously, we can’t watch all the games, but box scores and write ups give an approximate idea as to who were each game’s top five. 389 players received at least one point, with 68 cracking at least…
RIP: Dick Groat
Apr 27, 2023
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Committee Chairman
Days after the Pittsburgh Pirates announced him as a member of their 2023 Hall of Fame Class, former Shortstop, Dick Groat, passed away at the age of 92. Groat was one of the greatest college athletes ever at Duke University, where he was so good at both basketball and baseball that he is in both of those sports colligate Halls of Fame. Professionally, Groat opted to play baseball…well at first anyway. Groat signed with the Pirates after his stint with the Blue Devils, and he went straight to the parent club as opposed to going to the minors. Groat was the second…
The Pittsburgh Pirates announce four members for the 2023 Class
Apr 21, 2023
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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 intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the second class for their franchise Hall of Fame. Last year, the Pirates enshrined 19 former greats into their inaugural class, and we now have four former players; Dick Groat, Bob Friend, Elroy Face and Kent Tekulve will be joining them. Groat played…
RIP: Dave Wilcox
Apr 21, 2023
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Committee Chairman
Professional Football lost another great one yesterday with the passing of Dave Wilcox, who was 80 Years old Drafted from the University of Oregon in the Third Round in 1964, Dave Wilcox won the Left Linebacker role during his rookie season, and he would hold on to it until he retired after the 1974 Season. Wilcox went to his first Pro Bowl in 1966 and would begin a six-year streak of that honor in 1968. Twice a First Team All-Pro, Wilcox used his freakish strength to repel blockers and get to his intended target. Wilcox was a devastating tackler and had good…
Jacques Rougeau on why he is not in the WWE HOF
Apr 19, 2023
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Committee Chairman
Weeks removed from the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, Jacques Rougeau, a former WWE World Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion was asked by Wrestlingnews.co about a potential induction. Here is what he had to say on that topic: “I honestly feel from the bottom of my heart if it wasn’t for that big fight we had and all that, The Rougeaus would be in the Hall of Fame because everybody else we worked with that we worked months and years with like The Hart Foundation, The Rockers, The Bulldogs, Tito Santana, and everything I accomplished as The Mountie is…
Gerald McCoy Retires
Apr 15, 2023
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Committee Chairman
We have another significant retirement in the National Football League, as Defensive Tackle, Gerald McCoy has retired. The Third Overall Pick from Oklahoma in the 2010 Draft, McCoy played his first nine years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning the starting LDT job as a rookie. From 2012 to 2017, McCoy was chosen for the Pro Bowl, with three of those years earning All-Pro Selections (one First Team & two Second Team). After suffering severe injuries in 2020, McCoy, who played for Carolina in 2019, had one appearance for Las Vegas in 2021. He retires with 59.5 Sacks and 334…
Our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball List has been updated. Vince Carter now #1.
Apr 08, 2023
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Committee Chairman
Days after we completed our amendments of those to consider for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we finished those our revisions on the Notinhalloffame.com Basketball List. The first thing that we obviously do with the Basketball List is remove those who were inducted. This took out: Dirk Nowitzki Dwyane Wade Pau Gasol Tony Parker We then added those who are worthy who are now eligible for the first time in 2024. Nowitzki, Wade, Gasol and Parker were ranked 1,2,3 and 5 respectively, which means that we will be seeing a significant change in our top ten. With those remaining,…
Our Notinhalloffame Football List have been updated: Julius Peppers now #1
Apr 04, 2023
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Committee Chairman
It is time for a massive update here at Notinhalloffame.com where one of our core lists have been revised. The list in question is those worthy of Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration. The first thing that we obviously do with the football list is remove those who were inducted. This took out: Ronde Barber Chuck Howley Joe Klecko Darrelle Revis Ken Riley Joe Thomas Zach Thomas DeMarcus Ware Many of the above were in our top ten, resulting in a monstrous shift at the top of our mountain. With those remaining, we factored votes and comments that came from…