81 Results for hall of fame

Flame out

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Windy City blown away with failed 2016 bid, but some Olympic proposals shouldn't die.

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Favre unspectacular, but in a good way

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Brett Favre was anything but a stat machine in Week 1 versus Cleveland, but he did just enough to prove his value.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2009

Chicago's finest

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Gene Wojciechowski lists the 23 most important athletes in Chicago history.

Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Signs of life for Paulus, Orange

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

A costly mistake prevented a storybook ending, but Greg Paulus' debut performance gave Syracuse reason to hope.

Story | Conversation | September 05, 2009

What not to do

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Gene Wojciechowski has a memo for the Ricketts family, the new owners of the Chicago Cubs, listing actions they should avoid taking.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Favre's left Green Bay behind, for good

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Brett Favre had every right to join the Vikings. He just needs to know his last few bridges to Green Bay have been burned.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2009

The buzz from Turnberry? The Hawks

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

The buzz from Turnberry? The Blackhawks, of course.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

Which All-Stars might be PED users?

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Shouldn't we be more interested in the list of 104 PED users than the list of 66 MLB All-Stars?

Story | Conversation | July 06, 2009

San Diego Chicken deserves call to Hall

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Forget Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and other suspected steroids users. You know who really belongs in the Hall of Fame? The San Diego Chicken.

Story | Conversation | June 30, 2009

Weaver keeps golf in perspective

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

After enduring the tragedy of the Va. Tech school shootings from just 100 yards away, amateur Drew Weaver isn't about to flinch from being on the leaderboard at the 109th U.S. Open.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009

Enough already

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Sports are great. But here are 50 things that, even without, would make it better.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2009

Scouts weren't always on the mark

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

We took Randy Johnson's high school scouting reports and reviewed them with him 27 years later. Needless to say, a few were just a bit outside.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Could this be Calhoun's swan song?

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Jim Calhoun has already won two national championships and might be on his way to a third. With an impending investigation into alleged recruiting violations, could this be the Connecticut coach's swan song?

Story | Conversation | March 26, 2009

Buddy's son is a guy worth rooting for

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Missouri's Matt Lawrence, the son of our guy's college friend, is the kind of player worth rooting for.

Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Judge A-Rod 'from this day forward'

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Let's take Alex Rodriguez at his word and judge his baseball legacy, including his Hall of Fame candidacy, "from this day forward."

Story | Conversation | February 18, 2009