Where to write if the HOF voters screw us again

[TruBlueCowboy]

I'm getting my email outbox warmed up for another Cowboys snub.

I remember our previous big letter campaigns the years they left Cowboys out of the HOF and we got several good responses. Some of the media had the sack to respond, and we found out who the good guys were.

I have three sources for HOF voter contact info. Any official word on which list is correct would be greatly appreciated. I know some of my emails were sent back last year but most made it through.

This is the thread last year that listed some contact info:

http://dallascowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18532&highlight=hall+fame+voters

Lee Shappell, Arizona Republic
lee.shappell@arizonarepublic.com
The Arizona Republic
200 E. Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 444-8000
(800) 331-9303 outside the Phoenix metro area

Furman Bisher, The Atlanta Journal
fbisher@ajc.com
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
P.O. Box 4689
Atlanta, GA 30302
404-526-5151 or 1-800-846-6672

Mike Preston , The Baltimore Sun
mike.preston@baltsun.com
The Baltimore Sun
501 N. Calvert Street
P.0. Box 1377
Baltimore, Maryland 21278
Sports: 410-332-6200
Toll free number: 800-829-8000

Mark Gaughan , Buffalo News
mgaughan@buffnews.com
Buffalo News
1 News Plaza
PO Box 100
Buffalo, NY 14240
716-849-3434 or (800) 777-8640

Charles Chandler , Charlotte Observer
cchandle@charlotteobserver.com
The Charlotte Observer
600 S. Tryon St.
Charlotte NC 28202
Phone: 704-358-5000 ext 5123

Don Pierson , Chicago Tribune ***
dpierson@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611, or sending via fax to 312-222-2598
OR 1-800-TRIBUNE

Chick Ludwig , Dayton Daily News
cludwig@DaytonDailyNews.com
Dayton Daily News, P.O. Box 1287
Dayton, OH 45401-1287
937.225.2253
Sports Fax(937) 225 -7352

Tony Grossi , Cleveland Plain Dealer
tgrossi@plaind.com
700 West Saint Clair Ave. Suite 414
Cleveland, OH 44113.
1.800.362.0727 ext4670

Rick Gosselin , Dallas Morning News
rgosselin@***BANNED-URL***
Dallas Morning News
PO Box 655237
Dallas, TX 75265-5237
214.977.8222 ext 8033

Woodrow Paige , Denver Post
wpaige@denverpost.com
The Denver Post
1560 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80202-1577
(800) 336-7678 ext 1938

Jerry Green , The Detroit News ***
sports@detnews.com
Note: Put Attn: Jerry Green in the subject field
The Detroit News
615 W. Lafayette
Detroit, MI 48226
313-222-2260; Fax: 222-6019

Cliff Christl , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
cchristl@journalsentinel.com
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
P.O. Box 661, Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 224-2000/ fax 2049

John McClain , Houston Chronicle ***
john.mcclain@chron.com
Houston Chronicle
801 Texas Ave.
Houston, Texas
77002
713-220-7171

Mike Chappell , Indianapolis Star
mike.chappell@indystar.com
The Indianapolis Star
P.O. Box 145
Indianapolis, IN 46206

Sam Kouvaris , WJXT-TV
skouvari@wjxt.com
WJXT
4 Broadcast Pl.
Jacksonville, FL 32247
904-399-4000 main
sports 904-393-9831/fax 9822

Bob Gretz , KCFX Overland Park, KS
bgretz@susqkc.com
101 The Fox
5800 Foxridge Drive, 6th Floor
Mission, KS 66202
Office: 913.514.3000

Edwin Pope , Miami Herald ***
epope@herald.com
Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
305-350-2111 or 1-800-HERALD5 (1-800-437-2535)

Sid Hartman , The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
sports@startribune.com
Star Tribune
425 Portland Ave.
Minneapolis MN 55488
612-673-4452

Ron Borges , Boston Globe
borges@globe.com
P.O. Box 2378
135 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02107-2378
(617) 929-2000

Pete Finney , Times-Picayune
pfinney@timespicayune.com
Times-Picayune, 3800 Howard Avenue,
New Orleans, LA 70125
Toll Free - 1-800-925-0000

Vinny DiTrani , Bergen Record
sports@northjersey.com
Note: Put ATTN: Vinny DiTrani in the Subject Field
The Bergen Record
150 River St.
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: 201-646-4700
Fax: 201-646-4428

Paul Zimmerman , Sports Illustrated
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED QUESTIONS:
Phone: (212) 522-1212
SI.com QUESTIONS:
Phone: (404) 827-4500
General Information
SI.com Email: cnnsi@cnnsi.com
SI.com Publicity and Media Relations : (212) 522-8473

Frank Cooney , The Sports Xchange
Gridder32@aol.com
415.269-32332 (only one who answer's his own phone)
prefers email

Paul Domowitch , Philadelphia Daily News
domowip@phillynews.com
Philadelphia Daily News
P.O. Box 7788
Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-854-2000

Ed Bouchette , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ebouchette@post-gazette.com
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
34 Blvd. of the Allies
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Customer Service: 1-800-228-NEWS (6397)
Main Switchboard: (412) 263-1100

Bernie Miklasz , St. Louis Post-Dispatch
bmiklasz@post-dispatch.com
Main Phone Number: (314) 340-8000 800-365-0820
Sports 314.340-8192 / fax 3070
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
900 North Tucker Blvd.
St. Louis, Mo. 63101

Jerry Magee , San Diego Union Tribune [ ***
jerry.magee@uniontrib.com
San Diego Union-Tribune
P.O. Box 120191
San Diego, 92112-0191 CA
(619) 299-3131 or (800) 244-6397

Ira Miller , San Francisco Chronicle ***
imiller@sfchronicle.com
San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415-777-1111.

John Clayton , ESPN/ESPN Magazine
Requires snail mail
C/O ESPN Magazine
19 E. 34th Street
New York, NY 10016

Tom McEwen , Tampa Tribune
tmcewen@tampabay.rr.com
Tampa Tribune
P.O. Box 191
Tampa, FL 33601
(813) 259-7600 / Fax

Jeff Legwold , The Tennessean
jlegwold@tennessean.com
The Tennessean
1100 Broadway
Nashville, Tenn. 37203
(615) 259-8300
Toll-free outside Tennessee: 1-800-351-1752

Len Shapiro , Washington Post ***
webnews@washingtonpost.com
C/O The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20071

Adam Schefter , The Denver Post
aschefter@denverpost.com
The Denver Post
1560 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80202-1577
Toll-free: (800) 336-7678
All departments: (303) 820-1010

Jarrett Bell , USA Today
jbell@usatoday.com
USA TODAY / USATODAY.com
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22108-0605
800-872-0001 703-854-3400

Dave Goldberg , Associated Press ***
dgoldberg@ap.org
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
International Headquarters
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10020
MAIN NUMBER
212-621-1500

Peter King , Sports Illustrated
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED QUESTIONS:
Phone: (212) 522-1212
SI.com QUESTIONS:
Phone: (404) 827-4500
General Information
SI.com Email: cnnsi@cnnsi.com
SI.com Publicity and Media Relations : (212) 522-8473

Bob Oates , Los Angeles Times
sports@latimes.com
Put ATTN: Bob Oates in the Subject field.
Sports Department
Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 237-5000/ Fax 7876

Len Pasquarelli , ESPN.com
C/O ESPN.com
ESPN Plaza
Bristol, CT 06010
(860) 766-2000

Mike Wilbon , Washington Post
webnews@washingtonpost.com
C/O The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20071

This is what NFL.Com's website says about the voters, but it has different names than the above link so I'm not sure if they updated it recently. (or if the above one has out of date contacts)

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/selectionprocess.jsp

Arizona Kent Somers, Arizona Republic
Atlanta Furman Bisher, The Atlanta Journal
Baltimore Scott Garceau, WMAR-TV
Buffalo Mark Gaughan, Buffalo News
Carolina Charles Chandler, Charlotte Observer
Chicago Don Pierson, Chicago Tribune*
Cincinnati Chick Ludwig, Dayton Daily News
Cleveland Tony Grossi, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dallas Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News*
Denver Jeff Legwold, Rocky Mountain News
Detroit Jerry Green, The Detroit News*
Green Bay Cliff Christl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Houston John McClain, Houston Chronicle*
Indianapolis Mike Chappell, Indianapolis Star
Jacksonville Sam Kouvaris, WJXT-TV
Kansas City Bob Gretz, KCFX Overland Park, KS
Miami Edwin Pope, Miami Herald*
Minnesota Sid Hartman, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New England Ron Borges, Boston Globe
New Orleans Pete Finney, Times-Picayune
New York (Giants) Vinny DiTrani, Bergen Record
New York (Jets) Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated
Oakland Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange
Philadelphia Paul Domowitch, Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
St. Louis Bernie Miklasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Diego Jerry Magee, San Diego Union Tribune*
San Francisco Ira Miller, San Francisco Chronicle*
Seattle John Clayton, ESPN/ESPN Magazine
Tampa Bay Ira Kaufman, Tampa Tribune
Tennessee David Climer, The Tennessean
Washington Len Shapiro, Washington Post*
PFWA David Elfin, Washington Times
At Large Jarrett Bell, USA Today
At Large Dave Goldberg, Associated Press*
At Large Peter King, Sports Illustrated
At Large Bob Oates, Los Angeles Times
At Large Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.com
At Large Mike Wilbon, Washington Post

And here is some contact info I found at a Vikings site where they do their own lobbying:

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/4705/hof2.html

The names at that site are also different that the previous 2 links. If you go to the Geocities Vikings site, there are email links to all listed voters.

Does anyone have the official list of Hall of Fame voters? Should we assume the Pro Football Hall of Fame site is updated?

Also, one more link, here's a thread I wrote a year ago that tried to figure out who voted for and against us based on their email responses to forum members:

http://dallascowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18831&highlight=hall+fame+voters

Maybe we can get a better idea as to who the haters are after another letter campaign this year.

 

[Ashwynn]

Cool - I will take the time to copy/paste this to Word and save it. Then I will find 1 day where I dont have anything to do. Then I will let these guys know what this Cowboys fan thinks of them and their voting ways and obvious bias. Even if all three get in this year, that wont make up for the ones that wont get in that deserve to be there.

Edit: Done. Sitting in the botton right corner of my desktop, waiting for the voters to screw up one more time.

 

[Yeagermeister]

When not if:bang2:

 

[kingwhicker]

letter writing doesn't get the job done- if you really want to sock it to them mobilize every Cowboy fan you know to boycott the entire league for a year- buy nothing related to the NFL/cancel direct tv, don't buy newspapers, don't follow the sport at all- I think you'd see some significant ratings and revenue decreases.

 

[Ashwynn]

letter writing doesn't get the job done- if you really want to sock it to them mobilize every Cowboy fan you know to boycott the entire league for a year- buy nothing related to the NFL/cancel direct tv, don't buy newspapers, don't follow the sport at all- I think you'd see some significant ratings and revenue decreases.

Its not the NFL that votes, iots the writers, you would have to boycott every newpaper they write for, station they speak on and TV affiliate they appear on.

Writing wont change the vote. But writing will let your opinion be heard, and surprisingly I have seen more then one voter respond to a negitive, nicely worded themed letter. Course, cursing and name calling and your letter goes right to the trash.

But I will boycott the HOF and let anyone that asks why know. I will, also, send a letter toany voter I can verify voted no and ask him his personal/professional reasons why he voted the way he did.

Unless you mean to have the NFL change the process it uses for HOF selection. Make it all former players/coaches only that select em. That would be fair.

 

[kingwhicker]

Its not the NFL that votes, iots the writers, you would have to boycott every newpaper they write for, station they speak on and TV affiliate they appear on.

That's doable. In fact, that's pretty much what I'm saying to do. I can pull for Hall of Fame Racing in NASCAR and not lose one bit of sleep over the NFL. I'm sorry, but I'm a fan of the Dallas Cowboys not the NFL- if the Cowboys did not exist I would never watch professional football and if the great players from the team's history are constantly slighted I see no reason to keep watching it. I've watched about 1 hour of the playoffs this year- that only to see Washington lose, and it hasn't affected me negatively at all.

 

[Ashwynn]

That's doable. In fact, that's pretty much what I'm saying to do. I can pull for Hall of Fame Racing in NASCAR and not lose one bit of sleep over the NFL. I'm sorry, but I'm a fan of the Dallas Cowboys not the NFL- if the Cowboys did not exist I would never watch professional football and if the great players from the team's history are constantly slighted I see no reason to keep watching it. I've watched about 1 hour of the playoffs this year- that only to see Washington lose, and it hasn't affected me negatively at all.

its doable, but your boycotting the wrong entity. The NFL ofices and officials are nto responsible for selection of HOF members. WHy boycott them and miss out on some damn good football. The HOF is a seperate Entity from the NFL. They do not run it or even own it. It is licensesd with the NFL.

Just go to the newspapers offices in your local town and punch the writer that voted in the face and then watch the games (from your jail cell ofcourse). You will feel better.

(PS. This is not me telling you to do this, and I accept no responsibility for anyones actions. If you do this, you did it all by yourself and you will leave me out if it when talking to the cops.)

 

[kingwhicker]

its doable, but your boycotting the wrong entity. The NFL ofices and officials are nto responsible for selection of HOF members. WHy boycott them and miss out on some damn good football. The HOF is a seperate Entity from the NFL. They do not run it or even own it. It is licensesd with the NFL.

Just go to the newspapers offices in your local town and punch the writer that voted in the face and then watch the games (from your jail cell ofcourse). You will feel better.

(PS. This is not me telling you to do this, and I accept no responsibility for anyones actions. If you do this, you did it all by yourself and you will leave me out if it when talking to the cops.)

:laugh2:

 

[RCowboyFan]

I am not sure letter writing campaign really serves the purpose that much. From what Rick Gosselin was commenting, it only turns off the writers even more against Cowboys players.

Especially ones really abusing the players or throwing bunch of stats. Now having a good argument for the player is a different scenario. I really urge people not to get too over excited and start putting together letters to start bashing the voters there. Because more likely, its only 8 - 9 of them that would be culprits.

Untill they start making voting public, like Rick Gosselin, Peter King etc. want to do, we will never know who are the silent assasins, as Paul Zimmerman says they are.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

I am not sure letter writing campaign really serves the purpose that much. From what Rick Gosselin was commenting, it only turns off the writers even more against Cowboys players.

Especially ones really abusing the players or throwing bunch of stats. Now having a good argument for the player is a different scenario. I really urge people not to get too over excited and start putting together letters to start bashing the voters there. Because more likely, its only 8 - 9 of them that would be culprits.

Untill they start making voting public, like Rick Gosselin, Peter King etc. want to do, we will never know who are the silent assasins, as Paul Zimmerman says they are.

Well, it certainly doesn't do any good either just staying silent while they screw us over year after year after year. Ya dig?

 

[FolsomCowboy]

I can resurrect my majordomo list if somene can get me a good list of email addresses

 

[cowboyjoe]

I found out that these emails dont work-
<cnnsi@cnnsi.com>
jlegwold@tennessean.com
tmcewen@ims-ms-daemon
Original address: tmcewen@tampabay.rr.com
Reason: Over quota
cnnsi@cnnsi.com


Then,, I got this reply back from 2 writers---
Gridder32@aol.com
To: Oh Cates


Those are some disturbing points, I agree
I just do my best to be fair.....no agenda.
thanks
Frank
IMiller@sfchronicle.com
I AM THE VOTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO. I NEVER MADE SUCH A STATEMENT AND IN FACT, VOTED FOR IRVIN LAST YEAR AND VOTED FOR WRIGHT IN THE SENIORS COMMITTEE AND EXPECT TO VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN TOMORROW. SOME PEOPLE NEED TO CHECK THEIR FACTS.
Hope that helps you, maybe if we let them know something is going on, and their being watched, if there is bias towards dallas cowboy players, it will stop. joe

 

[Nors]

This effort is going to only piss the writers off.


Those that already voted pro.
And those that didn't are going to get more PO'd and continue to vote no.

 

[Derinyar]

One thing I wonder is why there are three Washington area voters on the list. No other place is represented by more than one, excepting NYC because of two teams. I wonder why that is.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

bump

 

[DallasDomination]

That's doable. In fact, that's pretty much what I'm saying to do. I can pull for Hall of Fame Racing in NASCAR and not lose one bit of sleep over the NFL. I'm sorry, but I'm a fan of the Dallas Cowboys not the NFL- if the Cowboys did not exist I would never watch professional football and if the great players from the team's history are constantly slighted I see no reason to keep watching it. I've watched about 1 hour of the playoffs this year- that only to see Washington lose, and it hasn't affected me negatively at all.

I'm the exact same way. If the Cowboys did not exist I wouldnt be wasting my time watching Football, that's just me being honest.

Dont get me wrong I'll still like Football, but I wouldnt care who wins or what happnes. In a sence of the matter the NFL to me would be just another ESPN highlight lol.

PUT Michael irvin in the HOF you Bias pigs

 

[tyke1doe]

First, Woody Paige no longer works for the Denver paper. He said on Cold Pizza he had to give up his voting privileges when he moved to New York City.

Second, why would posters want to organize a protest campaign after the Cowboys got two members inducted into the Hall of Fame?

No team has received more than two players in the same nominating class. We got Aikman and Wright in. I say that's pretty good.

And regardless what you feel about Irvin and whether voters should allow subjective opinions about his off-field conduct impact their selection, Irvin did this to himself. He has to bare the responsibility/consequences of his actions.

That's life. We may not like it, but it is what it is.

 

[big dog cowboy]

why would posters want to organize a protest campaign after the Cowboys got two members inducted into the Hall of Fame?

Because we are under represented. Even after 2 of our own got in today.

Bottom line........It is still the hall of shame.

 

[tyke1doe]

Because we are under represented. Even after 2 of our own got in today.

Bottom line........It is still the hall of shame.

So did you initiate a letter-writing campaign last year?

Who are the other Cowboys you think should get in?

And how many of them do you think will get in in the same class, given the fact that there are many teams that can argue their "stars" have been slighted?

I believe there's a Cowboys bias too. But complaining about it this year is self-defeating. You'll just come off as whiners and piss off writers even more, giving yourselves another reason to organize a letter-writing campaign next year.