From first-year players to returning candidates, here are top names to watch in the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting process.

Eric Allen, known for his exceptional career as a cornerback, is being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Ichiro Suzuki Roasted Marlins With Ruthless One-Liner During Hall of Fame Speech. Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki was the star of Sunday's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, as he absolutely crushed his induction speech with a number of lines that had fans cracking up.

NFL scouts worried about the hell-raising. Among the 13 defensive ends drafted before him in 2004 were Ohio State’s Will Smith (No. 18 overall), Hawaii’s Travis LaBoy (No. 42), Ohio State’s Darrion Scott (No. 88) and Georgia’s Robert Geathers (No. 117). Allen (No. 126) soon got to the head of the class.

International Boxing Hall of Famer and former two-division world champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi died Friday. He was 72.

Shaquille O'Neal made the headlines again by firing shots at Rudy Gobert. This has become a regular occurrence between Shaq and the Frenchman, as the three-time Finals MVP is a notable critic of Gobert.

If you ask one of the people who covered him on the biggest of stages in that era, the answer is an unequivocal yes.