Adriรกn Beltrรฉ, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton on track for Hall of Fame election; Billy Wagner close
Adriรกn Beltrรฉ, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton appeared on track to gain election to Cooperstown on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner was likely to be right around the needed 75% threshold and Gary Sheffield was projected to fall short.
Eddie Murphy to be inducted into NAACP Hall of Fame
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2020, file photo, Eddie Murphy accepts the lifetime achievement award at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month. The NAACP announced Thursday, March 11, 2021, that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)LOS ANGELES โ Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month. The NAACP announced Thursday that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS. The NAACP Image Awards honoring entertainers and writers of color will also simulcast on BET, MTV, VH1, MTV2, BET HER and LOGO.
Baseball Hall gets no new members; Schilling 16 votes shy
Like many baseball writers, C. Trent Rosecrans viewed the Hall of Fame vote as a labor of love. Schilling, a right-handed ace who won three World Series titles, finished 16 votes short of the 75% threshold necessary for enshrinement. Schilling, Clemens and Bonds will be joined on next year's ballot by sluggers Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz. Schilling wrote on Facebook that he would like the veterans committee to review his Hall case. โIโll defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player,โ Schilling wrote.
California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region
SACRAMENTO, Calif. โ California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Three of the state's five regions โ the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California โ remain under the stay-at-home order because their intensive care capacity at hospitals is severely limited. To try to get the virus in check California, is moving more quickly to distribute vaccines. Newsom imposed the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order in March. Supervisor Mike Ziegenmeyer of Sutter County in the Sacramento region acknowledged as much when he reacted to the order being lifted.
Is a WWE Hall of Fame coming to Central Florida?
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR WWE - WWE superstar John Cena introduces Snoop Dogg into the WWE Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in Dallas. (Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE)ORLANDO, Fla. โ Former World Wrestling Entertainment champion Ric Flair said a WWE Hall of Fame is coming to Central Florida. โWWE is actually in the process of building a Hall of Fame, a physical structure Hall of Fame in Orlando,โ Flair said. โI checked in with the Planning Division and their team has heard about the WWE Hall of Fame building, however, there is not an official request from WWE to the County. The company is based in Stamford, Connecticut, but one can make the argument Central Florida is the second home for the WWE.
76ers fan to give memorabilia back to Johnny Bench
The winning bidder on over $1 million worth of memorabilia from a recent auction of Johnny Benchโs personal collection is returning the items to the Hall of Fame catcher, with whom heโs been friends since 1967. Businessman Alan Horwitz, a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers who sits courtside at home games wearing his Sixth Man jersey, successfully bid for Benchโs 1975 and โ76 World Series rings last month. Horwitz said he and Bench first met during Christmas vacation before Bench took over catching duties for the Cincinnati Reds beginning with the 1967 season. โI am truly stunned by Alanโs generous gesture and am grateful and proud that these trophies and memorabilia pieces will be on display for millions of fans to experience,โ Bench said. Sales totaled just under $2 million, according to Hunt Auctions, which ran the sale.
Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Lasorda hospitalized in ICU
FULLERTON, Calif. โ Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda has been hospitalized in Southern California. The Los Angeles Dodgers said Sunday that their 93-year-old former manager was in intensive care and resting comfortably at a hospital in Orange County. He attended the teamโs Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 27 in Texas that clinched the Dodgersโ first World Series title since 1988. Lasorda had a record of 1,599-1,439 while managing the Dodgers from 1976-96, guiding them to World Series championships in 1981 and '88. In 2012, Lasorda was hospitalized in New York after having a heart attack.
Woman denies attempted kidnapping of Joe Montana grandchild
Dalzell is charged with attempted kidnapping of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana's granddaughter. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)LOS ANGELES โ A 39-year-old woman was charged Tuesday in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his Southern California home. Sodsai Predpring Dalzell of Los Angeles pleaded not guilty in LA County court to felony counts of attempted kidnapping of a child under 14 and burglary. After a brief struggle, Jennifer Montana pried the girl away, and Dalzell fled from the home, authorities said. He and Jennifer Montana, a philanthropist and former model, have been married since 1985 and have four adult children.