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, ...

Steroids and the Hall of Fame
baseballmusings.com 7/22/2009 — Bill James weighs in on steroids and the Hall of Fame . Bill takes the position that the inclusion of steroid users in the Hall of Fame is inevitable, and offers a number of arguments why it will be so. After ten years, however, the dust does not seem to be settling very rapidly. There seem ...

Fame On Them
metswalkoffs.com 7/29/2009 — Let's move on to something else that the Mets have screwed up royally, and I use that word for a reason. The Royals returned home after the All-Star Break and those who showed up got something extra for their dollar. The chance to go to the ...

Hall of Fame speeches don't exhibit Hall of Fame quality
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com 8/11/2009 — In previewing with Steve Duemig of WDAE earlier today some of my thoughts for improving the annual Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony, I explained that my goal would be to raise the points delicately and diplomatically.But then I realized that...

Oversimplifying the Hall of Fame debate
bases.newsvine.com 7/21/2009 — Terrence Moore on steroids and the Hall of Fame: Reggie Jackson is right. So is Jim Rice, along with Rick Telander, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, who joins me as a baseball Hall of Fame voter and as a hardliner who agrees with Jackson and Rice:

The W-5: They Were Placed on the Hall of Fame Ballot?
cheddar-cheddar.blogspot.com 7/30/2009 — So the last couple of days I've contemplated what I was going to discuss on the W-5....initially it was my take on trade season (but since I sorta did that last week that was scrapped out).....i thought about other Hall of Fame discussions (i.e. who will get inducted ......who's not in the Hall ...

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 MHR Denver Broncos Hall of Fame Committee: A Floyd Little Update
milehighreport.com 8/10/2009 —   via www.rememberdt.com Earlier this year the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame class was announced, and once again there were no Broncos inducted.  There was anger and outrage , it was called a travesty , then it was called a travesty again.  It was out of ...

MDH Off-Topic: Questions To Avoid During Hall of Fame Weekend
losmarlins.blogspot.com 7/28/2009 — Note : I've inveighed against a lazy trope employed by sportswriters once before , and it was fun, so let's do it again. For one weekend every summer, fans, journalists, and retired ballplayers assemble en masse in Cooperstown for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. It is widely ...

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 ...

TWIB to honor newest Hall inductees — Major League Baseball News 7/23/2009
Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice, the newest inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be featured on the upcoming edition of This Week In Baseball, slated to air Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

Killebrew: Reveal list of '03 positive tests — Major League Baseball News 7/23/2009
Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew has spoken out about performance-enhancing drug use in baseball, and he says the list of 103 Major League players who failed the 2003 steroids tests should be made public.

Looking Back At Rickey Henderson's Illustrious Career — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/23/2009
There's no doubt it. Rickey Henderson is baseball's greatest leadoff hitter and base runner of all time. The 10-time All-Star is the career leader in stolen bases, runs scored, leadoff home runs, and trails only Barry Bonds for most walks. In ...

Jim Rice: Making The Hall of Fame Bigger — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/23/2009
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York will need to get bigger as it prepares to welcome Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson as its newest members on July 26. The votes are in and there’s no turning back, but only one of ...

Tony Gwynn, former San Diego Padres great, will miss Hall of Fame ceremony — ESPN.com - MLB 7/23/2009
Former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn had minor surgery earlier this week and will miss the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.