Hall of Fame

When grunge rock pioneers Nirvana are officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10th at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, they will do so without one crucial member.

This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was already set to go forward without nearly half of its 2014 class members - including Kiss, Linda Ronstadt and the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Now, Cat Stevens maybe be bowing out as well.

A day after former guitarist Ace Frehley revealed that the original lineup of Kiss would not be performing together at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in April, it has been announced that there won't be any version of the group playing at the event.

With Kiss finally set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, one might think Paul Stanley's attitude toward it might have softened somewhat, but that isn't the case: In a new interview, Stanley made it clear that he still feels the whole thing is "tainted, corrupted and distorted."

Dan Le Batard, an ESPN personality and sports writer for the Miami Herald, received a severe penalty from the Baseball Writers Association of America, or BBWAA, after giving his Baseball Hall of Fame voting ballot to Deadspin this year.

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley says he's happy to perform with his former bandmates at the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony -- as long as he's the only one wearing his famous makeup.

If the recent announcement of Cat Stevens' upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame caught you off guard, don't worry -- Stevens was just as surprised as anybody.

Now that Kiss have finally been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the next big question is, Will the original foursome, who have been apart for about a decade, perform together at the induction ceremony in their former hometown of New York City in April?

For Hall & Oates, it means a sort of validation. For Cat Stevens, there's a bit of embarrassment at how good it makes him feel. And for Linda Ronstadt, there's the awful realization that Parkinson's will probably keep her away from her big night.

Former St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa has been unanimously voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.