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There has been a lot of speculation of late that Larry Fitzgerald, the free agent Wide Receiver, will be retiring shortly.  If he does, this would make a loaded group of first ballot eligible even stronger, as Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Jason Witten and Maurkice Pouncey have all called it a career in 2020. Fitzgerald, who is 37, had career-lows last season (54 Receptions, 409 Yards, 1 Touchdown), and after 17 seasons in the National Football League, this might be it.  Playing his entire career with the Arizona Cardinals, Fitzgerald has accumulated 17,492 Receiving Yards, which is second all-time behind Jerry Rice,…

An era has come to an end in North Carolina. At age 70, Roy Williams is announcing that he is retiring after an 18-year run as the Head Basketball Coach at UNC.  Williams brought the Tar Heels to three NCAA Championships (2005, 2009 & 2017), and won 903 Games over his 33 years as a Head Coach. Williams was also the Head Coach at Kansas for 15 years, where he brought the Jayhawks to four Final Fours and two National Title Games.   Williams, who was inducted both the Naismith Basketball, and College Basketball Hall of Fame, is also a nominee for…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Baltimore Orioles of all-time. As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.  3. Playoff…

Howard Schnellenberger, the football coach who led the University of Miami to their first National Championship, died today.  He was 87 years old. Before he took over the Hurricanes program, Schnellenberger had previously been a head coach for the Baltimore Colts and was coming off a four-year run as the Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator. The Hurricanes had never been a college football power before Schnellenberger arrived, and he oversaw an unexpected transformation, taking Miami from doormats to champions in five years.  He left the program after that 1983 National Championship, but the culture in Miami was forever changed, with the Hurricanes winning three…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Tampa Bay Rays of all-time. As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. …