The purpose of the sponsored event was to educate attendees – mostly retired professional athletes, musicians and other cultural influencers – about its various medicinal uses. Details could be found on the 12-page invitation featuring photos of, among others, former NBA commissioner David Stern and Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, quoting their belief in the health benefits of cannabis. Celebrity chef Nikki Steward, with residence hostess Nikki Shaw serving as co-chef, would prepare an eight-course meal, with a partial menu including braised lamb shanks, lobster mac-and-cheese, chicken pot pies, wings and veggie rolls. And, naturally, there would be desserts, some of which could be plucked from a supine, semi-nude female server.
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Andy Reid’s Super Bowl LIV jacket, hat and shoes on display at Pro Football Hall of Fame
Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s signature style is on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s signature style is now on display and immortalized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is set to feature an exhibit of mementos from the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV victory over the 49ers in their “Pro Football Today Gallery.” The gallery shows off items from recent milestones during the NFL season and updates throughout the year.
Among the items from the Super Bowl are the game-worn jacket, hat and signature Nike Air Force 1’s from Coach Reid. The items were recently received by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and they shared images on Twitter.
Recently received at the Hall: the hat, jacket and shoes worn by #Chiefs HC Andy Reid from #SuperBowlLIV. These items will go on display later this month in our Pro Football Today Gallery to commemorate the Chiefs championship!@NFL | @Chiefs | #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/tLiIJB64Gw
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) February 25, 2020
If you’re admiring Reid’s Air Force 1 sneakers, our friend Nate Taylor at The Athletic got the story behind them during the 2019 season.
“I’m old, they’re old and we just fit,” Reid told Taylor. “It’s funny how the old things are kind of the cool things. It might be the last little bit of cool I have. It’s run from the top of my head, with long hair; now it’s no more hair. But I got the Air Force 1s, man. They can’t take them away.”
Reid is one of the winningest coaches in NFL history and won his first Super Bowl title this season. He’s become a clear candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame himself, whenever he decides to retire, but as we recently learned he has no desire to quit football anytime soon.
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Notre Dame Great Tom Gatewood Elected to Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame
Tom Gatewood was an All-American at Notre Dame, a Dean’s List worthy student and the first African American to be a captain on the Fighting Irish football team. The former New York Giant can now also call himself a Cotton Bowl Hall of Famer.
What is the strangest Hall of Fame that you’re aware of?
Maybe it’s the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Perhaps its the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas – which sounds awesome, by the way.
Or it could be the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting in Phoenix.
Whatever your big interest may be there is probably a hall of fame out there for it somewhere.
Maybe your big interest is the Cotton Bowl. No, not the stadium but the actual game that’s held each winter in Dallas. I became aware there is a Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame earlier today. Later I found out that Notre Dame is understandably well-represented in this specific hall of fame.
I found it out because Notre Dame legend and College Football Hall of Fame (that one is in Atlanta now, FYI) Tom Gatewood has been elected to the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class.
Gatewood was an All-American at Notre Dame, a Dean’s List worthy student and the first African American to be a captain on the Fighting Irish football team. The former New York Giant can now also call himself a Cotton Bowl Hall of Famer.
Standing in the hall of fame.
Former captain Tom Gatewood will be inducted into the @CottonBowlGame Hall of Fame.#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/JIJLoDPb8G
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) February 19, 2020
For those unaware of how good of a player Gatewood was at Notre Dame, he was pretty much the best receiver the school had until Derrick Mayes showed up in the mid-ninties. He totaled 157 receptions in his career for 2283 yards and 19 touchdowns and his 77 receptions in 1970 remained a school record until Jeff Samardzija pulled down 78 catches in 2006.
Gatewood also held the Notre Dame all-time receptions record until 2006 when both Samardzija and Rhema McKnight passed his 157.
Gatewood was on two Notre Dame teams to appear in the Cotton Bowl and played Texas in both – losing the contest to the No.1 Longhorns in the 1970 classic before getting revenge and ending Texas’s 30 game winning streak a year later. He totaled eight receptions for 155 yards in the two games, scoring a touchdown in each.
Gatewood joins former Kansas State quarterback Jonathan Beasley and head coach Bill Snyder, Arkansas Guard and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Ole Miss running back Dexter McCluster, Texas defensive end Cory Redding and Boston College linebacker (and remarkable jerk) Bill Romanowski as 2020 Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame inductees.
Gatewood joins Joe Theismann, Ara Parseghian, Kris Haines, Joe Montana, Lou Holtz and Bob Golic as Notre Dame representitives in the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.
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Chris Bosh: How to Deal With …
Chris Bosh: How to Deal With Dissapointment I’m not gonna lie and I’ll get right to it, I’m disappointed I won’t be in the HOF this year, especially with this amazing class of players I have looked up to throughout my career. BUT sometimes things don’t work out the way you want, and you HAVE to move on. You can’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself or blaming other people.
Let’s get it
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To keep the list short this time, the …
To keep the list short this time, the direct-elect categories that send one person each straight to the Hall – no finalist round for them – have been suspended. That includes the men’s and women’s veterans committees, the early African-American committee and the contributor committee. The exception this year is the international committee, which still will select a Hall of Famer to be announced with the actual Class of 2020 at the NCAA men’s Final Four April 4 in Atlanta. Said Colangelo: “Because of the enormity, even before Kobe’s death, we think Kobe and Duncan and Garnett bring to [this] … we’ve never had a class that strong at the top. And then with Kobe’s death, it added more focus.”
The upside of waiting? Not to get “lost …
The upside of waiting? Not to get “lost in the shuffle,” as Colangelo described it. “Sad as it all is, we have to deal with that,” Colangelo said. “And life does go on in the world of basketball and the Hall of Fame. We don’t want to take away from the people here who are prospective inductees.” Asked if the 2020 ceremony in Springfield might be different as well from recent editions, the Hall chairman said: “Let’s put it this way: There’s a great sensitivity as a result, and so that leads to probably a little bit different than in the past. But it’s going to be done the right way.”
Colangelo is still powerful in the NBA …
Colangelo is still powerful in the NBA as the director of USA basketball and chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame. On Friday, he endorsed two Team USA coaches — Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau — for the Knicks job. “Those are great basketball guys. They’re terrific coaches. I have great respect for both of them,” Colangelo said. “They’re different. They’re alike in some ways. But they’re born to coach. And the fact that they’re not — there are teams out there that could use those guys, for sure.”
The Hall still hopes to properly honor …
The Hall still hopes to properly honor the other inductees, and its leadership will work to plan a ceremony that serves both to salute them and honor Bryant. “We want everyone to get their due, and that’s important and it’s sensitive,” Colangelo said. “We have a job to do between now and the end of August to make sure it’s that kind of a program and production. As sad as that all is, we have to deal with that. Life does go on in the world of basketball and the Hall of Fame and we don’t want to take away from the people here who are prospective inductees.”
In one of the most anticipated Naismith …
In one of the most anticipated Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame classes in years, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan headline the finalists up for induction in August. The finalists were announced on Friday at NBA All-Star Weekend, and Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo said they kept the class small this year because of the magnitude of the players who are expected to reach the Hall. Colangelo said that was the plan before Kobe Bryant’s death.