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It is a sad day for the Rocky Universe.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com and specifically our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame are mourning the loss of actor, Tony Burton, who played Duke Evers in the Rocky series.  Evers appeared in all six Rocky films, and was introduced as the trainer of World Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed.

While Duke was never a main character, he was shown as far more than just a trainer as in the first two Rocky films, it was clear by the emotion he exhibited for his client that they were far more than just business associates. 

Following the retirement of Apollo, Duke would help his former client train Rocky Balboa for his rematch against Clubber Lang, and in Rocky IV both Evers and Balboa were cormermen for Creed when he came out of retirement to face the undefeated amateur from the Soviet Union, Ivan Drago.  We are sure all of you Rocky fans know exactly what happened to Apollo in that match.

Duke would become the main trainer for Rocky Balboa and helped him avenge the death of his friend.  The character would have limited exposure in both Rocky V and Rocky Balboa, but along with Rocky Balboa and Paulie Penino, would be the only character to appear in all of the films.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Tony Burton and we are going to go out with one more motivational speech from Duke.







The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced their latest list of Finalists, which consists of five new nominees and the fifteen returning nominees who were not selected last year.


The five new nominees are:


Jack Roush, a longtime NASCAR team owner who has earned 135 Sprint Cup victories.

Ron Hornaday, a four time Camping World Truck Series Champion.

Ricky Rudd, who has won 23 premier series wins.

Waddell Wilson, a respected engine builder.

Ken Squier, who has covered NASCAR as a broadcaster and journalist for decades.


The 15 returning nominees are:


Buddy Baker, who has nineteen career premiere series wins.

Red Byron, the first NASCAR champion strictly with the stock series.

Richard Childress, who has 105 premier series wins and six championships as a car owner.

Ray Evernham, who won three premier series titles as a crew chief.

Ray Fox, a car owner, engine builder and crew chief.  He won 14 times as an owner.

Rick Hendrick, a team owner who has won 11 premier series titles and 240 races.

Harry Hyde, a twenty year superstar as a crew chief.

Alan Kulwicki, who won the 1992 premier series title.

Mark Martin, a 40 time winner on the premier series and the runner-up five times for the championship.

Herschel McGriff, a long time driver who was a former Winston West Series Champion.

Raymond Parks, the first team owner to win the strictly stock championship.

Benny Parsons, a former premier series champion.

Larry Phillips, a short track star from the Mid-West who won seven regional championships.

Mike Stefanik, a seven time Modified Tour Champion.

Robert Yates, an engine builder and team owner winning 57 wins.

The voting panel will meet on May 25 to determine the 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate this crop of finalists.





Often when I conduct an interview for Notinhalloffame.com, I have a fairly good idea where I want to take the interview.  With former New York Giant and current Hollywood actor, Jarrod Bunch, I was able to ask everything I wanted, but as it unfolded our conversation went to places I was not expecting and I received an education on an industry that I had never explored before.

Considering how Jarrod Bunch has been defying stereotypes for decades, I shouldn’t have been surprised.

Jarrod Bunch had a dream to play football for a storied Division One school and make the National Football League, and he did, playing Fullback for the University of Michigan and becoming a first round draft pick of the New York Giants.  That in itself is impressive, and makes him the envy of most armchair warriors, but if you have read other interviews that I have conducted there is far more to Bunch than what he accomplished on the gridiron. 
The Atlanta Braves have announced that Andruw Jones and John Schuerholz will be inducted into their franchise’s Hall of Fame this year.

The two new inductees will receive this honor in a pregame ceremony on August 19, prior to their home game against the Washington Nationals.  This brings the total number of inductees to the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame to thirty.

Jones debuted at age 19 for Atlanta and would spend twelve years with the Braves.  Over that period, the Outfielder would make five All Star Games and earn ten consecutive Gold Gloves.  Jones was a very good hitter for the Braves accumulating 1,683 Hits, 368 Home Runs with 1,117 RBIs and 138 Stolen Bases.  He would win the National League Home Run Title in 2005 and had a bWAR of Atlanta of 61.0.  He is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

John Schuerholz has been the team President for the last 26 years, and under his watch the organization won fourteen division five World Series.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the two newest members of the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame.