Each year The Strong Museum in Rochester, New York inducts new toys into the National Toy Hall of Fame. For 2023, four toys were selected, each of which may speak to you if you were an 80s kid.
We all know the most famous place in New York State with the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. Now there is a new baseball hall of fame museum opening up in Upstate New York that will highlight all New York State baseball accomplishments.
From members of New York sports teams, to residents of the Capital Region and beyond, here are 25 Hall of Fame nominees from the past 25 years with ties to NY.
With this year's Hall of Fame voting complete, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens can no longer be elected to Cooperstown, a decision that is a disgrace to baseball.
Much of America wakes up to see Michael Strahan's smile greeting them, as they ready for their work day on Good Morning America. Yes, football fans know him a little better, seeing him as part of the Fox Sports halftime team each Sunday. Strahan is a natural on television. He was also a natural on the football field. Sunday, the New York Giants franchise declared that he was so good, no player will ever where his iconic number 92 again.
Former NFL Head Coach and current NFL analyst for Fox, Jimmy Johnson is the central piece of one of my favorite moments from the 2019 - 2020 NFL season. The fact he had no effect in anything on field makes him a long shot for my favorite moments but the pure emotion in this clip is everything.
Last night New York Yankees' pitcher CC Sabathia joined the elite club of MLB pitchers with 3,000 strikeouts. There are only 17 pitchers all time in that club and CC is only the THIRD left handed pitcher to join. I for one think he was a Hall of Famer before last night but now there is no question CC is headed to Cooperstown.