Recent Hall of Fame Stories

Long-time colleague Jim Gray called Thursday night to tell me I was right. I thought he was talking about the Mike Tyson fight, which was a sad affair. “No, no,” said Gray. “I am talking about Ralph Hay being selected as the contributor by the Pro Football Hall ...

  Raiders great Steve Wisniewski, a year away from the Abyss (Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s quest to select the Class of 2025 with a new process and personnel. Written by Frank Cooney, a Seniors Blue Ribbon ...

With a couple of surprises, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 was formally revealed during NFL Network's "Honors” program Thursday night, an Oscar-like production complete with red carpet and an array of presenters with varying degrees of comedic, ah, ...

On Martin Luther King Day, January 15, 2024, as we commemorate the man who waged historic battles against social injustice and segregation, let’s recognize another who boldly confronted the same issues, yet seems forgotten, despite his high profile as a great athlete.   Art ...

See story on Art Powell's impact on football and society Arthur Lewis Powell (February 25, 1937– April 6, 2015) was a dazzling wide receiver in the National and American Football Leagues from 1959–68, when his production rated among the very best in the history ...

When the Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists were revealed in a one-hour television special on NFL Network December 27, Seniors wide receiver finalist Art Powell was allotted only the fraction of a second it took to say his name in the 58th minute of the program. Yet ...

Fifteen former National Football League stars reached the doorstep of enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as finalists in the Modern-Era Player category for the Hall’s Class of 2024. These 2024 finalists include two in their first year of eligibility ...

In an unofficial, anonymous survey of select football professionals, pass-rushing defensive end Julius Peppers and uber athletic linebacker Patrick Willis were the only two unanimous selections while trimming a list of 25 Modern Era semifinalists to 15 for the ...

It undoubtedly wasn’t planned that way; after all, assembling the alumni is seldom possible on short notice. But when things aren’t going well in the present, revisiting the past usually works. Thus, on an afternoon that Justin Herbert suffered a finger injury ...