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New Mexico State names its Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Feb 27, 2022
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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 news to us that the New Mexico State has announced three new members to their Athleltic Hall of Fame. They will be formally inducted on March 4, 2022, and honored the following day during halftime of the men’s basketball team’s home game against Utah Valley. William Benjamin, Men’s Basketball 1988-92. While Benjamin was with the…
The New York Yankees will retire Paul O'Neill's number this year
Feb 22, 2022
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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 news to us that the New York Yankees will be retiring his number 21 this upcoming season. The event will take place on August 21, during New York’s home game against Toronto. After playing his first eight seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, O’Neill helped New York win four World Series Titles (1996, 1998, 1999…
CM Punk named to the ROH Hall of Fame
Feb 21, 2022
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Ring of Honor announced that former Champion, CM Punk will join The Briscoe Brothers, Bryan Danielson and Samoa Joe as part of the first Hall of Fame Class. Making his ROH debut in 2002 won the ROH Tag Team Titles twice with Colt Cabana, and the ROH World Title in 2005 when he defeated Austin Aries. His most famous run was the “Summer of Punk” when he had signed with the WWE, but was still the ROH Champion. He finally lost the title to James Gibson in a four-way match. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate CM Punk for this…
Manu Ginobili headlines the 2022 Basketball HOF Finalists
Feb 18, 2022
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It is NBA All-Star Game weekend, and those who are into Halls of Fame know exactly what that means! The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the Finalists for the Class of 2022. The Finalists are: Leta Andrews: Andrews is one of the most successful basketball high school coaches of all-time, coaching from 1962 to 2014 with a lifetime record of 1,416-355. She is already a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, and has been a Finalist three times before. Swin Cash: Cash was a two-time NCAA Champion at Connecticut and a three-time WNBA Champion, two with Detroit and one…
The Undertaker named to the WWE Hall of Fame
Feb 18, 2022
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Wrestlemania season is coming soon, and there is nobody better to be named as the headliner for the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022 than the Undertaker. A native of Texas, Mark Callaway debuted for the WWE as the Undertaker at the 1990 Survivor Series, and at the 1991 Survivor Series, he beat Hulk Hogan for his first World Heavyweight Title. Since that time, the Undertaker appeared in countless main events, won three more World Titles and headlined multiple Wrestlemanias, most notably amassing a 21-match win streak. He was given an official retirement last year on an episode of Monday…
Ryan Zimmerman Retires
Feb 15, 2022
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As was expected, one of the all-time Washington Nationals greats, Ryan Zimmerman, announced today that he is retiring from Baseball. Drafted in the First Round in 2005, Zimmerman made the big leagues that year, and remained with the Nationals for all of his sixteen seasons. An All-Star in 2009 and 2017, Zimmerman was a solid power hitter, who had seven 20-Home Run years with a pair of Silver Sluggers (2009 & 2010). Batting .277 lifetime for Washington, Zimmerman was a veteran presence on the 2019 team that won the World Series, the first for the organization.Zimmerman was a member of the…
Samoa Joe Named to the ROH Hall of Fame
Feb 15, 2022
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Ring of Honor announced that former Champion, Samoa Joe, will join The Briscoe Brothers and Bryan Danielson as part of the first Hall of Fame Class. Joe debuted for ROH in their inaugural year, 2002, and he climbed up the ladder quickly, defeating Xavier for the ROH World Title. Holding the belt for 21 months, he had classic title defenses against CM Punk, which were considered some of the best wrestling in North America at the time. Following his title loss to Austin Aries, he would defeat Jay Lethal for the Pure Championship. Joe also had another legendary match for the promotion against…
Becky Hammon headlines the Women's Basketball HOF Class of 2022
Feb 15, 2022
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The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the eight-person Class of 2022, pared down from 12 Finalists announced last month. The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on June 11. The Class of 2022 are:: Debbie Antonelli (Broadcaster). Antonelli has been a broadcaster for 34 years and has worked for ESPN, CNS, FOX, Westwood One and the Big Ten Network. Alice “Cookie” Barron (Player). Barron played for the Waylon Baptist Flying Queens and helped them win three National Championships. She also helped take the United States to Gold in the 1957 FIBA World Championship. Doug Bruno (Coach). Bruno has been the Head Coach…
Our All-Time Top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks have been updated to reflect the 2021 Season
Feb 13, 2022
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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-2022 revision of our top 50 Arizona Diamondbacks. 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 National League. 3. Playoff accomplishments. 4. Their…
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2022
Feb 11, 2022
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Last week, we here at Notinhalloffame.com had our mock Pro Football Hall of Fame Committee, where we debated came up with our Class of 2022, which consisted of Richard Seymour, Tony Boselli, LeRoy Butler, Devin Hester and Patrick Willis. It was a transparent process, which you can see here, and like the actual Hall, we too, had previous shows where we debated who should reach the Semi-Finalists and Finalists. Tonight, the Pro Football Hall of Fame came up with a different five than we did, and they announced that during the NFL Honors. Let’s get right into who they chose: Tony…