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1 day ago · 2014 – Honorary Doctor of Arts, Northeastern University, for his contributions to hip-hop culture; 2016 – LL Cool J was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. 2017 – first hip hop artist to receive a Kennedy Center Honor; LL Cool J has been nominated six times for induction into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
1 day ago · Jim Brown '57, Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame tailback. Jim Brown played at SU from 1954 to 1956. Brown earned numerous honors as Orange playing college football, basketball, track and field and lacrosse. In his senior year in 1956 Brown was a consensus first-team All-American and led the team to a Cotton Bowl.
1 hour ago · Musician and dancer Adelaide Hall – hailed as the “real first lady of jazz” – is to be honoured with a blue plaque at her London home. The scat pioneer, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, spent 55 years in London and an English Heritage plaque will be unveiled at 1 Collingham Road in Kensington, which was her home for 27 years.
1 day ago · Barkley is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2006 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic "dream team." [5] [6]
1 day ago · As of 2023, eight University of Miami players and four coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Among players, Bennie Blades, Don Bosseler, Ted Hendricks, Russell Maryland, Ed Reed, Vinny Testaverde, Gino Torretta, and Arnold Tucker have been inducted.
1 day ago · Ben Carson. Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 ...
1 day ago · Jon Arnett – College Football Hall of Fame; Earl Audet; Don Avery; Red Badgro – Pro Football Hall of Famer; Bill Bain; Johnny Baker – College Football Hall of Fame, All-American; Terry Baker (J.D. 1968) – College Football Hall of Fame, Heisman Trophy winner at Oregon State, played quarterback in NFL and CFL
