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• Pitino leads class of seven into Naismith Hall

  April 8, 2013 in Sports Louisville coach Rick Pitino leads a class of seven into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The others announced Monday at a ceremony at the Final Four were college coaches …

• Pete Rose preaches patience to tarnished stars

  January 13, 2013 in Sports on Page C3 LOS ANGELES – Pete Rose recently went to Cooperstown to film an episode of his upcoming reality television show. His fiancee got choked up when baseball’s career hits leader had …

• Napoli to Boston as Winter meetings begin

  December 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 The Boston Red Sox began to play catch-up by getting All-Star catcher Mike Napoli, Tampa Bay took a chance on James Loney and the New York Yankees prepared for more …

• Hall of Fame ballot includes Bonds, Clemens and Sosa

  November 29, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 The most polarizing Hall of Fame debate since Pete Rose will now be decided by the baseball shrine’s voters: Do Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa belong in Cooperstown …

• Reggie Miller will join sister in basketball hall

  September 7, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Reggie Miller is joining his sister, Cheryl, in the basketball Hall of Fame at Springfield, Mass. The former Indiana Pacers star (pictured right) will be inducted into the basketball shrine … 1

• Larkin, Santo enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame

  July 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Barry Larkin lost it before he even started. Vicki Santo never wavered as she honored her late husband, Ron. Baseball’s highest honor always seems to leave a …

• Ohio family unearths pristine baseball card treasure

  July 11, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 DEFIANCE, Ohio – Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather’s attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of …

• Stone: Clemens case adds to trouble of casting Hall votes

  June 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – The government spent several years and several million dollars trying to prove that Roger Clemens lied to Congress under oath about using performance-enhancing drugs. They failed miserably. In …

• Durable running back Martin leads hall class

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 INDIANAPOLIS – Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The star running back with the Patriots and Jets for 11 …

• Seahawks’ Cortez Kennedy among new Hall of Famers

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 Cortez Kennedy spent years waiting for his Hall of Fame call, which is kind of funny considering how he learned of his selection on Saturday. “I had to watch it …

• Commentary: Time for all Halls of Fame to follow LPGA’s lead

  February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Bill Parcells might become an NFL Hall of Famer today. Then again, he might not.

• Basic blanket tops Hall of Fame toy class

  November 14, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Is Linus jumping for joy? The blanket – an all-purpose plaything as well as a comfort for generations of thumb-suckers like Charlie Brown’s best friend in the “Peanuts” comic strip …

• School Notes: Stockton inducted into G-Prep Hall of Fame

  October 27, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S12 Gonzaga Prep recently inducted new members into its Hall of Fame. The 2011 Hall of Fame inductees include: John Stockton, Gonzaga Prep graduate, class of 1980. Stockton made All-Greater Spokane …

• Flansburg, one of WSU’s top receivers, is Hall of Fame bound

  September 8, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 It’s Hall of Fame weekend at Washington State, or as it’s better known, story hour. Doug Flansburg dials the clock back to 1964 when Bert Clark had taken over the …

• Emotional Rodman caps Hall of Fame ceremony

  August 13, 2011 in Sports on Page C8 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Recognized for his basketball talents, Dennis Rodman instead talked about his personal shortcomings. He hasn’t been a very good husband or father. His relationship with his mother …

• Sanders, Sharpe, Faulk lead latest class in Pro Hall of Fame

  August 7, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 CANTON, Ohio – Prime Time has come to Canton – with an extra touch of gold and a black do-rag. Deion Sanders strutted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame …

• Sanders, Faulk, Sharpe enter Hall of Fame on Saturday

  August 6, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 CANTON, Ohio – Deion, Marshall and Shannon. Three players who could get by with only their first names, and soon to be known as Hall of Famers. Deion Sanders, Marshall …

• Blyleven, Alomar prepare for entry into Hall of Fame

  July 24, 2011 in Sports on Page C7 COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Bert Blyleven knows what took him to where he’s been and where he’s headed – his heritage. “I’m Dutch, I’m stubborn. I think it’s the stubbornness, the …

• Canton copes with loss of Hall of Fame game

  July 23, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 CANTON, Ohio – Workers assembled the metal framework for outdoor tents in the parking lot of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Friday, getting ready for its big enshrinement …

• Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven prepare for Baseball Hall of Fame inductions

  July 16, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 Bert Blyleven is still fine-tuning his Hall of Fame speech. So is Roberto Alomar, and he might have the more difficult task when the two former major league stars enter …

• Ned Jarrett leads NASCAR Hall of Fame class

  May 24, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Auto racing: Ned Jarrett won 50 races over his career, claimed two NASCAR championships, and once beat the field by 19 miles at Darlington Raceway. Then he moved on to …

• Sunday Locals: NIC Hall of Fame will induct coaches

  April 17, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 Two men who had a major impact on the athletic scene at North Idaho College will be inducted into NIC’s Athletics Hall of Fame during the school’s annual hall of …

• Rodman, Winter headed to shrine

  April 5, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Basketball: Dennis Rodman (pictured), Chris Mullin and a trio of coaching legends are part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011. Coaches Tex Winter, who has …

• 14-year wait over for Twins pitcher

  January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Former Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven first appeared on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in December 1997. Disappointment became an annual January rite for Blyleven, whose emotional outbursts peaked in …

• Miller, Steinbrenner shy of baseball Hall of Fame

  December 7, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 Pat Gillick is headed to the Hall of Fame after putting together three World Series championship teams in 27 years as a major league general manager. The Halls’ doors were …

• NIC to inaugurate sports hall of fame

  April 19, 2009 in Sports on Page C4 Nine athletes, two former coaches and a booster are included in the first class of inductees when the North Idaho College Athletic Hall of Fame is launched May 2 in …

• Local legend makes national Hall of Fame

  April 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 John Stockton completed a remarkable journey Monday – from the sometimes vicious driveway games with his brother Steve at the family’s Spokane home on North Superior to the Basketball Hall …

• Stockton named to Basketball Hall of Fame

  April 6, 2009 in City, Sports John Stockton completed a remarkable journey Monday – from the sometimes vicious driveway games with his brother Steve at the family’s Spokane home on North Superior to the Basketball Hall …

• Stockton headed for Hall of Fame

  April 6, 2009 in Sports John Stockton completed a remarkable journey Monday – from the sometimes vicious driveway games with his brother Steve at the family’s Spokane home on North Superior to the Basketball Hall … 3

• WSU athletic hall will grow by seven

  March 8, 2009 in Sports on Page C3 Six men and one woman, whose history dates from 1952 to the present, have been selected for induction into the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame, director of athletics …