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FanHouse Live: NFL Wild Card, BCS Title Game Previews, Steve Nash's Future

It is a huge weekend of football action beginning with four Wild Card games and capped off by the BCS Title Game on Monday night. Find out why FanHouse's NFL experts are feeling good about the road teams, why someone is comparing Andrew Luck to an NFL MVP, and where Steve Nash will be playing hoops later in 2011 on the...

Hall of Fame Voting Results 2011

The National Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2011 was completed Wednesday when the results of the Baseball Writers' Association of America's election are announced. Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar were elected to the Hall of Fame, but below are the complete results of the balloting. Players who spent at least 10 years...

Rafael Palmeiro Could be Telling Truth, Says Former Congressman

WASHINGTON -- Rafael Palmeiro uttered the words a few corridors from here that defined his career more than his 3,020 hits, 569 home runs and three Gold Gloves. "I have never used steroids, period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that," the slugger said before the House Committee on Oversight and...

Hall of Fame Again Tweaks Voting Process for Non-Players, Older Players

The Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday it would again change its method for electing managers, executives, umpires and players who are not enshrined through the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot. Over the past three years, the Hall of Fame held elections in alternating years, with managers, umpires,...

John Dowd Doesn't Believe Pete Rose

By now you've all heard about Pete Rose and his exploits in the Dan Patrick show this week. You've heard what countless talking heads, bloggers, and just about everyone thinks about his confession that he bet on the Reds every night as manager. And now to you can add the thoughts of John Dowd, author of the infamous Dowd...

MLB Hall of Fame News From the Web

04/11/12 MLBPA director Michael Weiner says PED users should be... Source: Larry Brown Sports That is the question regarding known steroid users and the MLB Hall of Fame. The general consensus seems to be that cheaters should not be allowed.
01/10/12 MLB Hall of Fame voting Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC x-Barry Larkin 495 (86.4%), Jack Morris 382 (66.7%), Jeff Bagwell 321 (56.0%), Lee Smith 290 (50.6%), Tim Raines 279 (48.7%), Edgar Martinez 209 (36.5%), Alan Trammell 211 (36.8%), Fred McGriff 137 (23.9%), Larry Walker 131 (22.9%), Mark McGwire 112 (19.5%), Don Mattingly 102 (17.8%), Dale Murphy 83 (14.5%), Rafael Palmeiro 72 (12.6%), Bernie Williams 55 (9.6%). Note: By receiving fewer than 30 votes (less than 5 percent), Juan Gonzalez 23 (4.0%), Vinny Castilla 6 (1.0%), Tim Salmon 5 (0.9%), Bill Mueller 4 (0.7%), Brad Radke 2 (0.3%), Javy Lopez 1 (0.2%), Eric Young 1 (0.2%), Jeromy Burnitz 0, Brian Jordan 0, Terry Mulholland 0, Phil Nevin 0, Ruben Sierra 0, Tony Womack 0 are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA.
07/20/11 Here Comes The Hater Volume 50 Source: Black Athlete Yes. But I would be an even better sports writer, if I had a good sports editor to correct my mistakes. 2.
03/23/11 Bragging Rights of His Own Source: NBC - KRIST 6 News - Corpus Christi TX When your dad and uncles played professional baseball and your grandfather is MLB Hall of Fame first baseman, there's little you can brag about.
01/05/11 Results of 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot on MLB... Source: The Biz of Baseball The results of the 2011 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot will be announced on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com on Wednesday, January 5 at 2:00 p.m. ET as part of a 90-minute announcement show beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET.

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