Gossage elected to Hall of Fame
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Rich "Goose" Gossage won election to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Gossage, who pitched in three World Series for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, picked up 85.8 percent of the 543 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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Boston College will induct eight athletes into its Hall of Fame tomorrow in a ceremony at the Sheraton Needham Hotel, emceed by Sean McDonough. The inductees (listed below) will be honored today at the Eagles-Rutgers football game:
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Being a coach, being in the present. Those words may best explain why St. Anthonyâs Coach Bob Hurley has been nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
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SCOTLAND'S best- loved footballers and managers have been nominated for places in a new hall of fame.
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Former Washington Redskins team mates Art Monk and Darrell Green were among six players to win election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Five-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs and nine-time National League Gold Glove award winner Ryne Sandberg received baseball's highest honor on Tuesday, as both were elected into the Hall of Fame.
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Wade Boggs might have to get used to a new routine Tuesday: life as a Hall of Famer. The five-time AL batting champion, known for his array of pre- and postgame rituals, is the top newcomer on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot, joining holdovers Ryne Sandberg and Bruce Sutter.
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Ray Bourque, the finest defenseman of his generation, entered the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday with Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy.
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Jim Rice fell short again, by just 16 votes. Now, the former Boston Red Sox slugger has one chance left to be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Dan Marino and Steve Young are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, joining veterans Bennie Friedman and Fritz Pollard.
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Buck O'Neil will have a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame after all, with a statue of the Negro Leagues advocate going up in the Cooperstown museum and an Award to be named in his honor.
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LAS VEGAS -- Phil Jackson, Chris Mullin and Dick Vitale led the list of 15 finalists for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame announced during the NBA's All-Star weekend Friday.
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It should be no surprise that Goose Gossage, who exceeded 100 relief innings a season four times in his career, is rooting for Scott Proctor, who worked in more than half the Yankeesâ games last season.
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Legendary Redskins wide receiver Art Monk is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the seventh time and with a relatively weak field, Monk might finally be bestowed with the honor that many feel is long overdue Saturday.
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Michael Chang, the youngest man to claim a grand slam singles title when he won the 1989 French Open, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, officials announced on Wednesday.
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COOPERSTOWN, New York (Sports Network) - Five-time American  League batting champion Wade Boggs and nine-time National  League Gold Glove award winner Ryne Sandberg received  baseball's highest honor on Tuesday, as both were elected into  the Hall of Fame.
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five joined Patti Smith, the Ronettes, Van Halen and R.E.M. as inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.