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Jason Kelce, after 13 seasons in the NFL, all with the Eagles, has announced his retirement, marking the end of an era in Philadelphia. Kelce was a walk-on at the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the Eagles in the Sixth Round in 2011. He won the starting job as a rookie, but a torn ACL held him to only two games in 2012.  However, he came back stronger and paved the way for LeSean McCoy’s league-leading 1,607 yards. Kelce continued to improve his skill set and went to his first Pro Bowl in 2014. From 2016 until 2023,…

Yes, we know that this is taking a while! As many of you know, we here 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 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 post-2023 revision of our top 50 San Diego Padres. 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…

1957 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you for all of you who have participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project, and if you are unaware of what that is, simply, we acted as if the PFHOF had their first class in January of 1946? We have completed the first ten years thus far. For “1957” a Preliminary Vote with close to 130 players whose playing career ended by 1951. 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…

The world of professional wrestling lost a legendary, albeit cantankerous figure in Ole Anderson, who passed away at 81.Born Alan Rogowski, Anderson made his professional debut in the late 60s, and it did not take long for him to make his way to the Carolinas, where he adopted the Ole Anderson name as the kayfabe brother of Lars and Gene Anderson, the latter of whom he had a regular tag team with. They won multiple tag team titles, and Ole also established himself as a singles star. As Anderson gained knowledge, he took over as the booker in both Jim…

Marshawn Lynch, who is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame next year, received an endorsement from a player who knows him very well; Quarterback, Russell Wilson. The duo won Super Bowl 48 together with the Seattle Seahawks, and were on the losing side of following contest on a controversial play call where Wilson threw an interception that ended the game.  If there were any hard feelings between the two, that has not extended to Wilson’s respect for Lynch, who recently said on the I Am Athlete Podcast, that his former backfield partner in Canton worthy: “To me, he…