Hall of Fame Classic Dips Its Toes in the Water
hardballtimes.com 6/22/2009 — File this one in the category of “just for fun.” Team Wagner edged Team Collins, 5-4, on Sunday afternoon in the inaugural Hall of Fame Classic, an old-timers game featuring 26 retired major leaguers. The Wagners (named for Hall of Famer Honus Wagner) rallied from a 4-0 deficit, scoring four ...

The 10 Best Quarterbacks Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
bleacherreport.com 6/15/2009 — Continuing the position-by-position look at the best eligible players not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we now turn our attention to the most visible and scrutinized position on the field: quarterback. Many would argue that quarterbacks receive ...

Hall of Fame Weekend: Live From Cooperstown
hardballtimes.com 7/24/2009 — With heavy humidity, threatening skies, and building crowds on Main and Pioneer streets, Hall of Fame Weekend 2009 made its presence known in Cooperstown on Thursday... One of the surest signs of the arrival of Induction Weekend is the sighting of the Fergie Jenkins Van. I saw Jenkins’ ...

The 10 Best Offensive Linemen Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
bleacherreport.com 7/6/2009 — In the fifth installment of our position-by-position look at the best eligible players not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, we are looking at the position that has sent more than twice as many players to the Hall of Fame in the last 15 years than any ...

The Hall of Fame: it's all about the money
bases.newsvine.com 7/23/2009 — Next time you hear Hall of Famers spout off about how the steroids cheats should be kept out, keep in mind that it may very well be more than the alleged integrity of the institution that they're protecting. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame can ...

The 10 Players Most Deserving of Being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
sportsthenandnow.com 8/8/2009 — No player has been a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame more times than Jerry Kramer without getting into the Hall. After two months of painstakingly looking at each position to determine which players that have been overlooked by the Pro Football Hall of Fame are the most deserving, ...

This Cooperstown baseball game is a classic
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — While I missed most of what was happening in Yankeeland this weekend, we did get to see some baseball Sunday. We went to the Hall of Fame Classic game in Cooperstown, featuring MLB Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Fergie Jenkins, Paul Molitor, Brooks Robinson, and Phil Niekro, and dozens of other ...

MMA Hall of Fame
keyboardkimura.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — To put it as simplistically as possible, we need a Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame. During the continuing discussions of yesterday's post about the candidacy of Evan Tanner and others for the UFC Hall of Fame, I was reminded that we currently do not have a true Hall of Fame that operates in ...

Hall of Fame Weekend: Live From Cooperstown on Monday
hardballtimes.com 7/28/2009 — The Monday of Hall of Fame Weekend is usually a slow day in town because it is also getaway day for the 50-plus Hall of Famers and the two dozen other retired players who have spent several days in the village. That’s usually the case—but not this year. As I drove into town in the late morning, ...

Official: Leetch In Hockey Hall of Fame
puckcentral.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — According to the Rangers website , as expected: It's official. Rangers great Brian Leetch is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In a conference call on Tuesday afternoon, the Hall of Fame Selection Committee announced that Leetch would be part of the 2009 Hall induction class, along with Brett Hull, ...

Long journey leads Tracy to Rockies — Major League Baseball News 6/25/2009
Once it dawned on Jim Tracy that it was possible to make it to the Majors as a manager, he started studying the career paths and the successes of Hall of Fame managers.

The Hall of Fame and Steroids — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
This should be an interesting discussion: The Chicago chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America is taking up the thorny question of what to do with "Steroid Era" players and the Hall of Fame. The writers plan to meet Friday to ...

Sammy Sosa Is a Joke and Does Not Deserve Hall of Fame — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
The New York Times reported last week that former Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa was on a list of 103 players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. Sosa, 40, a seven-time All-Star selection and six-time Silver Slugger ...

Quit Your Bickering and Put Mark McGwire In The Hall Of Fame — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
Over the last few years, it has become very apparent that the media and the Hall of Fame voters will never allow one of the greatest power hitters of my generation to enter the Hall of Fame. My question is: Why? What is their basis to ...

Chicago writers say no more HoF guidelines needed — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/26/2009
When it comes to the electing players to the Baseball Hall of Fame, no new guidelines are needed to deal with the so-called Steroid Era because voters are already asked to consider a player's integrity and character.