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.

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.

The Hall of Fame Game has been held annually since 1962 and marks the arrival of the NFL preseason. It's a game that doesn't count toward either participants' preseason records, and teams are typically chosen based on the connection they have with the incoming Pro Football Hall of Fame class, which is also enshrined on the week of the action.

Former Astros closer Billy Wagner reflects on his weekend in Cooperstown as he joined baseball's greats in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.

Billy Wagner's legacy is now cemented as the first left-handed relief pitcher to be inducted into the Nationals Baseball Hall of Fame

Former two-division world champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi, who picked up the sport while serving time in prison and went on to gain induction in the International Boxing Hall of Fame, died Friday at 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.